Khudkhast

Khudkhast, the word 'Khudkasht' means personal cultivation, and that is a neutral expression, which might include both private lands and bakasht lands, that is to say, raiyati lands, which had come into the possession of the proprietor by surrender, abandonment or otherwise, Harihar Prasad Singh v. Deonarain Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305 (308). (Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, s. 116. According to s. 3(9) of the U.P. Tenancy Act, Khudkasht means any land other than sir, activated by a Zamindar either by himself or by servants or by hired labour.