Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972
ACT NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN LANDS. --The provisions of this Act shall not apply to- (a) Land owned by, or vested in, the State Government otherwise than under the provisions of this Act, or the Central Government or the Faridabad Complex Administration or a Municipal Committee or a Cantonment Board or a Gram Panchayat or the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal or such organisation under the administrative control of State or Central Government, as the State Government may, by notification, specify; (b) land belonging to registered co-operative societies formed for the purposes of co operative farming: " Provided that the person joining the society as a member does not own or hold or contribute to the society land in excess of his permissible area and the co-operative society so formed does not own or hold land in excess of tl;le aggregate of the permissible area of its members.: (Vide Act No. 17 of 1976) . (c) land belonging to primary agricultural co-operative credit societies, land mortgage banks, the State and the Central Co- operative banks and other banks. EXPLANATION. -For the purpose of this clause 'bank' means Banking Company as defined in section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955, Subsidiary Bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, corresponding new bank constituted under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1970, and any other financial institution notified by the State Government as a bank for the purpose of this Act; (d) land leased by the Haryana State Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank limited, established under the Punjab Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank Act, 1957; (e) land owned by the Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, the Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, or such other university as the State Government may, by notification, declare. (f) land owned by the Haryana Bhudan Yagan Board established under the Punjab Bhudan Yagna Act, 1955.