State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972

2[7-A. Bar to transfer of land under tea estates.- (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, contract, agreement, custom or usage for the time being in force, and the provisions contained in clause (g) of section 5 of this Act no transfer of whole or part of the land under a tea estate and identified to be exempted under section 10 of this Act, shall be made by way of sale, gift, exchange, lease, mortgage with possession or creation of any tenancy or otherwise except with the permission of the State Government. (2) No Registrar or the Sub-Registrar appointed under the Indian Registration Act, 1908, (16 of 1908) shall register any document pertaining to the transfer of land which is in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) and such transfer, shall be void ab-initio and the land involved in such transfer, shall together with structures, buildings or other attachments, if any, vest in the State Government free from all encumbrances and such land shall be treated as surplus area under the provisions of this Act.]