[140. Repeal. ––(1) The following Acts and all rules thereunder and orders previously issued regarding matters dealt with in these Acts so far as they may be repugnant to this Act, shall be considered to have been repealed:––
(a) The Jammu and Kashmir Alienation of Land Act, Samvat 1995 ;
(b) The Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, Samvat 2007 ;
(c) The Jammu and Kashmir Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1956 ;
(d) The Jammu and Kashmir Consolidation of Holding Act, 1962 ;
(e) The Jammu and Kashmir Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1972 ;
(f) The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Fragmentation of Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 ;
(g) The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Conversion of Land and Alienation of Orchards Act, 1975 ;
(h) The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy (Stay of Ejectment Proceedings) Act, 1966 ;
(i) The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, Svt.1980 ;
(j) The Jammu and Kashmir Utilization of Lands Act, Svt. 2010.
(2) The Financial Commissioner Revenue shall prepare details of all pending and residual issues due to repeal of the Acts as mentioned in subsection (1) and place it before the Board and the Board shall accordingly take all possible steps for expeditious resolution of disputes and shall ensure final adjudication by the 31st March, 2021 of all the residual matters on fast track basis in the manner provided in sub-section (3).
(3) All pending disputes, cases, litigations and other residual matters under the repealed laws mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be disposed of by any one or more of the following methods, namely:––
(a) by negotiation or third party mediation or conciliation or arbitration where no Government interest is involved ;
(b) by referring to Lok Adalat in consultation with standing counsel where no Government interest is involved.
(4) The Board shall be competent to delegate the powers to the Revenue officers for expeditious disposal of cases as it may deem fit.