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After Section 54 of the principal Act the following shall be inserted as new Section 54 A, namely:— “54 A. (1) Without prejudice to any provision in any oth er law for the time being in force rela ting to restoration of possession, whenever a tenant or under-tenant referred to in Section 20 of this Act is ejected or caused to be ejected from his holding except in execution of a decree for eject ment passed by a com petent Civil Court or when ever the cultivation of land by a ten ant or under ten ant is terminated or caused to be terminated by the landlord or by anybody else, then the tenant or under-tenant concerned may apply to the Revenue Officer having jurisdiction in the area within 90 days of such ejectment or termination, as the case may be, or in case where such ejectment or ter mination has taken place after the com ing into force of the Assam ( Tem porarily Settled Areas) Rs. OTO Paise only 2 Tenancy Act, 1971, but before the coming into force of the Assam ( Temporarily Settled Areas ) Tenancy (Am endment) Act, 1974, within 90 days from the date of coming into force of the Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy (Amendm ent) Act, 1974, for restoration of possession and the Revenue Officer may, after such enquiry as he may find it necessary and after issuing notice to the landlord or the person preventing the cultivation of land by the tenant or under-tenant, order oi direct that the tenant or under-tenant be restored to the possession of the land. . (2) On the order passed under the preceding sub-section becoming final under sub-section (2) of Section 67, the landlord or any other person against whom the order is passed shall immediate ly restore possession to the tenant or under-tenante, as the case may be, If the landlord or the person, against whom the ord er is directed, does not res tore the possession within 7 days from the date of the order becoming final then the Revenue Officer, on application by the tenant or under-tenant con cerned, shall himself take possession of the holding and deliver it to Such ten ant or under-tenant, as the case may be.”