Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

Bare Act · 1956

In the syllabus of: Rajasthan Civil Judge · Rajasthan Higher Judiciary · Rajasthan JLO · RIICO JLO

Act number: 15 of 1956
Enacted: 23 May 1956
Contents: 306 sections · 14 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — The Board of Revenue

Section 4 – Establishment and composition of the Board
Section 5 – Tenure of Members
Section 6 – Place of Sitting (preview)
Section 7 – Ministerial Officers (preview)
Section 8 – Powers of the Board (preview)
Section 9 – General superintendence of subordinate Revenue Courts (preview)
Section 10 – Jurisdiction of Board how exercised (preview)
Section 11 – Power to refer to a Bench (preview)
Section 12 – Power to refer question to High Court. (preview)
Section 13 – Decision in case of difference of opinion (preview)
Section 14 – Registers etc. to be kept (preview)

Chapter III — Revenue Courts and Officers

Section 15 – Territorial Divisions (preview)
Section 16 – Power to create, abolish or alter divisions area, etc (preview)
Section 17 – Commissioners and Additional Commissioner (preview)
Section 18 – Settlement Commissioner and Additional Settlement Commissioners (preview)
Section 19 – Director and Additional Directors of land Records (preview)
Section 20 – Appointment of other officers (preview)
Section 20A – Revenue Appellate Authority (preview)
Section 21 – Appointment ex-officio (preview)
Section 22 – Notification of appointments (preview)
Section 23 – Controlling power (preview)
Section 24 – Subordination of Revenue Courts and Officers (preview)
Section 25 – Powers and duties of Courts and Officer (preview)
Section 26 – Additional Powers of Courts and officers (preview)
Section 27 – Inherent powers of Courts and officers (preview)
Section 28 – Officers temporarily succeeding to permanent vacancies (preview)
Section 29 – Temporary absence of Officers (preview)
Section 30 – Formation and alteration of Patwaris' Circles (preview)
Section 31 – Appointment of Patwaris (preview)
Section 32 – Formation and alteration of land Records Inspection circles (preview)
Section 33 – Appointment of Girdawar, Qanungos or Land Record Inspectors (preview)
Section 34 – Sadar Qanungos (preview)
Section 35 – Qualification etc. of Patwaris and Qanungos (preview)
Section 36 – Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records (preview)
Section 37 – Repealed (preview)
Section 38 – Repealed (preview)
Section 39 – Repealed (preview)
Section 40 – Repealed (preview)
Section 40A – Termination of services of Lambardars (preview)
Section 41 – Omitted (preview)
Section 42 – Omitted (preview)
Section 43 – Omitted (preview)
Section 44 – Omitted (preview)
Section 45 – Omitted (preview)
Section 46 – Omitted (preview)
Section 47 – Omitted (preview)
Section 48 – Omitted (preview)
Section 49 – Omitted (preview)
Section 50 – Omitted (preview)

Chapter IV — Procedure of Revenue Courts and Officers

Section 51 – Place for holding Court or making inquiries (preview)
Section 52 – Power to enter upon and Survey Land (preview)
Section 53 – Power of Government, Board etc. to transfer cases (preview)
Section 54 – Power to transfer cases to and from subordinates (preview)
Section 55 – Consolidation of cases (preview)
Section 56 – Appearances, applications, etc. by whom made (preview)
Section 56A – Presentation of Applications, Appeals etc (preview)
Section 57 – Power of Revenue Courts or Officers to require attendance of persons and production of documents and to receive evidence (preview)
Section 58 – Summons to be in Writing Signed and Sealed (preview)
Section 59 – Serving of Summons (preview)
Section 60 – Mode of Serving Notice (preview)
Section 61 – Mode of Issuing Proclamations (preview)
Section 62 – Notice or proclamation not Void for error (preview)
Section 63 – Hearing in Absence of Party (preview)
Section 64 – Adjournment of Hearing (preview)
Section 65 – No appeal from Orders Passed under section 63 (preview)
Section 66 – Power to give and Apportion costs (preview)
Section 67 – Correction of error or omission (preview)
Section 68 – Power to refer disputes to arbitration. (preview)
Section 69 – Procedure in cases Referred to Arbitration (preview)
Section 70 – Application to set Aside Award (preview)
Section 71 – Decision according to award (preview)
Section 72 – Bar to appeal and suit in Civil Court (preview)
Section 73 – Delivery of Possession of Immovable property (preview)

