Purchase of sc/st land

In my opinion, the land allotted to  the SC/ST community at free of cost by the government cannot be sold for thirty years from the date of allotment but can be inherited by legal heirs of the allottee in the event of death of allottee before 30 years of allotment and the legal heirs can mutate the properties on their names and can sell the same to their community people, subsequent to that the said purchaser can sell it to to general class of person on completion of 30 years from the date of original allotment.  In your case if it was not free allotment land to SC/ST community, then there is nothing wrong in buyiing the land.

Dear Shri Raghvan Sir,

One of my relative informed me that builder belonging to General Category are buying the land by innovating new modus oprandi. They approch the Khatedar of SC community and ask them to get the land converted into non-agriculture land and thereafter sale to general category is taken place. Kindly refer to the case law quoted wherein it was stated that "A thing which cannot be done directly can not be done indirectly by over-reaching the statutory restriction." It apprears that above modus-oprandi is illegal as it amounts to sale to other category by indirect mode.

Sir, my question is simple whether the sc khatedar can sell his land after it get it converted to non-agriculture. 

Regards

Riya

Sirs,

The land is loacated in the Rajasthan and case cited above is available at https://freelegalconsultancy.blogspot.com/2012/09/whether-transfer-of-land-from-member-of.html

Regards

Riya