 the delhi land holdings (ceiling) bill, 1959(as introduced in lok sabha on 25m november, 1959)  chapter i preliminary clauses1 short title, extent and commencement 2 defini tions  chapter ii ceiling on holdings and vesting and allotment of excess land3 ceiling on holdings 4 submission of returns 5 collection of information through other agency 6 procedure for determination of excess land 7 selection of excess land in cases of certain transfers 8 distribution of excess land 9 publication of the final list and consequences thereof 10 compensation 11 manner of payment of compensation 12 limit of future acquisition of land 13 excess land not to be surrendered in certain cases 14 power of deputy commissioner to take possession of excess land 15 reservation of land for certain purposes 16 allotment of excess land  chapter iii miscellaneous17 act to over-ride contract and other laws 18 mode of recovery of any amount due under the act 19 appeal 20 revision  clauses21 power of officers while holding inquiries, etc, under the act 22 entry upon land for purposes of survey, etc 23 offences and penalties 24 finality of orders and bar of jurisdiction 25 protection of action taken under the act 26 power to exempt, etc 27 power to make rules 28 amendment of the delhi land reforms act, 1954  (as introduced in lok sabha) a billto provide for the imposition of a ceiling on land holdings in the union territory of delhi and for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in the tenth year of the republic of india as follow»:- chapter i preliminarys 1 (1) this act may be called the delhi land holdings (ceiling) short title, extent and act, 1959 cqnunence-mento (2) it extends to the whole of the union territory of delhi, but shall not apply to-10 punjab ai:t 3 of 1911 (a) the areas which, immediately before the 1st day of november, 1956, were included in a municipality or in a notified area under the provisions of the punjab municipal act, 1911, or in a cantonment under the provisions of the cantonments act, 1924; :z of 1924 (b) the areas owned by the central government or any is local authority; and (c) the areas held and occupied for a public purpose or for a work of public utility and declared as such by the chief commissioner or the areas acquired under any enactment relating to the acquisition of land for a public purpose (3) it shall come into force on such date as the chief commissioner may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint definition •• 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a) "ceiling limit", in relation to land, means the limit fixed under section 3; 5 (b) "chief commissioner" means the chief commissioner of delhi; (c) "competent authority" means any person or authority authorised by the chief commissioner by notification in the official gazette to perform the functions of the competent autho- 10 rity under this act for such area as may be specified in the notification; (d) "family", in relation to e person, means the person, the wife or husband, as the case may be, and the dependerit children and grand children, of such person; 15 (e) "minor" means a person who is deemed not to have attained majority under the indian majority act, 1875; 9 of 1875 <f) "person under disability" means-(i) a widow; (ii) a minor; 20 (iii) a woman unmarried or, if married, divorced or judicially separated from her husband or whose husband is a person falling under sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v); (iv) a member of the armed forces of the union; (v) a person inoopable of cultivating land by reason of 25 some physical or mental disability; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (h) the words and expressions "asami", "bhumidhar", "deputy commissioner", "gnon panchayat", "improvement", 0 "land", "standard acre" and "village" shall have the meanings 3 respectively assigned to them in the delhi land reforms act, delhi ~t 8 1954 of 1954·  chapter ii ceilfog oil bcolding ••ceiling on holdings and vesting and allotment of excess land 35 3 no person either by himself or, if he has a family, together with any other member of his family (hereiilafter referred to as the person representing the family) shall, whether as a bhumidhar or an asami or partly in one capacity and partly in another, hold land in excess of thirty standard acres in the aggregate: provided that where the number of members of the family of s such person exceeds five, he rooy hold five additional standard acres for each member in excess of five, so however, as not to exceed sixty standard acres in the aggregate explanation-in the case of a company, an association or any other body of individuals, the ceiling limit shall be thirty standard 10 acres 4 every person representing a family who at the commencement submlslion of this act holds, or has at any time during the period between the of return • 10th day of february, 1959, and such commencement held, land in excess of the ceiling limit shall submit to the competent authority, is in such form and within such time as may be prescribed, iii return giving the particulars of all land held by him and indicating therein the parcels of land, not exceeding the ceiling limit, which he desires to retain: provided that in the case of a joint holding, all co-sharers rooy 20 submit the return jointly indicating the parcels of land, not exceeding the aggregate of their individual ceiling limits, which they desire to retain explanation-in the case of a person unde!' disability, the return shall be furnished by his guardian or authorised agent, as the case 2s may be 5 if any person, who under section 4 is required to submit a collection of return, fails to do so in accordance with the provisions of that sec- infonnation tion, the competent authority may collect the necessary information ~~~~~gh through such agency as may be prescribed agency 30 