The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950

Sections

1. XVII — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
2. 1The provisions of this Schedule and the rates of fees specified therein for occupying a house site i
3. 2The fees for grazing and occupying a house-site shall be assessed annually by the tahsildar in the manner prescribed
4. 3If any person has not paid grazing fee within six weeks of its becoming due, the tahsildar shall,
5. 4A landlord shall provide a tenant with a house-site of reasonable dimensions, preferably in the village abadi
6. 5No premium shall be charged for providing any house-site, and the fee to be charged therefor shall not exceed one anna per 100 square yards per year
7. 6(1) No grazing fee shall be charged for the following classes of animals:
8. 7Section 7
9. II — PRIMARY RIGHTS
10. 8Prohibition against deprivation of certain rights
11. 9Certain rights of landlord
12. III — Niji jot
13. 10Definition
14. 11Application for demarcation
15. 12Order of demarcation of
16. 13Demarcation
17. 14Status of tenant of
18. 15Succession to
19. 16Collector's powers to let to tenants
20. IV — CLASSES OF TENANTS
21. 17Classes of tenants
22. 18Occupancy tenants
23. 19Exproprietary tenants
24. 20Acquisition of exproprietary rights
25. 21Relinquishment of exproprietary rights
26. 22Hereditary tenants
27. 23Land in which hereditary rights shall not accrue
28. 24Non-occupancy tenants
29. V — DEVOLUTION, TRANSFER, EXTINCTION, DIVISION, EXCHANGE AND ACQUISITION
30. 25Interest of a tenant, if heritable and transferable
31. 26Prohibition against certain kind of transfer or sub-lease
32. 27Right to sub-let
33. 28Tenancy, when extinguished
34. 29Life tenancy of female, when extinguished
35. 30Rights of sub-tenant on extinction of tenant's interest
36. 31Vacating of holding on extinction of right
37. 32Possession of land not vacated
38. 33Division of holdings
39. 34Co-tenant's right to claim division of produce
40. 35Right of tenant in land received in exchange
41. 36Exchange of land for consolidation of cultivated area
42. 37Acquisition of land by the landlord for certain purposes
43. 38Decision of certain disputes arising out of acquisition proceedings
44. 39Reinstatement of tenant ejected under section 37
45. 40Acquisition of proprietary right by tenant
46. VI — GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TENANCIES
47. 41Right to written lease and procedure to obtain it
48. 42Registration of leases
49. 43Declaration of rights in certain cases
50. 44Right of certain tenants to make improvements
51. 45Right of non-occupancy tenants to make improvements
52. 46Right of landlord to make improvement
53. 47Provision when both landlord and tenant want to make the same improvement
54. 48Restrictions on making improvement
55. 49Compensation for improvement, when permissible
56. 50Determination of compensation
57. 51Works benefiting other land
58. 52Disputes as regards improvements
59. 53Right of tenant paying fixed money rent to plant tree
60. 54Right of a tenant paying
61. 55Tenant's rights in tree existing at the commencement of the Act
62. 56Decision of disputes regarding trees
63. 57Surrender by tenant
64. 58Abandonment
65. 59Taking possession of holding surrendered or abandoned
66. 60Dispute arising out of surrender and abandonment of land
67. VII — PREMIA AND OTHER LEVIES
68. 61Acceptance of premium; how far permissible
69. VIII — RENT AND ITS RECOVERY
70. 63Liability for payment of rent
71. 64Scale of rent for different classes of tenants
72. 65Status and liability of person permitted to retain possession
73. 66Hypothecation of produce towards payment of rent
74. 67Procedure when produce is attached by civil or revenue court
75. 68Right of landlord to collect rent from cultivator
76. 69No cartage allowed
77. 70Presumption as to payment by tenant and application of such payment
78. 71Modes of making payment of money rent
79. 72Right to get receipt
80. 73Penalty for not issuing proper receipt
81. 74Obligation of Chief Commissioner to print and supply books of receipt
82. 75Penalty for non-production of receipt book with counterfoils
83. 76Rights and liabilities in respect of produce
84. 77Application for officer to make division
85. 78Application for
86. 79Procedure on application
87. 80Collector to publish return of current prices
88. 82Commutation of
89. 83Payment of commuted rent
90. 84Rent when and how payable
91. 85Claim for arrears of rent
92. 86Interest in cases of arrears of rent
93. 87Landlord's power to charge irrigation dues
94. 88Method of recovering
95. 89Realisation of
96. 90Recovery of arrears in the event of general refusal to pay
97. 91Application of certain sections to
98. IX — EJECTMENT OF TENANTS
99. 92Arrears deemed satisfied when tenant is ejected
100. 93Decree for arrears, how executed
101. 94Adjustment of arrears and compensation on ejectment
102. 95Entry of landholder on land from which tenant is ordered to be ejected
103. 96Grounds of ejectment
104. 97Special grounds of ejectment of non-occupancy tenants
105. 98Procedure in ejectment for decreed arrears
106. 99Procedure for ejectment on other grounds
107. 100Application for ejectment of non-occupancy tenant
108. 101Procedure on application
109. 102Remedies for wrongful ejectment
110. 103Procedure on application
111. 104Ejectment of person occupying land without title
112. 105Procedure on application
