Where any surplus land is to be leased, it shall be leased to persons in the following order of priority :-
(i) a person from whom any land held by him as tenant has been resumed by the landlord under section 9 of the Berar Regulation of Agricultural Leases Act, 1951 (M. P. Act XXIV of 1951) or under 1[section 38 or 39] of this Act and as a consequence thereof whose total holding whether as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant has been reduced to an area less than one family holding;
(ii) Co-operative farming society, the members of which are agricultural labourers, landless persons or small holders or a combination of such persons;
(iii) agricultural labourers;
(iv) landless persons;
(v) small holders;
(vi) co-operative farming society of agriculturists (other than small holders) who hold either as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land less in area than a family holding and who are artisans;
(vii) an agriculturist (other than a small holder) who holds either as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land less in area than a family holding and who is an artisan;
(viii) any other co-operative farming society;
(ix) any agriculturist who holds either as tenure-holder or as tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land larger in area than a family holding but less in area than three family holdings;
(x) any person, not being an agriculturist who intends to take to the profession of agriculture.
(i) a person from whom any land held by him as tenant has been resumed by the landlord under section 9 of the Berar Regulation of Agricultural Leases Act, 1951 (M. P. Act XXIV of 1951) or under 1[section 38 or 39] of this Act and as a consequence thereof whose total holding whether as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant has been reduced to an area less than one family holding;
(ii) Co-operative farming society, the members of which are agricultural labourers, landless persons or small holders or a combination of such persons;
(iii) agricultural labourers;
(iv) landless persons;
(v) small holders;
(vi) co-operative farming society of agriculturists (other than small holders) who hold either as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land less in area than a family holding and who are artisans;
(vii) an agriculturist (other than a small holder) who holds either as tenure-holder or tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land less in area than a family holding and who is an artisan;
(viii) any other co-operative farming society;
(ix) any agriculturist who holds either as tenure-holder or as tenant or partly as tenure-holder and partly as tenant land larger in area than a family holding but less in area than three family holdings;
(x) any person, not being an agriculturist who intends to take to the profession of agriculture.
Source footnotes
1. These words and figures were substituted for the word and figures "section 38" by Bom. 4 of 1960, s. 11.आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Delimitation of local areas.Section 4 · Determination of family holding.Section 5 · Application of Chapter V of Transfer of Property Act.Section 6 · Persons deemed to be tenants.Section 7 · Certain persons deemed to be tenants for purposes of this Act.Section 8 · Record of rights of ordinary tenants.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 24 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.