6 (1) on receipt of any return under section 4 or information procedure under section 5 or otherwise, the competent authority shl9l1 after fo~ ~eter-f - •  '  i1linil tlon 0 gxvmg the persons affected an opportumty of being heard, hold an excels land inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed, and having regard to the provisions of section 7 and section 8 or of any rules that may be 35 made in this behalf, it shall determine-(a) the total area of land held by each person representing the family; (b) the specific parcels of land which he may retain; (c) the land in excess of the ceiling limit held by him; (d) whether such excess land is held by him as a bhumidhar or as an asami; (e) the excess land in respect of which bhumidhari rights may be acquired by an asami; (f) the excess land which may be restored to a bhumidhar; 5 (g) the excess land which shall vest in the government; and (h) such other matters as may be prescribed (2) for the purpose of determining the excess land under this section, any land transferred at any time during the period between 10 the 10th day of february, 1959, and the commencement of this act shall, notwithstanding such transfer, be deemed to be held by the transferor (3) the competent authority shall prepare a list in the prescribed form containing the particulars determined by him under sub- is section (1) and shall cause every such list to be published in the officiel gazette and also in such other manner as may be prescribed selection of 7 (1) where any person holding land in excess of the ceiling ~xce8s land limit at any time during the period between the 10th day of febru-~r~es of ary, 1959, and the 25th day of november, 1959, has transferred ~o transfers during such period any part ot his land to any other person under a registered deed for valuable consideration, the excess land to be determined under section 6 shall, to the extent possible, be selected out of the land held at the commencement of this act by the transferor in excess of eight standard acres and no land shall be selected 2s out of the land transferred (2) where any person holding land in excess of the ceiling limit at any time--~i (a) during the period between 10th day of february, 1959, and the 25th day of november, 1959, has transferred dur- 30 ing such period any part of his land to any other person in any manner other toon under a registered deed for valuable consideration; or (b) during the period between the 25th day of november, 1959, and the commencement of this act has transferred during 35 such period any part of his land to any other person in any manner whatsoever, the excess land to be determined under section 6 shall be selected out of the lands held at the commencement of this act by the transferor and the transferee in the same proportion as the land held by the transferor bears to the land transferred and where no land is held by the transferor, out of the land transferred (3) where excess land is to be selected out of the lands of more 5 than one transferee, such land shall be selected out of the lands held by each of the transferees in the same proportion as the land transferred to him bears to the total area of the lands transferred to all the transferees (4) where any excess land is selected out of the land transferred, 10 the transfer of such land shall be void (5) notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the excess land to be selected shall in no case include the homestead land of a person expzanation-for the purposes of this sub-section, "homestead is land" means the land on which the homestead (whether used by the owner or let out on rent) stands together with any courtyard, compound and attached garden, not exceeding one acre in the aggregate 8 (1) where any excess land of a bhumidhar is in his actual distributicm h g of excess possession, the excess land shall vest in t e overnment land 20 (2) where any excess land of a bhumidhar is in the possession of a person holding the same as an asami and the excess land together with any other land held by such person exceeds his ceiling limit, the land in excess of the ceiling limit shall vest in the government 25 (3) where any excess land of a bhumidhar is in the possession of a person holding the same as an asami and such person is allowed to retain the excess land or a part thereof as being within his ceiling limit, that person shall acquire bhumidhari rights in respect of such excess land or part thereof on payment of compensation as 30 hereinafter provided, but if that person refuses to pay such compensation, the excess land or part thereof shall vest in the government (4) where there is any excess land of an asami, the excess land shall vest in the government: provided that in any case where the excess land or any part 35 thereof held by a bhumidhar together with any other land held by such person does not exceed the ceiling limit, the excess land or such part thereof as does not exceed the ceiling limit shall be restored to the bhumidhar on an application made by him in this behalf to the competent authority within such time as may be prescribed publication 9 (1) any person aggrieved by an entry in the list published li~t ~~ ~ under sub-section (3) of section 6 may, within thirty days from the sequences date of publication thereof in the official gazette, file objections thereof thereto before the deputy commissioner (2) the deputy commissioner or any other officer authorised in 5 this behalf by the chief commissioner may, after considering the objections and after giving the objector or his representatives an opportunity of being heard in the matter, approve or modify the list (3) the list as approved or modified under sub-section (2) shall then be published in the official gazette and also in such other man- 10 ner as may be prescribed and, subject to the provisions of this act, the