ceiling law

7/29/2019 Ceiling Law

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Submitted By-

Neha Bareth

B.A LL.B 4th

Year

Topic:- Concept

of Ceiling Lawin India


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Land Ceiling is the Subject which put the ceiling

limit on the extend of holding Land by a citizen as

fixed by Law of the Land.

To regulate the land reform is the mast hard

question for the Indian Eco.By the ceiling law land holder declared their land

in the prescribed manner & if they hold the land

which exceed the ceiling limit then that land taken

away by the Government or redistribute it in to thepoor's.

In Indian contex this step was taken so as to fix

the right to hold immoveable property then to

surrender the excess land so, declared &

approved by the Govt. is empower to take over &

distribute such excess land among the land-less &

needy people for some value or may be free of

cost.


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Zamidari System where the authority of

the land has been captured by some big or

rich land owners.

Zamidar appoint the Intermediate class to

collect the tax easily & they acquire land

free of cost fr. The British Govt..

Reason behind the Agrarian Reform in India:-

Rural Eco. Policies require to be change

Because in British Sinario BritishGovt. introduce -


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Because of this reason the Eco.

Security of the poor peasants lostcompletely & they became poor

day by day & landlord became rich

day by day.!!!!!


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After Independence the Govt. Of India stated

the process of building equity in rural population

& improvement in the employment rate and

productivity.

So, far this reason Agrarian Reform arises & in

this system land was declared as a property of

the state Govt. because of this Agrarian Reform

varied from state to state.


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Main Object behind the

Agrarian Reform

1.Setting proper land

management ,

2. Abolition of intermediaries

class,

3. Preventing fragmentation ofland,

4.Tenancy Reforms !!


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To established the object of Agrarian Reform , the CEILINGon landholding was intended:-(i) Meet the land needs of the landless,

(ii) Reduce the glaring in landownership,

(iii) So, that it may lead to development of co-operative ruler of economic !!

The ceiling Legislation were initiated in many parts of the

country, in the late 50s & 60s J & K was the 1st state in the

country to pass this Act swallowed by West Bengal &

Himachal Pradesh.

Till 1972, about 23 laks acres of land was declared surplus.

During the 2nd five year plan(1956-1960) most state

legislated fixed ceilings but there was little uniformityamong the states.

Time to time many states instituted programs in India.


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By the beginning of 1990s all the states & union territories except Goa,

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,& Tripura had passed

Ceiling law to confirm to C.G guidelines.

In the year 1980s 1 lakh 50 thousand hectares had

been declared surplus under this Act & Ab 100thousand hectares of land distributed to 65 thousand

landless persons.


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As per the new guidelines, 17 states amended the

ceiling legislations. The range of ceiling varied from

State to State. For instance, in Andhra Pradesh, the

level of ceiling for dry land ranged from 14.16hectares to 21.85 hectares. Karnataka had the limit of

21.85 hectares for dry land, while Punjab had 20.50

hectares and West Bengal 7.00 hectares. For irrigated

lands with two crops, the limit was lowerAndhraPradesh 4.05 to 7.28 hectares, M.P, Maharashtra

7.28 hectares, Punjab 7 hectares, West Bengal 5.0

hectares

Various state and Ceiling Limit-


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Irrigated with

two crops

Irrigated with

one crop

Dry land

Suggested in National

Guide-lines of 1972

4.05 to 7.28 10.93 21.85

Actual Ceilings 6.74

Andhra Pradesh 4.05 to 7.28 06.07 to 10.93 14.16 to 21.85

Assam 6.74 06.74 6.74

Bihar 6.07 to 7.28 10.12 12.14 to 18.21

Gujarat 4.05 to 7.29 06.07 to 10.93 08.09 to 21.85

Haryana 7.25 10.90 21.80

Himachal Pradesh 4.05 06.07 12.14 to 28.33

Jammu and Kashmir 3.60 to 5.06 03.6 to 5.06 5.95 to 9.20 in

Ladakh 7.7 Hec.

Karnataka 4.05 to 8.10 10.12 to 12.14 21.85

Kerala 4.86 to 6.07 04.86 to 6.07 04.86 to 6.07

Madhya Pradesh 7.28 10.93 21.85

Maharashtra 7.28 10.93 21.85

Manipur 5.00 05.00 06.00

Orrisa 4.05 06.07 12.14 to 18.21

Punjab 7.00 11.00 20.50

Rajasthan 7.28 10.93 21.85 to 70.82

Tamil Nadu 4.86 12.14 24.28

Sikkim 5.06 - 20.23

Tripura 4.00 04.00 12.00Uttar Pradesh 7.30 10.95 18.25


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"To provide for the imposition of a ceiling on vacant land in

urban agglomerations, for the acquisition of such land inexcess of the ceiling limit, to regulate the construction of

buildings on such land and for matters connected therewith,

with a view to preventing the concentration of urban land in

the hands of a few persons and speculation and profiteering

therein and with a view to bringing about an equitable

distribution of land in urban agglomerations to subserve the

common good.


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The Sole objective of

this law is to ensure

equal distribution ofthe economic resource

of the country among

the citizens & to uplift

the eco. Weaker

section of the society.


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