RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT, 1956

RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT, 1956

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

S.2 Enactments not affected by Act

S.3 Interpretation

S.4 Establishment and Composition of Board

S.5 Tenure of Members

S.6 Place of Sitting

S.7 Ministerial Officers

S.8 Powers of the Board

S.9 General Superintendence of Subordinate Revenue Courts

S.10 Jurisdiction of Board how exercised

S.11 Power to refer to a Bench

S.12 Power to refer question to High Court

S.13 Decision in case of difference of opinion

S.14 Registers etc. to be kept

S.15 Territorial Divisions

S.16 Power to create, abolish or alter divisions etc.

S.17 Commissioners and Additional Commissioners

S.18 Settlement Commissioner and Additional Settlement Commissioner

S.19 Director and Additional Directors of Land Records

S.20 Appointment of other Officers

S.20(a) Revenue Appellate Authority

S.21 Appointment ex-officio

S.22 Notification of appointment

S.23 Controlling Power

S.24 Subordination of Revenue Courts and Officers

S.25 Powers and duties of Courts and Officers

S.26 Additional powers of courts and officers

S.27 Inherent powers of Courts and Officers

S.28 Officers temporarily succeeding to permanent vacancies

S.29 Temporary-absence of officers

S.30 Formation and alteration of Patwaris Circles

S.31 Appointment of Patwaris

S.32 Formation and alteration of Land Records Inspection circles

S.33 Appointment of Girdawar, Qanungos or Land Record Inspectors

S.34 Sadar Qanungos

S.35 Qualifications etc. of Patwaris and Qanungos

S.36 Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records

S.40(a) Termination of the services of Lambardars

S.41 Village Servants

S.42 Vacancies

S.43 Register of village servants

S.44 Remuneration of village servants

S.45 Non-liability of remuneration attachment

S.46 Duties of village servants

S.47 Appointment how to be made

S.48 Disqualifications for appointment

S.49 Punishment, suspension and removal of village servant and Lambardars

S.50 Power to place village watchman under police authorities

S.51 Place for holding court or making inquiries

S.52 Power to enter upon and survey land

S.53 Power of Government, Board etc. to transfer cases

S.54 Power of transfer cases to and from subordinates

S.55 Consolidation of cases

S.56 Appearances, applications etc., by whom made

S.56(a) Presentation of applications, appeals, etc.

S.57 Power of Revenue Courts on officers to require attendance of persons and production of document and to receive evidence

S.58 Summons to be in writing signed and sealed

S.59 Serving of summons

S.60 Mode of Serving Notice

S.61 Mode of issuing proclamations

S.62 Notice or proclamation not void for error

S.63 Hearing in absence of party

S.64 Adjournment of hearing

S.65 No appeal from order passed under Section 63

S.66 Power to give and apportion costs

S.67 Correction of error or omission

S.68 Power to refer disputes to arbitration

S.69 Procedure in cases referred to arbitration

S.70 Application to set aside award

S.71 Decision according to award

S.72 Bar to appeal & Suit in Civil Court

S.73 Delivery of possession of immovable property

S.74 Appeal to be as allowed by this Act

S.75 First Appeals

S.76 Second Appeals

S.77 No appeal in certain cases

S.78 Limitation for appeals

S.79 Copy of [XXX] order objected to, to accompany petition

S.80 Power of Appellate Authority

S.81 Power to stay execution of [XXX] orders of lower court

S.82 Power [XXX] to call for records and proceedings and reference to State Government or Board

S.83 Powers of Government to call for records and revise orders

S.84 Power of Board to call for records and revise orders

S.84(a) No revision in certain cases

S.85 Hearing

S.85(a) Review by the State Government

S.86 Review by the Board and other Courts

S.87 Application of Act IX of 1908

S.88 All roads etc. and all lands which are not the property of others belong to the State

S.89 Right of minerals, mines, quarries and fisheries

S.90 Liability of all land to payment of revenue or rent

S.90(a) Use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose

S.90(b) "Termination of rights and resumption of land in certain cases

S.91 Unauthorised occupation of Land

S.92 Land may be set apart for special purposes

S.93 Regulation of use of Pasturage

S.94 Powers to regulate control and management of forest growth

S.94(a) Roadside trees

S.94(b) Recovery of value of trees etc. unauthorisedly appropriated

S.95 Development of abadi

S.96 Collector to fix rates for premium

S.97 Auction of abadi land

S.98 Land granted for receptacles of household refuse, etc. and for storing fodder

