Land Laws
Savitribai Phule Pune University · LL.B. Semester 5 · LDSE 0908
Unit 1 — The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 - Introduction:
1. Historical background of land revenue system · 2. Object, application, and definitions under the Code · 3. Revenue officer power and duties · 3. Lands: Vesting, Extinction of rights, assignment for special purposes, pasturage, right to trees, trees and forests, recovery of value of natural products and trees etc, regulating cutting and supply of wood. · 4. Grant of lands · 5. Use of land · 6. Encroachment on land · 7. Relinquishment and Surrender of land
Unit 2 — The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 - Land Revenue :
1. Land Revenue : Liability and assessment (Sections 64-78) · 2. Revenue Surveys: Procedure for a survey, Survey numbers, Partitions, sub-divisions, (Sections 79-88) · 3. Boundary and boundary marks (Sections 132-146) · 4. Procedure of Revenue Officers · 5. Appeals, Revision and Review · 6. Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal
Unit 3 — The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 - Land Records
1. Record of rights (Sections 147-159) · 2. Rights in unoccupied lands (Sections 160-167) · 3. Realisation of land revenue and other revenue demands: Liability, priority of claim, time for payment, recovery, enforcement (Sections 168-184)
Unit 4 — The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 - Holding and Use of land, Tenancies and Parties:
1. Historical background, object and application of the Act · 2. Concepts - Deemed tenants, Protected tenants, Ceiling area, Economic Holding, Irrigated land, Maximum and minimum rent, Certificated Landlord · 3. General provisions regarding tenancies · 4. Termination of tenancies by parties – · a) Personal cultivation, non-agricultural use, by certificated landlord, on default, Surrender · b) Relief against termination · 5. Termination of tenancy by operation of law, Tiller’s day · 6. Purchase of land by tenants, procedure for purchase · 7. Right of tenant to exchange land · 8. Management of estates · 9. Collector, Mamlatdar and Tribunal - powers and functions · 10. Jurisdiction and bar of jurisdiction, Appeals and Revision
Unit 5 — The Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 :
1. Historical background, object, application and definitions under the Act · 2. Determination of local and standard areas, entry in the record of rights · 3. Restrictions and prohibitions on transfer and partition of fragments including court sales, exceptions, penalty, transfer of fragment to Government and compensation · 4. Consolidation, procedure, Reservation of land for public purpose, · 5. Scheme - its preparation and enforcement, and compensation and apportionment, Certificate of transfer, Rights in holdings, Transfer of encumbrances · 6. Consolidation Officer, Settlement Commissioner, their powers and functions · 7. Bar of jurisdiction
Unit 6 — The Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961 :
1. Historical background, object, application and definitions under the Act · 2. Ceiling on holding of land, Exempted land, Prohibition on holding land beyond ceiling limits · 3. Restrictions on transfers and acquisitions, and consequences of contravention · 4. Surplus land, Submitting returns, Selection of land, Procedure of determining surplus land, Declaration of surplus land, Compensation · 5. Distribution of surplus land · 6. Collector and Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Powers and functions, · 7. Appeals
Unit 7 — The Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906:
1. Historical background, object, application and definitions under the Act · 2. Mamlatdar and Joint Mamlatdars, their appointment and powers · 3. Cause of action and limitation of orders · 4. Injunction and its disobedience · 5. Collector and his powers and functions