Malikana

Malikana, is a right to receive a portion of the profits of an estate for which the Government has made a settlement with another person when the proprietory has neglected to pay his revenue or has declined to come in and make settlement or to accede to the rate at which the lands are assessed. It is formerly an allowance made to the headman by other villagers or when authorised to collect and pay the revenue of the village by the State. Compensation paid to the proprietor of resumed lands for the loss of his proprietary and possessory of rights in them when they are let in farm or held in khas by Government, Mahendra Narayan v. Abdul Gafar, 59 Cal 746.