Procurement of Agricultural land
Vipul Shah
(Querist) 26 October 2009
This query is : Resolved
I am non-agriculturist domiciled in GUjarat and would like to know the procedure of becoming an agriculturist and acquiring acgicultural land.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 26 October 2009
You only purchase agricultural land, get it registered, get its mutation in revenue record and your status shall automatically become as of agriculturist and no special notification is required for that.
A V Vishal
(Expert) 27 October 2009
Agricultural land can be bought in Gujarat after fulfilling certain requirements. These include: The annual average income of the person including agricultural income should be less than Rs. 2Lakhs. The person must have had an agricultural land in his name before the year 1974. The person should be an agriculturist or an agricultural worker by profession.As per Section 79A of the Land Reforms Act 1961, the non-agricultural income of a purchaser who must be an agriculturist should not exceed Rs. 2 Lakhs per year. Sale of land granted to members of scheduled caste and tribe is not allowed.
Also, sale of land granted by the government is not allowed for a period of 15 years. Agricultural land can be used only for agricultural purposes and no other purpose. Utilizing agricultural land for any other purpose is prohibited by law. Agricultural land, which does not come under the Green Belt, can be converted for non-agricultural purposes like residential, commercial, industrial etc. subject to the approval of the Special Deputy Commissioner on payment of the prescribed fees and subject to certain conditions.
Hence you are ineligible to purchase an agri-land in gujarat, in fact most of the states in India have similar laws.
RASIK DAGLI
(Expert) 29 October 2009
A non-agriculrist has no right to purchase agricultural land in Gujarat. If you purchase any agricultural land your name will not be entered in Revenue Records and there is posibility that Government will take away the land and name of the Govt. will be entered into Revenue Records.
RASIK DAGLI
Advocate
