RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT, 1956

The RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT, 1956

राजस्थान भू-राजस्व अधिनियम, 1956

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Act ID:	195615
Act Number:	15
Enactment Date:	1956-05-23
Act Year:	1956
Short Title:	The RAJASTHAN LAND REVENUE ACT, 1956
Hindi Title:	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व अधिनियम, 1956
Department:	Revenue Department
Type:	STATE
Location:	Rajasthan

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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2. Enactments not affected by Act
Section 3. Interpretation
Section 4. Establishment and Composition of Board
Section 5. Tenure of Members
Section 6. Place of Sitting
Section 7. Ministerial Officers
Section 8. Powers of the Board
Section 9. General Superintendence of Subordinate Revenue Courts
Section 10. Jurisdiction of Board how exercised
Section 11. Power to refer to a Bench
Section 12. Power to refer question to High Court
Section 13. Decision in case of difference of opinion
Section 14. Registers etc. to be kept
Section 15. Territorial Divisions
Section 16. Power to create, abolish or alter divisions etc
Section 17. Commissioners and Additional Commissioners
Section 18. Settlement Commissioner and Additional Settlement Commissioner
Section 19. Director and Additional Directors of Land Records
Section 20A. Revenue Appellate Authority
Section 20. Appoint of other Officers
Section 21. Appointment ex-officio
Section 22. Notification of appointment
Section 23. Controlling Power
Section 24. Subordination of Revenue Courts and Officers
Section 25. Powers and duties of Courts and Officers
Section 26. Additional powers of Courts and Officers
Section 27. Inherent powers of Courts and officers
Section 28. Officers temporarily succeeding to a permanent vacancies
Section 29. Temporary-absence of officers
Section 30. Formation and alteration of Patwaris Circles
Section 31. Appointment of Patwaris
Section 32. Formation and alteration of Land Records Inspection circles
Section 33. Appointment of Girdawar Qanungos or Land Records Inspectors
Section 34. Sadar Qanungos
Section 35. Qualifications etc. of Patwaris and Qanungos
Section 36. Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records
Section 40A. Termination of the services of Lambardars
Section 41. Village Servants
Section 42. Vacancies
Section 43. Register of village servants
Section 44. Remuneration of village servants
Section 45. Non-liability of remuneration attachment
Section 46. Duties of village servants
Section 47. Appointment how to be made
Section 48. Disqualifications for appointment
Section 49. Punishment, suspension and removal of village servant and Lambardars
Section 50. Power to place village watchman under police authorities
Section 51. Place for holding court or making inquiries
Section 52. Power to enter upon and survey land
Section 53. Power of Government, Board etc. to transfer cases
Section 54. Power of transfer cases to and from subordinates
Section 55. Consolidation of cases
Section 56A. Presentation of applications, appeals, etc
Section 56. Appearances, applications etc. by whom made
Section 57. Power of Revenue Courts on officers to require attendance of persons and production of document and to receive evidence
Section 58. Summons to be in writing signed and sealed
Section 59. Serving of summons
Section 60. Mode of Serving Notice
Section 61. Mode of issuing proclamations
Section 62. Notice or proclamation not void for error
Section 63. Hearing in absence of party
Section 64. Adjournment of hearing
Section 65. No appeal form order passed under Section 63
Section 66. Power to give and apportion costs
Section 67. Correction or error or omission
Section 68. Power to refer disputes to arbitration
Section 69. Procedure in cases referred to arbitration
Section 70. Application to set aside award
Section 71. Decision according to award
Section 72. Bar to appeal & suit in Civil Court
Section 73. Delivery of possession of immovable property
Section 74. Appeal to be as followed by this Act
Section 75. First Appeals
Section 76. Second Appeals
Section 77. No appeal in certain cases
Section 78. Limitation for appeals
Section 79. Copy of 58xxx order objected to, to accompany petition
Section 80. Power of Appellate Authority
Section 81. Power to stay execution of 59xxx orders of lower court
Section 82. Power 60xxx to call for records and proceedings and reference to State Government of Board
Section 83. Power of Government to call for records and revise orders
Section 84. Power of Board to call for records and revise orders
Section 85. Hearing
Section 85A. Review by the State Government
Section 86. Review by the Board and other Courts
Section 87. Application of Act IX of 1908
Section 88. All roads etc. and all land which are not the property of others belong to the State
Section 89. Right of minerals, mines, quarries and fisheries
Section 90. Liability of all land to payment of revenue or rent
Section 90A. Use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose
