Land classes

What class is this land, and who says so

The documents behind this atlas classify land in the language of town planning, not in the language of revenue tenure. They define an original plot, a final plot, the shares allotted away from owners under the Act, and a short list of land excepted from deduction. They do not define old tenure, new tenure or restricted tenure anywhere, so this page prints that gap rather than filling it from memory.

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Last verified2026-08-04

Classes the source set defines

Ten classes are defined or named in the source documents. Each row below points at the provision that carries it, and every provision is quoted in full, without paraphrase, on the citation register.

Land classes with a provision behind them *Source: tp-schemes.json provisions, from gtpuda.pdf, notif_dtps3.pdf and dp_report1.pdf. Class labels are this atlas grouping the provisions; the provisions themselves are quoted verbatim.*
Class	What the provision establishes	Provision	Tag
Original plot	The parcel as it stood before the scheme. The Act allows a draft scheme to alter its boundaries, transfer adjoining land into it, or allot a final plot to an owner dispossessed in furtherance of the scheme.	Section 45(2) - Reconstitution of plotsgtpuda.pdf p.34	OFFICIAL
Final plot	The parcel formed by reconstituting an original plot. This is the unit an owner ends up holding, and the Development Plan states its size is in proportion to the original plot and its location as close to it as possible.	Section 45(2) - Reconstitution of plotsgtpuda.pdf p.34	OFFICIAL
Land allotted for roads	Fifteen per cent of the total area covered under the scheme, allotted away from the pool of original plots.	Section 40(3)(jj)(a)[clause (jj) inserted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 12; words in para (iii) substituted by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(c)] · gtpuda.pdf p.32	OFFICIAL
Land allotted for parks and open space	Five per cent of the total area covered under the scheme, for parks, play grounds, gardens and open space.	Section 40(3)(jj)(a)[clause (jj) inserted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 12; words in para (iii) substituted by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(c)] · gtpuda.pdf p.32	OFFICIAL
Land allotted for social infrastructure	Five per cent, for schools, dispensary, fire brigade and public utility place as earmarked in the draft scheme, and for industrial development.	Section 40(3)(jj)(a)[clause (jj) inserted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 12; words in para (iii) substituted by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(c)] · gtpuda.pdf p.32	OFFICIAL
Land allotted for sale by the authority	Fifteen per cent, sold by the appropriate authority for residential, commercial or industrial use, with the proceeds applied to infrastructure.	Section 40(3)(jj)(a)[clause (jj) inserted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 12; words in para (iii) substituted by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(c)] · gtpuda.pdf p.32	OFFICIAL
Land reserved for backward class housing	Ten per cent of the total area covered under the scheme, or as near to it as possible, reserved for housing accommodation for socially and economically backward classes.	Section 40(3)(j)[words added by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(b)] · gtpuda.pdf p.31	OFFICIAL
Land excepted from deduction	Gauchar land, water bodies, religious places, burial ground, kabrastan, crematorium and samshan, named as exceptions to the average fifty per cent deduction directed for scheme 3.	SCHEDULE, item 5notif_dtps3.pdf p.2	OFFICIAL
A parcel excepted by name	Survey number 182/P, the pond of village Otariya, directed to be verified and reconstituted without deduction.	SCHEDULE, item 6notif_dtps3.pdf p.2	OFFICIAL
Land retained for public purposes	The parcels the authority keeps after reconstitution, described by the Development Plan as used for public purposes.	Section 10.5 The Proposed Strategy for DSIRdp_report1.pdf p.182	OFFICIAL

The two plots, quoted

The distinction that governs everything else is between the original plot and the final plot. The Act sets it out in section 45.

For the purposes of sub-section (1), the draft scheme may contain proposals- (a) to form a final plot by the reconstitution of an original plot by the alteration of its boundaries, if necessary; (b) to form a final plot from an original plot by the transfer of any adjoining lands; ... (d) to allot a final plot to any owner dispossessed of land in furtherance of the scheme;
Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, Section 45(2) - Reconstitution of plots, gtpuda.pdf p.34, printed p.27, verbatim, partial quotation OFFICIAL

An original plot, the share deducted under the scheme, and the final plot allotted back. The drawing is schematic: no supplied document gives a plot geometry, and the scheme sheets themselves carry the note that they should not be used for measurements.

The Development Plan describes what happens between the two.

Under this model, the development authority brings together a group of landowners for the purpose of planning and a Town Planning Scheme for the area is prepared, laying out the roads and plots for public and social amenities. The remaining land is reconstituted into final plots for the original owners, with the size of the final plot in proportion to the size of the original plot, and its location as close as possible to the original plot. Infrastructure costs are recovered by levying a betterment charge on the landowners based on the cost of the infrastructure.
Final Development Plan - DSIRDA, Report - 1, sanctioned by Apex Authority (GIDB) on 10 September 2012, Section 10.4.3 Town Planning Schemes, dp_report1.pdf p.181, printed p.159, verbatim OFFICIAL

The shares allotted away, quoted

Four allotments and one reservation are what turn an original plot into a smaller final plot. Both provisions are quoted in full because the figures inside them are the whole point, and because the copy of the Act in the source set has an optical character recognition layer that corrupts exactly these numerals.

