Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Division of holding and distribution of rent – (1) A holding may be sub-divided and the rent thereof distributed with the consent of the landlord and the village headman or mulraiyat, if any. (2) When a holding has been the subject of partition or sub-division by an order of a Court or otherwise and if the parties to the partition are unable to distribute the rent of the holding by agreement amongst themselves and with the consent of the landlord and the village headman or mulraiyat, if any, any of the parties may apply to the Deputy Commissioner to distribute the rent of the holding. (3) (a) On receipt of such an application, the Deputy Commissioner shall serve on each of the person interested in the application, other than the applicant, a notice of the date on which he intends to hear the application. Explanation. – For the purposes of this clause, the landlord and the village headman or mulraiyat, if any, shall be deemed to be persons interested in the application. (b) After serving the notice required by clause (a) and hearing the parities and holding such enquiry as he thinks fit, the Deputy Commissioner.