S.99 Right to regulate the construction of a building in a village

S.100 Sale of land in Industrial and Commercial Areas

S.101 Allotment of land for agricultural purposes

S.102 Power of Government to allot land for purposes other than agricultural as well as on special terms

S.102(a) Land which may be entrusted with Local Authorities

S.103 Land and Abadi defined for the purposes of Chapter VI

S.104 Cases in which power of Revenue Officers may be exercised by Local Authorities

S.105 Rights of tenants under Section 31, Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955, not affected

S.106 Survey or re-survey

S.107 Record Operations

S.108 Record Officers

S.109 Mode of conducting operations

S.110 Assistance in survey of boundaries

S.111 Decision of disputes as to boundaries

S.112 Preparation of map and field book

S.113 Preparation of record of rights

S.114 Contents of record of rights

S.115 Inviting claims to lands appearing to have no owner

S.116 Pocedure when unclaimed land is used for common purposes

S.117 Procedure when limited right over such land is established

S.118 Determination and record of khudkasht land

S.119 Determination of the abadi of a village

S.120 Register of villages

S.121 Particulars to be stated in khatauni

S.122 Attestation of entries [ x x x]

S.123 [Omitted]

S.124 Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed

S.125 [Amendded]

S.126 Existing records to be acted upon

S.127 Proceedings pending upon close of survey & record operations

S.128 Boundary disputes

S.129 Obligation of holders as to boundary marks

S.130 Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks

S.131 Maintenance of Map and Field Book

S.132 Annual Registers

S.133 Report of succession and transfer of possession

S.134 Fine for neglect to report

S.135 Procedure on report

S.136 Correction of errors

S.137 Succession to estates

S.138 Inspection of records

S.139 Copies of entries

S.140 Presumption as to entries

S.140(a) Procedure in disputes relating to khudkasht entries

S.141 Decisions to be binding on revenue courts

S.141(a) Definitions

S.141(b) Power to order survey

S.141(c) Entry upon land

S.141(d) Notice of survey may be given before hand

S.141(e) Survey may be proceeded with after service of notice under Section 141-D

S.141(f) Survey map and register

S.141(g) Erection of boundary marks

S.141(h) Maintenance of temporary boundary marks

S.141(i) Disputes as to boundaries

S.141(j) Appeal to the Collector

S.141(k) Power to refer to arbitration

S.141(l) Documents connected with survey to be sent to officer or authority in charge of survey

S.141(m) Maintenance of maps and registers

S.141(n) Survey fees

S.141(o) Cost of survey

S.141(p) Penalty for failure to comply with requisition in notice

S.141(q) Inspection of, and copies of extracts from maps, registers and other documents

S.141(r) Rules

S.141(s) Proceedings not to be affected by informality

S.141(t) Presumption as to maps and entries in registers

S.142 Settlement or re-settlement

S.143 Probable results of resettlement

S.144 Consideration which shall determine whether re-settlement shall be made

S.145 Settlement Officers

S.146 Transfer of duties of Land Records Officers to Settlement Officer

S.147 Rules

S.148 Economic survey

S.149 Formation of assessment circles or groups

S.150 Soil Classification

S.151 Evolution of rent-rates

S.152 Basic of rent- rates

S.153 Modifications of rates

S.154 Matters to be determined and recorded

S.155 Publication and submission of proposals

S.156 Sanction of proposals

S.157 Assessment of rents

S.158 Land to be excluded from assessment

S.159 Allowance for improvements

S.160 Existing rent to be taken into consideration while assessing rents

S.161 Limits of enhancement

S.162 Progressive enhancement

S.163 Additional provision for assessment of Chahi holdings

S.164 Preparation and distribution of parchas

S.165 Interim stoppage of recovery of kind rents

S.166 Hearing of objections and determination of rent

S.167 Rent from what date payable

S.168 Option to tenant to refuse rent determined

S.169 Effect of refusal

S.170 Offer of holding to other persons

S.171 Procedure upon non-refusal

S.172 Rent not liable to variation during currency of settlement

S.173 Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai

S.174 Presumption of settlement entries

S.175 Term of Settlement

S.175(a) Commencement of term of settlement

S.176 Earlier termination of settlement

S.176(a) Interim relief during settlement operations

S.177 Tenure of land under expired settlement until new settlement

S.177(a) Increase in assessment of irrigated land assessed at un-irrigated rates

S.178 Short term settlement

S.179 Settlement of land added by alluvion and revision of assessment when culturable area reduced by fluvial action

