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(1) Subject to the provisions d section 10, the Declaration Deputy Coinmissioner shall declzra as Bhumidhars pcrsons ~~a~~~~ holding the foliowing lands, namejy : - in favour of. proprietors (a) Khud Kasht land or a proprietor's grove in the and ,xPerio~ tracts to which the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, was ap- class of plicable or Sir land or Khud Kasht land or a prsprie- tenants, tor's grove in the tracts to ~ h i c h the Agra Tenawy ~ ~ f ; i ~ ~ ~ t Act, 1901, was applicable; revenue. , / 68 The Delhi Land Reforms Act. 1954 (Chapter III-A. D ~ ~ t i o n of Bhumidhmi rights, compensation and land Revenue) (b) land held by occupancy tenants under section 5 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, with right of trans- fer by sale; and (c) land heid under Fatta Dawami or Istamrari by tepnts with right of transfer by sale. 'E(2) For th-, plqoses of sub-secticn (I), ;h= Leputp Commissioner shall take into ccnsideratio~~ the enxlies in the revenue records which shall be presumed to be L - ~ L I ~ C ~ ----- uq- less the contrary is proved] : Provided thzl where land htId as Khud Kash'. by a proprietor beiovging t2 any of tkc categmies of persoas re- ferred to in sub-sectior, (3) of section 10 has bee2 belore the comnencemenr of this Act, let out to anotthec person by or on behalf of such poprietor, tile Revenue Assistant. on applicalion made to hirn in this behalf by or or? &haif of such proprietor withill six nsnths of the com-rr:ernent of this Aci and after givirg an apporlunity to the tenant of k i n heard, ~liall declare such land to be the proprietor's Khud Pasht for the parpcses cf this section. (3) While making a declaration under clauses (5) and (c) of sub-section (11, the Deputy Commissioaer s;~a!l orda the xcupanc1J tenant zr the Pattadar to deposit ir Govern. ment Treasury an ari;olun: equal to b u r times thz land reve- nue as ascertained in su3-soctim (4). for the area of wllic~ he is declared as Ehumidar as coispensaticx3 thereof. If hi: fails to dep~sit the arnouni withir; six months of the date of declaration, the same shall be realized as arrear QE land revenue.' The amount deposited or so realized shall be dis- ' bursed to tke proprietor under ;he order of the Revenue . Assistant. (4) Every person, who is decared as Bhumidhar under this section, shall, with effect from the cmmenc'ement of this Act, be liable to pay to the Government for land, held by him as such. on account of land revenue, an amount which shall proportionately correspmd to the land revenue payable immediately before the commencement of this Act for the area in respect of which he is declared Bhunlidhar, with due regard to the class of soil comprised therein. to- \ gether with the cesses and lccal rates. Sub-tenants