Rajasthan Tables Disturbed Areas Bill To Curb 'Improper Clustering'

Last Updated:February 26, 2026, 11:25 IST

Rajasthan government tables the Disturbed Areas Bill to prevent improper clustering.

The Rajasthan government on Wednesday tabled the Disturbed Areas Bill, with the aim of “safeguarding the demographic equilibrium and social harmony of Rajasthan" and to check “improper clustering".

Tabling the bill, the Rajasthan government highlighted that The Rajasthan Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provision for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in Disturbed Areas Act “aims to prevent ‘improper clustering,’ which refers to the concentration of a single community due to coercive or distress-driven circumstances that may lead to communal tension or the erosion of a locality’s mixed-community character."

“By declaring certain transfers null and void and requiring the competent authority’s previous sanction to transfer property in a disturbed area, the State intends to ensure that property sales in such areas are conducted with free consent and at fair market value," it said.

‘LACK OF PUBLIC HARMONY’ 

Last month, Law Minister Jogaram Patel had stated that in many areas of Rajasthan, the widespread impact of increasing population of a particular community, demographic imbalance, and a lack of public harmony was seen in society.

“In many areas of our state, the widespread impact of increasing population of a particular community, demographic imbalance, communal tension, and a lack of public harmony has been seen in society for quite some time", as quoted by The Indian Express.

WHAT IS ‘IMROPER CLUSTERING?’

The Disturbed Areas Bill highlights that “‘improper clustering of persons of one community’ means concentration or congregation of persons of a community in any locality or area arising from coercive, distress-driven, or otherwise unhealthy circumstances, or which causes or is likely to cause demographic imbalance, segregation, communal tension, or disturbance of public order, social harmony or the mixed-community character of the locality or area."

Violation of provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act will lead to 3–5 years of imprisonment as well as a minimum fine of Rs 1 lakh or 10 per cent of the fair value of the property, whichever is higher.

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