Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If the holding of an owner included in a scheme of consolidation which has come into force under section 23 is burdened with a lease, the Consolidation Officer shall by an order in writing determine whether such lease shall or shall not be transferred therefrom. A copy of the order passed by the Consolidation Officer under this sub-section shall be affixed to a place near the holding and shall also be published in the prescribed manner. (2) If the Consolidation Officer determines that such lease shall be transferred from the original holding it shall attach itself to the holding allotted to the owner under the scheme or such part of it as the Consolidation Officer may, subject to any rules made under section 47, appoint and the lessee shall exercise his rights accordingly. The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 31 shall apply to such lease as if the lease were a mortgage or other encumbrance. (3) If the Consolidation Officer determines that such lease shall not be transferred from the original holding it shall remain attached thereto, and the owner to whom such holding is allotted under the scheme shall hold it subject to such lease; and the provisions of 16[the Telangana Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950] shall so far as may be, notwithstanding the change in ownership, apply to such lease; and the rights and liabilities of such owner and the lessee shall be governed by the provisions of the said Act as between the landlord and his tenant: