Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956
No: 15 Dated: May, 23 1956
Rajasthan Land Revenue Act 1956
Act of 15 of 1956
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to land; the appointment, powers and duties of Revenue Courts, Revenue officers, and village servants; the preparation and maintenance of maps and land records; the settlement of revenue and rent; the partition of estates; the collection of revenue and matters incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the seventh year of republic of India, as follows:-
CHAPTER 1
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called "The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956".
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Enactments not affected by Act. - Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as in any way to affect or restrict the operation of the provisions of the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (Rajasthan Act VI of 1952) or the Ajmer Abolition of Intermediaries and Land Reforms Act, 1955 (Ajmer Act 3 of 1955) or the Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953 (Bombay Act XXXIX of 1954) in so far as it applies to the Abu area or the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, Samvat 2008 (Madhya Bharat Act 28 of 1954) in so far as they apply to the sunel area or the Rajasthan Land Summary Settlement Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act XIX of 1953) or the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955) or the Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act XXI of 1953) or any other law or enactment not repealed by section 263.
3. Interpretation. - (1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,—
(i) "Land Record Officer" shall mean the Collector and shall includes Additional or Assistant Land Records Officer;
(i-a) "Municipality" shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Rajasthan Town Municipalities Act, 1951 (Rajasthan Act 23 of 1951) or any other Municipal law for the time being in force;
(i-b) "Nazul Land" shall mean abadi land within the limits of Municipality or a Panchayat circle or a village, town or city, vesting in the State Government;
(i-c) "Panchayat circle" shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953 (Rajasthan Act 21 of 1953) or any other Panchayat law for the time being in force;
(ii) "Prescribed" shall mean prescribed by this Act or by rules made under this Act;
(iii) "Recognised Agent" of a party shall, subject to rules made under this Act, mean a person authorised in writing by such party to make appearances and applications and to do other acts on his behalf :
(iii-a) "Revenue Appellate Authority" shall mean the officer appointed as such authority under section 20-A;
(iv) "Settlement Officer" shall include an Assistant Settlement Officer,
(v) "Village" shall mean the tract of land which has been recognised and recorded, or may hereafter be recognised and recorded to be a village;
(vi) "References" to an officer appointed under this Act shall be construed to include references to an additional officer of the same grade likewise appointed;
(vii) "Words and expressions" defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955) shall, wherever used herein, be construed to have the meanings assigned to them by the said Act; and
(viii) "Words and expressions used to denote" the possessor of any right, title or interest shall be deemed to include the predecessors and successors in right, title or interest of such person.
CHAPTER 2
The Board of Revenue
4. Establishment and composition of the Board. - (1) There shall be established for the Sate of Rajasthan a Board of Revenue hereinafter referred to as the Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of a Chairman, and not less than three and not more than [Twenty] other members.
(3) All appointments made under sub-section (2) shall be notified in the Official Gazette.
(4) The State Government shall prescribe the qualification of persons who shall be eligible for appointment as Chairman and Member of the Board, the method of their selection for appointment and the conditions of their service :
Provided that till the qualifications of persons to be eligible for appointment as Chairman and Members of the Board are prescribed by the Government and appointments are made in accordance therewith, their qualifications shall continue to be the same as prescribed by sub-section (4) as it stood immediately before the Commencement of the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969.
(5) The Constitution of the Board shall not be deemed to be invalid if any vacancy occurs on account of the death, resignation, expiry or termination of the appointment or temporary absence of the Chairman or of any member.