Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling Act, 1960
(1) [17][Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (1A) to (1D) (both inclusive), the following lands] shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act, that is to say— (a) lands belonging to, or held on lease, by Government 18[ * * *]; 19[(aa) khar lands and tidal lands as defined in the Gujarat Khar Lands Act, 1963 and any other lands which, being in the opinion of the State Government such as need special efforts for their reclamation for the pur- pose of bringing them under cultivation, are notified in this behalf by the State Government by a notification in the Official Gazette, held on lease from Government for a period not exceeding twenty years;] 20[( b) lands belonging to, or held on lease by, a local authority and lands belonging to, or held on lease by a University established by law in the State of Gujarat or by an institution in the State of Gujarat which is dec- lared to be a University by the Central Government under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, where such lands are used by the University or such institution for the purpose of imparting education in agriculture, or are specified by the University or such institution as being reserved for being used for future expansion of the University or such institution]. (c) lands situated in any area which has been specified as being reserved for non-agricultural or industrial development under the relevant tenancy law; 21[(cc ) lands which are the property of a public trust for a hospital existing on the specified date, to such extent as may be decided in each case by a Committee consisting of the Collector, such officer of the Medi- cal Department as the Director of Health and Medical Services may nomi- nate and a representative of the hospital concerned; (d) lands which are the property of a public trust for an educational institution imparting education in agriculture, to such extent as may be prescribed]. 22[(dd) lands held by a Panjrapole or a Gaushala for the purpose of grazing of cattle or storage of grass for cattle in the institution to such extent as may be specified from time to time in each case by a Co- mmittee consisting of the Collector, such officer of Animal Husbandry Department as the Director of Animal Husbandry may nominate and a representative of the Panjrapol, or as the case may be, the Gaushala, having regard to the number of cattle normally maintained or cared for in the institution concerned, provided the Panjrapol or the Gaushala, as the case may uses such lands solely and directly for the purpose for which such lands are held and not for the purpose for which such lands are held and not for the purpose of deriving income for the institution; (ddd) lands being lands utilised for maintenance of Panjrapole or Gau- shala, which were exempt from the provisions of this Act immediately before the specified date by reason of their being the property of an ins- titution for public religious worship registered as a public trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950, provided such institution creates a separate trust in respect of such lands for the purposes of Panjrapole or Gaushala applies within a period of ninety days from the specified date, for the regis- tration of such trust under the said Act, to the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner having jurisdiction and endeavours to get such sepa- rate trust registered under the said Act within a period of one year from the specified date;]