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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:-

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.

Short title and

commencement.

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:-

“(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;”.

Amendment of

section 2 of

Punjab Act 18 of

1961.

3.

In sub-section (2) of section 3 of the principal Act,-

(i)

in clause (i), for the words, signs and brackets “under sub-clause (ii-a)”, the words,

signs and brackets “under sub-clauses (ii-a) and (ii-b)” shall be substituted;

(ii)

in clause (ii),-

(a)

for the sign “.” existing at the end, the sign “;” shall be substituted; and

(b)

the following clause shall be added, namely:-

“(iii) where any land has vested in Panchayat under this Act, but such land

has been excluded from shamilat deh under sub-clause(ii-b) of

clause (g) of section 2, all rights, title and interest of the Panchayat in

such land, from the date of commencement of this amendment Act

shall cease and all such rights, title and interest in such land shall vest

in the original lessee, transferee or his legal heir who is in cultivating

possession as per the entries in the revenue records as on the date of

commencement of this amendment Act subject to the payment of an

amount to the Panchayat, as may be determined in accordance with

such principles and in such manner, as may be prescribed by the

Collector on an application by the said lessee, transferee or his legal

heir.”.

Amendment of

section 3 of

Punjab Act 18 of

1961.

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Amendment of

section 5A of

Punjab Act 18

of 1961.

4.

After sub-section (1) of section 5A of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely:-

“(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.

RITU GARG,

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HARYANA,

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

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