MADHYA PRADESH ACT NO. XV OF 1953.¹
CHAPTER III - DONATIONS OF LAND

17. Procedure for making donation of land.   

(1) Any persons owing a transferable interest in land and desiring to make a gift thereof to the Board may submit ⁴[a declaration making the offer] in the prescribed from to the Board.   

(2) The Board shall, if it considers the gift acceptable, forward the ⁵[declaration] to the Revenue Officer having jurisdiction in the tahsil or taluq where the land is situate.   

(3) On receipt of the 5[declaration] mentioned in sub-section(1), the Revenue Officer shall, if satisfied, after such summary inquiry as he thinks necessary, that the donor is competent to make the gift and has valid title in the land, issue a notice in the prescribed from to all such persons as he may consider interested in the property calling upon them, before a date specified in the notice, to cause why the gift should not be accepted.   

(4) The Revenue Officer shall also affix a copy of the notice referred to in subsection (3) on the notice-board of his court and shall cause it to be published by beat of drum in the village where the land is situate.   

(5) Any person interested in the property may, before the date specified in the notice, file an objection before the Revenue Officer showing cause why the gift should not be accepted.   

(6) All such objections shall be inquired into and decided by the Revenue Officer.   

(7) If no objection is fulled before the specified date, or if all the objections filed have been rejected by the Revenue Officers, he shall pass an order accepting the gift on behalf of the Board.   

(8) On the acceptance of the gift, all title and interest of the donor in the land shall be extinguished and the land shall, subject to the provisions of section 18, vest in the Board in the same rights in which it was held by the donor.   

(9) The order made under sub-section (7) shall be got registered under the Indian Registration Act,1908, by the Revenue Officer in such manner as may be prescribed and it shall then take effect from the date of the order, as if it were a deed of gift.   

(10) No fee for registration of the order shall be chargeable.   

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4. Subs. for the words "and application" by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.10(i)
5. Subs. for the word "application" by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.10(ii).   

(11) The Revenue Officer may at any stage of the proceedings reject the ¹[offer] of the donor on any of the following grounds,namely:-   

(i) that the donor is incompetent to make the gift;   
(ii) that the title of the donor is defective;   
(iii) that there are encumbrances on the land;   
²[(iv)]; and   
(v) such other grounds as may be prescribed   

18. Order of Revenue Officer subject of civil suit.   

The order of the Revenue Officer, rejecting an objection passed under sub-section (7) of section 17, shall not be subject to appeal or revision but any party aggrieved by the order or any other person interested in the land who had no notice of the proceedings under section 17 may, within six months from the date of such order,institute a suit in the Civil Court having jurisdiction to have the order set aside and the decision of such Court shall be binding on the Board, and subject to the result of such suit, if any, the order of the Revenue Officer shall be conclusive.   

19. Gifts to be irrevocable.

Every gift of land in respect of which an order has been passed under section 17 shall, after the date of the order, be irrevocable.   

20. Lands vesting in Board not attachable.

The lands vesting in the Board shall not be liable to attachment or sale in execution of any decree or order passed by a Civil Court against the Board.   

21. Donation of land prior to commencement of Act.   

(1) Where any land has been donated for purposes of the Bhudan Yagna ³[before the coming in to force of the Madhya Pradesh Yagna (Amendment) Act, 1954], the Board shall prepare a list of all such lands showing therein-   

(a) The area and description;   
(b) the name of the donor;   
(c) the nature of the interest of the donor in the land;   

1. Subs. for the word "application" by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, s.10 (iii) (a).   
2. Item (iv) omitted by M.P. Act XXI of 1954,s.10 (iii) (b)   
3. Subs. for the words "prior to the commencement of this Act", by M.P. Act XXI of 1954, S.11 (a).   

(d) if the land has been granted to any person in pursuance of the Bhudan Yagna, the name of the person to whom the land has been granted;   
(e) the date of the grant under clause (d); and   
(f) such other particulars as may be prescribed.   

(2) The list so prepared shall be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner of the district within whose jurisdiction the land is situate.   

(3) On receipt of such list, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause action to be taken in accordance with section 17 in respect of the lands described in the list.   

(4) The provisions of ¹[sections 17 to 20 and 21-A] shall apply in respect of all the donations of the said lands as they apply in respect of all donations of lands made after the commencement of this Act:   

Provided that where an order is made by a Revenue Officer under sub-section (7) of section 17, the gift shall be deemed to have been accepted with effect from the date on which the donation of land was made and for this purpose this Act shall be deemed to have been in force on such date.   

(5) If any land of which the donation so received the commencement of this Act has already been granted to any person in pursuance of the Bhudan Yagna, it shall be deemed to have been granted by the Board to such person on the date on which such person takes possession thereof and the grant shall be subject to all liabilities to which any grants made by the Board in general shall be subject.