list shall be final (4) with effect from the date of the publication of the list in the official gazette under sub-section (8), the excess land shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the government free of all encumbr- is ances or, as the case may be, the excess land shall stand restored to the bhumidhar or the bhumidhari rights in respect of the excess land shall stand transferred to the asami free of all encumbrances compensatloo· 10 (1) where any excess land of a bhumidbar ·vests in the 'government, there shall be paid by the government to the bhumidbal" 20 compensation the amount of which shall be equal to-(a) forty times the land revenue in respect of the first twenty-five acres of excess land: (b) thirty-five times the land revenue in resped of the next tweftty-five acres of excess land; 25 (c) thirty times the land revenue in respect of the next twenty-five acres of excess land: (d) twenty-five times the land revenue in respect of the next fifty acres of excess land; and (e) twenty times the land revenue in respect of the remain- 30 ing part of the excess land: provided that where such excess land or any part thereof is in the possession of an asami, the compensation in respect of the land shall be apportioned between the bhumidhar and the asami in such proportion as may be determined by the competent authority in the 35 prescribed manner, having re,ard to their respective shares in the net income from such land (2) in addition to the compensation payable in respect of any excess land under sub-section (1), there shall also be paid compensation in respect of any structure or building, including wells, tube- 40 wells and emb1mkments constructed on such excess land and any tree ,planted thereoa and liuch compemation shan be deten:a,i,ned b, the eompetent authority having regard to the market value of suck structure or building or the value of such trees and shall be paw to the person who has constructed the structure or building or planted 5 the trees (3) where any excess land in respect of which compensation is payable is subject to any mortgage or other encumbrance, the amount due under the mortgage or other encumbrance in respect of such excess land, or where a transfer in respect of excess land is 10 void by virtue of sub-section (4) of section 7, the consideration money paid by the transferee in respect of such excess land, shall be a charge on the compensation payable in respect of the excess land to the person who has created the mortgage or encumbrance or, as the case may be', to the transferor is (4) where an asami acquires bhumidhari rights in respect of any excess land, the compensation payable by him in respect of tthat land shall be equal to the amount which the bhumidhar woul~ have been paid as compensation under the proviso to sub-section (1) ,01' sub-section (2), if the land had vested in the government; and the 20 amount shall, in the first instance, be paid to the bhumidhar by the government and shall be recovered from the asami in such manner as may be prescribed (5) where any excess land of a religious or charitable institution vests intbe government, suob institution shau, ·in lieu of cioiiijh!!d-3, sation payable under sub-section (1 )or sub-section (2), be paid all annuity equal to the net annual income of the extlms land and such net lldilual income shall be determined by the competent uthori~ in the prescribed manner (6) the competent authority shall, after holding an inquiry in 30 the prescribed manner, make an order determining the amount of compensation payable to any person under this section and in determining the amount payable under sub-section (1), the competent authority may, after giving that person an opportunity of making any representation, make selection of excess lands for the purposes ~ of each of the clauses of that sub-section in accordance with such 3 rules as may be made in this behalf 11 (1) the compensation payable under section 10 shall be due madner f on the date of the publication of the list in the official gazette =~e:-of under sub-section (3) of section 9 and may be paid in cash, in a tion lump sum or in instalments, or in bonds 40 (2) where the compensation is payable in bonds, the bonds may be made not transferable or transferable by endaraement or in any other manner but all such bonds shall be redeemed within such period, not exceeding ten years from the date of issue, as may be prescribed (3) where there is any delay in the payment of compeiulation or where the compensation is paid either in instalments or in bonds, it s shall carry interest at the rate of two and a half per cent per annum from the date on which it falls due limit of future icquiaition of land 12 no person representing a family shall acquire in any manner whatsoever whether by transfer, exchange, lease, agreement or succession any land where such acquisition has the effect of making 10 the total area of the land held by him exceed the ceiling limit; and any such land in excess of the ceiling limit shall, subject to the pro-delhi act - visions of the delhi land reforms act, 1954, be treated as excess of 19' •• land of the transferee and the provisions of sections 6 to 11 shall, as far as may be, apply to such excess land is ~xce  land 13 where a person representing a family holds at any time land ~~ which does not exceed the ceiling limit, he shall not be deemed to hold in certain any excess land under this act where such excess is due to any im--el provements effected in the land by the efforts of the family or to a decrease in the number of members of the family 20 power of u after the publication of the list of excess land under subg:r •• isection (3) of section 9, and after demarcation in the prescribed oner to take manner of such land where necessary, the deputy commissioner =:8~d of may take possession of any excess land and may use