Uttarakhand Hills Consolidation of Holding Land Reforms Act 2016
No: 21 Dated: Oct, 07 2016
THE UTTRKHAND HILLS CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS AND LAND REFORMS ACT, 2016
[Uttrakhand Act No. 21 of 2016]
An Act to provide the consolidation of agricultural holdings in hill areas of Uttrakhand for the enhancement of agriculture productivity, to provide commercial shape to agricultural and to create a self employment opportunities from this procedure,
It is Hereby enacted by the Uttrakhand Legislative Assembly in the 67th Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary and Definition
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Uttrakhand Consolidation of Holdings and Land Reforms Act, 2016.
(2) The extension of this Act shall apply except District Haridwar and Uddham Singh Nagar and except plain area of District Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Nainital and Champawat.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remainder of the Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf and different dates may be appointed for different parts of Uttrakhand.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(1) (a) "State Government" means Government of Uttrakhand;
(b) "land" means land held or occupied for purposes connected with agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry (including pisciculture and poultry farming) and includes:
(i) the site, being a part of holding of a house or other similar structure; and
(ii) trees, wells and other. improvements existing on the plots forming the holding ;
(iii) such non-Zamidari abolition land who is in title of such holders and necessary for consolidation scheme.
(c) "Unit" means village or part thereof, and where the Director of Consolidation so notifies by publication in the official Gazette, two or more villages or parts thereof or which a single scheme of consolidation is to be framed;
(d) "Holding" means parcel or parcels of land held under one tenure by a tenure-holder singly or jointly with other tenure- holders.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this clause, holding shall not include the following : -
(i) land subject to fluvial action and intensive soil erosion;
(ii) land mentioned in section 132 of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 ;
(iii) such compact areas as are normally subject to prolonged water-Jogging;
(iv) such other areas as the Operator of Consolidation may declare to be unsuitable for the purpose of consolidation ;
(v) such area as after the notification of commencement of Consolidation work identify and notify as commercial area by the Deputy Operator of Consolidation.
(2) (a) "Consolidation" means re-arrangement of holdings in a unit amongst several tenure-holders in such a way as to make their respective holdings more compact;
(b) "Consolidation scheme" means the scheme of consolidation in a unit ;
(c) "Consolidation area" means the area, in respect of which a notification under section 4 has been issued, except such portion thereof to which the provisions of the U, P, Zamidari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950(UP Act no 1 of 1951) or any other Law by which Zamindari System has been abolished do not apply ;
(d) "Consolidation Committee" means a committee to be constituted in the manner prescribed for the purposes of the Act;
(e) "Consolidation Records" means maps, registers, shape letters and notices during the proceeding of consolidation or voluntary consolidation who will be also kapt as digital as may possible;
(f) "Chak" means the parcel of land allotted to a tenure holder on consolidation;
(g) "Voluntary Consolidation" means such consolidation to be with mutual exchange, gift and donation under different sections of the Act;