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Repeal and savmg. THE KANNAN DEVAN HILLS (RESUMPTION OF LANDS} ACT, 1971 * (Act 5 of 1971) An Act to provide for the resumption of lands other than plantations in the Kannan Devan H1lls village in the Devico]am tah1k of the Kottayam district and for the distribution of such lands for cultivation and purpo':les anc11lary thereto Preamble.-WI-IEREAS the lands compnsmg the enttrc revenue village of Kannan Devan Hills m the Devicolam *Published m the C:nette Extraordmary, No. 2!9, dated 2•nd April, 1971. ( l 13 tnluk of the Kottayam district had been given on lease by the then Poonjar Chtef to late Mr John Daniel Munroe of London and Peermade on the 11th day of July, 1877, fot coffee culttvatwn; AND WHEREAS the nght, tttle and lt>ssor had been assumed by the former Travuncore ; interest of the Government of AND WHEREAS by such assumption the lands have be- come the property of the former Government of Travancore : AND WHEREAS the Government of Kerala have be- come the successor to the former Government of Travancore ; AND WHEREAS large extent of agncultural lands m that vtllage has nol been converted mto plantations or ut1llsed lor purposes of plantatiOn and such lands are not reqmred 101 the purposes of the ex1stmg plantatiOn ; AND WHEREAS the Government constder that such u:(ncultural lands should bE resumed for the distnbutJOn there- c.! for cultivatiOn and pui poses ancillary thereto; BE It enacted in the Twenty-second Year of the Re- pubhc of India as follows - 1 Short title, commencement application-(1) This Act may be called the Kannan Devan Hills (ResumptiOn of Lands) Act, 1971. (2) It shall be dcc~med to have come mto force on the '!lst day of January, 1971. (3) It applies to the lands compnsmg the revenut· vtllage of Kannan Devan Hills m the Dev1colam taluk of the Kottayam distnct 2 Definitions·-In this Act, unless the context other- wt~e reqmres,- (a) "appomted day'' means the 21st d8y of January, 1971 : (b) "bmldmg" shall not mclude a temporary shed ; (c) "Collector'' means the DistncL Collector Kottayarn, or any other officer not below the rank of a Distnct Collector o.~ppomted by the Government, by notificatiOn m the Gazette, to e9Cercise the powers and perform the functiOns of the ('ullector under 'this Act; 1 14 (d) "Land Board'' means the Land Board constituted under section 100 of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964); (e) "lessee" means a person in possesston of any land situate in the Kannan Devan Hllls vtllage m the Devtcolam taluk of the Kottayam dtstnct, who has denved the nght tf' such possession by means of a document executed by late Mr. John Dame! Munroe of London and Peermade or any person claimmg through him or any person clatmmg unde: or through any of the successors-m-mterest of the said Mr. John Damel Munroe; (f) "plantatJOn" means any land used by a person principally for the culttvatwn of tea. coffee, cocoa, rubber, cardamom or cinnamon (heremafter referred to as "planta- twn crops'') ; (g) "prescnbed" means prescrt bed by rules made under this Act. 3 Vesting of possession of certain lands.-(1) Notwtth- stan:lmg anythmg contatr.ed m ·any other law for the hme bemg m force, or m any contract or other document, but subJect to the prov1s1ons of sub-sections (2) and (3), w1th effect on and from the appointed day, the possesston of all lands situate m the Kannan Devan H11ls vtllage m the Dev1colam taluk of the Ko:ttayam d1stnct shall stand tranr I erred to and ve5t m the Government free from all en- cumbrances, and the nght, title and mterest of the lessees and all other persons, mcludmg nghts oi mortgagees and holders of encumbrances, 111 respect of such lands, shall stand extingu1shed (2) Nothmg containE.'d in sub-sectwn (1) shall apply in respect of- (a) plantations other than plantations belonging to trespt.ssers , (b) bmldmgs, other than bmldmgs beloflgmg to trespassers, and lands appurtenant to, and necessary for the convement enjoyment or use ol, such bmldmgs, (c) play-g,·ounds and bunal and burnmg grounds , and (d) lands m the possesswn of the Central GD;~ern ment or any State Government or the Kerala State Elec- tnclty Board / 15 (3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply in respect of :-;o much extent of land held by a lessee under hie; pers~nal culhvatwn as IS With1:1 the ce1lmg limit apphcable to h1m under any law for the time bemg in force or any buildmg or structure standmg thereon 01 appurtenant thereto.