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Section 173: Preparation of Dastoor Ganwai

The Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Rajasthan (the "updated" English file), with amendments up to Rajasthan Act No. 9 of 2022.

A Rajasthan Land Revenue (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2025 (Bill No. 7 of 2025) inserts section 100-A (Government land placed at the disposal of RIICO for industrial areas) and clause (xvii-a) in section 261(2). Its Act number and assent could not be confirmed from an official source; these changes are not shown in this text.

This copy does not print the Chapter headings of the Act and contains many typing errors (for example "swim partition" and "audible estate" in section 186); the text is reproduced as printed.

(1) The Settlement Officer shall prepare a Wajib-ul-arz or Dastoor Ganwai for each village in the distinct of other local area under settlement operations.

(2) The Settlement Officer shall, subject to rules made under this Act, ascertain and record son each such Wajib-uI-au or Dastoor Ganwai -

(a) all ceases which are still payable by tenants of the village concerned on account of the occupation of land in addition to rent under the appellations by which they are known;

(b) the customs son the vs'liege concerned son regard to-

(i) rights of persons resident therein or holding lands comprised therein son the common land thereof and us produce and in the village site, and

(ii) rights to irrs`.gats.on, rights of way and other easement,

(c) any rights, customs or other matters concerned with the administration of the village which may be required by rules made under this Act or otherwise by the State Government to be ascertained and recorded in the Wajib-ul-arz or Dastoor Ganwai.

(3) When the Wajib-uI-arz or Dastoor Ganwai is ready, the Settlement Officer shall fix a date and time for reading it out to the inhabitants of the village concerned and shall nerdy such date and time at least seven days before the date so fixed in the prescribed manner.

(4) On the date and at the time fixed 'under sub-sech.on (3), the settlement officer shall read out or cause to be read out to the villages assembled for the purpose the Wajib uI-arz or Dastoor Ganwai prepared under sub-section (1).

(5) If any person raises an objection to anything contained in the Wajib-ul-arz Dastoor Ganwai while it is being read out under sub-section (4), the Settlement Officer shall record and decide such objection and his decision shall be final.

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