[(jj) (a) allotment of land from the total area covered under the scheme, to the extent of,- (i) fifteen per cent. for roads, (ii) five per cent. for parks, play grounds, gardens and open space, (iii) five per cent. for social infrastructure such as schools, dispensary, fire brigade, public utility place as earmarked in the [Draft Town Planning Scheme and also for industrial development, and] (iv) fifteen per cent. for sale by appropriate authority for residential, commercial or industrial use depending upon the nature of development: Provided that the percentage of the allotment of land specified in paragraphs (i) to (iii) may be altered depending upon the nature of development and for the reasons to be recorded in writing; (b) the proceeds from the sale of land referred to in para (iv) of sub-clause (a) shall be used for the purpose of providing infrastructural facilities; (c) the land allotted for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of sub-clause (a) shall not be changed by variation of schemes for the purpose other than public purpose;]]
Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976 (President's Act No. 27 of 1976), Section 40(3)(jj)(a) [clause (jj) inserted by Guj. 2 of 1999, s. 12; words in para (iii) substituted by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(c)], gtpuda.pdf p.32, printed p.25, verbatim OFFICIAL

high-resolution render of gtpuda.pdf page 32 (printed page 25); the PDF's own OCR text layer garbles the numerals ('frfteen', 'fre', 'fle') and must not be trusted for these figures

(j) the reservation of land to the extent of ten per cent. or such percentage as near thereto as possible of the total area covered under the scheme, for the purpose of providing housing accommodation to the members of socially and economically backward classes of people [and of such other class of people as may be determined by the State Government];
Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, Section 40(3)(j) [words added by Guj. 11 of 2014, s. 13(2)(b)], gtpuda.pdf p.31, printed p.24, verbatim OFFICIAL

The enumerated shares, as the quotes state them *Source: gtpuda.pdf pp.31 and 32, read from rendered page images rather than the optical character recognition text layer*
Class	Per cent	Words in the Act
roads	15	fifteen per cent. for roads
parks, play grounds, gardens and open space	5	five per cent. for parks, play grounds, gardens and open space
social infrastructure (schools, dispensary, fire brigade, public utility place as earmarked in the Draft Town Planning Scheme and also for industrial development)	5	five per cent. for social infrastructure such as schools, dispensary, fire brigade, public utility place as earmarked in the [Draft Town Planning Scheme and also for industrial development, and]
sale by appropriate authority for residential, commercial or industrial use	15	fifteen per cent. for sale by appropriate authority for residential, commercial or industrial use depending upon the nature of development
housing for socially and economically backward classes	10	the reservation of land to the extent of ten per cent. or such percentage as near thereto as possible of the total area covered under the scheme

The proviso to the section allows the shares in paragraphs one to three to be altered depending on the nature of development, for reasons recorded in writing. Land allotted for parks and for social infrastructure may not later be changed by variation of the scheme except for a public purpose.

What is excepted, quoted

Maintain average 50% deduction except gauchar land, water bodies, religious places, burial ground, kabrastan, crematorium and samshan.
Apex Authority (GIDB) Notification No. SIRAA/06/2013/439 dated 24-10-2013 sanctioning Dholera Draft Town Planning Scheme No. 3, SCHEDULE, item 5, notif_dtps3.pdf p.2, verbatim OFFICIAL

Average deduction across the scheme is 50 per cent. Gauchar (village grazing) land, water bodies, religious places, burial ground, kabrastan, crematorium and samshan are excepted from that deduction.

Verify and reconstitute the survey number 182/P (Pond) of village Otariya without deduction.
Apex Authority (GIDB) Notification No. SIRAA/06/2013/439 dated 24-10-2013, SCHEDULE, item 6, notif_dtps3.pdf p.2, verbatim OFFICIAL

This is the only parcel anywhere in the source set that is named individually and given a class treatment of its own. It belongs to Otariya, one of the eight part villages of scheme 3. Gauchar is named in the exception above, but no supplied document defines what gauchar is, which is the distinction the next section sets out.

Classes the source set does not define

Old tenure and new tenure, juni sharat and navi sharat, restricted tenure, agricultural land and non agricultural land are the classes that most often decide what may lawfully be done with a parcel. None of them is defined, used, or even mentioned once in either dataset behind this atlas.

That claim is checked mechanically. When this site is generated, the build searches the raw text of both dataset files for each term and prints the count it finds. The table below is that search result, not an assertion.

Term audit, computed against the two dataset files at build time *Source: a case insensitive search of the two dataset files, run by build.py on every build. The result is written to data/land-class-term-audit.csv.*
Term	Class it would name	Hits in tp-schemes.json	Verdict
old tenure	juni sharat, unrestricted holding	0	not in source set
juni sharat	old tenure, the Gujarati term	0	not in source set
new tenure	navi sharat, restricted holding	0	not in source set
navi sharat	new tenure, the Gujarati term	0	not in source set
restricted tenure	a holding whose transfer needs permission	0	not in source set
agricultural land	land held for cultivation	0	not in source set
non-agricultural	land permitted for building use	0	not in source set
premium	the sum payable to release a restriction	0	not in source set
gauchar	grazing land reserved to a village	2	present
original plot	the parcel as it stood before the scheme	15	present
final plot	the parcel allotted back after the scheme	17	present
reconstitut	the act of reshaping a plot under the scheme	7	present
deduction	land taken from the plot under the scheme	21	present
betterment	the contribution levied on the increment in value	7	present

Solid bands are classes with a provision behind them in the source set. Broken bands are classes with none. Drawn at build time from the audit above.

Gauchar is the one borderline case. It is named, in the list of land excepted from the deduction directed for scheme 3, and it is glossed in the dataset as village grazing land. It is never defined, and no supplied instrument states who holds it, how it is recorded, or what may be done with it.

This atlas will not supply the missing definitions from memory. A statutory class stated without its instrument, its section and its page is worth nothing to anyone deciding anything, and inventing one would be worse than the gap. The source register lists every document that was available; when an instrument that carries these classes enters that register, these rows will fill.

See the source register for the documents this atlas actually holds, and the methodology page for the complete list of declared limitations.