Agricultural land under pre-emption law included a tea garden, and the statutory challenge failed.

The pre-emption statute's definition of agricultural land was read together with the definition of land in the Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900. Applying those definitions to the facts, the tea garden property was treated as falling within the statutory meaning of agricultural land. As both lower courts had reached that conclusion, the Privy Council found no basis to interfere and upheld the determination that the property was agricultural land for pre-emption purposes.

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Issues: Whether the tea estate property in suit was agricultural land within the meaning of the pre-emption law.

Analysis: The definition of agricultural land under the pre-emption statute was read with the definition of land in the Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900. On the facts, both courts had held that the tea garden fell within that definition, and the Board found no reason to disturb that conclusion.

Conclusion: The property was agricultural land within the statutory meaning, and the challenge failed.

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