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The 1[Hyderabad Atiyat Inquiries Act, 1952

The 1[Hyderabad Atiyat Inquiries Act, 1952

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The Hyderabad Atiyat Inquiries Act, 1952 regulates claims, succession rights, and disputes regarding historical royal land and cash grants, known as Atiyat grants, within the Hyderabad area of Maharashtra. It applies to individuals and institutions holding these grants or their government compensation. This law matters deeply because it establishes specialized tribunals to resolve complex property inheritance disputes arising from the abolition of feudal estates. It preserves these grants by protecting them from external civil court attachments and mandates that succession follow personal family laws, thereby providing a clear legal framework to transition traditional rights into the modern state administrative system.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Continuance of Atiyat grants.
  4. 3A. Inquiries as to Atiyat grants.
  5. 4. Inquiries to Atiyat grants in jagirs.
  6. 5. Consequences of breach of condition of Muntakhab or Vasiqa.
  7. 6. Prohibition of alienation or encumbrance and exemption of attachment by Court.
  8. 7. Succession.
  9. 8. Classes of Atiyat Courts.
  10. 9. Investure of powers.
  11. 10. Jurisdiction and procedure of Atiyat Courts.
  12. 11. Appeals.
  13. 12. Decision of Civil Courts to prevail on question of succession, legitimacy, etc.
  14. 13. Finality of decision of the Atiyat Court and of certain other decisions.
  15. 13A. Powers of Atiyat Courts when holding inquiries under this Act.
  16. 14. Rules.
  17. 15. Repeal.
  18. 16. Savings.

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