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And in the Fatawa-i Alamgeeri* it is thus written. 



" The Soltan hath power to bestow waste land. And 

 if he shall have made a grant of such land to any one, 

 he shall let him alone for three years; when, should 

 the grantee not have cultivated it, it returns to him 

 (the Soltan) find he may give it to another, for property 

 in waste land is acquired only by cultivation." 



The English Rules of Procedure, the only Law 

 at present on the subject, differ more or less, in 

 every Province in India. The demand, however, 

 for Wastes being, for the most part, confined to one 

 Presidency, the following will serve as a type of 

 ths whole. 



BENGAL. "If before the day of sale a claim of 

 proprietory, or occupative, right in any part of the 

 land be preferred, the Collector shall investigate the 

 claim, and, if satisfied that it is groundless, shall 

 reject it and proceed with the sale." 



" If on investigation any such claim should appear 

 to be well grounded, the Collector may either reject 

 the application for purchase of the lands or refer 

 it for the orders of the Commissioner. In the former 

 case the applicant may appeal to the Commissioner. 



The Commissioner may direct the Collector either 

 to reject the application, or to proceed with the sale 

 of the land, either unreservedly on the conditions 



This is a collection of legal opinions and precepts in six large 

 Quarto vols. prepared by orJer of the Emperor Alamg-eeij in India 

 an indisputable authority. 



