Office Memorandum No. 1113/2019/RD of the Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra dated 26th November, 2019 on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land [C1B-DXN]

No. 1113/2019/RD

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA

Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra

Mumbai, dated the 26th November, 2019

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The taking of a mortgage of agricultural land by mortgagees of agricultural land under the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra on the manner in which the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land by mortgagees of agricultural land is to be regulated under the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948.

2. The matter has been examined. Every mortgagee of agricultural land carrying on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land shall make an application in Form 2 to the State Government within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land is undertaken, and the State Government shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Revenue Department, Government of Maharashtra.

(Secretary to Government)