Land revenue bill among 4 passed by Haryana Assembly

Haryana assembly today unanimously passed four bills including those related to land revenue and payment of compensation to crop growers in case of loss to their produce.
The bills -- PEPSU Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2017, Punjab Land Revenue (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2017 and Punjab Security of Land Tenures (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2017 -- were tabled on the fifth day of Budget Session of Vidhan Sabha here.
Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu, who presented the bills, informed the House that compensation for loss due to crop damage caused by natural calamities would now be given directly to the tenant (actual crop grower).

The amount of compensation would be given in a legal manner and tenants would also be able to take crop loan from bank. The tenant and land-owner would have to file an affidavit and the land-owner would not have to fear that the tenant might usurp his land.
The passage of the Punjab Land Revenue (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2017 would reduce litigations involved in the disposal of revenue cases regarding demarcation, Khasra Girdawari, mutation and partition, he said.
Amendments in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 will cut short delays and repeated litigation in Khasra Girdawari, mutations, partition and demarcation revenue cases, the minister said.

Consequently, amendments would be made in Sections 13, 16, 20, 111, 113 and 118; besides inserting section 115-A in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887.

The amendment in Section 13 of the Act would minimize delay and avoid continuous litigation so as to restrict remand only by the First Appellate Authority and also insertion of provision of no appeal against the interim order.
The power of revision, presently being exercised both by Divisional Commissioner and Financial Commissioner, is being restricted to Divisional Commissioner only by amending section 16 of the Act, he said.
The Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act will ensure lease of agricultural land to the private sector on long term basis, in such a way that the farmers or landowners are not alienated from their ownership rights.

The assembly also passed Punjab Scheduled Roads and
Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2017.
Meanwhile, the House also passed supplementary estimates (second installment).