Section 91. Unauthorlsed occupation of Land
Section 92. Land may be set apart for special purposes
Section 93. Regulation of use of Pasturage
Section 94B. Roadside trees
Section 94. Powers to regulate control and management of forest growth
Section 94A. Roadside trees
Section 95. Development of abadi
Section 96. Collector to fix rates of premium
Section 97. Auction of abadi land
Section 98. Land granted for receptacles of household refuse, etc. and for storing fodder
Section 99. Right to regulate the construction of a building in a village
Section 100. Sale of land in Industrial and Commercial Areas
Section 101. Allotment of land for agricultural purposes
Section 102. Power of Government to allot land for purposes other than agricultural as well as on special terms
Section 102A. Land which may be entrusted with Local Authorities
Section 103. Land and Abadi defined for the purposes of Chapter VI
Section 104. Cases in which power of Revenue Officers may beexercised by local Authorities
Section 105. Rights of tenants under Section 31, Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955, not affcted
Section 106. Survey or re-survey
Section 107. Record Operations
Section 108. Record Officers
Section 109. Mode of conducting operations
Section 110. Assistance in survey of boundaries
Section 111. Assistance in survey of boundaries
Section 112. Assistance in survey of boundaries
Section 113. Preparation of record of rights
Section 114. Contents of record of rights
Section 115. Inviting claims to lands appearing to have no owner
Section 116. Procedure when unclaimed land is used for common purposes
Section 117. Procedure when limited right over such land is established
Section 118. Determination and record of khudkasht land
Section 119. Determinatio of the abadi of a village
Section 120. Register of villages
Section 121. Particulars to be stated in khatauni
Section 122. Attestation of entries
Section 123. xxx
Section 124. Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed
Section 125. xxx
Section 126. Existing records to be acted upon
Section 127. Proceedings pending upon close of survey & record operations
Section 128. Boundary disputes
Section 129. Obligation of holders as to boundary marks
Section 130. Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks
Section 131. Maintenance of Map and Field Book
Section 132. Annual Registers
Section 133. Report of succession and transfer of possession
Section 134. Fine for neglect to report
Section 135. Procedure on report
Section 136. Correction of errors
Section 137. Succession to estates
Section 138. Inspection of records
Section 139. Copies of entries
Section 140. Presumption as to entires
Section 140A. Procedure in disputes relating to khudkasht entries
Section 141C. Entry upon land
Section 141K. Power to refer to arbitration
Section 141J. Appeal to the Collector
Section 141I. Disputes as to boundaries
Section 141H. Maintenance of temporary boundary marks
Section 141G. Erection of boundary marks
Section 141F. Suney map and register
Section 141E. Survey may be proceeded with suer service of notice under Section 141-D
Section 141D. Notice of survey may be given before hand
Section 141B. Power to order survey
Section 141A. Definitions
Section 141. Decisions to be binding on revenue courts
Section 141T. Proceedings not to be affected by informality
Section 141S. Proceedings not to be affected by informality
Section 141O. Cost of Survey
Section 141N. Survey fees
Section 141M. Maintenance of maps registers
Section 141R. Rules
Section 141Q. _________
Section 141l. Documents connected with survey to be sent to officer or authority in charge of sunny
Section 141P. Penalty for failure to comply with requisition in notice
Section 142. Settlement or re-settlement
Section 143. Probable results of resettlement
Section 144. Consideration which shall determine whether re settlement shall be made
Section 145. Settlement Officers
Section 146. Transfer of duties of Land Records OHicer to settlement Officer
Section 147. Rules
Section 148. Economic Survey
Section 149. Formation of assessment circles or groups
Section 150. Soil Classification
Section 151. Evolution of rent-rates
Section 152. Basic of rent-rates
Section 153. Modifications of rates
Section 154. Matters to be determined and recorded
Section 155. Publication and submission of proposals
Section 156. Sanction of proposals
Section 157. Assessment of rents
Section 158. Land to be excluded from assessment
Section 159. Allowance for improvements
Section 160. Existing rent to be taken Into consldemrlon while assessing rents
Section 161. Limits of enhancement
Section 162. Progressive enhancement
Section 163. Additional provision for assessment of Chahi holdings
Section 164. Preparation and distribution of parchas
Section 165. Interim stoppage of recovery of kind rents
Section 166. Hearing of objections and determination of rent
Section 167. Rent from what date payable
Section 168. Option to tenant to refuse rent determined
Section 169. Effect o refusal
Section 170. Offer of holding to other persons
