State Act
Section 15. Disposal of surplus area.
The Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972
15. Disposal of surplus area.- (1) The surplus area which has vested in the State Government under section 11 shall be at the disposal of the State Government. 2[(2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame a scheme for utilising the surplus area vested in the State Government by allotment- (a) to a landless person 3[a victim of natural calamities] or any other eligible person; (b) for allotment of a site to a handicapped or houseless person for the construction of a house; and the allottee shall pay amount- (i) for the land allotted to him, at the rate of ninety-five times the land revenue plus rates and cesses, thereof; and (ii) for building, structure or tube-well, if any, at 50% of the market price of such building, structure or tube-well : Provided that if the holding or part thereof comprising surplus area is not assessed to land revenue, the land revenue on such land shall be construed to be assessed as on similar land in the estate and if not available in the estate then on the adjoining estate or estates, as the case may be : Provided further that the waste land shall be treated as `banjar' land for the purposes of assessment of land revenue and determination of the amount.] 1[(2-A) For making the allotment of the surplus land under sub-section (2), the first preference among landless persons shall be given to the members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.] (3) Any scheme framed by the State Government under sub-section (2) may provide for the terms and conditions on which the land comprised in surplus area is to be allotted. (4) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to amend, vary or revoke any scheme made under this section. 2Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, the expression “natural calamities” shall mean and include calamities caused by floods, earthquakes, land-slides, avalanches, snow-storms, hail storms, fire, excessive rains, cloud burst, wind storms and lightening.]