State Act: Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953
Act U.P. Act No. V of 1954 · 92 sections
Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 3 of 2002.
Sections 1 to 3 carry marginal headings and the later sections carry headings printed at the start of the section; both are shown as the section headings. Sections 4-A, 11-C and the omitted sections carry no heading in this copy.
Marginal references to other enactments (for example "U. P. Act No. I of 1951") printed beside the text are not reproduced.
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Title, date and preamble
[Passed in Hindi by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on April 2, 1953 and by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on April 20, 1953.
Received the assent of the President on March 4, 1954 under Article 201 of the Constitution of India and was published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, dated March 8, 1954.]
AN ACT
to provide the consolidation of agricultural holdings in Uttar Pradesh for the development of agriculture.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for consolidation of agricultural holdings in Uttar Pradesh for the development of agriculture.
It is hereby enacted as follows :—
Contents
CHAPTER–I PRELIMINARY
CHAPTER–II REVISION AND CORRECTION OF MAPS AND RECORDS
- 4.Declaration and notification regarding consolidation
- 4-A.[Omitted]
- 5.Effect of [notification under section 4(2)]
- 6.Cancellation of [notification] under section 4
- 6-A.Special provision with respect to undisputed succession or transfer
- 7.Revision of village map
- 8.Revision of the field-book and the current annual register, determination of valuations and shares in joint holdings
- 8-A.Preparation of Statement of Principles
- 9.Issue of extracts from record and statements and publication of the records mentioned in sections 8 and 8-A and the issue of notices for inviting objections
- 9-A.Disposal of cases relating to claims to land and partition of joint holdings
- 9-B.Disposal of objections on the Statement of Principles
- 9-C.Partition of joint holdings
- 10.Preparation and maintenance of revised Annual Registers
- 10-A.[Omitted]
- 10-B.[Omitted]
- 11.Appeals
- 11-A.Bar on objections
- 11-B.[Omitted]
- 11-C.[Omitted]
- 12.Decision of matters relating to changes and transactions affecting rights or interests recorded in revised records
- 12-A.Assessment of land revenue on new holdings and distribution of revenue on parts of holdings
- 12-B.[Omitted]
- 12-C.[Omitted]
- 12-D.Amalgamation of holdings
CHAPTER–III Preparation of Consolidation Scheme
- 13.[Omitted]
- 13-A.[Omitted]
- 13-B.[Omitted]
- 13-C.[Omitted]
- 13-D.[Omitted]
- 14.[Omitted]
- 15.[Omitted]
- 16.[Omitted]
- 16-A.[Omitted]
- 16-B.[Omitted]
- 17.[Omitted]
- 18.[Omitted]
- 19.Consolidation to be fulfilled by a consolidation scheme
- 19-A.Preparation of provisional consolidation scheme by the Assistant Consolidaiton Officer
- 20.Publication of the provisional consolidation scheme and receipt of objection thereon
- 21.Disposal of objections to the provisional Consolidation Scheme
- 22.[Omitted]
- 23.Confirmation of the provisional Consolidation Scheme and the issue of allotment orders
CHAPTER–IV ENFORCEMENT OF THE SCHEME
- 24.Possession and accrual of compensation for trees, etc
- 25.[Omitted]
- 26.[Omitted]
- 26-A.[Omitted]
- 27.New revenue records
- 28.Delivery of possession
- 29.Compensation
- 29A.Recoveries of compensation
- 29-AA.Reduction of land revenue on account of contribution of land for public purposes
- 29-B.Compensation for land contributed by tenure-holders for public purposes
- 29-C.Vesting of land contributed for public purposes
- 30.Consequences which shall ensue on exchange of possession
- 31.[Omitted]
- 32.Power to transfer holdings
- 33.Costs
- 34.[Omitted]
- 35.[Omitted]
- 36.[Omitted]
- 36-A.[Omitted]
CHAPTER–V MISCELLANEOUS
- 37.[Omitted]
- 38.Power to enforce attendance of witnesses and in certain matters
- 39.Power for production of documents, etc
- 40.Proceedings before Director of Consolidation, Deputy Director of Consolidation, Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Consolidation Officer and Assistant Consolidation Officer to be judicial proceedings
- 41.Application of U. P. Land Revenue Act, 1901
- 41-A.Affidavits
- 42.Officer and Authorities
- 42-A.Correction of clerical arithmetical error
- 43.[Omitted]
- 44.Delegation
- 44-A.Power of subordinate authority to be exercised by a superior authority
- 45.Powers of officers to enter upon land for purposes of survey and demarcation
- 45-A.Penalty for contravening provisions of section 5
- 46.Penalty for destruction, injury or removal of survey [or boundary] marks
- 47.Appeal etc. to be allowed by the Act
- 48.Revisions and reference
- 48-A.Special provisions with respect to evacuee property
- 48-B.Exchange of possession
- 49.Bar to civil jurisdiction
- 49-A.Protection of action taken under this Act or rules made thereunder
- 50.Exemption from court-fee
- 51.Instrument not necessary to effect transfer
- 52.Close of consolidation operations
- 52-A.Special provisions for Chak Roads and Chak Guls
- 53.Mutual exchange of chaks between tenure-holders
- 53-A.Recognition of [consolidation scheme] prepared by tenure-holders
- 53-B.Limitation
- 54.Rules