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Power to evict allottee.- If a person to whom land has been allotted under the provisions of section 18,--- (i) makes a breach of any of the terms and conditions subject to which allotment has been made; or (ii) furnishes any information which is false or which he knows or believes to be false or which he does not believe to be true; or (iii) fails to pay any dues in respect of the land allotted to him; or H. P. BHOODAN YAGNA ACT, 1977 9 (iv) fails without sufficient cause to cultivate such land (if the land has been allotted for cultivation purposes) for two consecutive years; or (v) fails to deliver back the possession of the land to the Board or the Gram Sabha, as the case may be, after the expiry of the term of the allotment; the Board may make an application to the prescribed authority for cancelling the allotment and thereupon the prescribed authority may, after making such inquiry as it deems fit and after giving the allottee an opportunity to be heard, cancel the allotment and restore possession of the land to the Board after ejecting the allottee or any other person found in possession of the land: Provided that in the case of ejectment of an allottee on the grounds mentioned under clause (ii) of this section, such allottee shall also be liable to pay a penal rent at the rate of fifty rupees per bigha, in respect of the land allotted to him and such rent shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.