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An under-rajjat shall, subject to the provisions which under o l this Act, be liable to ejectment on one or more of raiyat may be the following grounds and not otherwise, namely :— ejected. (a) on the ground that he has used the land in a mann.'r which renders it unfit for the purposes of the tenancy or that he has broken a condition consistent with this Act and on the breach of which he is, under the terms of the contract between himself and his landlord, liable to be ejecred ; (Z>) on the ground that he has failed to pay an arrear of rent; (c) on the ground that he refuses to agree to a fair and equitable enhancement of rent ; (</) on the ground, when he holds the land under a written lease, that the term of his lease has expired; 1 Inserted by Assam Act XXVII of 1953 25 (<?) on the ground, when he holds the land otherwise than under a written lease, that the tenai cy has been terminated by his landlord by six months’ notice expiring at the end of the agricultural year: Provided that.an under-raiyat, who at the common cement of [the Assam (Temporary-Settled Districts) Tenancy (Am endment ) Act, 1953 ] ’ held land [* *]s continuously for not less than [five years]1 2 3, shall not be liable to ejectm ent on the ground specified in clause («) unless the landlord has satisfied the Court th at he requires the land for his homestead or for cultivation by himself or by members of his family or by hired servants or labourers.