Inherited real estate property (never tilled)
Ashok
(Querist) 05 October 2012
This query is : Open
For the last known 4 generations at least, my parental family used to own about 300+ acres of land, most of which was agricultural, at a village near Panvel in Raigad District of Maharashtra and a house property, standing on the inherited land in another village and until my childhood, the tenants on the paddy fields in about 300+ acres, except a part of 10 Acres, which was never cultivated,were giving the regular share of the yield. After the Land tenancy act came in force, I do not have any idea as to what happened to our ownership of the agricultural lands and my father expired in 2009. He and his 2 bothers were named in the title papers of all the lands and the house. The oldest one died many years back, leaving 1 son and the widow and a child of the other one and 2 daughters, while the middle one died without any, since he was never married and my father was the youngest one and their father (my grandfather) had died in their childhood and hence the women had no share of course. Before his death,my older uncle had reached a verbal understanding or an approval of my father, to sell of some of those agricultural lands, as his separate share and accordingly, had sold and used the proceeds to marry off his children and for his and their livelihood, as he never worked for a living. Now, ethically, his side of the family has no rights in the lands except for the house, which too has become derelict and dilapidated,neglected and left in rubble and I see that all the 3 diseased brothers' names are still on the records and now i want to sell my part of the uncultivated land of 10 acres, but the uncle's grandchildren are not co-operative and may refuse to sign the consent and I have only 1 brother, who is very well settled and not too eager to sell, although he is married and having 2 children, while I am 62 yrs. old and a divorcee, without any children. How should I find my way out of this mess ? Can I sell my undivided share in the title rights? ( The buyer may have to fight any court litigation, but I can give him the physical possession + the deed)