or cause to be used such force as may be necessary for the purpose 25 reservation 15 the chief commissioner may reserve any excess land vesting of il!dd for in the government under the provisions of this act for the benefit of ~ pur- the village community or for any work of public utility or for such other purposes as may be prescribed: provided that where such land is not being used for the afore- led said purposes, it may be used by te gaon p&nchayat for lueh purposes as the chief commissioner may direct allotment of 16 subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, the hcelllmd chief commissioner or any officer authorised by him may settle any excess land vesting in the government (other than land reserved 3s under section 15) with such person~ and on such terms and conditions as h think fit  chapter iii miscellaneous17 save as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this ai:t to ovei-act shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary con-rde othcl' stained in any other law, custom or usage or agreement or decree or awl order of a court 18 any sum payable to the government under the provisions mode of refthi at b ed · h coveryof o s c may e recover in t e same manner as an arrear of any amount land revenue due udder the ~t 10 19 any person aggrieved by an order made by the competent appeal authority under section 10, may, within a period of thirty days from the date of the order, prefer an appeal to the deputy commissioner: provided that the deputy commissioner may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period, if he is satisfied that the is appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal in time 20 (1) the chief commissioner may, on an application for revi- ilevieion sion made to him or otherwise, call for the record of any proceeding pending before, or disposed of by, the competent authority or the 20 deputy commissioner (2) no order varying the decision of the competent authority or the deputy commissioner or revising the list published under section 9 which prejudicially affects any person shall be made without giving him an opportunity of being heard 25 21 any officer or authority while holding an inquiry or hear- po~er of ing an appeal or exercising powers of revision under this act h~d:, i~~e shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the quiriee, etc, code of civil procedure, 1908, when trying a suit, in respect of the a::~er the following matters, namely:-30 (a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examinine him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of documents and material objects; (c) receiving evidence on affidavit; and (d) such other matters as may be prescribed 3s %2 subject to any conditions and restrictions that may be pres- entry upon cribed, any officer entrusted with the performance of any duty land for under this act may, in the discharge of such duty, enter upon and ~:cof survey and take measurement of any land and do all other acts necessary for carrying out his duties under this act otrenc:es ad penaltiea 23 (1) whoever being bound to submit a return under section 4 fails without reasonable cause, to do so, within the prescribed time, or submits a return which he knows or has reason to believe , to be false, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to oftt! thousand rupees (2) whoever contravenes any lawful order made under this act or otherwise obstructs any person from lawfully taking possession of any land shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one 10 thousand rupees !~n:~t~:f %4 (1) subject to the provisions of this act, every order made bar of juril- under this act shall be final diction (2) no civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in so far as it relates to any matter which the compe- 15 tent authority or the deputy commissioner is empowered by or under this act to deci~ p1o>tcction 25 no suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the govem-~:dcr ment or any authority or officer in respect of anything which is in the act good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this act or 20 any rules or orders made thereunder power to 26 (1) the chief commissioner may, on an application made to exempt, elx: him in this behalf within three months from the commencement of this act, exempt from the operation of section 3,-(a) any person who holds a compact block of land exceedinf 25 the ceiling limit which-(i) is being used as an orchard from before the 10th day of february, 1959; or (ii) is being used as a farm in which heavy investment or permanent structural improvements have been made and 30 which, in the opinion of the chief commissioner, is being so efficienuy managed that its break up is likely to result in a fall in production; provided that, where such person holds the compact block 35 of land toeether with any other land, he shall be permitted to elect to retain either the compact block of land, notwithstalldmg that it exceeds the ceiling limit or the other land, not exceeding the ceiling limit;  (b) any specialised farm which is being used for cattle 5 breeding, dairy or wool raising; (c) any land which is being held by a eowoperative society provided that where a member of any such society helds a share in such land, his share shall be tala!n into account in determining his ceiling limit; 10 delhi act 8 of 19'4 (d) any land held by a body notified by the chief commissioner under section 33 of the delhi land reforms act, 1954, as in force before sum commencement: provided that the chief commissioner may entertain the application after the expiry of the said period of three months, if he i~ i, satisfied that the appiieant was prevented by su1ftcient eaase from makmg the- application in time (2) where any land in respect of which exemption has been granted to a person under clause (a) of