Bare ActsThe Uttarakhand Hills Consolidation of Holding Land Reforms Act

Section 20

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(1) Where possession over standing crops is also delivered under section 28, the Assistant Consolidation Officer shall determine in the manner prescribed, the compensation payable in respect of such crops by the tenure-holder put in possession. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order under sub-section (1), may within fifteen gays of the date of the order, prefers an appeal before the Consolidation Offices, whose decision thereon, shall be final. Recoveries of compensation 20-A (1) Where a tenure-holder from whom compensation is recoverable under this Act fails to pay the same within the period prescribed therefore, the person entitled to receive it, may in addition to any other mode of recovery open to him, apply to the Collector within such time as may be prescribed to recover the amount due on his behalf as if it were an arrear of land revenue payable to Government. (2) Where any compensation payable under this Act is not and whether in whole or in part within three months of the date of obtaining possession under section 17 or section 19, as the case may be interest at the rate of six per cent per annum shall be charged on the amount not so paid. Reduction of land revenue on account of contribution of land for public purposes 20-B (1) Where, as a result of contribution for public purposes under the provisions of section 8-A, the area of the original holding of a tenure- holder is reduced, the land revenue payable for the holding shall be reduced by the Assistant Consolidation Officer, in the same proportion as the area so contributed bears to the original total area of the holding, and the reduced land revenue shall be shown in the provisional consolidation scheme. (2) A tenure-holder aggrieved by the reduction made under sub-section (1) may, within 15 days of the date, of publication of the provisional consolidation scheme under section 14 file an objection before the Assistant Consolidation Officer or the Consolidation Officer for getting the reduction of the Land revenue determined in accordance with the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950. Compensation for land contributed by tenure-holders for public purposes 20-C (1) (a) Every tenure-holder any part of whose holding has been, contributed for public purposes under this Act, shall be paid, for the land so contributed, compensation equal to- (i) in the case of land of a bhumidhar with transferable rights, four times; and (ii) in the case of the land of a bhumidhar with non-transferable rights two times of the land revenue reduced under section 29-B. (b) In the case of trees, wells and other improvements, falling within the land so contributed, the amount of compensation behalf be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 13. (2) The Compensation payable to a tenure-holder shall after adjustment of the cost of operations under this Act, if any be paid, to him in cash. (3) Where any land, in respect of which compensation is paid under-sub- section (1), is in occupation of, an, asami, there shall lie paid to the asami out of the compensation payable to the bhumidhar with transferable rights or bhumidhar with non-transferable rights as the case may be, an amount equal to 5 per cent of such compensation in respect of the right title and interest of the asami therein. Vesting of and contributed for public proposes 20-D (1) The land contributed fur public purposes under this Act shall, with effect from the date on which the tenure-holders became entitled to enter into possession of the chaks allotted to them under the provisions of this Act as amended from time to time, vest and be always deemed to have vested in the Gaon Sabha in an area in which section 117 of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 applies and in the State Government in any other area and shall be utilized for the purpose for which it was earmarked in the final consolidation of scheme, or in case of failure of that purpose, for such other purposes may be prescribed. (2) The provisions of section 117 of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition rand Land Reforms Act, 1950, shall mutatis mutandis apply to such land vested in the Gaon Sabha as if the land had vested in the Gaan Sabha by virtue of a declaration made by the State Government under sub-section (1) of that section and as if the declarations were made subject to the conditions respecting utilization specified in sub-section (1) of this section. Consequences which shall ensue on exchange of possession

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