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THE ORISSA ESTATES ABOLITION ACT, 1951 (Revised the assent of the President on the 23rd January 1952, first published in an extraordinary issue of Orissa Gazette, dated the 9th February 1952) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABOLITION OF ALL THE RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST IN LAND OF INTERMEDIARIES BY WHATEVER NAME KNOWN, INCLUDING THE MORTGAGEES AND LESSEES OF SUCH INTEREST, BETWEEN THE RAIYAT AND THE STATE OF ORISSA, FOR VESTING IN THE SAID STATE OF THE SAID RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR OTHER MATTER CONNECTED THEREWITH. WHEREAS in pursuance of the Directive Principles of State Policy laid down by the Constitution of India it is incumbent on the State to secure economic justice for all and to that end to secure the ownership and control of all material resources of the community so that they may best subserve the common good, and to prevent the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment; And whereas in order to enable the State to discharge the above obligation, it is expedient to provide for the abolition of all rights, title and interest in land of Intermediaries by whatever name known, including the mortgagees and lessees of such interest, between the raiyat and the State of Orissa, for vesting in the said State of the said rights, title and interest and to make provision for other matters connected therewith; It is hereby enacted as follows – CHAPTER I Section 1 - PRELIMINARY (1) This Act may be called the Orissa Estates Abolition Act,