Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
On the basis of the return furnished under sub-section Authoriz~d oBcer to take (1) of section 61 or on the basis of the return furnished Forsession under sub-section (2) of that section, and the additional of land in prrrticular;, if any, furnished under that sub-section, or excess of the , .. the basis of the informa tion obtained by the authorized culi iva; ing 3 officer under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 61, tailant's and the orders passed on the representation and the evi- ceiling a r s . den=, ifady, under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of that section, the authorized oflicer shall, subject to s ~ c h r~iles as may be made in this behalf and subject to the rights of the owner of the land, take passersion on behalf of the ~oviinment, of the land held by the person as culti- vating ten& and in excess of the cultivating tenant's ceiling area : :~. -'"at 1 $:*' , . , x i . .! ,. ,* * < ~ravidddi \that 6he authorized tisffier : shall not take posseki*n of such land unless he hasigven a reasonable opportunity of !being heard to the land otvner and the cultivating tenant concerned : Provided further that the authorized officer shall give in such manner as may be prescribed, not less that three months' r *notice in writing intimating the cultivating tenant . pf .his decision to take ppsssssion of the land a& the noti& shall expire with the end of the agricultural year in which such notice is given : '[Provided further that the authorized office1 may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, Wmit the possession ' of thwland. held by the pcrson as cultivating tenant and in ex&ss of the cultivdting :enant's7&iling area$ the total extent of such excess land does" not exceed half an acre in the case of wet land and one acre in the case of dry land, irrespective of the assessment of such land :] Provided also that where there is any crop standing > on such land on tllc date of the expiry of the notice afore- said, the autl~orizzd officer lna y postpo~lc: taki ilg p u b s ;;,iutl 4 of the land and pcrll~it the harvest of sucli crop by tlic * person who ha3 raised such crop. 1 1 Th's proviso was i r ser'ed by section 3 (10) of the Tarnil Nadu Lard Reforms (F~xation of Ceiling on Land) Stci - 4 Amer.dment Act, 1972 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 c.f 1972) wh.ch was deemed to have come in!o force on the 1st March 1972 1050 Land Reforms (Fixation of [I961 : T.N. At Ceiling on Lavd) Liabil i ty d