Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Utilization of land vested in the State Government.- (1) All lands vested in the State Government under this Act shall be utilized for the following purposes:- (a) an area not less than fifty per cent of the total area vested in the State Government under section 3 of this Act for grazing and other common purposes of the inhabitants of an estate; and 1(b) the remaining land- (i) for allotment to a landless person 2[,a victim of natural calamities] or any other eligible person; or (ii) for allotment of site to a handicapped or houseless person for the construction of a house; under a scheme to be framed by the State Government by notification in the official Gazette and the allottee shall pay an amount at the rate of forty-eight times of the land revenue and rates and cesses chargeable on the land allotted to him under the said scheme, either in lump sum or in six monthly instalments not exceeding four. (iii)3[for allotment of land to the eligible persons under the schemes notified by the State Government for providing houses to the poorer sections of the society.] (2) The land reserved under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of this section shall be demarcated by such Revenue Officer and in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) Any scheme framed by the State Government under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of this section may provide for the terms and conditions on which the land is to be allotted. (4) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, amend, vary or revoke any scheme made under this section. 4[Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, the expression ‘natural calamities’ shall mean and include calamities caused by floods, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, snow-storms hail-storms, fire, excessive rains, cloud burst, wind storms and lightening.]