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AMOUNT OF MAXIMUM RENT. - (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887), or in any agreement or usage or any decree or order of a court, the maximum rent payable by a tenant for any land held by him as such shall not exceed one-third of the crop of such land or the value thereof as determined in the prescribed manner, and where the customary rent is less than one-third the maximum rent shall 'be such customary rent. (2) In computing the maximum rent payable by a tenant, such portion of the rent, if any, as represents the consideration for services or facilities provided by the landowner In relation to the land shall not be taken into account. Case Law Section 12—Rent—Enhancement of—Tenants, cultivating land on a nominal rent since long—Enhancement sought by landlord on ground of increase in value of land and increase in agricultural produce due to modern cultivating methods— Held— As per prelvant custom, rent to be determined as 1/3 batai of actual produce instead of fixing it.; Ram Kumar v. Ram Nath : 2003(3) Land L.R. (F.C. • Haryana) 44 Sections 12 and 14- A(iii)—Tenancy—Rent—Illegal to. recover rent by way of 1/2 share of agricultural produce of the land under tenancy—A land lord cannot recover more than 1/3rd of such produce—Once tenancy is created, theka (lease money) cannot be claimed—Single default of non-payment of rent is sufficient to render the tenant liable for ejectment—Collecting rent in excess of maximum, alleged but, whether tenant has sufficient cause for non-payment is to be decided—Case remanded.; Apt Singh v. Mela Singh (Dead) through LRs. : 2002(3) Land L.R (FC., Pb.) 514