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Bombay Khoti Abolition Act, 1949, (Maharashtra) Preamble

Title: the Bombay Khoti Abolition Act, 1949

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

THE BOMBAY KHOTI ABOLITION ACT, 1949 [Act No. 6 of 19501] [3rd April, 1950] PREAMBLE An Act to abolish the khoti tenure in the 2[State of Bombay]. WHEREAS it is expedient to abolish the khoti tenure prevailing in the districts of *Ratnagiri and Kolaba in the 3[Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra] and to provide for certain consequential and incidental matters hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows INTRODUCTION The khoti tenure originated in the Konkan Region owing to the rugged nature of the tract. This created tremendous difficulty in collecting land revenue regularly. This situation created a middleman called khot . This category of tenure, was historically created by Yusuf Adil Shah of Bijapur (1489-1510). Subsequently, some khots were created by Moghuls, Marathas and Peshwas. In Konkan, two categories of Khoti tenures were existing (a) khoti in Ratnagiri and Kolaba District, (b) the Salsette estates known as Salsette khoti (in Bombay Suburban District and Thane District). The khoti tenure in ex-Janjira State and Bhor State merged in the Kolaba District. There were 952 villages in Ratnagiri and 464 villages in Kolaba, covering an.....

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