Bhumidhar Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 A bhumidhar would be a person who is liable to pay land revenue directly to the State. Section 5 of Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 provides that every person belonging to any of the following classes shall be a bhumidhar and hall have all the rights and be subject to all the liabilities conferred or imposed upon a bhumidhar, by or thereunder: ''5. (a) a proprietor holding sir or khudkasht land, a proprietor's groveholder, an occupancy tenant under Section 5 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, paying rent at revenue rates or a person holding land under patta dawami, or istamrari with rights of transfer by sale, who are declared bhumidhars on the commencement of this Act; (b) every class of tenants other than those referred to in clause (a) and sub-tenants who are declared bhumidhars on the commencement of this Act; or (c) every person who, after the commencement of this Act, is admitted to land as bhumidhar or who acquires bhumidhari rights under any provisions of this Act.'' (Union of India v. Praod Gupta, (2005) 12 SCC 1(34)]