Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883
6.Period for repayment
of loans.:-
(1) Every loan granted
under this Act shall be made repayable by instalments (in the form of an
annuity or otherwise), within such period from the date of the actual advance
of the loan, or when the loan is advanced in instalments, {Subs. by Act 18 of
1899, s.2, for "from the date of the actual advance of the last
instalment".} [from the date of the advance of the last instalment
actually paid] as may, from time to time, be fixed by the rules made under this
Act.
(2) The period fixed
as aforesaid shall not ordinarily exceed thirty-five years.
(3) The State
Government {The words "and G.G.in C." rep.by Act 8 of 1906, s.3.} in making {The words "and
sanctioning" rep.by s.3, ibid.} the rules fixing
the period, shall, in considering whether the period should extent to thirty-five
years, or whether it should extend beyond thirty-five years, have regard to the
durability of the work for the purpose of which the loan is granted, and to the
expediency of the cost of the work being paid by the generation of persons who
will immediately benefit by the work.
Comment: "It is plain upon its terms, that the provisions of S. 6 (e) are
not obligatory. It is an enabling provision. It provides that all amounts due
under the Land Improvement Loans Act, shall, notwithstanding anything contained
therein, become due 'forthwith', upon the vesting of the zamindari
rights. It then lays down that such dues may, without prejudice to any other
mode of recovery provided therefor , be realised by
deducting the amount from the compensation money payable to such intermediary.
It, therefore, provides an additional mode of recovery for realisation of the
dues. The word 'may' in S. 6 (e) clearly indicates that the Government has the
option to fall back upon the compensation amount. It does not entail in the
consequence that the mode indicated in S. 6 (e) is the one and the only mode
available." Indu Bhushan
Gupta v. State of U.P. AIR 1979 SUPREME COURT 1857