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(1) If after the commencement of this Regulation any tenant is disposed of any lands held by him otherwise than by process of law, he may within two years from the date of such dispossession apply to the Tehsildar for his reinstatement in such land. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1). The Tehsildar shall, after making an enquiry into the respective claims of the parties, pass order on the application and when he orders the restoration of possession to the tenant, put him in possession of the land. (3) The Tehsildar may, at any stage f the enquiry under sub- section 2, pass an interim order for delivery of possession of the land to the applicant, if he finds that the applicant was dispossessed by the opposite party within six months prior to the date of submission of the application under sub-section (1) and if possession in not delivered to the applicant, the Tehsildar shall cause the opposite party to be ejected. (4) When an interim order has been passed under sub-section (3), the opposite party may be required by the Tehsildar, to execute a bond for such sum a he may deem fit for abstaining from talking possession of the land until the final order is passed by him. (5) If the person executing the bond under sub-section (4), is found to have entered into, or taken possession of the land in contravation of the bond, the Tehsildar may forfeit the bond in whole or in part and may recover such amount from such person as an arrear of land revenue. (6) If the order passed under sub-section 2 is in favour of the applicant, the Tehsildar shall also award a reasonable compensation to be paid to the application by the opposite party. Provided that the amount of compensation shall not exceed ten times the land revenue payable in respect of the land for each year’s occupation. (7) Any compensation awarded under this section shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.