Section 171. Procedure upon non-refusal
Section 172. Rent not liable to variation during currency of settlement –
Section 173. Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai
Section 174. Presumption of settlement entries
Section 175. Term of Setlement
Section 175A. commencement of term of sottlement
Section 176. Senior terminology of settlement
Section 176A. Interim relief during settlement opemtlons
Section 177. Tenure of lend under expired settlement until resettlement
Section 177A. Increase in assessment of irrigated land assessed at un-ir-rigated rates
Section 178. Short term settlement
Section 179. Settlement of land added by alluvian and revision of assessment when culturable area reduced by fluvial action
Section 180. Power of Government to levy additional urban rates
Section 181. Applications and proceedings pending before Settlement Officer when operations are closed
Section 182. Corrections of errors and ommissions
Section 183. Review of sanctioned rent-rates
Section 184. Partition
Section 185. Partible estates
Section 186. Persons entitled to swim partition
Section 187. Application for partition
Section 188. To whom application lies
Section 189. Partition of an estate falling under several districts
Section 190. Consolidation of claims
Section 191. Power to stay partition of an estate
Section 192. Proclamation of application for partition
Section 193. Objection raising question of title
Section 194. Stay of partition pending decision of appeal
Section 195. Attachment of estate pending completion of partition
Section 196. Method of trial
Section 197. Oetermlnation of principiesand conditions of valuations
Section 198. Preliminary darn for pa`nition
Section 199. Penman by whom to be made
Section 200. Partition by agreement
Section 201. Partition by arbitration
Section 202. Court when to make partition itself
Section 203. Estimate and levy of partition costs
Section 204. Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant
Section 205. Appointment of amins etc., and issue of warrant
Section 206. Issue of proclamation -
Section 207. Consideration of proposals and determination of claims and objections -
Section 208. Division of tenants's holding
Section 209. Division of khudkasht
Section 210. Allotment of lands held in common
Section 211. Buildings, gardens etc. of one co sharer on land allotted to another
Section 212. Tanks, wells, water courses and embankments
Section 213. Places of worship and cremation or burial grounds
Section 214. Incompactness a reason for disallowing partition
Section 215. Distribution of revenue on partition
Section 216. Final order for partition
Section 217. Instrument of partition
Section 218. Delivery of possession of property allotted on partition
Section 219. Division of complex estates
Section 220. Fraudulent or erroneous distribution of revenue
Section 221. Under-assessed estates to refund to over-assessed estates
Section 222. Consolidation of estates forming part of the same village
Section 223. Chapter not to apply to division between Govemment and estate holder
Section 224. Revenue, a first charge on land and its produce
Section 225. Responsibility for revenue
Section 226. Rules as to payment of arrears and defaulters
Section 227. Certified account to be evidence as to arrears
Section 228. Processes for recovery of arrears
Section 229A. Power to grant Instalments
Section 229. Writ of demand and citation to appear
Section 230. Attachment and sale of movable property –
Section 231. Attachment of the Land
Section 232. Powers and obligations of manager
Section 233. Proclamation of attachment
Section 234. Proclamation of attachment
Section 235. Sale of defaulter’s specific area, patti or estate
Section 236. Land to be sold free of encumbrances
Section 237. Powers to proceed against Interest of defaulter In property other than that In respect of which default is made
Section 238. Proclamation of sale
Section 239. Sale when and by whom to be made
Section 240. Prohibition to bid for an acquire the property sold
Section 241. When sale may be stayed
Section 242. Deposit by purchaser, re-sale in default of deposit
Section 243. Purchase money when to be paid
Section 244. Liability of purchaser for loss by re-sale
Section 245. Proclamation before re-sale
Section 246. Application to set aside sale on deposit of arrear
Section 247. Application to set aside the sale for irregularity etc.
Section 248. Order confirming or setting aside sale
Section 249. Bar of claims founded on irregularitty of mistake
Section 250. Refund of purchase-money when sale set aside
Section 251. Purchaser to be put in possession – Certificate of Purchase
Section 252. Application of proceeds of sale
Section 253. Liability of purchaser for revenur or rent
Section 254. Pre-emption by co-sharers
Section 255. 108xxx
Section 256. Recovery of miscellaneous revenue and other moneys
Section 257A. Application for Recovery of Moneys referred to in Sections 256 and 257
Section 257B. Payment under protest and further remedy
Section 257. Recovery of moneys from sureties
Section 258. Recovery of costs etc.
