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Any person unauthorisedly occupying or wrongfully in possession of any land, (a) the transfer of which either by the act of parties or by the operation of law is invalid under the provisions of this Ordinnce, (b) the management of which has been assumed under the said provisions, or (c) to the use and occupation of which he is not entitled under the said provisions and the said provisions do not provide for the eviction of such persons, may be summarily evicted by the Collector. 1[75A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 75, where the Collector suo moto or on the application of any person, has reason to believe that, in the breach of the provisions of clause (a), (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of section 54, transfer of the land has taken place in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist or in favour of any institution, the Collector shall issue a notice to such person or institution and, after affording an opportunity of being heard, decide whether the transfer of the land is valid or not. (2) If the Collector comes to a decision that the transfer of such land is not valid then he shall pass an order thereby imposing the penalty of three times the amount of the prevailing Jantri of such land on the person or the institution in whose favour such land is not validly transferred. Explanation.—For the purpose of this Ordinance, the expression “Jantri” means the index of base market values as may be determined by the State Government from time to time.]