Order F. No. 261/2024/SWD of the Social Welfare Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi dated 22nd August, 2024 on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land [N1B-VWQ]

F. No. 261/2024/SWD

GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI

Social Welfare Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

New Delhi, dated the 22nd August, 2024

ORDER

Subject: The taking of a mortgage of agricultural land by mortgagees of agricultural land under the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 (Delhi Act 8 of 1954), the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is pleased to order that

1. In the circumstances reported by the Circle Officer, the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, after careful examination, hereby orders that every mortgagee of agricultural land carrying on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land shall furnish Form 7 to the Collector within one hundred and twenty days.

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 7 to the Collector within one hundred and twenty 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 Collector shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this order may be brought to the notice of the Social Welfare Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

(Secretary to Government)