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Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 23A

Title: Liability of a Jagirdar or Cadet to Pay to Government Amounts Recovered or Received by Him from Permanent Holders Etc., in Certain Cases and Determination of Such Amount

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....in a Jagir village within his local jurisdiction, the Jagirdar or cadet has failed to pay to the State Government the amount payable by him under sub-section (1) [3][or subsection (1A),] he shall hold a summary inquiry in the manner provided in the Code and decide whether the Jagirdar or cadet has failed to pay the amount to the State Government, and if so, determine the amount to be recovered from the Jagirdar or cadet under sub-section (2). The amount so determined shall thereupon be recovered accordingly. (4) It shall be lawful for the Collector to deduct from the amount of compensation, which may be awarded to such Jagirdar or cadet under Sections 11, 12 or 14, the amount payable by him to the State Government under this Section. (5) The amounts paid by, or recovered from a Jagirdar or a cadet in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be credited to the land revenue account of the persons from whom they had been received or recovered by the Jagirdar or cadet]. _________________ [1] This section was inserted by Bom. 8 of 1957 [2] Sub-section (1A) was inserted by Bom. 58 of 1959, Section 3(2). [3] This portion was inserted by Bom. 58 of 1959, Section 3(2).

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 11

Title: Compensation to Jagirdar

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....fixed for such land. (3) Any Jagirdar having any right or interest in any property referred to in Section 8 shall, if he proves to the satisfaction of the Collector that he had any such right or interest, be entitled to compensation in the following manner, namely:- (i) if the property in question is waste or uncultivated but is cultivable land, the amount of compensation shall not exceed three times the assessment of the land: Provided that if the land has not been assessed the amount of compensation shall not exceed such amount of assessment as would be leviable in the same village on the same extent of similar land used for the same purpose; (ii) if the property in question is land over which the public has been enjoying or has acquired a right of way or any individual has any right of easement, the amount of compensation shall not exceed the amount of the annual assessment leviable in the village for uncultivated land in accordance with the rules made under the Code or if such rules do not provide for the levy of such assessment, such amount as in the opinion of the Collector shall be the market value of the right or interest held by the claimant; (iii) if.....

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 23

Title: Jagirdars to Deliver Records to Authorised Officers

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

(1) Whenever an officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf so directs., a Jagirdar shall deliver to him or such other officer as may be specified in the direction, the records relating to the Jagir village maintained by the Jagirdar. (2) If the Jagirdar fails without reasonable cause to deliver any such records, he shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. In the case of a continuing failure to deliver any such records the Jagirdar shall be punished with an additional fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for every day during which such failure continues after conviction for the first such failure.

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 13

Title: Methods of Awarding Compensation to Jagirdar

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

(1) Any Jagirdar entitled to compensation under Section 11 or 12 shall, [1][on or before the 31st day of July, 1958] apply in writing to the Collector for determining the amount of compensation payable to him under the said section. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Collector shall, after making formal enquiry in the manner provided by the Code, make an award determining the amount of compensation. Where there is a co-sharer of a Jagirdar claiming compensation, the Collector shall by his award apportion the compensation between the Jagirdar and the co-sharer. _______________ [1] These words, figures and letters were substituted for the words "within a period of two years from the appointed date" by Bom. 58 of 1958, Section 2.

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....fixed for such land. (3) Any jagirdar having any right or interest in any property referred to in Section 8 shall, if he proves to the satisfaction of the Collector that he had any such right or interest, be entitled to compensation in the following manner, namely:- (i) if the property in question is waste or uncultivated but is cultivable land the amount of compensation shall not exceed three limits the assessment of the land. Provided that if the land has not been assessed the amount of compensation shall not exceed such amount of assessment as would be leviable in the same village on the same extent of similar land used for the same purposes: (ii) if the property in question is land over which the public has been enjoying or has acquired a right of way or any individual has any right of easement, the amount of compensation shall not exceed the amount of the annual assessment leviable in the village for uncultivated land in accordance with the rules made under the Code or if such rules do no t provide for the levy of such assessment, such amount as in the opinion of the Collector shall be the market value of the right or interest held by the claimant; (iii)if there are.....

