Inam land verses assigned land
SYED MAHABOOB BASHA
(Querist) 08 October 2011
This query is : Resolved
is Inam Land is a govt Land let us clarify me
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 08 October 2011
Inam land was a gifted land and inamdar was its exclusive owner. INAM LANDS CASE BEFORE SC 1979 amending act takes away jurisdiction of DC to confer occupancy rights over inam lands and gives to Land Tribunal. In case of Shri Kudli Sringeri Mahasamsthanam Kudli case Reported in ILR 1992 Kar 1827 Division Bench of KHC while dealing with issue of religious and charitable imams struck down the amending act. The issue was settled by Supreme Court by partially overruling the order stating that the personal and misceleneous imams are not affected by such order.
It may be stated that the purpose and scope of the two Acts are distinct. The Inams Abolition Act was enacted for the purpose of abolition of Inam Tenures and conversion of such tenures into Ryotwari Tenures and in that process grant of occupancy rights to the Inamdars and the three classes of tenants specified in the Act. The purpose of the Land Reforms Act, however, is quite different. The main purpose was to abolish the relationship of landlord and tenant in respect of tenanted lands and to confer occupancy rights on tenants who are personally cultivating the lands. Therefore, the rejection of the claim of the appellant under the Inams Abolition Act does not lead to the inference that he has no claim for occupancy right under the Land Reforms Act. The appellant claims that he is a deemed tenant as provided under Section 4 of the Land Reforms Act. The requirement of deemed tenant, as provided under Section 4 of the Tenancy Act, must be determined by the land Tribunal. The High Court having come to the conclusion that the procedure adopted by the land Tribunal was not in accordance with the rules of natural justice ought to have remitted the matter to the tribunal for fresh disposal. — Muniyallappa v BM. Krishnamurthy and Others, AIR 1992 SC 212 (FB).
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 08 October 2011
Visit the following site and each of your doubts shall get removed,although you have none since you are correct in your saying that inam land is govt.land and its history traced to kingship period.
http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/inams.htm
