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Uttarakhand Hills Consolidation of Holdings and Land Reforms Act, 2016

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This Act regulates the consolidation of land holdings in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand, excluding specific districts like Haridwar. It applies to tenure-holders who own agricultural, horticultural, or animal husbandry land. The primary purpose is to rearrange scattered, fragmented plots into compact, contiguous units to improve agricultural productivity and land management. The legislation empowers the state government to appoint officers to oversee this process, which can be either mandatory or voluntary, ensuring that land is used more efficiently for farming and related activities in the state's mountainous areas.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Declaration and notification regarding consolidation
  4. 4. Section 4
  5. 5. Cancellation of notification under section 3
  6. 6. Special provisions regarding undisputed succession
  7. 6A. provision regarding section 6
  8. 7. Revision of village map
  9. 8. Revision of the field-book and the current annual register, determination of valuations and shares in joint holding
  10. 8-A. Preparation of Statement of Principles
  11. 9. Issue of extracts from records and statements and publication of the records mentioned in sections 8 and 8-A and the issue of notices for inviting objections
  12. 9-A. Disposal of cases relating to claims to land and partition of joint holdings
  13. 9-B. Disposal of objections on the Statement of Principles
  14. 9-C. Partition of joint-holdings
  15. 10. Preparation and maintenance of revised Annual Registers
  16. 11. Appeals
  17. 11-A. Bar on objections
  18. 11-B. Section 11-B
  19. 12. Decision of matters relating to changes and transactions affecting rights or interests recorded in revised records
  20. 12-A. Assessment of land revenue on new holdings and distribution of, revenue on parts of holdings
  21. 12-B. Amalgamation of holdings
  22. 13. Consolidations to be fulfilled by a consolidation scheme
  23. 13-A. Preparation of provisional consolidation scheme by the Assistant Consolidation Officer
  24. 14. Publication of the provisional consolidation scheme and receipt of objection thereon
  25. 15. Disposal of objections to the provisional Consolidation Scheme
  26. 16. Confirmation of the provisional Consolidation Scheme and the issue of a allotment orders
  27. 17. Possession and accrual of compensation for trees, etc.
  28. 18. New revenue records
  29. 19. Delivery of possession
  30. 20. Compensation
  31. 20-A. Recoveries of compensation
  32. 20-B. Reduction of land revenue on account of contribution of land for public purposes
  33. 20-C. Compensation for land contributed by tenure-holders for public purposes
  34. 20-D. Vesting of and contributed for public proposes
  35. 21. Consequences which shall ensue on exchange of possession
  36. 22. Power to transfer holdings
  37. 23. Costs
  38. 24. Power to enforcer attendance of witnesses and in certain Matters
  39. 25. Power for production of documents, etc.
  40. 26. Proceedings before Director of Consolidation, Deputy Director of Consolidation, Settlement Officer Consolidation, Consolidation Officer and Assistant Consolidation Officer to be judicial Proceedings
  41. 27. Application of U. P. Land Revenue Act, 1901
  42. 27-A. Affidavits
  43. 28. Officer and Authorities
  44. 28-A. Correction of clerical arithmetical error
  45. 29. Delegation
  46. 29-A. Powers of subordinate authority to be exercised, by a superior authority
  47. 30. Powers of officers to enter upon land for purposes of survey and demarcation
  48. 30-A. Penalty for contravening provisions of section 5
  49. 31. Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey or boundary marks
  50. 32. Appeal etc. to be allowed by the Act
  51. 33. Revisions and reference
  52. 33-A. Special provisions with respect to evacuee property
  53. 33-B. Exchange of possession
  54. 34. Bar to civil jurisdiction
  55. 34-A. Protection of action taken under this Act or rules made thereunder
  56. 35. Exemption from court-fee
  57. 36. Instrument not necessary to effect transfer
  58. 37. Close of consolidation operations
  59. 37-A. Special provisions for Chak Roads and Chak Guls
  60. 38. Mutal exchange of chaks between tenure-holders
  61. 38-A. Recognition of consolidation scheme prepared by tenure-holders
  62. 38-B. Limitation
  63. 39. Power to make Rules
  64. 9-A(2). Disposal of objections and settlement of issues
  65. 9-A(3). Disposal of objections and settlement of issues
  66. 19(2). Possession of chak or lands
  67. 26.A. Powers of the consolidation authorities

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