The Punjab Village Common Lands Regulation Act 1961
Schedule 13 A. Gift of land to members of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes for residential purpose
(1) The terms and conditions on which the land under Section 5-A may be gifted shall be as under:
(a) the donee shall not sell, mortgage or dispose of the land in any other manner, whatsoever before the expiry of a period of twenty years from the date of the housing board gift; 6{Provided that donee may mortgage the land with 7{ any Schedule Bank or the Government} for the purpose of raising loan for the construction of the house}
(b) the donee shall construct a house on the land within a period of two years from the date of the gift;
(c ) the donee shall use the land for residential purposes and for no other purpose; and no other purpose; and
(d) in case of death of the donee, his legal heirs shall be bound by the conditions therein contained.
(2) In case of breach of any of the terms and conditions specified in sub-rule (1) the panchayat shall, after affording a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the donee, cancel the gift and resume the gifted land. In such event, the donee shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of any development or construction made by him on such land}.
Giving of the land to landless worker.
A Panchayat may, with the previous approval of the Government, give land in shamilat deh free of cost, to a landless worker residing in the Sabha area for construction of a house for his residence;
Provided that the landless worker to whom such land is given, shall not be entitled to sell, exchange or mortgage it except mortgaging it for the purposes of raising loan to construct a house on it}- in Pb.
