The Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954
State Act of Himachal Pradesh · Act 6 of 1954158 provisions
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 6 of 1954 |
| Year | 1954 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Himachal Pradesh |
| Ministry | Revenue |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 158 |
| Subjects | property |
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- Section 1 Title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 Repeal
- Section 3 Savings
- Section 4 Definitions
- Section 5 Exclusion of certain land from operation of Act
- Section 6 Power to vary limits and alter number of tehsils, 5[sub-tehsils,] districts and divisions
- Section 7 Classes of Revenue Officers
- Section 8 Financial Commissioner
- Section 9 Appointment of Commissioner etc.
- Section 10 Appointment of Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars
- Section 11 Powers of Revenue Officers
- Section 12 Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers
- Section 13 Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases
- Section 14 Appeals
- Section 15 Limitation for Appeals
- Section 16 Review by Revenue Officers
- Section 17 Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue Officers
- Section 18 Power to make rules as to procedure
- Section 19 Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue Officers
- Section 20 Power of Revenue Officer to summon persons
- Section 21 Mode of service of summons
- Section 22 Mode of service of notice, order or proclamation, or copy thereof
- Section 23 Mode of making proclamation
- Section 24 Place of sitting
- Section 25 Holidays
- Section 26 Discharge of duties of Collector dying or being disabled
- Section 27 Retention of powers by Revenue Officers on transfer
- Section 28 Conferment of powers to Revenue Officer
- Section 29 Rules respecting Kanungos and village officers
- Section 30 Village Officer’s cess
- Section 31 Restriction on attachment or assignment of remuneration of Kanungos and Village Officers
- Section 32 Record-of-rights and documents included therein
- Section 33 Making of special revision of record-of-rights
- Section 34 1Pperiodical] record
- Section 35 Making of that part of the 8[periodical] record which relates to to land-owners 9[etc.] assignees of revenue and occupancy tenants
- Section 36 Marking of that part of the 12[periodical] record which relates to other persons
- Section 37 Determination of disputes
- Section 38 Restrictions on variations of entries in records
- Section 39 Mutation fees
- Section 40 Penalty for neglect to report acquisition of any right referred to in section 35
- Section 41 Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records
- Section 42 Right of the Government in mines and minerals
- Section 43 Presumption as to ownership of forest, quarries and waste lands
- Section 44 Compensation for infringement of rights of third parties in exercise of right of the Government
- Section 45 Presumption in favour of entries in records-of-rights and 1[periodical] records
- Section 47 Powers to make rules respecting records and other matters connected therewith
- Section 48 Record-of-rights and 1[a periodical] records for groups of estates
- Section 49 Assessment of land revenue
- Section 50 Basis of assessment
- Section 51 Limit of assessment
- Section 52 Notification of intended re-assessment and instructions as to principles of assessment
- Section 53 Mode of determining assessment
- Section 54 Announcement of assessment
- Section 55 Application for reconsideration of assessment
- Section 56 Confirmation and duration of assessment
- Section 57 Duration of assessment
- Section 58 Assessment to remain till new assessment takes effect
- Section 59 Refusal to be liable for assessment of an estate and consequences thereof
- Section 60 Distribution of the assessment of an estate over the holdings comprised therein
- Section 61 Application for amendment of the distribution of an assessment
- Section 62 Appeals from orders under section 55 and 61
- Section 63 Special assessment
- Section 64 Power to make rules
- Section 65 Procedure to be followed in making rules
- Section 66 Rules and executive instructions issued before commencement of this Act, to be followed for the purpose of assessment operations begun before issue of rules made under the provisi…
- Section 67 Power to issue instructions
- Section 68 Security for payment of land revenue
- Section 69 Further security for payment of land revenue
- Section 70 Order to regulate payment of land revenue
- Section 71 Rules to regulate collection, remission and suspension of land revenue
- Section 73 Certified account to be evidence as to arrear
- Section 74 Process for recovery of arrears
- Section 75 Writ of demand
- Section 76 Distress and sale of movable property and crops
- Section 77 Transfer of holding
- Section 78 Attachment of estate or holding
- Section 79 Annulment of assessment of estate or holding
- Section 80 Proclamation of attachment or annulment of assessment and consequence of the proclamation
- Section 81 Sale of estate or holding
- Section 82 Effects of sale on encumbrances