sub-section (1) is transferred to another person, the chief commissioner may, on an ~ application made to htm within three months from the date of the tranr, exempt the trarmferee from the operation of section 3 and section 12 and the provisions of the said clause shall, as far as may be, apply to the grant of such c~an (3) where the chief commissioner is of opinion that the use of 25 land for any specified purpose is expedient or necessary in the public interest, he may, by notification in the official gazette, make a declaration to that effect and on the issue of such notification, any person may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 12, aequire land in excess of the ceiling limit for being used for such 30 specified purpose and such person shall, within one month from the date of such acquisition, send intimation thereof to the competent authority (4) where any land in respect of which exempticm has been gran'ted under sub~ection (l) or sub-section (2) or sub-section 35 (3) ceases to be used, or is not within the prescribed time used, for the purpose for which exemption had been granted, the chief conunissioner may, after giving the persons affected an opportunity of being heard, withdraw such exemption 27 (1) the chief commissioner may, by notification in the power to oftlcial gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposea elf this make mel aet (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the generaiity of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the form in which and the period within which a return under section 4 may be submitted; 5 (b) the agency through which information under section 5 may be collected; (c) the manner of holding inquiries under this act; (d) the matters which may be determined by the competent authority under sub-section (1) of section 6 and the manner of 10 determination of excess land under the act; (e) the form in which a list under sub-section (3) of section 6 or sub-section (3) of section 9 may be prepared and the manner of publication of such list; (/) the period within which an application for restoration 15 of excess land of an asami may be made by the bhumidhar; (g) the manner of apportionment of compensation between the bhumidhar and the asami in respect of any excess land in the possession of the asami; (h) the manner of determination of the net annual income 20 of any excess land for the purposes of payment of compensation; (i) the manner of assessment of market value of structures and buildings and the value of trees for the purpose of payment of compensation; 25 (j) the manner of selection of excess lands for the purposes of clauses (a) to (e) of sub-section (1) of section 10; (k) the number of instalments in which compensation under this act may be paid or recovered; and the period within which bonds may be redeemed; 30 (1) the manner of demarcation of excess land; (m) the purposes for which land may be reserved under section 15; , (11) the categories of persons with whom excess land may be settled anc;l the terms and conditions on which such settle- 35 ment may b,e jll8<;le~ (0) the powers of a civil court which may be velted in any officer or authority holding an inquiry; (p) the conditions and restrictions subject to which an officer may enter upon any land for the purpose of survey and 40 tamr measurement; (q) the levy of fees in respect of any matter under this act; (r) any other matter which has to be, or may be prescribed (3) every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as os may be after it is made, before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessioris, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both houses agree in making any modification in 10 the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so' however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule delhi act 8 is 28 in the delhi land reforms act, 1954, for section 33, the fol-:r::dment of 1954· lowing section shall be substituted, namely:-delhi land reform act, 1954 "33 (1) no bhumidhar shall have the right to transfer by rettrictiontfi od trldl en sale or gift or otherwise any land to any person, where as a ra- ~ a bhumisult of the transfer, the transferor shall be left with less tpan sr eight standard acres in the union territory of delhi: 20 25 provided that the chief commissioner may exempt from the' operation of this section, the transfer of any land made before the 1st day of december, 1958, if the land covered by such transfer does not exceed one acre in area and is used or intended to be used for purposes other than those mentioned in clause (13) of section 3"  statement of objects and reasonsthe delhi land reforms act, 1954, fixed a limit glf 3q staadarj acres on future acquisitiolul, but did not provide for ally ceiling 011 existing land holdings in delhi an announcement was made in the lok sabha by the home minister on the 10th february, 1959, that a bill to impose ceilings dn land holdings would be introduced the present bni seeks to fix a ceiling of 30 standard acres <in respectof a family consisting of five members the bill further seeks tg provide that where there are more than five members in a family, it would be permissible for that family to hold an additional five standard acres for each member provided that the total area held by that family does not exceed sixty standard acres lands in excess of the ceiling limit are to vest in the government the provisions of the bill are explained in the notes on clauses, wherever necessary g b pant new djuii; 'ihe 10th november, 1951 clause a-this clause provides that in respect of a family consisting of five members, the ceiling limit shall be 30 standard acres, provided that if there are more than five members in a family, it would be permissible to hold five additional standard acres for each member in excess of five, so