GENERAL ECONOMIC SURVEY

TENANCY LEGISLATION

After Independence the then Bombay Government undertook special legislation for the abolition of multiplicity of inams, vatans and non-rayatwari tenures and such other intermediaries between the State and the cultivator. The pargana and Kulkarni vatans were abolished with effect from 1951, under the Bombay Pargana and Kulkarni Vatans Abolition Act, 1950. Saranjams, Jagirs and other inams of political nature were resumed with effect from 1st November 1952 under the Bombay Saranjams, Jagirs and Other Inams of Political Nature Resumption Rules, 1952. All personal inams were abolished on 1st August 1953, by the Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1952. In 1953, the Government of Bombay passed the Bombay Village Service Inams (Useful to Community) Abolition Act. The Government assumed all such lands with effect from 1st April 1954.

The Bombay Tenancy Act, 1939, was amended in 1946 in the light of the experience gained by its working. The Act was later replaced by the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. This Act statutorily fixed the maximum rate of rent at one-third and one-fourth of the total produce in the case of non-irrigated lands and irrigated lands respectively. The Government is also empowered to fix rent at a rate lower than the maximum. The protected tenant is also given a valuable right of purchasing his holding from the landlord under certain conditions.

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