Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Land Laws · May/June 2010
May/June 2010 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 Y .D.C.) II Year IV Semester Regular and Backlog (New) Examination, May / June 2010
Subject: LAW
PAPER - III: LAND LAWS
Code: 1178 N | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) [Note: one of the eight short-note topics was not clearly legible in
the source photograph.] — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Escheat.
2. Inams.
3. Remission of Rent.
4. Title Deeds.
5. Tenancy Law.
6. Award.
7. Alienation.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Discuss the importance and constitutionality of the Doctrine of Eminent Domain.
10. Explain the provisions of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Holdings) Act relating to acquisition of
land in excess of the ceiling limit.
11. What Land reform movements are carried on prior to independence to protect the Ryots?
12. Write the salient features of the A.P . Land Reform (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. In a Scheduled Area, a tribe sold his land to a non-tribe. Is the sale valid? Discuss.
14. The Government has acquired 1 acre of land to construct a stadium from 'X'. 'X' wants to protest
as the compensation is meagre. What is the remedy available to 'X'?
15. The Government of A.P . assigned a land of 5 acres to X. X did not cultivate it. After 5 years he
sold it to 'Y'. Is the sale valid? Discuss.
16. The Government of AP has given a lease of land situated in a tribal area to a non -tribal. Is the
lease valid?