THE HARYANA CEILING ON LAND HOLDINGS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011
An Act further to amend the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be called the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Act, 2011.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 30th January, 1975.
Amendment of section 5 of Haryana Act 26 of 1972.
2. In section 5 of the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972, -
(a) in clause (f), for the sign” “existing at the end, the sigh”, “shall be substituted; and
(b) after clause (f), the following clauses shall be added, namely:-
“(g) land acquired by a person for non-agricultural purposes and falling within ‘urban area’ as defined under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 (8 of 1975);
(h) land acquired by a person and put to non-agricultural use, or land in respect of which permission, wherever applicable, has been granted for its use for non-agricultural purposes by the competent authority;
(i) land not covered under clauses (g) or (h) above and acquired by a person for non-agricultural purposes:
Provided that if an application is made for conversion of the land use for non-agricultural purposes to the State Government or any other authority appointed by it, within one year from the date of commencement of the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 (Haryana Ordinance No.4 of 2011) or within one year of the acquisition of land, whichever is later:
Provided further that if such person fails to apply for permission within one year or is denied such permission or fails to put the land to the declared use within the time period specified by the competent authority, then such land shall be excluded from the purview of this clause.
Repeal and saving.
3. (1) The Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 (Haryana Ordinance No.4 of 2011), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act. |
