Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Added by Act No.III of 1954. Persons not entitled under section 34 deemed in certain circumstances to be protected tenants. [Act No.XXI of 1950] 35 appeal or by the Board of Revenue on second appeal, the tenant shall be deemed to be a protected tenant. (3) The rights as a protected tenant of a person deemed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) to be a protected tenant shall be recorded in the Record of Rights or, where there is no Record of Rights, in such village record as may be prescribed. 44[37-A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, every person who at the commencement of the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Amendment) Act, 1955 holds as tenant any land in respect of which he is not deemed to be a protected tenant under this Act, shall be deemed to be a protected tenant if the total area of the land owned by the land-holder including the land under the cultivation of his tenants is more than three times the area of a family holding for the local area concerned: Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the rights of any other person who already holds a protected tenancy certificate in respect of such land or whose rights as protected tenant are under investigation before a competent authority, if such other person applies to the Tribunal for safeguarding his rights within a period of six months from the commencement of the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Amendment) Act, 1955. (2) The rights as a protected tenant of a person deemed under sub-section (1) to be a protected tenant shall be recorded in the Record of Rights or, where there is no Record of Rights, in such village record as may be prescribed.]