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Section 235: Sale of defaulter’s specific area, patti or estate

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.

When the Collector is of opinion that the other processes 1[hereinafter] specified are not sufficient for the recovery of an arrear, he may, in addition to or instead of all or any of such other processes. 2[xxx] sell by auction the specific area, patti or estate in respect of which such arrear is due :

Provided that no specific area, pant or estate shall be sold for any arrear which may have accrued while it was -

(a) under the managment of the Court of wards, or

(b) under direct management by the Collector.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. vide Section 3 of the Raj. Act No. 16 of 1961, Pub. in Raj. Gaz. Part IV-A, Ex-ord., dt. 22-5-1961.
  2. 2.Deleted by Section 4 of the Raj. Act No. 5 of 1964, Pub. in Raj. Gaz. Part IV-A, Ex-ord., dt. 26-3-1964.

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