State Act

The Daman (Abolition of Proprietorship of Villages) Regulation, 1962

10[12-A. Mamlatdar to decide certain matters arising under the Regulation.— For the purpose of the Regulation, the following shall be the duties and functions to be performed by the Mamlatdar, namely:— (a) to decide whether a person is a proprietor; (b) to decide whether a person is an agricultural labourer; (c) to decide whether a person is a cultivating tenant; (d) to decide whether a person is a landless person; (e) to decide the amount of rent recoverable from the proprietor under section 3; (f) to decide the homesteads, buildings and structures together with land appurtenant thereto and the lands under personal cultivation which the proprietor is entitled to retain under section 4; (g) to determine the land in respect of which occupancy rights are conferred under section 8 and the person on whom they are conferred; (h) to take measures for restoration of land to the cultivating tenant under section 7 and to recover compensation from the proprietor payable by him under sub-section (3) of section 7; and (i) to decide such other matters as may be referred to him by or under the Regulation.