hi..
in gujrat which land revenue code is followed ?
I think The Bombay Land Revenue Act was formed during British rule in year 1879. The Gujarat Government is still using same.. i need some information on >
Reclamation lease for 999 years under what are known as the Gujarat Rules,
I want information on reclamation lease 999 years. .Rule 40 The Bombay Land Revenue Code(Bombay Act No V of 1879)
which are as follows :
Grants of salt-marsh landsfor reclamations. Salt land or land
occasionally overflowed by salt-water, which is not required or likely
to be required for salt manufacture, may, after consultation with the
Commissioner of Salt, be leased for purposes of reclamation by the
Collector, subject to the confirmation of the Commissioner, on the following
maximum terms, and with such modifications in particular
cases as may be deemed fit :
(a) no rent shall be charged for the first ten years ;
(b) rent at the rate of four annas per acre shall be levied for the
next twenty years on the whole area leased, whether reclaimed or not;
(c) after the expiry of 30 years the lease shall be continued in the
case of re-claimed lands at the rate at which they would be assessed to
land revenue from time to time if they were subjected to survey settlement;
and in the case of unreclaimed lands, if any, at the average rate
of the reclaimed lands (Notification No. 372-B. of 17th April 1923);
(d) any portion of the land used for public roads shall be exempt
from the payment of rent ;
(e) if the reclamation is not carried on with due diligence within
two years, or if half the area is not reclaimed so as to be in a state fit
for use for
agricultural purposes at the end often years, and the whole
at the end of twenty years, or if any land once reclaimed as aforesaid
is not maintained in a state fit for use for agricultural purposes, the
lease shall be liable to cancellation at the: discretion of the Collector ;
Provided that the lessee shall be at liberty during the first ten
years to relinquish any area which he cannot reclaim.
(/) if the land reclaimed is used for any non-agricultural purpose,
its rent shall be liable to be revised according to the rates under
whichever of rules 81 to 85 has been applied to the locality notwithstanding
that any of periods specified above may not have expired ;
(g) Form G2 may generally be used in cases under this rule.
Regards
Mr.Santosh B. Liman
Member: India Institute of Real Estate
Member: National Association of Realtors (
Handphone: +91 98337-39390