State Act

The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966

75. Register of alienated lands.— A register shall be kept by the Collector in the form of prescribed by the State Government of all land, the alienation of which has been established or recognized under the provisions of any law for the time being in force; and when it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Collector that any sanad granted in relation to any such alienated lands has been permanently lost or destroyed, he may, subject to the rules and the payment of the fees prescribed by the State Government, grant to any person whom he may deem entitled to the same a certified extract from the said register, which shall be endorsed by the Collector to the effect that it has been issued in lieu of the sanad said to have been lost or destroyed and shall be deemed to be as valid a proof of title as the said sanad.