(1) Where a person owns land jointly with other persons and his share of such land or part thereof has been or is to be declared as surplus area, the Collector, of his own motion, may, after summary enquiry and after affording to such a person an opportunity of being heard, separate his share of such land or part thereof in the land owned by him jointly with other persons.
(2) Where, after the declaration of the surplus area of any person and before the utilization thereof, his land has been subjected to the process of consolidation, the Collector shall also be competent to separate the surplus area of such a person out of the area of land obtained by him after consolidation in the manner referred to in sub-section (1).
14. Notwithstanding any judgement, decree or order of any court or authority, the provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to lands belonging to any religious or charitable institution of a public nature in existence immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, but not belonging to the mahant, mohtamim or manager thereof:
Provided that the exemption specified herein shall be admissible till such time only as the land or income therefrom is utilized for the specified purpose of such institution and shall not be admissible to the lessees of such lands.
Explanation. - For the purpose of this section, 'religious or charitable institution' means-
(i) a temple;
Power to separate share of landowners in joint lands.
Exemption of lands belonging to religious or charitable institutions.
(ii) a gurdwara ;
(iii) a gaushala;
(iv) a wakf as defined in clause (ii) of section 3 of the Wakf Act, 1954 (Act 29 of 1954) ; or
(v) Any other religious place of public nature.
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