S.180 Power of Government to levy additional urban rates

S.181 Applications and proceedings pending before Settlement Officer when operations are closed

S.182 Corrections of errors and omissions

S.183 Review of sanctioned rent-rates

S.184 Partition

S.185 Partible estates

S.186 Persons entitled to claim partition

S.187 Application for partition

S.188 To whom application lies

S.189 Partition of an estate failing under several districts

S.190 Consolidation of claims

S.191 Power to stay partition of an estate

S.192 Proclamation of application for partition

S.193 Objection raising question of title

S.194 Stay of partition pending decision of appeal

S.195 Attachment of estate pending completion of partition

S.196 Method of trial

S.197 Determination of principles and conditions of valuations

S.198 Preliminary decree for partition

S.199 Partition by whom to be made

S.200 Partition by agreement

S.201 Partition by arbitration

S.202 Court when to make partition itself

S.203 Estimate and levy of partition costs

S.204 Appointment of amins etc. and issue of warrant

S.205 Manner of executing warrant

S.206 Issue of proclamation

S.207 Consideration of proposals and determination of claims and objections

S.208 Division of tenant’s holding

S.209 Division of Khudkasht

S.210 Allotment of lands held in common

S.211 Buildings, gardens etc. of one co-sharer on land allotted to another

S.212 Tanks, wells, water courses and embankments

S.213 Places of worship and cremation or burial grounds

S.214 Incompactness a reason for disallowing partition

S.215 Distribution of revenue on partition

S.216 Final order for partition

S.217 Instrument of partition

S.218 Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition

S.219 Division of complex estates

S.220 Fraudulent or erroneous distribution of revenue

S.221 Under-assessed estates to refund to over-assessed estates

S.222 Consolidation of estates forming part of the same village

S.223 Chapter not to apply to division between Government and estate holder

S.224 Revenue, a first charge on land and its produce

S.225 Responsibility for revenue

S.226 Rules as to payment of arrears and defaulters

S.227 Certified account to be evidence as to arrears

S.228 Processes for recovery of arrears

S.229 Writ of demand and citation to appear

S.229(a) Power to grant Instalments

S.230 Attachment and sale of movable property

S.231 Attachment of the Land

S.232 Powers and obligations of manager

S.233 Proclamation of attachment

S.234 Transfer of defaulter’s share

S.235 Sale of defaulter’s specific area, patti or estate

S.236 Land to be sold free of encumbrances

S.237 Powers to proceed against interest of defaulter in property other than that in respect of which default is made

S.238 Proclamation of sale

S.239 Sale when and by whom to be made

S.240 Prohibition to bid for or acquire the property sold

S.241 When sale may be stayed

S.242 Deposit by purchaser, re-sale in default of deposit

S.243 Purchase money when to be paid

S.244 Liability of purchaser for loss by re-sale

S.245 Proclamation before re-sale

S.246 Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrear

S.247 Application to set aside the sale for irregularity etc.

S.248 Order confirming or setting aside sale

S.249 Bar of claims founded on irregularity or mistake

S.250 Refund of purchase-money when sale set aside

S.251 Purchaser to be put In possession - Certificate of Purchase

S.252 Application of proceeds of sale

S.253 Liability of purchaser for revenue or rent

S.254 Pre-emption by co-sharers

S.255 [Omitted]

S.256 Recovery of miscellaneous revenue and other moneys

S.257 Recovery of moneys from sureties

S.257(a) Application for Recovery of Moneys referred to in Sections 256 and 257

S.257(b) Payment under protest and further remedy

S.257(c) "Person from whom sum is due" defined

S.257(d) Provisions of Chapter to apply to sum due at commencement of Act

S.258 Recovery of costs etc.

S.259 Jurisdiction of civil courts excluded

S.260 Delegation

S.261 Power to make rule

S.262 Patwaris, etc. to be public servants

S.263 Repeal and Savings

Sch.1 FIRST SCHEDULE

Sch.2 SECOND SCHEDULE

Appendix.A Appendix A

Appendix.B Appendix B

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