Rajasthan · 1952 · Act 6
The Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952
In force62 sections
1.Short title, extent and commencemen
(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Rajasthan Gazette, appoint.
2.Definitions
3.Interpretation
Unless the context otherwise requires the General Clauses Act. 1897, (X of 1897), of the Central Legislature shall apply for the interpretation of this Act as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
4.All lands liable to pay land revenue
Notwithstanding anything contained in any existing Jagir Law or any other law, all jagir-lands shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be liable to payment of land revenue to the Government; and as from such commencement, the liability of- (a) all Jagirdars to pay tribute to the Government, under any existing Jagir Law shall cease, and (b) any grantee of jagir land from a jagirdar to pay any sum to the jagirdar in respect of such grant shall likewise cease: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall apply to any jagir land- (a)which was originally granted or was or is deemed to have been granted, and the income of which is being utilised, for the maintenance of any educational or charitable institution or any place of religious worship or for the performance of any religious service, or (b) the rental income of which as determined under section 6 or section 7 is less than five hundred rupees.
5.Assessment of land revenue
The land revenue payable in respect of the jagir lands of every jagirdar shall be assessed by the Collector in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
6.Determination of rental Income from Jagir lands
(1) For the purpose of assessing the land revenue payable in respect of the jagir lands of a jagirdar the Collector shall first determine the rental income from such lands in the manner hereinafter provided. (2) Where the jagir lands are situated in more than one village, the rental income from such lands in each village shall be separately determined. (3) The rental income from the jagir lands in a village shall- (a) where the village is a settled village, be the total of - (i) the rents assessed on the jagir lands (other than Khudkasht lands which have not been so assessed) as entered in the revenue records of the village, and (ii) the rents which would have been payable in respect of Khudkasht lands (which have not been so assessed) if they had been let out to tenants on the prevailing rent-rates in the locality; (b) where the jagir-lands are under the direct management of the Government or under the superintendence of the Court of Wards and clause (a) does not apply, be the total of- (i) the rents payable by the tenants thereof as entered in the Government records relating to the jagir lands, and (ii) the rents which would have been payable in respect of x x x Khudkasht lands if they had been let out to tenants on the prevailing rent-rates in the locality; and (c) where the village is not a settled village and clause (b) does not apply, be the amount determined in the manner specified in section 7.