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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021

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PUNJAB VIDHAN SABHA SECRETARIAT

NOTIFICATION

The 8th March, 2021

No. 14-PLA-2021/16.-The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation)

Amendment Bill, 2021 is hereby published for general information under the

proviso to rule 121 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the

Punjab Vidhan Sabha (Punjab Legislative Assembly):-

BILL NO. 14-PLA- 2021

THE PUNJAB VILLAGE COMMON LANDS (REGULATION)

AMENDMENT BILL, 2021

A

BILL

further to amend the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act,

1961.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-

second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1.

(1)

This Act may be called the Punjab Village Common Lands

(Regulation) Amendment Act, 2021.

Short title and

Commencement.

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(2)

It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

In the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, in section 2,

in clause (g),-

(i)

in sub-clause (1), for the words "excluding abadi deh", the

words and sign " but excludes abadi deh, unless otherwise

expressly provided in this Act" shall be substituted; and

(ii)

in sub-clause (4), at the end, the word "and" shall be omitted

and thereafter, the following sub-clause shall be inserted,

namely:-

"(4 a)

vacant land or plot situated in abadi deh or gorah deh

not owned by any person; and".

Amendment of

section 2 of

Punjab Act 18

of 1961.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The State of Punjab is enacting a legislation to provide a mechanism

for recording and maintaining the existing rights of the proprietors in the abadi

deh area. The dwelling and residential houses including its open or enclosed

court yards, besides, shops and other establishments, common areas, vacant

lands, vacant plots and other sites are to be identified, demarcated, assigned a

survey number and recorded in the names of the proprietors as on the appointed

date i.e., 1st January, 2021.

Some parcel of lands and plots within the abadi deh of a revenue

estate are not owned by anyone and such vacant lands or plots, therefore, vest

in the State. These are mostly used by the inhabitants of the village for common

purposes. Persons who though have no claim whatsoever to such vacant lands

or plots within the abadi deh of a revenue estate are likely to represent as

being owned by them by claiming to be in possession. This would result in loss

of the lands and plots for common purposes, besides, encourage the usurpation

of such lands by those who are not entitled.

The vacant lands or plots within the abadi deh area, which are not

owned by any person, to prevent their misuse should like other shamlat lands

vest in the panchayat, which would be in a position to oversee and look after

these lands on day-to-day basis and prevent these being encroached upon or

misused; besides, it would be accountable for its lapses, if any.

It is, therefore, with said object and purpose that the present Bill is

being enacted.

TRIPAT RAJINDER SINGH BAJWA,

Rural Development and Panchayats, Minister, Punjab.

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CHANDIGARH

SHASHI LAKHANPAL MISHRA,

THE 8^TH MARCH, 2021

SECRETARY.

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