Article 2 - Amendment of Article 31-A - Constitution (17th Amendment) Act, 1964

Amendment of Article 31-A . 2. In Article 31-A of the Constitution, ( i ) in clause (1), after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted , namely: Provided further that where any law makes any provision for the acquisition by the State of any estate and where any land comprised therein is held by a person under his personal cultivation, it shall not be lawful for the State to acquire any portion of such land as is within the ceiling limit applicable to him under any law for the time being in force or any building or structure standing thereon or appurtenant thereto, unless the law relating to the acquisition of such land, building or structure, provides for payment of compensation at a rate which shall not be less than the market value thereof. ; ( ii ) in clause (2), for sub-clause ( a ), the following sub-clause shall be substituted and shall be deemed always to have been substituted, namely: ( a ) the expression estate shall, in relation to any local area, have the same meaning as that expression or its local equivalent has in the existing law relating to land tenures in force in that area and shall also include ( i ) any jagir , inam or muafi or other similar grant and in the States of Madras and Kerala, any janmam right; ( ii ) any land held under ryotwari settlement; ( iii ) any land held or let for purposes of agriculture or for purposes ancillary thereto, including waste land, forest land, land for pasture or sites of buildings and other structures occupied by cultivators of land, agricultural labourers and village artisans; .