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Jagirdars

Jagirdars, the definition of jagir in s. 2(h) is, as provided therein, subject to any contrary intention which the context might disclose; and when s. 22(1)(a) enacts that on the resumption of jagir lands the rights of the jagirdar in the lands should cease, it clearly means that the holders of jagirs are jagirdars for the purpose of the section. There cannot be jagirs without there being Jagirdars, and therefore the word 'Jagirdar' in s. 22(1)(a) must mean all holders of jagirs including the tenures mentioned in the Schedule to the Act, Thakur Amar Singhji v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1955 SC 504 (532): (1955) 2 SCR 303. [Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (6 of 1952), ss. 2(h) and 22(1) (a)]...

Intermediaries holding an estate

Intermediaries holding an estate, in order to be an intermediary with reference to the merged territories means a maufidar including the ruler of an Indian State merged with the State of Orissa, a Zamindar, Ilaqueder, Khorposhdar or Jagirdar simpliciter but he must fall within one or other of the categories 'within the meaning of the Wajib-ul-arz or any Sanad, deed or other instrument', Biswambhar Singh v. State of Orissa, AIR 1954 SC 139 (142): (1954) SCR 842. [Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1952, s. 2(h)]...

Occupant

Occupant, he who is in possession of a thing. See OCCUPANCY.A person in occupation. A person should be in occupation in his own right and not on behalf of someone else, Upper Ganges Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Khalil-ul-Rahman, AIR 1961 SC 143: (1961) 1 SCR 564.It is legitimate to conclude that even a Jagirdar or a Muafidar is an occupant, Maulana Shamsuddin v. Khushilal, AIR 1978 SC 1740: (1979) 1 SCC 121: (1979) 1 SCR 582. [Bhopal State Land Revenue Act, 1932, s. 2(15)]The expression 'occupant' though not defined in the Act, means a person holding the land in possession or actual enjoyment, Shiveshwar Prasad Narain Singh v. Ghurahu, AIR 1979 SC 413: (1979) 3 SCC 23: (1979) 2 SCR 296. [U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (1 of 1951), s. 20(b)(i)]Occupant is a person who having obtained the right to possess a public premises, has the right to prohibit entry of another into it, Narayan Ch. Rana v. Balasore Municipal Council, AIR 1991 Ori 179.The word 'occupant' must mean a perso...

Talwarbandi

Talwarbandi, is a sort of a due which is connected with the recognition of succession of a Jagirdar to a Jagir by the order in the former State of Marwar, Rowat Jagannath Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1957 Raj 151. (Constitution of India, Art. 265)...

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