Section 7 in The Maharashtra Personal Inams Abolition Act, 1953
7. All public roads, etc., situate in inam villages to vest in Government.
- All public roads, lanes and paths, the bridges;, ditches, dikes and fences, on or beside, the same, the bed of the sea and of harbours, creeks below high water mark and of rivers, streams, nallas, lakes, wells and tanks, and all canals, and water courses, and all standing and flowing water, all unbuilt village site lands, all waste lands and all uncultivated lands (excluding lands used for building or other non-agricultural purposes), which are situate within the limits of any inam village or inam land shall, except in so for as any rights of any person other than inamdar may be established in or over the same and except as may otherwise be provided by any law of the time being in force, vest in and shall be deemed to be, with all rights in or over the same or appertaining thereto, the property of the State Government and all rights held by an inamdar in such property shall be deemed to have been extinguished and it shall be lawful for the Collector, subject to the general or special orders of the State Government to dispose them of as he deems fit, subject always to the rights of a way and other rights of the public or of individuals legally subsisting.Explanation. - For the purposes or this section, land shall be deemed to be uncultivated if it has not been cultivated for a continuous period of three years immediately before the appointed date.
