Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
First option to purchase land.—(1) If a landlord at any time intends to sell the land held by a tenant, he shall give notice in writing of the intention to such tenant and offer to sell the land to him. In case the latter intends to purchase the land, he shall intimate in writing his readiness to do so within two months from the date of receipt of such notice. (2) If there is any dispute about the reasonable price payable for the land, either the landlord or the tenant may apply in writing to the 1[Tahsildar]1 for determining the reasonable price; and the 1[Tahsildar]1 after giving notice to the other party and to all other persons interested in the land and after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, shall fix the reasonable price of the land which shall be the average of the prices obtaining for similar lands in the locality during the ten years immediately preceding the date on which the application is made.