Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Sub-sections (1A) and (1B) were inserted by Guj. 5 of 1973, s. 15(i). Fragment in excess of economic holding or ceiling area may be permitted to remain with holder. Landlord to restore possession if he fails to cultivate within one year. 50 The Gujarat Tenancy And Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 [1948 : Bom. LXVII If within three months of the receipt of such offer the tenant accepts such offer the landlord shall forthwith restore possession of the land to the tenant and if within the said period the tenent refuses in writing or fails to accept the tenancy, the land shall vest in the State Government free from all encumbrances lawfully subsisting thereon on the dfate of such vesting.] (2) After the tenant has recovered possession under sub-section 1[(1) or (1B)] he shall, subject to the provisions of this Act hold such land on the same terms and conditions on which he held it at the time his tenancy was terminated. (3) If the landlord has failed to restore possession of the land to the tenant as provided in sub-section 1[(1) or (1B)] he shall be liable to pay such compensation to the tenant as may be determined by the Mamlatdar for the loss suffered by the tenant on account of eviction. 2[(4) Where before the commencement of the Amending Act, 1955, a landlord in accordance with the provision of this Act as then in force has terminated, the tenancy of any land by giving notice to the tenant that he required the land for cultivating personally or for any non-agricultural purpose and has taken possession of the land, whether before or after such commencement, then if he fails to use the land for the purpose specified in the notice within one year from the date on which he took possession or cease to use it for the purpose specified in the notice at any time within twelve years from the date on which he took possession, the foregoing provisions of this section shall, notwithstanding any decree or order of a court or tribunal, apply to such failure or cessation, as the case may be, as if there had been a termination of the tenancy 3[under section 31, and where after the termination of tenancy as aforesaid the land has been tranferred to any person and the transfer is inconsistant with the ground on which the tenancy of the land was terminated, the transfer shall be invalid and the person shall be deemed to be unauthorisedly occupying the land.] (5) Whereas a failure or cessation referred to in sub-section (4) has taken place before the date of the coming into force of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1960, the liability of the landlord under sub-section 1[(1) or (1B)] to restore posssession of the land to the tenant shall commence from that date.] 4[(5AA) Where in any case the transfer of any land has been declared to be invalid under sub-section (1A) or (4) and the transferee is deemed to be in unauthorised occupation of the land, such land shall be deemed to vest in the State Government on and from the date of such declaration, free from all encumbrances lawfully subsist in thereon on the said date.