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The Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1951

.....minor or of unsound mind or an idiot, his guardian, Committee or other legal curator shall be deemed to be an Intermediary for the purposes of this Act. All acts done by an Intermediary under this Act shall be deemed to have been done by his heirs and successors-in-interest and shall be binding on them]; 2[(hh) ˜Intermediary interest' means an estate or any rights or interest therein held or owned by or vested in an Intermediary and any reference to ˜estate' in this Act shall be construed as including a reference to ˜Intermediary Interest' also]; (i) "Homestead" means a dwelling house used by the Intermediary for the purposes of his own residence or for the purposes of letting out on rent together with any Courtyard, compound, garden, orchard and out-buildings attached thereto and includes any tank, library and place of worship appertaining to such dwelling house but does not include any building comprised in such estate and used primarily as office or kutchery for the administration of the estate on and from the 1st day of January, 1946. (j) "Khas possession" used with reference to the possession of an Intermediary of any land used for agricultural or.....

Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874, (Maharashtra) Section 36

Title: Death of Representative Watandar to Be Reported; Name of Heir to Be Registered

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1874

.....watandar in place of the watandar so deceased: Provided that-- (1) in determining who is the nearest heir for the purposes of this section the rule of lineal primogeniture shall be presumed to prevail in the watan family; (2) in any case where the deceased watandar was not a sole representative watandar, if his nearest heir is not a member of the branch of the family to which the deceased watandar belonged but is another representative watandar of the same watan or is a member of the branch of another representative watandar of the same watan, the share entered in the register against the name of the deceased watandar shall-- (a) if there is only one remaining representative watandar of the same watan who is descended from the same original watandar as the deceased, pass to that remaining representative watandar, (b) if there are more than one such remaining representative watandars, be divided among such remaining representative watandars in proportion to their shares and the register shall be corrected accordingly: (3) 2[if any person shall by production of a decree] of a competent Court, satisfy the Collector that he is entitled to have his name.....

Bombay Inferior Village Watans Abolition Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 7

Title: Special Rule of Succession to Be Void

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

Any provision of law, usage or practice relating to the succession to any inferior village watan whereby contrary to the personal law governing the parties the rule of primogeniture was followed and the female heirs were postponed in favour of male heirs, shall, on and from the appointed date, be void and cease to be in force.

Bombay Pargana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950, (Maharashtra) Section 5

Title: Special Rule of Succession to Be Void

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1950

Any provisions of law, usage or practice relating to the succession to any watan land where by contrary to the personal law governing the parties the rule of primogeniture was followed and the female heirs were postponed in favour of male heirs, shall, on and from the appointed day, be void and cease to be in force.

THE MADRAS PROPRIETARY ESTATES' VILLAGE SERVICE ACT, 1894 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1894

.....(Amendment) Act, 1941 (Madras Act XVIII of 1941), re-enacted permanently by section 2 (1) of, and the First Schedule to, the Madras Re-enacting Act, 1949 (Madras Act X of 1949).) [No person shall be eligible for appointment- (i) to the office of the head of a village or of a village-accountant, if such person has petitioned to be adjudged an insolvent and the petition is pending disposal, or if he, having been adjudged an insolvent, has not obtained an order of discharge; or (ii) to any village-office [including the offices aforesaid if such person-] (Omitted by the Adaptation (Amendment) Order of 1950.) [xxxx] (b) has not attained the age of majority; (c) is not physically and mentally capable of discharging the duties of the office; (d) has not qualified according to the educational test prescribed for the office in question by the Board of Revenue by rules made under section 32; (e) has been convicted by a Criminal Court of any offence which, in the opinion of the Revenue-officer in charge of the division or of the District Collector, disqualifies him for holding the office. (Inserted by Act IV of 1950.) [(f) has been dismissed from any post under the.....

Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1874

.....No. XI of 1852, or Bombay Acts Nos. II and VII of 1863, or any other law at present in force with respect thereto. SECTION 02: REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS. Rep. Act XII of 1876. SECTION 03: APPLICATION OF PARTS VI VII VIII and IX Parts VI, VII, VIII and IX5* * * shall not apply to hereditaly offices of lower degree than Patel or Kulkarni, not to watans appertaining to such offices. SECTION 04: INTERPRETATION CLAUSE In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context " "Watan Property" means the moveable or immovable property held, acquired, or assigned for providing remuneration for the performance of the duty appertaining to an hereditary office. It includes a right to levy customary fees or perquisites, in money or in kind, whether at fixed times or otherwise. It includes cash payments in addition to the original watan property made voluntarily by2[the3[State Government] and subject periodically to modification or withdrawal. "Hereditary Office" means every office held hereditarily for the performance of duties connected with the administration or collection of the public revenue or with the village police, or with the settlement of boundaries, or.....

Maharashtra Miscellaneous Alienations (in Hydrabad Enclaves) Abolition Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1965

.....APPROVAL REQUIRED IN CERTAIN CASES (1) Every award made under Section 16 or 17 shall be in the form prescribed in Section 16 of the Land acquisition Act, 1894, and the provisions of that Act, shall, so far as may be, apply to the making of such award. (2) Where the officer making an award under this Act is a Collector, but not a Collector appointed under the Code, and the amount of such award exceeds five thousand rupees, then the award shall not be made without obtaining the previous approval of the Collector appointed under the Code. SECTION 19: APPEAL AGAINST AWARD OF COLLECTOR Notwithstanding anything in the Bombay Revenue Tribunal Act, 1957, an appeal against an award made by the Collector under this Act shall lie to the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal constituted under that Act. SECTION 20: PROCEDURE BEFORE REVENUE TRIBUNAL (1) The Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal shall, after giving notice to the appellant and the State Government, decide the appeal and record its decision. (2) In deciding an appeal, the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal shall exercise all the powers which a Court has and shall follow the same procedure which a Court follows, in deciding an appeal from a decree or.....

The Bombay Inferior Village Watans Abolition Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

.....within the meaning of sections 193, 219 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code. SECTION 18: ELEGATION OF POWERS The State Government may, subject to such restrictions and conditions as it may impose, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate to any of its officers not below the rank of a Collector, all or any of the powers conferred on it by this Act. SECTION 19: RULES The State Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for the carrying out the provisions of this Act. Such rules shall, when finally made, be published in the Official Gazette. SECTION 20: SAVINGS Nothing contained in this Act shall effect " (1) any obligation or liability already incurred under an incident of an inferior village watan before the appointed date, or (2) any proceeding or remedy in respect of such obligation or liability, and any such proceeding may be continued or any such remedy may be enforced as if this Act had not been passed. Maharashtra State Acts

The Bombay Paragana and Kulkarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1950

.....watan of the Borpada Village in the Navapur Taluka of the West Khandesh District; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act (g) "Watan Act" means the Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, Th74 (h) "Watan land" means the land forming part of the property of a Paragana or Kulkarni watan. (2) The words and expressions used in this Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Watan Act and in the Code, as the case may be, notwithstanding the fact that the provisions of the said Act or Code may not be applicable. SECTION 03: ABOLITION OF CERTAIN WATANS TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO OFFICE AND INCIDENTS With effect from and on the appointed day, notwithstanding anything contained in any law, usage, settlement, grant, sanad or order" (1) all Paragana and Kulkarni watans shall be deemed to have been abolished.; (2) all rights to hold office and any liability to render service appertaining to the said watans are hereby extinguished; (3) subject to the provisions of section 4, at watan land is hereby resumed and shall be deemed to be subject to the payment of land revenue under the provisions of the Code and the rules made thereunder as if it were an unalienated.....

The Orissa Merged Territories (Village Offices Abolition) Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1963

.....territories of the former State of Bamra; (h) "Grama Sasan" means the Grama Sasan constituted under the provisions of the Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1948 (Orissa Act 15 of1948); (i) "right of occupancy" shall have the same meaning as has been assigned to it in the Orissa Merged States' (Laws) Act, 1950 (Orissa Act 4 of 1950) in respect of an occupancy tenant; (j) "Village Office" in relation to any of the merged territories specified in Column 1 of the Schedule shall mean the office shown in Column 2 of the said Schedule in respect of such merged territories; and (k) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the relevant law rule, order, ˜usage, settlement, sanad or other grant relating to the Village Offices in the corresponding merged territories. REFERRED TO- (i) Bamra Revenue Rules, 1929 and Mutation Rules- Gountia has no occupancy right-Gounti-raiyati land of Bamra State: 56 (1983) CLT482 (FB). (ii) Section 2- Water reservoir for use by village community-Not Bhogra land: ILR (1977) 1 Cutt. 305. Definitions. (iii) Sections 2 (b), 2 (j) and Section 3 (f)-Pradhani Jagir land in the ex-State.....