(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) in relation to each class of local area as specified in Schedule I, the ceiling area with reference to Guj. 16 of 1969 Bom. XXIX of
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Delimitation of local areas.
Ceiling areas.
each class of land shall be as specified in the said schedule against the respective class of local area :
33[Provided that in areas which in the opinon of the State Government are desert or hill areas of drought-prone areas and which are specified by the State Government from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, as such areas, the ceiling area with reference to dry crop land shall be such area as is twelve and a half percent more than the ceiling area as specifed with reference to dry crop land against the class of local area in which the said areas fall, pro- vided however that such ceiling area shall in to case exceed an area of 21.85 hectares (54 acres), and for the purpose of determining whether any area is a desert or hill area or a drought-prone area, regard shall be had to the soil classi- fication of the land, the climate and rainfall of the area, the extent of irrigation facilities in the area, the average yield of crop and the agricultural resources of the area, the general economic conditions prevelant therein and such other factors.]
(2) Where a peson holds land consisting of different classes in the same class of local area, then for determining the question whether the total land held by him is less than, equal to, or more than, the ceiling area, the acreage of each class of land held by such person shall be converted to the acreage of dry crop land on the basis of the proportion which the celing area for the class of land to be so converted bears to the ceiling area for dry crop land.
(3) Where a peson holds, lands, whether consisting of different classes of land or not, in different classes of local areas, the question whether the total land held by him is less than, equal to, or more than, the ceiling area, shall be deter- mined as follows, that is to say-
(i) the acreage of each class of land held by the person in each class of local area shall be first converted into the acreage of dry crop land in that ocal area in accordance with sub-section (2) and the total acreage so arrived at shall be expressed in terms of a multiple or, as the case may be, fraction of such ceiling area;
(ii) the multiple or fraction so expressed in the case of each of the local areas shall be added together:
(iii) the person shall be deemed to hold land less than equal to, or more than, the ceiling area according as the sum total of the multiples and frac- tions under clause(ii) is less than equal to, or more than, one.
CHAPTER III.
FIXATION OF CEILING ON HOLDING LAND, DETERMINATION OF SURPLUS LAND AND ACQUISITION THEREOF.