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OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES
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ADMINISTRATION OF MANAGED ESTATES
MANAGED ESTATES
The Court of Wards Act was originally intended to protect the interest of old families having large estates. The superintendence of estates thereafter was assumed only for the benefit of minors, lunatics and aged and infirm, widows and members of scheduled tribes, who were declared by the State Government to be incapable of managing their property.
Court of Wards Act.
In order to bring it in conformity with the provisions of the Constitution, the Court of Wards Act, 1899, was amended in August 1952.
The limit of landed property in respect of which the Court of Wards may assume superintendence has been proposed to be land assessed to land revenue of not less than Rs. 1,000 in aggregate and the gross income from which is not less than Rs. 25,000 per annum.
However, in Wardha district there is no such estate under the Court of Wards Act.
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