Chapter V — Appeal, Reference, Revision and Review

Section 74 – Appeal to be as allowed by this Act (preview)
Section 75 – First Appeals (preview)
Section 76 – Second appeals (preview)
Section 77 – No appeal in certain cases (preview)
Section 78 – Limitation for Appeals (preview)
Section 79 – Copy of order objected to, to Accompany Petition (preview)
Section 80 – Powers of Appellate Authority (preview)
Section 81 – Power to stay execution of orders of Lower Court (preview)
Section 82 – Power to call for records and proceeding and reference to State Government or Board (preview)
Section 83 – Power of Government to call for records and revise orders (preview)
Section 84 – Power of Board to call for Records and revise orders (preview)
Section 84A – No revision in Certain cases (preview)
Section 85 – Hearing (preview)
Section 85A – Review by the State Government. (preview)
Section 86 – Review by the Board and other Courts (preview)
Section 87 – Application of Act IX of 1908 (preview)

Chapter VI — Land

Chapter VII — Survey and Record Operations

Section 106 – Survey or resurvey (preview)
Section 107 – Record Operations (preview)
Section 108 – Record Officers (preview)
Section 109 – Mode of conducting operations (preview)
Section 110 – Assistance in survey of Boundaries (preview)
Section 111 – Decision of disputes as to boundaries (preview)
Section 112 – Preparation of map and field book. (preview)
Section 113 – Preparation of record of rights (preview)
Section 114 – Contents of record of rights (preview)
Section 115 – Inviting claims to land appearing to have no owner (preview)
Section 116 – Procedure when unclaimed land is used for common purposes (preview)
Section 117 – Procedure when limited right over such land is established (preview)
Section 118 – Determination and record of khudkasht land (preview)
Section 119 – Determination of the abadi of a village (preview)
Section 120 – Register of villages (preview)
Section 121 – Particulars to be stated in khatauni (preview)
Section 122 – Attestation of entries (preview)
Section 123 – Omitted (preview)
Section 124 – Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed (preview)
Section 125 – Omitted (preview)
Section 126 – Existing records to be acted upon (preview)
Section 127 – Proceedings pending upon close of survey and record operations (preview)
Section 128 – Boundary disputes (preview)
Section 129 – Obligation of holders as to boundary marks (preview)
Section 130 – Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks (preview)
Section 131 – Maintenance of map and field book (preview)
Section 132 – Annual Registers (preview)
Section 133 – Report of succession and transfer of possession (preview)
Section 134 – Fine for neglect to report (preview)
Section 135 – Procedure on report (preview)
Section 136 – Correction of errors (preview)
Section 137 – Succession to estates (preview)
Section 138 – Inspection of records (preview)
Section 139 – Copies of entries (preview)
Section 140 – Presumption as to entries (preview)
Section 140A – Procedure in dispute relating to Khudkasht entries (preview)
Section 141 – Decisions to be binding on revenue courts (preview)

Chapter VII-A — Survey of Abadi Areas

Section 141A – Definitions (preview)
Section 141B – Power to order survey (preview)
Section 141C – Entry upon land (preview)
Section 141D – Notice of survey may be given before hand (preview)
Section 141E – Survey may be proceeded with after service of notice under section 14-D (preview)
Section 141F – Survey map and register (preview)
Section 141G – Erection of boundary marks (preview)
Section 141H – Maintenance of temporary boundary marks (preview)
Section 141I – Disputes as to boundaries (preview)
Section 141J – Appeal to the Collector (preview)
Section 141K – Power to refer to arbitration (preview)
Section 141L – Documents connected with survey to be sent to officer or authority in charge of survey (preview)
Section 141M – Maintenance of maps and registers (preview)
Section 141N – Survey fees (preview)
Section 141O – Cost of Survey (preview)
Section 141P – Penalty for failure to comply with requisition in notice (preview)
Section 141Q – Inspection of and copies of extracts form maps, registers and other documents (preview)
Section 141R – Rules (preview)
Section 141S – Proceedings not to be affected by informality (preview)
Section 141T – Presumption as to maps and entries in registers (preview)

