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Grant of Ryotwari Pattas - (1) As soon as may be after commencement of this Act and subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), the Tahsildar may suo motu and shall, on application by a person or an institution, after serving a notice in the prescribed manner on all the persons or institutions interested in the grant of ryotwari pattas in respect of the inam lands concerned and after giving them a reasonable opportunity of being heard and examining all the relevant records, determine the persons or institutions entitled to ryotwari pattas in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 and grant them ryotwari patta in the prescribed form. 1[“Provided that, no person shall be entitled to Ryotwari patta in respect of any Inam land and given to a service holder or other employee of an Institution or endowment or tenant having permanent occupancy rights, alienee or any other manner. Provided further that, notwithstanding any thing inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or any instrument having effect by virtue of any such law, judgment, decree compromiose, order of any judicial or quasi- judicial authority, any, Ryotwari Patta granted before the commencement of this (Amendment) Act, 2011 to any service holder or other employee of a charitable or religious institution or endowment shall be valid so long as themselves or their lineal qualified descendants render service for which the inam is given; Provided also that if the Ryotwari pattadar on his lineal descendent or their alienee failed to render service for the institution for which the land is given, then the person in possession of land shall be evicted buy involking the provisions of law relevant to such institution; 1 . Added by the Act No.16 of 2013 Provided also that the Ryotwari patta granded to tenant, alienee or to any other person in any capacity in any other manner over such inam land is null and void and he shall be deemed as on encroacher who shall be dealt with suitably by the relevant laws applicable to such charitable or religious institution or endowment.”.] (2) Any person or institution aggrieved by the grant of a ryotwari patta by the Tahsildar under Sub-section (1) may appeal to the Revenue Court within sixty days from the date of such grant, and the Revenue Court may, after giving the parties to the appeal a reasonable opportunity of being heard pass such orders on the appeal as it thinks fit. (3) The decision of the Revenue Court under Sub-section (2) and where no appeal is filed, the decision of the Tahsildar under sub-section (1) shall be final. (4) Where the Revenue Court declares under sub-section (2) that a person or an institution different from the person or institution to whom a Tahsildar has granted a ryotwari patta under sub-section (1) is entitled to a ryotwari patta the Tahsildar shall cancel the ryotwari patta granted by him and grant a fresh ryotwari patta in accordance with the decision of the Revenue Court under sub-section (2). (5) In the case of inam lands held by an inamdar other than an institution in an inam village, if an application is filed under sub-section (2) of Section 5 within the period specified in that sub-section, no tenant or inamdar shall be granted a ryotwari patta under sub-section, (1) until the decision of the Revenue Court under Sub-section (3) Section 5 or of the Collector under Sub- section (5) of that Section, as the case may be, is given.