however, as not to exceed 60 standard acres in the aggregate under clause 2 (d), 'family', in relation to a person, means the person, the wife or husbandi, as the case may be, and the dependent children and grand-children, of such person clauses 4 and 5-these clauses provide for the submission of returns by persons who held land in excess of the ceiling limit at any time during the period between the 10th day of february, 1959, and the date of the commencement of the act and for the collection of information through any other agency in default of the submission of the returns under clause 4 clauses 6, 7 and a-these clauses prescribe the procedure for the determination of excess land, selection of excess land in cases of certain transfers and distribution of excess land clause 9-this clause provides for the disposal of the objections that may be filed against the list of excess lands published by the competent authority under sub-clause (3) of clause 6, the publication of the final list of excess lands and the consequences thereof clauses 10 and h-these clauses specify the principles of assessment of compensation and the manner of payment of the same clause 12-this clause seeks to limit the future acquisitions of land clause 13-by this clause provlslon is made that excess lands need not be surrendered where such excess is due to any improvements effected in the land by the efforts of the family or to a decrease in the number of members of the family clame a-by this clause, the deputy commissjoner is empowered to take possession of excess land clause ls-by this clause power is sought to be given to the chief commissioner to reserve excess land vesting in the government for the benefit of the village community or for any work of public utility or for such other purposes as may be prescribed clause l6-this clause seeks to empower the chief commissioner or any other officer authorised by him in this behalf to allot any excess land vesting in the government to such persons and on such conditions as he thinks fit clauses 19, 20 and 21-these clauses provide for appeals and revision against orders passed under the proposed legislation and the extent to which officers exercising powers thereunder are to have the powers of a civil court clame 22-by this clause, provision is made to empower officers entrusted with the performance of duties under the bill to enter upon and survey and take measurement of any land clause 23-this clause provides for penalties for non-submission of returns to be submitted under clause 4 or for submission of false returns clause 26-this clause seeks to empower the chief commissioner to exempt any land specified therein from the operation of clause 3 clause 28-this clause makes a consequential amendment in section 33 of the delhi land reforms act, 1954  financial memorandumclause 10 of the bill envisages payment of compensation in respect of excess lands that would vest in the government the principles on which the compensation is to be determined have been specified in that clause and it is estimated that the compensation so payable may be about rs 1,10,000/- it is permissible to pay the compensation in instalments in which case interest is required to be paid at the rate of 21% per annum on the unpaid amount the bill also contemplates the llppointment of certain officers as competent authority for exercising the powers and performing the functions specified by and under this act the services of officers already available would be mostly utilised for this purpose and it is not likely that any expenditure on this account would be required to be incurred  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 27 of the bill specifies the matters in respect of which the chief commissioner is empowered to make rules and these relate to matters of procedure and of detail such as form of returns, manner of holding inquiries, manner of determination of the net annual income of excess lands, manner of demarcation of such land, etc, which it is not practicable to provide for in the bill itself, and have necessarily to be left to be provided for in the rules, taking into consideration the needs of day-to-day administration and local conditions the proposed delegation of legislative power is of a normal character  annexure extracts from the delhi land reforms act, 1954no viii of 1954  -  -  -  '"  '" reatrktiotls 33 no bhumidhar shall have the right to transfer by sale or gift bn tr~;fcr or otherwise any land to any person, other than an institution estal>-di:a~ wm- lished for a charitable purpose or a body notified by the chief commissioner, where as a result of the transfer-(a) such person shall become entitled to land which t9-goether with land, if any, held- by him personally or together with the jil8iilbers of his family will, in the aggregate, exceed thirty standard acres, or (b) the transferor shall be left with an uneconomic holding of less than eight standard acres in the union territory of delhi: provided that the chief commissioner may exempt from the operation of clause (b) the transfer of any land made before the 1st day of december, 1958, if the land covered by such transfer does not exceed one acre in area and is used or intended to be used for purposes other than those mentioned in clause (13) of section 3 _explanation--_for the purposes of this section a person's family shall, if the members are living jointly, consist of the person himself, his minor children, his wife or her husband, as the case may be, and if the person himself is a minor, his father and mother"$\bullet$\, i  a billto provide for the imposition of a ceiling on land holdings in the union territory of delhi and for matters connected therewith the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the consideration of the bill m n kaul, secretary (shri govind ballabh pant, minister of home a//airs) 