Land Revenue Act J K

While section 133 h of the act says only an agriculturalist from j k.

Land revenue act j k. The term agriculturist is as of now restricted to someone who. The jk alienation of land act 1995 the jk common lands regulation act 1956 and the jk consolidation of holdings act 1962 were also repealed. 1996 shall in so far as they are applicable apply to the proceedings of revenue officer under this act. These are the j k development act 1970 the j k land revenue act 1996 the agrarian reforms act 1976 and the j k land grants act 1960.

Appearance of legal practitioners prohibited. Key amendments were made to four major state laws that governed ownership sale and purchase of land in the erstwhile state. Application of certain provisions of the land revenue act. The modified j k land revenue act continues to restrict purchase of agricultural land by someone who is not an agriculturist.

The jammu and kashmir land revenue act 1996 act no xii of 1996 dated 29 th august 1996. An act to amend consolidate and re enact the jammu and kashmir land revenue regulation no 1 of 1980. Besides maintenance of land records the department is responsible for land reforms settlement operations and preparation of records of rights recovery of arrears of land revenue. Subject to the provisions of this act the provisions of chapter ii of the jammu and kashmir land revenue act svt.

Title extent and commencement 1 this act may be called the jammu and kashmir land revenue act 1996. The mha has amended sections of the j k land revenue act 1996 and the j k development act of 1970. Chapter 1 preliminary 1. Govt assurances fail to convince j k residents as law makes conversion of farmland for non farming activity easy through the amendments in the land revenue act the government has made it possible to convert the agricultural land for any other purpose through the payment of a fee to the authorities.

Opening agriculture land for sale. The ut of jammu and kashmir comprises two divisions 20 districts 49 sub divisions 207 territorial tehsils 520 niabats 1632 patwar halqas and 6860 villages. The 1996 act pertains to management of agricultural land and the 1970 act deals with zonal.