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The r e n t op a ho ]din or shall not be enhanced except in accord- ance with the provisions of this section. (?) The rent may be enhanced by a contract provided such con’ tract is reduced into writing and is registered ; 5 A landlord may make an application to the Court having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for ejectment in respect of the holding, for fixing a fair and equitable rate of rent for the holding, and thereupon the Court shall issue notice of such application upon the tenant and after considering such evidence as the parties may produce before it, pass an order fixing the amount of rent payable for the holding, and such order shall, subject to appeal, be binding • ' — " ■ ■ the of not be of ten Compensa tion < ejectment. * Ascertain ment and payment of o f compensation, if any, payable under compensa- . . . . . . . tion. Landlord’s dues to set off. be on both the landlord and the tenant with effect from the date application filed by the landlord : Provided always— (a) that the rent previously payable for the holding shall enhanced by more than three annas in the rupee, (Z>) that no enhancement shall be made within a period years from the date of the next previous enhancement by contract or by order of the Court, and (c) that the Court may in any case refuse to grant an enhancement for sufficient reasons to be recorded by it. (z'l) The order passed by the Court on an application made under this section shall have the effect of a decree and shall be appeal able.