113. 106Consequences of failure to file application under section 102 or 104
114. 107No separate relief claimable, if not claimed in revenue court
115. X — COMPENSATION AND PENALTIES
116. 108Tenant's right to claim inquiry for illegal exaction and other matters
117. 109Power to award compensation in proceedings for arrears of rent
118. 110Prosecution of landholder for illegal exaction
119. 111Compensation for exaction by landholder and for false complaint by tenant
120. 112Penalty for habitual infringement of rights of tenant
121. 113Penalty for illegal entry on a holding
122. 114Compensation, how realisable
123. XI — GRANTS
124. 115Exemption of
125. 116Interpretation
126. 117Grant which cannot be resumed
127. 118Grounds on which certain grants may be resumed
128. 119How to deal with resumable grant
129. 121Grants, how far transferable
130. 122Void transactions
131. 123Power to hear cases of grantees
132. XII — PREPARATION OF RECORD-OF-RIGHTS AND DETERMINATION AND MODIFICATION OF RENT AND
133. 124Applicability of Part III
134. 125Power to form and alter
135. 126Appointment of
136. 127Appointment of
137. 128Cadre and pay of
138. 130Maintenance of maps and fieldbooks
139. 131Obligation of owners as to boundary marks
140. 132Record-of-rights
141. 133Contents of certain registers
142. 134Registers of revenue-paying, revenue-assigned and revenue-free villages
143. 135The annual registers
144. 136Obligation to furnish information necessary for compilation of record-of-rights
145. 137Decision of disputes
146. 138Inquiry into cases
147. 139Certain decisions, no bar to civil suit
148. 140Value of entries and decisions in contested cases
149. 141Appointment and punishment of
150. 142Record and rent-rate operations
151. 143Powers of the record officer, assistant record officer and rent-rate officer
152. 144Sanctioned rates
153. 145Duration of rent-rates
154. 146Circle and soil classification
155. 147Basis of rates for hereditary tenants
156. 148Provision for rates in special cases
157. 149Procedure in publishing and sanctioning rates
158. 150Civil suit relating to record-of-rights and certain other matters barred
159. 151Commutation of rent from kind to cash
160. 152Commutation of rent from cash to kind
161. 153Grounds of abatement of fixed money rent
162. 154Ground of enhancement of fixed money rent
163. 155Order for determination, commutation or variation of rent, when to take effect
164. 156Joinder of parties in cases relating to variation of rent
165. 157Determination of rent on partial ejectment
166. 158Rent, how calculated for commutation, variation or determination
167. 159Meaning of "substantial" in certain sections
168. 160Basis of variation of rent in certain cases
169. 161Period for which rent is not liable to modification
170. 162Applications for variation of rent, by whom to be entertained
171. XIII — EXTRAORDINARY AND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
172. 163Provision of rent and revenue in an emergency
173. 164Remission or suspension of rent in agricultural calamities
174. 165Bar to collection of rent remitted or suspended
175. 166Period of suspension to be excluded in computing period of limitation
176. 167Remission for calamity by court decreeing claim for arrears
177. 168Jurisdiction of certain courts excluded in cases of remission and suspension of rent or revenue
178. XIV — PROCEDURE AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS
179. 169Cases cognizable by revenue courts
180. 170Procedure of revenue courts
181. 171Application of Indian Limitation Act, 1908
182. 172Limitation in cases under this Act
183. 173Payment of court-fees under this Act
184. 174Subordination of courts
185. 175Place of sitting of revenue courts
186. 176Chief Commissioner's power to confer powers
187. 177Collector's power to place assistant commissioner in charge of sub-division
188. 178Collector's powers to authorise certain courts to entertain and dispose of applications
189. 179Powers of revenue courts to refer cases for investigation and report
190. 180Powers of Chief Commissioner to create
191. 181Decree or order to be final in certain circumstances
192. 182Submission to confirming court
193. 183Form of decree or order to be submitted for confirmation
194. 184Procedure for confirmation
195. 185Review by the Chief Commissioner
196. 186Review by other courts
197. 187Revision
198. 188Power to transfer cases
199. 189Power of collector to transfer and withdraw cases
200. 190Sub-divisional officer's power to transfer cases
201. 191Power of record officer to transfer and withdraw cases
202. 192Transfer of cases by the district judge
203. 193Dispute as regards ownership of land
204. 194Procedure when plea of proprietary right raised in revenue court
205. 195Procedure when plea of tenancy raised in civil court
206. 196Reference to Judicial Commissioner
207. XV — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
208. 197Provision for injunction and appointment of receiver
209. 198Cases in which legal practitioners may appear
210. 199Persons who may appear before a revenue court
211. 200Costs in revenue courts
212. 201Power of revenue court to summon persons
213. 202Mode of service of summons or notice
214. XVI — POWER TO MAKE RULES
215. 203Power to make rules
216. XVII — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
217. 204Reinstatement of tenant ejected before commencement of this Act
218. 205Provision for pending and other cases