?[11 September 2020] An
Act further to amend the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural
Holdings Act, 1973. Be
it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Seventy-first Year of the
Republic of India, as follows:- (1)
This
Act may be called the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings
(Amendment) Act, 2020. (2)
It
shall come into force at once. In
section 17 of the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act,
1973 (Act No. 11 of 1973),- (i)
after
the existing sub-section (5) and before the existing sub-section (6), the following
new sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(5-A)
Nothing in sub-sections (1) to (4) shall apply to a person who has acquired or
acquires any land in excess of the ceiling area applicable to him and has
proposed or proposes to use the said land for the purpose of Solar Farm/Park,
Solar Plant/Solar Power Plant or related activities as defined in Rajasthan
Solar Energy Policy, 2019 or Wind Farm, Wind-Solar Hybrid Projects or related
activities as defined in Rajasthan Wind and Hybrid Energy Policy, 2019 for the
generation of solar or wind power: Provided
that such person shall have to- (i)
submit
an application to the State Government within one year from the date of coming
into force of the Rajasthan Imposition of Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings
(Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act No. 20 of 2020) or within a period of one year from
the date of acquisition of land, for the purpose of using such land for setting
up Solar Farm/Park, Solar Plant/Solar Power Plant, or Wind Farm, Wind-Solar
Hybrid Projects or related activities. The State Government may entertain such
application after expiry of one year if the applicant satisfies the State
Government that there were sufficient reasons for not moving the application
within the period of one year; (ii)
commence
the use of said land for development of Solar Farm/Park, Solar Plant/Solar
Power Plant, or Wind Farm, Wind-Solar Hybrid Projects or related activities
within a period of three years from the date of permission to use the said land
for such purpose. The State Government on sufficient cause being shown may
extend the period by further period of two years."; and (iii)
in
sub-section (7), the existing expression "in sub-section (5) or
sub-section (6) contravenes the provisions of sub-section (5) or sub-section
(6)", the expression "in sub-section (5), (5-A) or sub-section (6)
contravenes the provisions of subsection (5), (5-A) or sub-section (6)"
shall be substituted.Rajasthan Imposition Of Ceiling
On Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) Act, 2020