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Land Laws · May/June 2015 (5-YDC)
May/June (5-YDC) 2015 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
B.A. LL.B. (5-YDC) IV Year VIII - Semester (New) Examination, May / June 2015
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAND LAWS
Code: 5769/N | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Meaning of Eminent Domain.
2. Doctrine of Escheat.
3. Jagirs.
4. Protected tenant.
5. What is Ryotwary village?
6. Scheduled areas.
7. Patta.
8. Land Acquisition.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Explain the doctrine of Bona Vacantia in India.
10. Write a note on the land reforms and protection of right to property under the Constitution of
India.
11. Explain the salient features of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural
Holdings) Act, 1973.
12. Explain the effectiveness of the A.P . Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. The Government of A.P . has given a lease of land situated in a scheduled area to A, B and C, D, a
tribal, objects to it. Decide.
14. The Government of A.P . has acquired 10 acres of land belonging to A to construct a Government
Hospital. A wants to protest as the compensation is meagre. What is the remedy available to A?
15. B has 5 acres of agricultural land. Due to failure of rains for the last 5 years, B could not do any
agricultural work. B wants to declare it as a vacant land under the Urban Land Ceiling Act. Discuss.
16. A scheduled tribe person intends to transfer his land situated in a region not declared as a
scheduled area. Can he transfer the said land by sale to a non-tribal person? Discuss with reasons.