Definition Of Family Unit Under Land Ceiling Act

544 n y s 2d at 796 note 3.

Definition of family unit under land ceiling act. Other interest in land or a lease and any other act by an owner of land or under a lease whereby the person s rights over that land or lease are affected. New developments on proposed land ceiling act. The unit of application shall be family of five members the term family being defined as to include husband wife and three minor children. The crown is not liable to pay compensation under section 59 for loss of an estate or interest in land as a result of bringing the land under this act if the estate or interest in the land could have been but was not registered under the deeds registration act 1908 or any comparable earlier legislation unless before the land was brought under this act.

In any state which adopts this act under clause 1 of article 252 of the constitution any person holds at the commencement of this act vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit then notwithstanding anything contained in sub section 1 it may serve a notice upon such person requiring him to file within such period as may be specified. Or b an agreement to undertake any such disposition. For every additional member of the family consisting of more than five members an additional extent of 5 standard acres was. Dwelling house means a house part of a house or room used as.

Except as otherwise provided in this act on and from the com mencement of this act no person shall be entitled to hold any vacant land in excess of the ceiling limit in the territories to which this act applies under sub section 2 of section 1. Ceiling on vacant land 3. Where the number of members in the family exceeds five additional land may be allowed for each member in excess of five in such a manner that the total. In the next articles we ll the two phases of land ceiling laws in india.

4 the ceiling limit for an individual a family and an industrial undertaking in each urban agglomeration under the tamil nadu urban land ceiling and regulation act 1978 is given below urban agglomeration category individual family industrial undertaking in sq mts in sq mts in sq mts chennai i 500 2000 2000. Explanation iv where a land surrendered by a family unit under this act is land held by a joint family it shall be open to the members of the joint family unit and other members of the joint family to partition the land remaining with such joint family after such surrender and if such family unit comes to hold land in excess of the ceiling. Evaluate the significance of land ceiling as a measure of land reforms. The tamil nadu land reforms fixation of ceiling on land act 1961 came into effect on the 6th day of april 1960 wherein the ceiling area for a family consisting of five members had been fixed as 30 standard acres.

Thus in a way land ceiling helped destroying congress monopoly one party rule in indian politics. The court expressly stated that its decision on the definition of family under the rent control regulations had no bearing on the concept of functional family in its decisions concerning local zoning regulations.