Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972
REPEAL AND SAVINGS.--(1) The provisions of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, and the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. (2) The repeal of the provisions of the enactments mentioned in subsection (1), hereinafter to as the said enactments, shall not affect (i) the applications for the purchase of land under Section 18 of the Punjab Law or Section 22 of the Pepsu Law, as the case may be pending immediately before the commencement of this Act, which shall be disposed of as if this Act had not been passed; (ii) the proceedings for the determination of the surplus area pending immediately before the commencement of this Act, under the provisions of either of the said enactments, which shall be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not been passed, and the surplus area so determined shall vest in, and be utilised by the State Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (iii) the revisional power of the Financial Commissioner under section 24 of the Punjab law or under sub-section (3) of Section 39 of the Pepsu Law, as the case may be, shall be exercised as if this Act had not been passed; and the area declared surplus in exercise of such reo visional power shall vest in, and be utilised by, the State Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act: (iv) the power exercisable under section 5-C of the Punjab law or under section 32-88 of the Pepsu law, as the case may be, shall be exercised as if this Act had not been passed; and the area determined surplus in exercise of such power shall vest in, and be utilised by, the State Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act; Provided that the powers of the Pepsu Land Commission under the Pepsu law shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Collector of the district concerned. (3) Save as provided in sub-section (2), no authority shall pass an order if any proceedings whether instituted before or after the commencement of this Act which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.