Chapter VIII — Settlement Operations

Section 142 – Settlement or resettlement (preview)
Section 143 – Probable results of resettlement (preview)
Section 144 – Consideration which shall determine whether re-settlement shall be made (preview)
Section 145 – Settlement Officers (preview)
Section 146 – Transfer of duties of Land Records Officer to Settlement OffiCers (preview)
Section 147 – Rules (preview)
Section 148 – Economic survey (preview)
Section 149 – Formation of assessment circles or groups (preview)
Section 150 – Soil classification (preview)
Section 151 – Evolution of rent-rates (preview)
Section 152 – Basis of rent-rates (preview)
Section 153 – Modifications of rates (preview)
Section 154 – Matters to be determined and recorded (preview)
Section 155 – Publication and submission of proposals (preview)
Section 156 – Sanction of proposals (preview)
Section 157 – Assessment of rents (preview)
Section 158 – Land to be excluded from assessment (preview)
Section 159 – Allowance for improvements (preview)
Section 160 – Existing rent to be taken into consideration while assessing rent (preview)
Section 161 – Limits of enhancement (preview)
Section 162 – Progressive enhancement (preview)
Section 163 – Additional provision for assessment of Chahi holdings (preview)
Section 164 – Preparation and distribution of Parchas (preview)
Section 165 – Interim stoppage of recovery of kind rents (preview)
Section 166 – Hearing of objections and determination of rent (preview)
Section 167 – Rent from what date payable (preview)
Section 168 – Option to tenant to refuse rent determined (preview)
Section 169 – Effect of refusal (preview)
Section 170 – Offer of holding to other persons (preview)
Section 171 – Procedure upon non-refusal (preview)
Section 172 – Rent not liable to variation during currency of settlement (preview)
Section 173 – Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai (preview)
Section 174 – Presumption of settlement entries (preview)
Section 175 – Term of settlement (preview)
Section 175A – Commencement of term of settlement (preview)
Section 176 – Earlier termination of settlement (preview)
Section 176A – Interim relief during settlement operation (preview)
Section 177 – Tenure of land under expired settlement until new settlement (preview)
Section 177A – Increase in assessment of irrigated land assessed at un-irrigated rates (preview)
Section 178 – Short term settlement (preview)
Section 179 – Settlement of land added by alluvion and revision of assessment when culturable area reduced by fluvial action (preview)
Section 180 – Power of Government to levy additional urban rates (preview)
Section 181 – Applications and proceedings pending before Settlement Officer when operations are closed (preview)
Section 182 – Correction of errors and omissions (preview)
Section 183 – Review of sanctioned rent-rates (preview)

