SC ruling on village common land: Haryana sets timelines for restoration of illegally-sold panchayat land
2 years, 8 months ago

SC ruling on village common land: Haryana sets timelines for restoration of illegally-sold panchayat land

Hindustan Times  

Following the recent Supreme Court orders that village common land can neither be repartitioned among the proprietors nor sold, the Haryana government has started the process of restoring illegally-sold land chunks back to the gram panchayats. As per the decision taken by the state government, mutations will be entered by the halqa patwari of land recorded as ‘shamilat deh’ in the revenue records – the latest ‘jamabandi’ or the first ‘jamabandi’ after revenue settlement or consolidation as per Section 29 of the Punjab Village Common Lands Act, 1961, immediately in favour of the panchayat deh within a week by April 30. Officials said any person can subsequently take recourse to Section 13 of the Punjab Village Common Lands Act, 1961 before the collector for raising a dispute and claiming right, title or interest in the land vested in panchayat by filing a suit for adjudication. Any proprietor of land entered as ‘jumla malkan’ or ‘mushtarka malkan’ lands on ground of taking of the permissible area under the ceiling laws can take the shelter of Section 13 of the 1961 Act before the collector in case of panchayat and before the competent civil court subsequently in case of municipal bodies and the necessary correction can be made in the revenue records by another mutation. “Neither the Punjab Village Common Lands Act, 1961 nor the Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1948 contemplates redistribution of land to the proprietors.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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