State Act

The Calcutta Thika Tenancy ( Acquisition And Regulation ) Act, 1981

This Act was repealed on 1 March 2003 by the West Bengal Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation) Act, 2001, s.27(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (1) “Bharatia” means any person by whom, or on whose account, rent is payable for any structure or part of a structure erected by a thika tenant in his holding; (2) “Controller” means an officer or officers appointed under section 10; (3) “holding” means a parcel or parcels of land occupied by any person as a thika tenant under one lease or one set of conditions where such tenant has been occupying the land from or before the commencement of this Act; (4) “landlord” means any Corporation, institution or person, who, for the time being, is entitled to receive or but for a special contract, would be entitled to receive, the rent of any land comprised in a thika tenancy and includes any corporation, institution or person having any superior interest in such thika tenancy; (5) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (6) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (7) “pucca structure” means any structure constructed mainly of brick, stone or concrete or any combination of these materials, or any other material of a durable nature; (8) “thika tenant” means any person who occupies, whether under a written lease or otherwise, land under another person, and is or but for a special contract would be liable to pay rent, at a monthly or at any other periodical rate, for that land to that another person and has erected or acquired by purchase or gift any structure on such land for residential, manufacturing or business purpose and includes the successors-in-interest of such person.