Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Land Laws · May/June 2016
May/June 2016 · Land Laws · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester Examination, May / June 2016
Subject: LAW
PAPER - IV: LAND LAWS
Code: 3099 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Escheat.
2. Family Holding.
3. Public Purpose.
4. Urban Land Ceiling.
5. Alienation.
6. Zamindaries.
7. Land Grabbing.
8. 9th Schedule.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Discuss the various provisions of A.P . Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977.
10. Write an essay on land reforms in India.
11. Explain the salient features of the Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holding) Act, 1973.
12. Explain the procedure for acquiring land for public purpose under the Land Acquisition Act,
1894.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. State Government acquired an agricultural land belonging to a Zamindar to construct a hospital.
The Zamindar wants to challenge it in the court of law. Discuss its validity.
14. The Government of A.P . has given 2 acres of land adjacent to the city to the landless agricultural
poor for farming. The farmer converted that land into house sites. Is it valid?
15. A land reform legislation has been included in the IX Schedule in 2010. Can its validity be
challenged on the ground of violation of fundamental rights?
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?