The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha gave its assent for authorizing the Revenue Department to move an amendment in Section 21 and Section 28-A of the Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor and Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K attended the meeting. The proposed amendments shall lift the prohibition on the transfer of land vested under section 6,7 and 12 of the Act and bring these lands at par with the land vested under section 8 of the said Act. The proposed amendment bill will be submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for placing before the Parliament for enactment. The enactment will be a big relief to such landholders who were vested land under section 6, 7, and 12 of the Agrarian Reforms Act, as this would enable them to sell off their land parcels which were earlier prohibited under the Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976. The amendment will also lead to the vesting of revisional power to the Financial Commissioner Revenue which shall facilitate to disposal of the cases arising out of the said Act in the larger interest of the public.