Section 259. Jurisdiction of civil courts excluded
Section 260. Delegation
Section 261. Power to make rules
Section 262. Patwaris, etc. to be public servants
Section 263. Repeal and Savings

Year	Description	Hindi Description
09-09-1957	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Settlement Operations) (Board of Revenue) Rules, 1957	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (बन्दोबस्त संक्रियाएँ) (राजस्व बोर्ड) नियम, 1957
23-01-1958	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Land Records) Rules, 1957	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (भूमि अभिलेख) नियम, 1957
27-03-1958	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land to Dairy, Poultry & Piggery Farms) Rules, 1958	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (डेयरी, पोल्ट्री और सुअर पालन फार्मों को भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 1958
09-05-1959	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Construction of Buildings in Mandies) Rules, 1959	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (मंडियों में भवनों का निर्माण) नियम, 1959
31-12-1959	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land to Gaushalas) Rules, 1957	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (गौशालाओं को भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 1957
31-12-1959	The Rajasthan Industrial Areas Allotment Rules, 1959	राजस्थान औद्योगिक क्षेत्र आवंटन नियम, 1959
28-09-1961	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Receptacles) Rules, 1961	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (पात्रों के लिए भूमि का आवंटन) नियम, 1961
14-12-1961	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Tank-Bed Lands for Cultivation) Rules, 1961	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (खेती के लिए तालाब-तल भूमि का आवंटन) नियम, 1961
08-04-1963	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Permanent Allotment of Evacuee Agricultural Lands) Rules, 1963	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (निष्क्रांत कृषि भूमि का स्थायी आवंटन) नियम, 1963
20-07-1963	Condition for(Allotment of Unoccupied Govt. Agricultural Lands for the Construction of Schools, Colleges, Dispensaries, Dharamshalas and other building of public utility), 1963	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (विद्यालयों, महाविद्यालयों, औषधालयों, धर्मशालाओं और अन्य सार्वजनिक उपयोग के भवनों के निर्माण के लिए बिना कब्जे की सरकारी कृषि भूमि का आवंटन) नियम 1963 की शर्तें
19-01-1965	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment and Conversion of Lands for the Construction of Seed Godowns) Rules, 1965	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (बीज गोदामों के निर्माण के लिए भूमि का आवंटन और परिवर्तन) नियम, 1965
24-02-1965	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Unoccupied Government Land for Lime Kilns) Rules, 1965	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (चूना भट्टों के लिए खाली सरकारी भूमि का आवंटन) नियम, 1965
28-04-1966	The Rajasthan Gallantry Awards (Cash Rewards & Land Grants) Rules, 1966	राजस्थान शौर्य पुरस्कार (नकद इनाम और भूमि अनुदान) नियम, 1966
27-05-1968	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Tube-Well Land) Rules, 1968	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (नलकूप भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 1968
28-11-1970	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Agricultural Purposes) Rules,1970	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (कृषि प्रयोजनों के लिए भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 1970
05-05-1971	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Qualifications and Conditions of Service of Chairman & Members of the Board) Rules, 2026	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष एवं सदस्यों की योग्यताएं एवं सेवा शर्तें) नियम, 2026
26-10-1978	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment and Regularization of Agricultural Land for Construction of Cinemas and for Establishment of Petrol Pumps or Medical facilities or Explosive Magazine) Rules, 1978	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (सिनेमाघरों के निर्माण और पेट्रोल पंपों या सुविधा या विस्फोटक मेगजीन की स्थापना के लिए कृषि भूमि का (चिकित्सा आवंटन तथा नियमन) नियम, 1978
30-10-1979	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for Digging of Wells and Installing of Pumping Sets for Irrigation Purposes) Rules, 1979	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (सिंचाई प्रयोजनों के लिए कुएँ खोदने और पम्पिंग सेट लगाने के लिए भूमि का आवंटन) नियम, 1979
02-04-2007	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes in rural areas) Rules, 2007	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में कृषि भूमि का अकृषिक प्रयोजनों के लिए संपरिवर्तन) नियम, 2007
07-05-2007	The Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of waste land for bio-fuel plantation and bio-fuel based Industrial and processing unit) Rules, 2007	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (जैव-ईंधन वृक्षारोपण एवं जैव-ईंधन आधारित औद्योगिक एवं प्रसंस्करण इकाई हेतु बंजर भूमि का आवंटन) नियम, 2007
18-06-2007	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land for setting up of Power Plant based on Renewable Energy Sources) Rules, 2007	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा स्रोतों पर आधारित शक्ति संयंत्र की स्थापना के लिए भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 2007
28-11-2007	Rajasthan Land Revenue (Allotment of Land in Saline Area) Rules, 2007	राजस्थान भू-राजस्व (लवणीय क्षेत्र में भूमि आवंटन) नियम, 2007