Punjab Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1957

.....terms and conditions of the grant or assignment. (2) The decision of the State Government under sub-section (1) shall be conclusive proof of the fact whether an assignment or grant is a military jagir or not and shall not be called in question in any Court of law or before any other authority. Compensation for resumption of Jagirs 5. (1) In consideration of the extinguishment and resumption of the jagir, the jagirdar or his successor, as the case may be, shall be paid a sum equal to seven times the amount payable annually to the jagirdar immediately before the extinguishment and resumption in respect of the assignment or grant or seven times the amount which would have been payable by him annually immediately before the extinguishment and resumption as land revenue but for the remission by way of muafi : Provided that " (a) In the case of a military jagir referred to in the proviso to section 3, the jagirdar shall, before the 15th May,1961, be entitled to claim compensation in lieu of the continuance of the jagir for his life; and where the jagirdar makes such a claim the jagir shall be deemed to be extinguished and resumed on the date on which such claim is made ; .....

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 5

Title: What Persons to Be Occupants

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....entitled to the right of an occupant in respect of such land on payment to the State Government of the occupancy price equivalent to six multiples of the assessment fixed for such land: Provided further that if such person fails to pay the occupancy price within the prescribed period, it shall be recoverable as arrears of' land revenue. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to a life time Jiwai Jagir. ______________ [1] This portion was substituted for the words "Provided further that" by Bom. 58 of 1959, Section 2(1) [2] These words were substituted for the words "four years" by Bom. 85 of 1958, Section 2 [3] Sub-sections (1A) and (1B) were inserted by Bom. 58 of 1958, Section 2(2)

The Punjab Jagirs Act, 1941 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1941

.....either no succession has taken place since such acceptance, or else in all succession which have taken place, since such acceptance the Jagir has in fact not devolved otherwise then it would have devolved had the said rule of descent been in force. (2) Any declaration made under sub-section (1) may be amended, varied or rescinded by the Government, but always subject to proviso thereto. 8. Power to annex certain condition to assignments when the rule is decent of declared - When Government makes any declaration under section 7 it may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that the rule of descent thereby declared to prevail shall be subject to the following conditions or either of them, namely:- (a) that each successor to the jagir shall be approved and accepted as such by the Government; (b) that any successor to the jagir shall, if government so requires, make such provision out of the jagir as Government may consider suitable for the maintenance of the widow or widows (if any) and other members of the family (if any) of the last or any previous holders of the jagir : Provided that" (1) Government shall not refuse to approve and accept a successor to the.....

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

.....to such cadet as the case may be, and includes any person holding such land through or from such person; (xvii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (xviii) "proprietary Jagir" means a Jagir in respect of which the Jagirdar under the terms of a grant or agreement or by custom or usage is entitled to any rights or interest in the soil. (2) Any word or expression which is defined in the Code and not defined in this Act, shall be deemed to have the meaning given to it in the Code. (3) References in this Act to the incidents of Jagirs shall, notwithstanding the abolition of the Jagirs by this Act, be construed as references to the incidents as they were in force immediately before the appointed date. (4) If any question arises,- (i) whether a Jagir is proprietary or non-proprietary, (ii) whether any land is Gharkhed or Jiwai, or (iii) whether any person is a permanent holder, the State Government shall decide the question and such decision shall be final: Provided that the State Government may authorise any officer to decide questions arising under any of the sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) and subject to an appeal to the State Government,.....

Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title: Abolition of Jagirs

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1953

Notwithstanding anything contained in any usage, grant, sanad, order, agreement of any law for the time being in force, on and from the appointed date,- (i) all Jagirs shall be deemed to have been abolished; (ii) save as expressly provided by or under the provisions of this Act, the right of a Jagirdar to recover rent or assessment of land or to levy or recover any kind of tax, cess, fee, charge or any huk and the right of reversion or lapse, if any, vested in a Jagirdar, and all other rights of a Jagirdar or of any person legally subsisting on the said date, in respect of a Jagir village as incidents of Jagir shall be deemed to have been extinguished.