Khoti Land

Khoti land, Khotis in the district of Kolaba are hereditary farmers of land revenue and are entitled to hold villages as khotis on their entering every year into the customary kabulayat. According to Molesworth's Dictionary 'khot' means: 'a renter of village, a farmer of land or revenue, a farmer of the customs, a contractor or monopolist; an hereditary officer whose duty it is to collect the revenue of the village for Government, also an officer appointed for this office; a tribe of Brahmins in the Southern Konkan', Shyam Sunder Tikam Shet v. State of Maharashtra, (1969) 2 SCC 217: AIR 1970 SC 381 (383). [Bombay Khoti Abolition Act, 1949 (6 of 1950), ss. 10 and 12]