Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Land Laws · May/June 2010 (5-YDC)
May/June (5-YDC) 2010 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (5 Y .D.C.) III Year (VI - Semester) Regular (New) Examination, May / June 2010
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAND LAWS INCLUDING LOCAL LAWS
Code: 1200/N | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Absolute and Limited Ownership.
2. Title Deed.
3. Escheat.
4. Standard holding.
5. Conferment of ownership to Ryots/Tenants.
6. Award under Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
7. Ceiling on Agricultural holdings.
8. Assigned lands.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. "The Land Acquisition Act is a part and parcel of Distributive Justice." Comment.
10. Enumerate the various kinds of lands to which the Land Ceilings Act does not apply, and explain
the procedure where no tribunal is constituted.
11. Define land grabbing and explain about the special courts to decide the cases of land grabbing.
12. Explain the various rights of the cultivating tenant. How can the termination of tenancy be
effected?
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following:
13. A, a landless poor man, was assigned a house site in the city for his daughter's marriage. A year
later, as he wanted money, he sold away the land to M. Now A wants to recover his land from M.
Will A succeed?
14. The wet land belonging to "X" was acquired by the Government for the purpose of giving it to a
multi-national company. 'X' challenged the action of the Government. Decide.
15. X, a tribe, has 10 acres of land in Adilabad District. X sells his property and registers it to Y , a
non-tribe. Is the transfer valid?
16. Fearing land ceiling, A transferred his excess land to his wife, his younger brother and his
married daughter. Explain the validity of the transfer.