- Section 83 Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter
- Section 84 Remedies open to person denying his liability for an arrear
- Section 85 Proclamation of sale
- Section 86 Indemnity to Revenue Officer with respect to contents of the proclamation
- Section 87 Publication of proclamation
- Section 88 Time and conduct of sale
- Section 90 Stay of sale
- Section 91 Payment of deposit by highest bidder
- Section 92 Consequences of failure to pay deposit
- Section 94 Procedure in default of payment
- Section 95 Report of sale to Commissioner or Financial Commissioner
- Section 96 Application to set aside sale
- Section 97 Order confirming of setting aside sale
- Section 98 Refund of purchase money on setting aside of sale
- Section 99 Proclamation after postponement or on resale
- Section 100 On confirmation of sale, possession of certificate to be granted to purchaser
- Section 101 Proceeds of sale
- Section 102 Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue Officer instead of by suit
- Section 103 other sums recoverable as arrears of land revenue
- Section 104 Recovery of arrears due from co-sharers paid by Nambardar
- Section 105 Application of Chapter VI to sums recoverable under this Chapter
- Section 106 Powers of Financial Commissioner to make rules for demarcation of boundaries and erection of survey marks
- Section 107 Power of Revenue Officers to define boundaries
- Section 108 Power to fix boundary between riverine estates
- Section 109 Effect of fixing a boundary between riverine estates
- Section 110 Application for immediate transfer of rights reserved under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 109 upon payment of compensation and procedure thereupon. Award of compensati…
- Section 111 Order under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 109 to cease to apply to rights voluntarily transferred to land-owner of the estate to which the land is transferred by fixin…
- Section 112 Rights transferred to be liable to all the incidents of tenure of the estate to which the transfer is made
- Section 114 Cost of erection and repair of survey-marks
- Section 116 Power of Revenue Officers to enter on land for purpose of survey and demarcation
- Section 117 Survey for purpose of preparation of records
- Section 118 Provision of flag-holders and chain-men for those surveys
- Section 119 Professional surveys
- Section 120 Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey-marks
- Section 121 Report of destruction or removal of or injury to surveymarks
- Section 123 Application for partition
- Section 124 Restrictions and limitations on partition
- Section 125 Notice of application for partition
- Section 126 Addition of parities to application
- Section 127 Absolute disallowance of partition
- Section 128 Procedure on admission or application
- Section 129 Disposal of questions as to title in property to be divided
- Section 130 Disposal of other questions
- Section 131 Administration of property excluded from partition
- Section 132 Distribution of revenue and rent after partition
- Section 133 Instrument of partition
- Section 134 Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition
- Section 135 Affirmation of partition privately affected
- Section 136 Estimates and levy of cost
- Section 138 Officer who may be empowered to act under this Chapter
- Section 139 Power to refer to arbitration
- Section 140 Order of reference and contents thereof
- Section 141 Nomination of arbitrators
- Section 142 Substitution of arbitrators by parties
- Section 143 Nomination and substitution of arbitrators by Revenue Officers
- Section 144 Process for appearance before arbitrators
- Section 145 Award of arbitrators and presentation thereof
- Section 146 Procedure on presentation of award
- Section 147 Effect of award
- Section 148 Power to invest officer making records-of-rights or general re-assessments with powers of Civil Courts
- Section 149 Control over such officers and appeals from and revision of their decree and orders
- Section 150 Power to deposit certain sums other than rent
- Section 152 Procedure in case of other deposits
- Section 153 Orders of Civil and Criminal Courts for execution of processes against land or the produce thereof to be addressed to Revenue Officer
- Section 154 Attachment of assigned land-revenue
- Section 155 Preservation of attached produce
- Section 157 Village cesses
- Section 160 Recovery of cost of assessing assigned land revenue
- Section 161 Power to cancel the remission or assignment of land revenue
- Section 162 Penalty for failure to attend within limits of estate in obedience to order of Revenue Officer
- Section 163 Prevention of encroachment on lands
- Section 164 Papers kept by village officers to be deemed public documents
- Section 165 Costs
- Section 166 Computation of periods limited for appeals and application for reviews
- Section 167 Restriction on Revenue Officer’s bidding at auction or trading
- Section 168 Power to make rules
- Section 169 Rules to be made after previous publication
- Section 171 Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters within the jurisdiction of Revenue Officers
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