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Duration of reduction of rent.-Where rent has been reduced under Section 50, no further reduction of rent shall be granted on the same ground unbtil a fresh record-of-rights is prepared under the Santal Parganas Settlement Regulation, or until fresh table of rates and rent-roll are published under Santal Parganas Rent Regulation, 1886. COMMENT Section 51- matter involving a disputed question of fact as to who is in possession over the land in question confirmation of Patta by SDO- Petitioner may avail alternative remedy to appeal as provided under the Act.(Chandersekher Singh v. State of Jharkhand, 2002 (1) JCR 438: 2002 (3) JLJR 216]. 52 Penalty for exaction by landlord, etc., from tenant of anything in excess of the rent payable.- (1) If a landlord or his agent exacts or levies from a raiyat, village headman, or mulraiyat under such landlord, or if a village headman or mulraiyat exacts or levies from a raiyat under such village headman or mulraiyat, any toll, abwab, salami, Kayali, or forced labour or, except as provided in this Act or any special enactment for the time being in force, any sum of money or anything in excess of the rent or local cess lawfully payable by such raiyat, village headman or mulraiyat and the interest payable on an arrear of such rent or cess, such landlord or his agent, or village headman, or mulraiyat , as the case may be, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a a term which may extend to six months ,or with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. (2) An offence under sub-section (1) shall be bail able , and shall be compoundable with the leave of the Court. COMMENT Section 52- Mutation fee. –Exaction of anything in excess of rent by landlord from the tenant is made penal. Ex-landlord (Rohini Estate), which later on vested in State of Bihar, realised ¼ of consideration money as “Chouth”as mutation fee and similar demand made by State under Section 52 of the Act, when it came into force, is illegal. State has no legal authorigty to ask transferee of Basouri lands to pay ¼ of consideration money as mutation fee. [Ashish Mukherjee v. State of v Bihar, 1988 PLJR 266]. CHAPTER VI ACQUISITION OF LAND BY LANDLORD FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES