Title : Retention of Vacant Land Under Certain Circumstances
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Notwithstanding any thing contained in any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, where any person demolishes any building on any land held by him or any such building is destroyed or demolished solely due to natural causes and beyond the control of human agency and as a consequence thereof, in either case, the land on which such building has been constructed becomes vacant land and the aggregate of the extent of such land and the extent of any other vacant land held by him exceeds the ceiling limit then, he shall, within three months from the date of such demolition or destruction file a statement before the competent authority having jurisdiction specifying the location, value and such other particulars as may be prescribed of all the vacant lands held by him. (2) Where on..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Exempt
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter.-- (a) where any person holds vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit and the State Government is satisfied, either on its own motion or otherwise, that, having regard to the location of such land, the purpose for which such land is being or is proposed to he used and such other relevant factors as the circumstances of the case may require, it is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, that Government may, by order, exempt, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, such vacant land from the provisions of this Chapter. (b) where any person holds vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit and the State Government, either on its own motion or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preparation of Draft Statement as Regards Vacant Land Held in Excess of Ceiling Limit
State : Central
Year : 1976
On the basis of the statement filed under section 6 and after such inquiry as the competent authority deem fit to make the competent authority shall prepare a draft statement in respect of the person who filed the statement under section 6. (2) Every statement prepared under sub-section (1) shall contain the following particulars, namely :-- (i) the name and address of the person; (ii) the particulars of all vacant lands and of any other land on which there is a building, who or not with a dwelling unit therein, held by such person; (iii) the particulars of the vacant lands which such person desires to retain within the ceiling(sic) (iv) the particulars of the right, title or interest of the person in the vacant lands; and (v) such other particulars as may be prescribed. ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Ceiling Limit on Future Acquisition by Inheritance, Bequest or by Sale in Execution of Decrees, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) If, on or after the commencement of this Act, any person acquires by inheritance, settlement or bequest from any other person or by sale in execution of a decree or order of a civil court or of an award or order of any other authority or by purchase or otherwise, any vacant land the extent of which together with the extent of the vacant land, if any, already held by him exceeds in the aggregate the ceiling limit, then, he shall, within three months of the date of such acquisition, file a statement before the competent authority having jurisdiction specifying the location, value and such other particulars as may be prescribed of all the vacant lands held by him and also specifying the vacant lands within the ceiling limit which he desires to retain. (2) The provisions of sections 6..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Regulation of Transfer and Use of Urban Property
State : Central
Year : 1976
In this Chapter, "plinth area", in relation to-- (i) a dwelling unit in a building consisting of only one floor, means the area of the dwelling unit at the floor level and includes the thickness of the outer walls thereof; (ii) a dwelling unit in a building consisting of two or more floors, means the area of the dwelling unit at the floor level where the dwelling unit is proposed to be situated and includes the thickness of the outer walls thereof and the proportionate area intended for any common service facility at the floor level aforesaid. Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, "common service facility" shall have the same meaning as in sub-clause (ii) of the Explanation below sub-section (3) of section 4. Section 26 - Notice to be given before transfer of vacant..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Payment of Amount for Vacant Land Acquired
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Where any vacant land is deemed to have been acquired by any State Government under sub-section (3) of section 10 such State Government shall pay to the person or persons having any interest therein.-- (a) in a case where there is any income from such vacant land, an amount equal to eight and one-third times the net average annual income actually derived from such land during the period of five consecutive years immediately preceding the date of publication of the notification issued under sub-section (1) of section 10; or (b) in a case where no income is derived from such vacant land, an amount calculated at a rate not exceeding-- (i) ten rupees per square metre in the case of vacant land situated in an urban agglomeration falling within category A or category B specified in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Regulation of Construction of Buildings with Dwelling Units
State : Central
Year : 1976
No person shall construct any building with a dwelling unit having a plinth area.-- (a) where the building proposed to be constructed is situated in an urban agglomeration falling within category A or category B specified in Schedule 1, in excess of three hundred square metres; (b) where the building proposed to be constructed is situated in an urban agglomeration falling within category C or category D specified in Schedule 1, in excess of three hundred square metres: View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules1for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-- (a) the cultivation or growing of plant which will not be agriculture under clause (A) of the Explanation to clause (o) of section 2; (b) the period within which the statement may be filed under section 6; (c) the form of intimation under sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 7; (d) the particulars to be mentioned in the statement referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6, subsection (2) of Section 8, sub-section (1) of section 15 and sub-section (1) of section 16; (e) the manner of serving the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1976
SCHEDULE I [See sections 2(n). 4, 11 and 29.] NOTE 1.--An Urban Agglomeration Is made up of main town together with the adjoining areas of urban growth and is treated as one urban spread. The population covered by sueh spreads is categorised as urban. Each such agglomeration may be made up of more than one statutory town, adjoining one another such us a Municipality and the adjoining Cantonment, etc. and also other urban growths such as a Railway Colony. University Campus, etc. Such outgrowth (O. G.) which did not qualify lo be treated as individual towns in their own right and have pronounced urban characteristics are shown as constituents of the agglomeration. NOTE II.--The following abbreviations have been used in this Schedule :-- C. Corporation ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Excess Vacant Land Not to Be Treated as Excess in Certain Cases
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, where a person holds any vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit and such person declares within such time, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed before the competent authority that such land is to be utilised for the construction of dwelling units (each such dwelling unit having a plinth area not exceeding eighty square metres) for the accommodation of the weaker sections of the society, in accordance with any scheme approved by such authority as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette specify in this behalf, then, the competent authority may, after making such inquiry as it deems fit, declare such land not to be excess land for the purposes of this..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section