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Definition :

Wasteland, the definition of 'wasteland' is an inclusive definition and only exception is incultivated land included in the holding of such proprietors, Gaon Sabha v. Nathi, (2004) 12 SCC 555. [Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, s. 7(1) Expl. (1)Q, 7(r)]

Means lands which are desolate, abandoned, and not fit ordinarily for building purposes; land lying desolate or useless without tress or grass or vegetation not capable of any use, grasslands or hilly tracks were not wastelands. They were productive lands in the sense that grass grew naturally and so they were not desolate, abandoned or barren wastelands with no vegetation, State of Gujarat v. Gujarat Revenue Tribunal, (1980) 1 SCR 233.