(1) A Gram Parishad shall allot for cultivation to each donor all the lands donated by him excluding the portion of the land contributed to the land pool.
(2) A Gram Parishad may allot from the land pool land for cultivation to such landless persons residing in the gramdan village as it thinks fit.
(.3) An allottee under sub-section (I) or sub-section (2) shall be liable to pay such rent and other charges to the Gram Parishad as may be fixed by it.
18. An allotment of land in the gramdan village by the ciongitiess Gram Parishad shall be subject to the following conditions, of namely allotment of land w) the allottee shall cultivate the land personally or .
through a bargadar who must be a resident of the gramdan village:
Provided that if the land has been under cultivation by a hargadar, who is not a resident of the gramdan village, from before the commencement of this Act, it may continue to be cultivated by such bargadar:
Allotaseat of lead.
The West Bengal Gramdan Actt, 1964.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter In.—The Gram Parishad.—Sections 19-20.)
Provided further that if at the time of the allotment the land has been under cultivation by a bargadar, whether he is a resident of the grandam village or not, his cultivation shall not be terminated by the allottee except on the grounds and in th.e manner mentioned in section 17 of the West Bengal Land Reforms West Ben.
Act, 1956; Act x of
1958.
Explanation.—An allottee shall not be deemed to have cultivated the land personally unless he or any member of his family puts in labour on the land in any process, of cultivation;
(b) the interest of the allottee in the land allotted shall be heritable in the same manner as other immovable property, but no transfer by the allottee of such interest shall be valid unless made to a member of the Gram Perished, and with the consent of the Gram Perished;
(c) the allottee may surrender the land to the Gram Perished for consideration on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by them.
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Annual oontrilmdon to shad.
19. If any allotee of land contravenes the provisions of clause (a) of section 18, or fails without sufficient cause to cultivate the land for two consecutive years, the Gram Perished may make an application to the presCribed authority for cancelling the allotment, and the prescribed authority may, after such inquiry as it deems fit, cancel the allotment and restore possession of the land to the Gram Perished after ejecting the allottee or any other person in possession therefrom.