PART - I
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 12th December, 2024
No. Leg.26/2024.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 29th November, 2024 and is hereby published for general information:-
HARYANA ACT NO. 19 OF 2024
THE HARYANA VILLAGE COMMON LANDS (REGULATION)
AMENDMENT ACT, 2024
AN
ACT
further to amend the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-fifth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2024.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 16th August, 2024.
2. After sub-clause (ii-a) of clause (g) of section 2 of the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (hereinafter called the principal Act), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely:-
Amendment of section 2 of Punjab Act 18 of 1961.
"(ii-b) was shamilat deh and had been leased out, prior to the commencement of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964 by the Collector under the Haryana Utilization of Lands Act, 1949 (East Punjab Act 38 of 1949) for a period of twenty years and the said land has been in continuous cultivating possession of the original lessee, transferee or his legal heir as per the revenue record on the date of commencement of this amendment Act;".
164 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), DEC. 12, 2024 (AGHN. 21, 1946 SAKA)4. After sub-section (1) of section 5A of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
Amendment of section 5A of Punjab Act 18 of 1961.
"(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a Panchayat may, with the prior approval of the State Government, transfer its non-cultivable land in shamilat deh by sale to the inhabitant of the village who has constructed on or before the 31st March, 2004, a house or part thereof alongwith open space upto twenty-five percent of the constructed area, both put together not exceeding five hundred square yards and not causing any obstruction to traffic and other public utilities and also not a land reserved for pond or any other water body or revenue rasta entered as such in revenue record, at the rate not less than the market rate, to be determined in such manner, as may be prescribed.".
Repeal and savings.
5. (1) The Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2024 (Haryana Ordinance No.5 of 2024), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.