R.1 Short title, extent and commencement

       (a) These rules may be called the Uttar Pradesh Suits Valuation Rules, 1942.
       (b) They shall apply to the whole of the Uttar Pradesh.
       (c) They shall come into force from the date of their notification in the official Gazette.

R.2 Definitions

       In these rules there is anything repugnant to the subject or context,-
       (a) "Government" means the Government of Uttar Pradesh ;
       (b) "estate" means any land subject to the payment of revenue for which the proprietor or farmer or raiyat shall have executed separate engagement with the Government or which in the absence of such engagement, shall have been separately assessed with revenue ;
       (c) "rent-free grant" or "land at a favourable rate of rent" have the meanings assigned to them by Section 188 and Section. 189 respectively of the Uttar Pradesh Tenancy Act, 1939 (XVII of 1939).

R.3 Suits for possession of land, buildings and gardens

       In suits for the possession of land, the value of the land For purposes of jurisdiction shall he determined as follows :
       (a) where the land forms an entire estate or a definite share of an estate paying annual revenue to Government or forms part of such estate and such part is recorded in the Collectors register as separately assessed with such revenue, and such revenue, is permanently settled-Fifty five times the annual revenue so payable ;
       (b) where the land forms an entire estate or a definite share of an estate paying annual revenue to Government or forms pan of such estate and such part is recorded in the Collectors register as separately assessed with such revenue, and such revenue is not parmanently settled-thirty times the annual revenue so payable ;
       (c) where the land pays no annual

R.4 Suits for possession of superior proprietary, under

       proprietary and sub-proprietary rights in land.-The value of the suits for the purposes of jurisdiction in suits for possession-
       (a) of superior proprietary rights where under-proprietary or sub-proprietary rights exist in the land shall be twenty times the annual net profits of the superior proprietor ;
       (b) of under-proprietary land as such shall he twenty times the annual under- proprietary or sub-proprietary rent, as the case may be, recorded in the Collectors register as payable for the land for the year next before the presentation of the plaint. If no such rent is recorded in the Collectors register, the value shall be determined by multiplying by twenty such rents for similar land for the year next before the presentation of the plaint.

R.5 Suits between rival tenants and by tenants against trespasser

       The value of suits for purposes of jurisdiction in suits for possession of land between rival tenants and by tenants against trespassers shall-
       (a) where the land is the land of a permanent tenure-holder or a fixed rate tenant, be thirty times the annual rent recorded in the Collectors register as payable for the land for the year next before the presentation of the plaint;
       (b) where the land is the land of an ex-proprietary or occupancy tenant or to a tenant holding on special terms in Oudh, be twelve times such rent ;
       (c) where the land is the land of a hereditary tenant, be eight times such rent;
       (d) where the land is the land of any other tenant, be six times such rent. If no such rent is recorded in the Collectors register, the value shall be

R.6 Suits for possession of rent free grants

       (1) The value of suits for the purposes of jurisdiction in suits for possession of a rent-free grant or a grant of land held at favourable rate of rent shall be thirty times, the annual average rent payable by occupancy tenants for similar land for the three years next before the presentation of the plaint.
       (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing rules, the value of land for purposes of jurisdiction shall in no case be less than the value as determined for computation of Court fees.