Afte r section 164 of the pr in cipa l Regulation, the follow ing section shal l be inserted, na m el y:— "164A.—Bar of acqu isition by pre scr ipt ion in a b elt or block.— Notwi ths tanding any thing to the contrar y contain ed in this Act or in any law relating to lim ita tion, no person to whom any land is tra ns ferre d in a belt or block in contrave ntion of the provisions of this Chapt er sha ll acquire any rig ht or tit le in that lan d by any len gth of possession, wh eth er adv erse or no t.” . __ _________ _ i z N. SANJIVA REDDY, Preside nt.
“ ........ p- ” R. V. S. PERI SASTRI, , ... A t -.... ‘ S ecre tary to the Govt, of India, c20 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DEG. 30, 1981 Reasons for the enactment Chapt er X of the Assam Land and Revenue Regu lation, 1886 (Regula tion I of 1886) prov ides for protect ion and fur the ran ce of the in ter es t of triba ls in land. The Sta te Gov ernmen t are competent to specify, by notification , the classes of people deserving, in their view, special protect ion and to con stit ute bel t or blocks i n areas pre dom inantly people by such classes. The exis ting scheme of allo tment of lan d for ord ina ry cul tiva tion or for purposes anc illa ry the reto in the areas con stituted into bel ts or blocks require s, according to the Sta te Gov ernm ent, some modifica tions. They have suggested th at a clear and unambiguous pr ior ity should be given in the law to trib als , th at there shou ld be sta tu tory res tric tions on the rig ht of transf er, and that tra ns fer in con trav ent ion of the law should not be saved by the law of limi tatio n. It has, however , been fel t that tra ns fers in fav our of nat ionalis ed banks co-operativ e societies or oth er financing ins titu tions approve d by the Sta te Government s hould not be sub ject to these rest rict ions. The B ill seeks to amend Chapter X of th e Assam Land and Revenue Reg ula tion ,1886 to give effect to these changes.
2. The Con sult ation Com mittee con stituted under the proviso to sub-sec tion (2) of section 3 of the Assam Sta te Leg isla ture (Delega tion of Powers) Act, 1981, has been c onsu lted befo re the e nac tme nt of this measu re as a Pres iden t’s Act.
S. C. VARMA, Secy, to the Govt, of India , • (Ministary of R ura l Reconstruction).
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