Chapter IX — Partition of Estates

Section 184 – Partition (preview)
Section 185 – Partible estates (preview)
Section 186 – Persons entitled to claim partition (preview)
Section 187 – Application for partition (preview)
Section 188 – To whom application lies (preview)
Section 189 – Partition of an estate falling under several districts (preview)
Section 190 – Consolidation of claims (preview)
Section 191 – Power to stay partition of an estate (preview)
Section 192 – Proclamation of application for partition (preview)
Section 193 – Objection raising question of title (preview)
Section 194 – Stay of partition pending decision of appeal (preview)
Section 195 – Attachment of estate pending completion of partition (preview)
Section 196 – Method of trial (preview)
Section 197 – Determination of principles and conditions of valuations (preview)
Section 198 – Preliminary decree for partition (preview)
Section 199 – Partition by whom to be made (preview)
Section 200 – Partition by agreement (preview)
Section 201 – Partition by arbitration (preview)
Section 202 – Court when to make partition itself (preview)
Section 203 – Estimate and levy of partition costs (preview)
Section 204 – Appointment of Amins, etc. and issue of warrant (preview)
Section 205 – Manner of executing warrant (preview)
Section 206 – Issue of proclamation (preview)
Section 207 – Consideration of proposals and determination of claims and objection (preview)
Section 208 – Division of tenant's holding (preview)
Section 209 – Division of Khudkasht (preview)
Section 210 – Allotment of lands held in common (preview)
Section 211 – Building, gardens, etc. of one co-sharer on land allotted to another (preview)
Section 212 – Tanks, wells, water-courses and embankments (preview)
Section 213 – Places of worship and cremation or burial grounds (preview)
Section 214 – Incompactness a reason for disallowing partition (preview)
Section 215 – Distribution of revenue on partition (preview)
Section 216 – Find order for partition (preview)
Section 217 – Instrument of partition (preview)
Section 218 – Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition (preview)
Section 219 – Division of complex estates (preview)
Section 220 – Fraudulent or erroneous distribution of revenue (preview)
Section 221 – Under assessed estates to refund to over-assessed estates (preview)
Section 222 – Consolidation of estates forming part of the same village (preview)
Section 223 – Chapter not to apply to division between Government and estate-holder (preview)

Chapter X — Collection of Revenue

Section 224 – Revenue, a first charge on land and its produce (preview)
Section 225 – Responsibility for revenue (preview)
Section 226 – Rules as to payment of arrears and defaulters (preview)
Section 227 – Certified account to be evidence as to arrear (preview)
Section 228 – Processes for recovery of arrears (preview)
Section 229 – Writ of demand and citation to appear (preview)
Section 229A – Power to grant instalment (preview)
Section 230 – Attachment and sale of movable property (preview)
Section 231 – Attachment of land (preview)
Section 232 – Powers and obligations of Manager (preview)
Section 233 – Proclamation of attachment (preview)
Section 234 – Transfer of defaulter's share (preview)
Section 235 – Sale of defaulter's specific area, patti or estate (preview)
Section 236 – Land to be sold free of encumbrances (preview)
Section 237 – Powers to proceed against interest of defaulter in property other than that in respect of which default is made (preview)
Section 238 – Proclamation of sale (preview)
Section 239 – Sale when and by whom to be made (preview)
Section 240 – Prohibition to bid for, or acquire the property sold (preview)
Section 241 – When sale may be stayed (preview)
Section 242 – Deposit by purchaser, re-sale in default of deposit (preview)
Section 243 – Purchase money when to be paid (preview)
Section 244 – Liability of purchaser for loss by re-sale (preview)
Section 245 – Proclamation before re-sale (preview)
Section 246 – Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrear (preview)
Section 247 – Application to set aside the sale for irregularity etc (preview)
Section 248 – Order confirming or setting aside sale (preview)
Section 249 – Bar of claims founded on irregularity or mistake (preview)
Section 250 – Refund of purchase money when sale set aside (preview)
Section 251 – Purchaser to be put in possession Certificate of purchase (preview)
Section 252 – Application of proceeds of sale (preview)
Section 253 – Liability of purchaser for revenue or rent (preview)
Section 254 – Preemption by co-sharers (preview)
Section 255 – Omitted (preview)
Section 256 – Recovery of miscellaneous revenue and other money (preview)
Section 257 – Recovery of moneys from sureties (preview)
Section 257A – Application for recovery of moneys referred to in section 256 and 257 (preview)
Section 257B – Payment under protest and further remedy (preview)
Section 257C – Person from whom sum is due defined (preview)
Section 257D – Provisions of Chapter to apply to sums due at commencement of Act (preview)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous

Section 258 – Recovery of costs, etc (preview)
Section 259 – Jurisdiction of Civil Courts excluded (preview)
Section 260 – Delegation (preview)
Section 261 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 262 – Patwaris, etc. to be public servants. (preview)
Section 263 – Repeal and savings (preview)

Schedules

Preamble

Preamble – Preamble (preview)