Land Laws (including Local Laws)

Pondicherry University · LL.B. Semester 3

Unit A1 — Land

Immovable property · Right to hold land · Constitutional scheme · Land reforms · Right to Property · Article 31A, 31B, 31C and Article 300 A of the Constitution of India · Scope and implication · Directive Principles

Unit A2 — The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re

Public Purpose · Social Impact Assessment –Notification and Acquisition -Rehabilitation and Resettlement– Apportionment of Compensation. (For students of Puducherry)

Unit B3 — The Pondicherry Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1969

Definition -Landlord, Tenant, Buildings, Fair Rent and Authorities · Salient features of the Act -Rights and duties of landlord and tenant

Unit B4 — The Pondicherry Settlement Act, 1970

Salient features of the Act

Unit B5 — The Pondicherry Land Encroachment Act, 1970

Salient features of the Act

Unit B6 — The Pondicherry Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1970

Rights of the tenants -Rights of the members of armed forces

Unit B7 — The Pondicherry Cultivating Tenants (Payment of Fair Rent) Act, 1970

Definition -Cultivating tenant, fair rent · Rights and liabilities of tenants

Unit B8 — The Pondicherry Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1973

Standard Hectare · Fixation of Ceiling Area on Land Holdings · Cultivating Tenant Ceiling Area · Land Tribunals · Salient Features of the Act

Unit B9 — The Pondicherry Occupants of Kudiyiruppu (Conferment of Ownership) Act, 1973

Salient Features, Agricultural Labour, Agricultural land, Kudiyiruppu · Alternative Site · Salient Features of the Act. (For students of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

Unit C1 — Land, Land Records and Land Revenue including its realization in Andaman and Nicobar Islan

Land, Land Records and Land Revenue including its realization in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C2 — Revenue Officers and Revenue Court-their powers-Appeal, Revision and Review in Andaman and

Revenue Officers and Revenue Court-their powers-Appeal, Revision and Review in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C3 — Revenue Survey and Settlement in non-urban areas in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Revenue Survey and Settlement in non-urban areas in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C4 — Assessment and Reassessment of land in urban areas in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Assessment and Reassessment of land in urban areas in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C5 — Tenure Holders and disposal of unoccupied land in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Tenure Holders and disposal of unoccupied land in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C6 — Co-operative firm in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Co-operative firm in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Unit C7 — Rights in Abadi and unoccupied land in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Rights in Abadi and unoccupied land in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.