Section 98: Land granted for receptacles of household refuse, etc. and for storing fodder

(1) Subject to rules made by the State Government in this behalf; the Sub-Divisional Officer may grant in villages ¹[towns or cities] free of premium or rent land of such dimensions as may be prescribed to serve as receptacles for the household refuse, stable little and cattle dropping andother rubbish and manure, and for storing fodder for cattle:

Provided that –

(i) Such land shall not be claimed as matter of right, and shall be provided only if it is available ²[xxx];

(ii) the Collector shall have the right to resume any such land without paying any compensation;

(iii) the preson to whom land may be granted shall not have any right of transfer by exchange, mortgage, sale, gift or bequest therein; and

(iv) the person to whom such land is granted shall abide by the orders passed under the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder.

(2) The land granted under sub-section (1) may be resuped under the orders of a revenue officer no below the rank of a Tehsildar, if and when, the person to whom it has been granted ³[xxx] contravenes any of the provisions of this section or the rules made thereunder.

Provided that on resumption of land granted under sub-section (1), the revenue officer not below the rank of a Tehsildar finds that contravention of provisions of this section or rules made thereunder is of such nature that has rendered the land of no use except for residential purpose, he may, with the prior approval of the State Government, allot such land to the person to whom it has been granted, upon payment of premium therefor at the rate fixed under section 96 and on payment of penalty as may be prescribed.