(1) .(1) A panchayat may, gift, sell, exchange or lease the land in shamilat deh vested in it under this Act to such persons including members of Schedules Castes and Backward Classes on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed:
6[ ********] 7[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a Panchayat may, with the prior approval of the 8[Director, Development and Panchayats Department], transfer its non-cultivable land in shamilat deh by sale to the inhabitant of the village who has constructed on or before the 31st March, 2004, a house or part thereof alongwith open space upto twenty-five percent of the constructed area, both put together not exceeding five hundred square yards and not causing any obstruction to traffic and other public utilities and also not a land reserved for pond or any other water 1 Substituted by Haryana Act 23 of 1973.
2 Added by Punjab Act 19 of 1964, Section 3.
3 Added by Haryana Act 18 of 1971, Section 2.
4 Proviso deleted by Haryana Act 23 of 1973.
5 Substitution of section 5A by Act 8 of 2007 and thereafter by Act 23 of 2013.
6 Substituted by Haryana Act 5 of 2025 dated 01.04.2025.
7 Inserted by Haryana Ordinance No.5 of 2024 dated 16.08.2024 and Haryana Act 19 of 2024 dated
12.12.2024.
8 Substituted by Haryana Act 5 of 2025 dated 01.04.2025.
Disposal of lands vested or deemed to have been vested in panchayat 10 body or revenue rasta entered as such in revenue record, 1[at such rate as may be prescribed.]
(2) The gift, sale, exchange or lease of the land in shamilat deh already made shall be deemed to have been made under sub-section (1).]
2[(3) The land in shamilat deh gifted to a department, Board or any agency of the State Government by the Panchayat by passing a resolution and without prior approval of the State Government before the 4th April, 2007 shall be regularized by the panchayat by forwarding the said resolution to the State Government for obtaining approval. The State Government may grant approval to such resolution.]
3[5B.(1)Any transfer of land, gifted sold, exchanged or leased before or after the commencement of this Act, made in contravention of the prescribed terms and conditions, shall be void and the gifted, sold, exchanged or leased land so transferred shall revert to, and revert in, the panchayat free from all encumbrances.
(2) The Government or any officer authorized by it may, either suo motu or on application made to him by a panchayat or an inhabitant of the village or the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, examine the record for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of any sale, lease, gift, exchange, contract or agreement executed before or after commencement of this Act, if such sale, lease, gift, exchange, contract or agreement is found detrimental to the interest of the villagers and is no longer required in the interest of the panchayat, the Government may, after making such enquiry as it may deem fit, cancel the same and no separate proceedings under any law shall be required to cancel the sale, lease, gift or exchange. The panchayat shall be competent to take over the possession of such premises including the constructions thereon. If any, for which no compensation shall be payable.]