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Payments for land occupied without consent of land- lord.—Any person in pdpsession of land occupied without the consent of the landlord shall be liable to pay for the use of occupation of that land at the rate of rent payable in the preceding agricultural year, or if rent was not payable in that year, at such rate as the Court may determine to be fair and equitable. Case Law Section 14-Mesne profits—Recovery of—Petitioner Purchasing land in good faith from a person who sold them in bad faith- Petitioners occupied the land with the consent of those purporting to be the owners-The person who illegally and wrongly alienated the land not a party in the suit- -No relationship of owner and tenant between respondent and the petitioners-Relying Shimla Banking and Industries case- Based on lis pendens based on maxim pendente lite, nihil innoveture meaning that pending the suit nothing should be changed-Held ignorance is no excuse, but willful and blatant deception also should not be rewarded-Held further section 14 of Punjab TenancyAct not applicable in the present case and petitioners not liable to pay mense profits.; Jai Singh & ors. v. Smt. Reshma and anr.: 2003(2) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (F. C. Hry) 354 S. 14—Plaintiff was in cultivating possession as co-sharer—Plaintiff impugns the orders of D.D.P.O. imposing penalty of Rs. 1,78,000/- for use and occupation for period for which no rent had been paid as well as passed order of eviction—Trial Court dismissed the suit as order of DDPO, (as Collector) was binding on the plaintiff—Lower appellate Court accepted the appeal slashed the amount of penalty equal to the loss accrued to the Gram Panchayats and it comes to Rs. 4,500/- per year. for two years—Held--Unauthorised occupant is liable to pay at the rate of rent payable and in case no rent is payable, as decided by the Court—Tenancy Act comes to rescue—Calculation of lease money done by the lower appellate Court seems to be proper—No illegality or infirmity is discernible—Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964—Rule 29-A; 1995(2) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER 258. • THE PUNJAB TENANCY ACT, 1887 13 1Sections:- 15 -18 92 Section 14(A)(ii)—Recovery of rent from tenant—Ejectment of tenant—Once the land is declared surplus, it vests in State—Landowner had no right to seek ejectment of the tenant—No grounds to vary the orders of F.C. or to differ with same.; Sarup Singh v. The Financial Commissioner, Haryana ; 1998(1) ALL INDIA LAND LAWS REPORTER (P&H) 452