Contents
Mahal (in Districts and Municipalities)
Particulars
CHAPTER -1 : FROM ORIGIN 1
Ancient Age 1
Medieval Age 1
•Modern Age 3
Quinquennial Settlement 4
Board of Revenue 5
Decennial Settlement 5
Permanent Settlement 5
Towards Modern Khas mahal 6
CHAPfER-11 : SINCE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT
Khas mahals of Government 7
Waste Land of Government 7
CHAPTER-III : MEANING OF THE TERM 10
CHAPTER-IV : HOW THEY ARE FORMED AND ACCOUNTED
Formation 11
Maintenance of account of Land 12
Printed copies of records 13
Missing estates 14
Khas mahal enquiry report, 1938 14
CHAPTER-V : APPLICATION OF LAWS
The Bengal Permanent Settlement Regulation, 1793 18
The Bengal Land-revenue Regulation, 1793 18
The Bengal Revenue-free Lands (Non-Badshahi Grants) Regulation, 1793 19
The Bengal Revenue-free Lands (Badshahi Grants) Regulation; 1793 19
The Bengal Revenue-free Lands RegulatioFl, 1800 19
The Bengal Land-revenue Assessment Regulation, 1801 20
The Bengal Land-revenue Settlement Regulation, 1822 20
The Bengal Land-revenue Assessment (Resumed Lands) Regulation, 1828. 21
The Bengal Rent Act, 1859 21
The Bengai Land-revenue Sales Act, 1859 (Sunset Law) 22
The Bengal Land-revenue Sales Act, 1868 (Sunset Law) 23
The Land Registration Act, 1876 24
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 25
The Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 25
The Crown Grants Act, 1895 28
The Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act, 1919 31
The Bengal Non-agricultural Lands Assessment Act, 1936 31
The West Bengal Non-Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1949 32
The West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 33
The West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 34
Functions of Divisional Commissioners and Board of Revenue 36
CHAPTER-VI : THE AREA IT COVERS HISTORICALLY
Earliest Acquisition 38
First Survey of the Town 39
Subsequent Acquisition 40
Extension of the Town 41
Towards the battle of Plassey 42
Grant of Sanad 42
J agir to Clive 43
Opinion of Sir William Hunter and Mr. Millett on legal title
of East India Company in Calcutta and 24-Parganas land 43
Panchannagram 45
Extension of Town towards suburbs 46
Boundary of the Town of Calcutta 46
Suburbs of Calcutta 50
Boundary of the Municipality of Suburbs of Calcutta 52
Application of the B. T. Act in Town and Suburbs 55
Creation of Municipalities and Added Area 55
Town extended to Added Area 56
Creation of "Schedule-!" area of the Calcutta Municipal Act. 1923 58
"Schedule-!'' area of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 62
"Schedule-!" area is the Calcutta Khas mahal area 64
CHAPTER-VII : DESCRIPTION OF LAND
Town of Calcutta or Original Calcutta 65
Suburban Calcutta 66
Acts not applicable 70
Areawise break-up 70
Wardwise Break-up 71
CHAPTER-VIII: OLD SURVEYS 73
CHAPTER-IX : LARGE SCALE SURVEY OF THE AREA
Method of large scale surveying 74
Requirements of different Surveys 75
Survey of Panchannagram Govt. Estates within added area with .
Beliaghata Canal Surplus land ( 1904-1909) 76
Survey of Govt. Estates of Addyganga Jheel, Sahiban Bagicha, .
Daripin and Tolly's Nullah surplus land in Alipore (1904-1909) 77
Survey of Panchannagram Govt. Estates outside added area
and South of Beliaghata Canal (1904-1908) 77
Revision Revenue Survey of Hastings Govt. Estates (1903-1914) 78
Survey of Panchannagram Govt. Estates situated in Manicktala Municipality (1912-1914) • 78
Survey of. Sahiban Bagicha Govt. Estates in TollygunjMunicipality ( 1905-1906) 79
Suxvey.ofPanchannagram Govt .. Estates inTollygunjMiinicip;:rHty ( 1905-1906) 79
Survey of I?3:richannagram Govt. Estates in Cossipore-Chitpur'Municipal}tY, (l913-19l5) 79
Rev.isiQP Reventte Survey of Calcutta Town (excludingSutattpty'Estates) (1907-1913) 80
CHAPTER-X : PUBLICATION OF MAPS & RECORDS
Panchannagram Govt. Estates 81
Other Government Estates 83
CHAPTER-XI : EX-CIVIC BODYWISE AREA DETAILING
Area divided into two parts 84
Area within ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court 84
Area outside ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the Calcutta High Court 84
Area Distribution at a glance 84
CHAPTER-XII : CATEGORISATION OF LAND
Two Categories 88
Permanently settled land 88
Not Permanently settled land 89
Volume of land permanently settled 89
Volume of land under ordinary Zamindmy Estates 90
Volume of land not permanently settled 90
Synopsis 92
CHAPTER-XIII : APPLICATION OF LAWS
Regulations and Acts 94
The Calcutta Land-revenue Act, 1850 96
The Land Registration Act, 1876 97
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 98
Redemption of Rent/Revenue 98
The Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 99
The Bengal Non-agricultural Lands Assessment Act, 1936 99
The West Bengal Act XIII of 1962 100
The UL (C&R) Act, 1976 and Calcutta T.T. Act, 1981 101
The West Bengal Town and Country (P & D) Act, 1979 101
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 102
The West Bengal Inland Fisheties (Amendment) Act, 1993 102
CHAPTER-XIV : CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS
Different Acts & Authorities 103
The Collector of South 24-Parganas 103
The Collector of Calcutta 104
The ULC Wing 104
The Thika Tenancy Wing 105
The CMC Authority 105
The Registration Deptt. 105
Civil Courts 106
Collector & Department 106
Co-ordination necessary 106
CHAPTER-XV : CONCLUSION
Good Coordination may give a better result 107