YOGENDER SINGH 27 May 2024

Regarding selling sc agriculture land

I belongs to sc category. I purchase 7 bigha agriculture land from sc category person can I sell this land to general category person...?can someone provide me the rule of selling / purchasing sc land?

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If you purchased agricultural land originally allotted to someone from the SC community, and you are also from the SC community, you may be restricted to selling it only to another SC buyer. Indian law, specifically the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, generally prohibits the transfer of land allocated for the welfare of SC/ST communities to individuals outside of these categories.

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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate) 27 May 2024

If this was originally allotted to a person belonging to SC community and the subsequent purchaser also belongs to SC community then the subsequent purchaser may have to sell it to a buyer belonging to SC community only.

Rama chary Rachakonda (Secunderabad/Telangana state Highcourt practice watsapp no.9989324294 ) 27 May 2024

No, a general category person cannot buy land allotted to SC/ST's in India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, prohibits the transfer of land allocated for the welfare of SC/STs to non-SC/STs.