Office Memorandum No. 1070/2025/RASD of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh dated 27th August, 2025 on the holding of land in excess of the ceiling [C16-8QJ]

No. 1070/2025/RASD

GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh

Shimla, dated the 27th August, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The holding of land in excess of the ceiling by holders of land in excess of the ceiling under the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1974, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh on the manner in which the holding of land in excess of the ceiling by holders of land in excess of the ceiling is to be regulated under the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1974.

2. The matter has been examined. Every holder of land in excess of the ceiling carrying on the holding of land in excess of the ceiling shall make an application in Form 14 to the Revenue Divisional Officer within one hundred and twenty days, accompanied by a fee of twenty rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the holding of land in excess of the ceiling is undertaken, and the Revenue Divisional Officer shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Himachal Pradesh.

(Secretary to Government)