State Act

The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966

43. Restriction of use.— Subject to the rules made by the State Government in this behalf the Collector or a Survey Officer may regulate or prohibit the use of land liable to the payment of land revenue for purposes such as, cultivation of unarable land in a survey number assigned for public purpose, manufacture of salt from agricultural land, removal of earth, stone, kankar, murum or any other material from the land assessed for the purpose of agricultural only, so as to destroy or materially injure the land for cultivation, removal of earth, stone (other than loose surface stone), kankar, murum or any other material from the land assessed as a building site, excavation of land situated within a gaothan ; and such other purposes as may be prescribed ; and may summarily evict any person who uses or attempts to use the land for any such prohibited purpose. 2[* * *]