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Section 4: Rights and responsibilities of Land Owner-Lessor.

The Maharashtra Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2017.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 28 of 2023

The Land Owner - Lessor,-

(a) shall put the Lessee Cultivator in possession of the leased out land on the first day of the lease and shall not interfere with the Lessee Cultivator's use and possession thereof so long as the Lessee Cultivator,-

(i) does not default in the payment of lease amount;

(ii) does not cause damage to the health of the soil;

(iii) does not use the land for purposes other than what is agreed upon in the lease agreement; or

(iv) does not sub-lease the land to any other person;

(b) shall have right to receive the agreed lease consideration in the form of lease rent or fixed cash or share of produce from the Lessee Cultivator as per the agreed time schedule as per the lease agreement;

(c) shall be entitled to automatic resumption of the land without any encumbrances on the expiry of the lease period as initially agreed upon or as extended with mutual consent and the Land Owner - Lessor shall not be liable for discharge of any charge or interest or liability created by the Lessee Cultivator during the lease period;

(d) shall have the right to resume the leased out land during the subsistence of lease if and only if the written lease agreement so provides, with prior written notice to the Lessee Cultivator, as mutually agreed upon;

(e) shall have the right to terminate the lease if the Lessee Cultivator commits any of the defaults set out under clause (a);

(f) shall have the right to alienate the leased out agricultural land including by way of a sale, gift, mortgage, etc. during the currency of the agreed lease period, subject to the condition that such transfer shall not affect in any manner the Lessee Cultivator's agricultural right to cultivate the land until the expiry of the agreed lease period;

(g) shall pay all applicable taxes and cess on the land;

(h) shall, during the term of the lease agreement, not create any hindrance in the works being done by the Lessee Cultivator as per the lease agreement.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2017.
Section4
Marginal noteRights and responsibilities of Land Owner-Lessor.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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