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Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act 1948
Tenancy & Agricultural Lands Act 1948
Scheduled areas of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Transfer of land by lease permitted from
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, MP & tribal to non-tribal only by competent
Maharashtra By Hardikauthority
Parikh, Asst. Prof. of
Law, GNLU 5
Many states practice – sharecroppers are not
explicitly recognized as tenants – No protection
(AP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, MP, Chhattisgarh, UP,
Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, TN)
Other restrictions includes-
Fixation of fair amount of rent,
No legal permission to eject tenants except on specified
grounds
(b) a servant on wages payable in cash or kind but not crop share or
hired labourer cultivating the land under the personal supervision of
the owner of any member of the owner’s family, or