The Oudh Estates Act, 1869

Section 5. Grantees' rights and liabilities

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

5. Grantees' rights and liabilities.— Every Grantee shall possess the same rights and be subject to the same conditions in respect of the estate comprised in his grant as a Taluqdár possesses and is subject to, under section three, in respect of his estate. 5. I am directed to add that, as regards Zamíndárs and others, not being Taluqdárs, with whom a summary settlement has been made, the orders conveyed in the limitation Circular No. 31 of the 28th of January 1859, must not be strictly observed. Opportunity must be allowed at the next settlement to all disappointed claimants to bring forward their claims, and all such claims must be heard and disposed of in the usual manner. ___________ II. From C. BEADON, ESQ., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, with the Governor General, to Chief Commissioner, Oudh, (No. 23, dated 19th October 1859). I am directed by His Excellency the Governor General to acknowledge the receipt of your demi-official letter of the 15th instant, enclosing a form of sanad to be given to the Taluqdárs of Oudh, granting them a full and permanent proprietary right in the taluqas for which they have severally been permitted to engage at the summary settlement. 5. This being the position in which the Taluqdárs will be placed, they cannot, with any show of reason, complain if the Government takes effectual steps to re-establish and maintain in subordination to them the former rights, as those existed in 1855, of other persons whose connexion with the soil is in many cases more intimate and more ancient than theirs; and it is obvious that the only effectual protection which the Government can extend to these inferior holders, is to define and record their rights and to limit the demand of the Taluqdár as against such person during the currency of the settlement to the amount fixed by the Government as the basis of its own revenue demand.

Source: India Code