Land Ceiling Act

Be it enacted by the madhya pradesh legislature in the eleventh year of the republic of india as follows.

Land ceiling act. 2 it extends to the whole of the state of 2telangana. The urban land ceiling and regulation act 1976 1. This is second tool of land reform.

Thus if a farmer owned 12 acres government would take away 12 10 2 acres of surplus land from him and distribute it to some landless laborers. In case of inferior lands ceiling may be higher but should not exceed 54 acres. The best lands in a state with assured irrigation for two crops in a year should have ceiling in the range of 10 to 18 acres taking into account the fertility of the soil and other conditions.

Short title application and commencement 1 this act may be called the urban land ceiling and regulation act 1976. An act to provide for the imposition of ceiling on agricultural holdings holdings acquisition and disposal of surplus land and matter ancillary thereto. An act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to ceiling on land holdings in the state of himachal pradesh.

The urban land ceiling and regulation act 1976. In 1976 the government enacted the urban land ceiling and regulation act to regulate urban land prices and promote low income housing in an effort to socialize urban land exempting central and state land and other public religious or educational organizations along with lic companies. E g an individual farmer cannot own land beyond say 10 acres.

1 this act may be called the 2telangana land reforms ceiling on agricultural holdings act 1973. The stated purpose of the law is bringing about an equitable distribution of land in urban agglomerations to subserve the common good consequences. Therefore state governments enacted land ceiling acts.

Section 59 of the tamil nadu land reforms fixation of ceiling on land act 1961 tamil nadu act 58 of 1961 originally provided that the provisions of chapter viii of that act relating to cultivating tenant s ceiling area shall remain in force for a period of three years from the date of the publication of the act namely the 2nd may 1962.