(1) The Panchayat shall prepare a land utilization plan of the land in shamilat deh vested in it under the Act. 5[It shall be the duty of Block Development and Panchayat Officer to assist the Gram Panchayat concerned in the preparation of said plan].
Such plan shall be subject to approval of
(a) the Panchayat Samiti : where the area exceeds 100 acres but does not exceed 6[500 acres].
(b) 7[the Zila Parishad : where the area exceeds 500 acres but does not exceeds 1000 acres; and]
(c) the Government : where the area exceeds 1,000 acres.
1 First Published, - vide notification No.G.S.R. 45/P.A. 18/61/S15/64, dated the 3rd February, 1964, in the Punjab Government Gazette, Legislative Supplement, Part II, dated the 7thFebruary, 1964.
2 Substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No. S.O 3/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2008, dated the 3rd January, 2008.
3 Substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No. S.O 3/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2008, dated the 3rd January, 2008.
4 Omitted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.G.S.R.224/P.A.18/61/S.15Amd.
(2)/76, dated the 21stOctober, 1976.
5 Inserted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.G.S.R.129/P.A.18/61/S.15Amd.
(1)/79, dated the 29th November, 1979.
6 Substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.G.S.R.224/P.A.18/61/S.15/Amd
(2)/76, dated 21th October, 1976 and further substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.S.O.87/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2011, dated the 14th November, 2011.
7 Omitted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.G.S.R224/P.A.18/61/S.15/Amd
(2)/76, dated 21th October, 1976 and further inserted, - vide aryana Government notification No.S.O.87/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2011, dated the 14th November, 2011.
The manner in which and the purpose for which shamilat deh may be used.Sections 5 and 15(2) (a).
Short title.
Definitions.
2 1[(2) Subject to the approval of competent authority prescribed under the Act or these rules, the Panchayat may 2[make] use of the land in shamilat deh vested in it under the Act, either itself or through another for any one or more of the following purposes :-
(i) Grazing of animals ;
(i-a) 3[Gaushala;]
(ii) Tree plantation or any other purpose related to forestry ;
(iii) Dyeing and tanning of skins and hides ;
(iv) Storage of fuel, fodder and/or grain ;
(v) Cremation or burial ground ;
(vi) Manure pits ;
(vii) Public latrines, and/or urinal ;
(viii) Drains or water channels ;
(ix) Playgrounds ;
(x) Government School building and its library ;
(xi) Government Hospital or Dispensary, Maternity or First-aid Centres, Veterinary Hospital or Dispensary ;
(xii) Vehicle parking related to agriculture and incidental purposes ;
(xiii) Panchayat ghar or Janjghar or Village Chaupal ;
(xiv) Ponds and Fisheries ;
(xv) Wells, Hand-pumps, Water works, or any other Water Lifting device ;
(xvi) Crop thrashing ground ;
(xvii) Kohloo ;
(xviii) Cultivation ;
(xix) Model Farm, Seed Farm, Dairy Farm, Nursery, Garden or any other Horticultural purposes ;
(xx) Production of food, fiber or fodder crops;
(xxi) Stone Crusher, Brick-kilns, Pottery, extraction of shora, sand, stone, kankar, bajri or other minerals defined in the Punjab Minor Mineral (Concession) Rules, 1964 ;
(xxii) Special Economic Zone Projects and Industrial development ;
(xxiii) Roads, Pathways, Streets, Lanes and Bye-lanes ;
(xxiv)
(xxv) Residential;
(xxvi) Educational and knowledge centres including libraries to be set up by nongovernmental institutions or individual ;
1 Substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No. S.O 3/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2008, dated the 3rd January, 2008.
2 Substituted, - vide Haryana Government notification No.S.O.87/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2011, dated the 14th November, 2011.
3 Inserted, - Haryana Government notification No.S.O.46/P.A.18/1961/S.15/2018, dated the 25th July, 2018.
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(xxvii) Hospital or Dispensary, Maternity or First-aid Centres, Veterinary Hospital or Dispensary to be set up by non-governmental institution or individual;
(xxviii) Any other kindred common purpose:
Provided that the use of land for the purposes mentioned under clauses (xix) to
(xxviii) shall be with the prior approval of State Government.]
(3) Subject to the approval of Panchayat Samiti, a Panchayat may unite with any other body or bodies being a Gram Panchayat, local authority or an institution or branch of an institution, established for the development of Panchayats and recognized by government in taking up any of the purpose specified in sub-rule (2).
1[(4) The Panchayat shall earmark an area of land not exceeding five acres, if available, in the village for the use of potters to excavate raw earth if so advised by the Deputy Commissioner].
4. 2[Omitted].
3[5. A Panchayat, if it is of opinion that it is necessary so to do for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village may, with the prior approval of the State Government, transfer any land in shamilat deh by exchange with the land of an equivalent 4(market) value to be determined by the Deputy Commissioner in whose jurisdiction the land is situated:
Provided that State Government shall not accord any approval in cases which are not received through the Deputy Commissioner concerned:
Provided further that for the purpose of allotment of residential plots to the eligible families identified under the scheme approved by the State Government, to allot house-sites , 5[Backward Classes ] families and the families living below poverty line, the concerned Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil), as may be authorized by the State Government, shall be competent to accord approval for transfer any land in shamilat deh, by way of exchange, with the land of equivalent value].