History of Property Rights

Concepts of Ownership and possession age back to hundred thousands of year. Starting from cave era to present day, the concepts of freehold, allotment and lease are explained. Please subscribe the channel for more videos in the series #propertylaw, #propertyrights Sultan Ala-uddin Khilji (1255 – 1316) , who was the first ruler to introduce a system of land administration in Indo-Pak Sub Continent. Sher shah Sori 1540-45 (Talati to Patwari) Mughal Emperor Akbar's minister for revenue affairs, Todar Mal (d. 1659) is rightly credited for laying down the basic foundations of the land administration system which is now prevalent in South Asia Documented established practices of Land revenue Specifically worked on Measurements, demarcations Transfer of Property Act 1882 (sale, Exchange, Lease, Gift, Conveyance) Land Revenue Act 1887 (Now 1967) Cooperative Societies Act 1860, 1925 (Allotment) Modern concepts of “enjoyment of possession” Colonization of Government Land Act 1912 LAND AND TENANCY REFORMS MARTIAL LAW REGULATION 115 AND AMENDMENTS 1972: CEILING ON LANDHOLDINGS: 150 acres irrigated, 300 acres unirrigated to equivalent of 12,000 PIUs +2,000 PIUs for tractor and tube well owners; no compensation to landowners, land redistributed without charge to landless tenants cultivating resumed land; untenanted resumed land redistributed without charge to small owners/tenants with holdings below subsistence; share system remains uncharged ; land revenue; water rates, and seed costs borne by landlords and cost of fertilisers and pesticides to be shared equally; tenants eviction decided by revenue courts if tenants failed to pay rent, failed to cultivate land, sublet tenancy, or rendered land unfit for cultivation.LAND REFORMS ACT 1977: LANDHOLDINGS: 100 acres irrigated, 200 acres unirrigated or 8,000 PIUs equivalent; compensation to landowners on resumed land at Rs 30 per PIU; redistribution as in 1972.THIS ACT WAS COMPLETELY IGNORED BY THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT AFTER JULY 1977. 1967- Land Revenue Act, Land Revenue Rules 1968 Land Administration Manual 2005 Land Record Management Information System 2016