The Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954

Q: What does Section 2 of The Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954 say?

(i) the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. (ii) the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901. (iii) so much of any other law or of any rule having the force of law for the time being in force as is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

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Sections

CHAPTER I

Section 1

CHAPTER II

Section 5

4. Controlling powers of Chief Commissioner.

Section 4

5. Appointment of Additional Collectors.

Section 5

6. Powers and duties of an Additional Collector.

Section 6

7. Assistant Collector or Revenue Assistant.

Section 7

8. Tahsildars and Naib-Tahsildars.

Section 8

9. Subordination of Revenue Officers.

Section 9

10. Creation or alteration of the limits of Tehsil and Sub-Division.

Section 10

11. Deputy Commissioner in case of temporary vacancy.

Section 11

CHAPTER III

Section 14

12. Power to form and alter Patwaris halka.

Section 12

13. Appointment etc.

Section 13

14. Appointment of Kanungos.

Section 14

15. Patwaris and Kanungos to be public servants, and their records public records.

Section 15

16. Maintenance of map and field book.

Section 16

17. Obligation of Bhumidhars and Gaon Sabhas as to boundary marks.

Section 17

18. Penalty for injury to, or removal of marks.

Section 18

19. List of villages.

Section 19

20. Record of rights.

Section 20

21. The Annual Register.

Section 21

22. Report of succession or transfer of possession.

Section 22

23. Procedure on report.

Section 23

24. Powers to prescribe fees for mutation.

Section 24

25. Fine for neglect to report.

Section 25

26. Correction of mistake or error in Annual Register.

Section 26

27. Settlement of disputes as to entries in Annual Register.

Section 27

28. Settlement of boundary disputes.

Section 28

29. Procedure when rent or revenue payable is disputed.

Section 29

30. Entries in the Annual Register to be presumed to be true.

Section 30

31. Obligation to furnish information necessary for the preparation of records.

Section 31

32. Inspection of records.

Section 32

CHAPTER IV

Section 36

33. Notification of record operations and its effect.

Section 33

34. Record Officers.

Section 34

35. Powers of Record Officer as to erection of boundary marks.

Section 35

36. Decision of disputes.

Section 36

37. Records to be prepared in re-survey.

Section 37

38. Preparation of new record-of-rights.

Section 38

39. Attestation of entries and decision of disputes.

Section 39

40. Particulars to be stated in the list of tenure and sub-tenure holders.

Section 40

41. Presumption as to entries.

Section 41

CHAPTER V

Section 46

42. Place of holding Court.

Section 42

43. Power to enter upon an survey land.

Section 43

44. Power to chief Commissioner to transfer cases.

Section 44

45. Power to transfer cases to any from subordinates.

Section 45

46. Consolidation of cases.

Section 46

47. Power to summons persons to give evidence and produce documents.

Section 47

48. Procedure in case of non-compliance with summons.

Section 48

49. Summons to be in writing, signed and sealed.

Section 49

50. Mode of serving notices.

Section 50

51. Mode of issuing proclamation.

Section 51

52. Notice and proclamation not void for error.

Section 52

53. Procedure for procuring attendance of witnesses.

Section 53

54. Hearing in absence of party.

Section 54

55. No appeal from orders passed ex parte or by default.

Section 55

56. Correction of error or omission.

Section 56

57. Power to refer disputes to arbitration.

Section 57

58. Procedure in cases referred to arbitration.

Section 58

59. Application to set aside award.

Section 59

60. Decision according to award.

Section 60

61. Bar to appeal and suit in Civil Court.

Section 61

62. Recovery of fines and costs.

Section 62

63. Deliver of possession of immovable property.

Section 63

CHAPTER VI

Section 69

64. Courts to which appeals lie.

Section 64

65. First appeal.

Section 65

66. Second appeal.

Section 66

67. Limitation for appeal.

Section 67

68. Appeal against order admitting an appeal.

Section 68

69. Powers of Appellate Court.

Section 69

70. Power to suspend execution of order of Lower Court.

Section 70

71. Power of Deputy Commissioner, etc.

Section 71

72. Power of Chief Commissioner to call for files of subordinate officers and to revise orders.

Section 72

73. Power of Chief Commissioner to review and alter his orders and decrees.

Section 73

CHAPTER VII

Section 80

74. Conferring powers.

Section 74

75. Powers of officer promoted to a higher officer in the Union territory.

Section 75

76. Investment of Additional Collector with powers of Deputy Commissioners.

Section 76

77. Conferring of powers on Tahsildars and Naib-Tahsildars.

Section 77

78. Deputy Commissioner to have all powers of an Assistant Collector.

Section 78

79. Powers of a Revenue Assistant.

Section 79

80. Powers of Assistant Collectors of first class, other than a Revenue Assistant.