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Substituted for the words ―within a period of one year from the commencement of the said Act‖, by A.P Act V of 1957. Land holder‘s right to terminate protected tenancy. 50 [Act No.XXI of 1950] certificate to the land-holder in the prescribed manner to the effect that the lands have been so reserved. The right to terminate tenancy shall be exercisable only in respect of the lands specified in the certificate as so reserved and shall not extend to any other land.] (2) The landholder‘s right to terminate tenancy of any protected tenant under sub-section (1) shall be limited to an area which shall after such termination, leave with the protected tenant an area, which together with the land owned by him or cultivated by him as a protected tenant, is equal to a basic holding for the local area concerned: Provided that, where by such resumption the land that will be left with protected tenant together with other land owned or cultivated by him will be less than a basic holding, the landholder‘s right of terminating the tenancy, shall be limited to half the area of land leased out by him to the said protected tenant: Provided further, that where the land owned by a land- holder does not exceed a basic holding he will be entitled to resume the entire land leased by him. (3) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall entitle the land- holder to resume more than a family holding unless the income by the cultivation of such land will be the main source of income of the landholder for his maintenance. (4) The Government shall provide by rules for:— (i) manner of conducting enquiries into the applications for resumption; [Act No.XXI of 1950] 51 57[(ii) the manner of filing reservation statement of lands reserved for resumption and the issue of certificate by the Deputy Collector;] 58[(iii) securing as far as possible contiguous blocks to the landholder, or the protected tenant;] 57[(iv)] exchange and consolidation of fragments to secure as far as possible contiguous blocks to the land holder, or the protected tenant; 57[(v)] time when the resumption will take effect; (vi) any other matter as may be considered necessary for giving effect to the provisions of this section. (5) (a) The right of termination of the tenancy of any protected tenant under sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall cease after five years from the date of the commencement of the Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Amendment) Act, 1954. (b) The tenancy in respect of the land left with the protected tenant after termination under this section shall not at any time be liable to be terminated on the ground that the landholder bonafide requires the said land for the purpose specified in sub-section (1). (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section a protected tenant 57[of any land reserved for resumption under sub-section (1)] shall be entitled within the said period of five years to exercise his right to purchase under section 38 the land held by a landholder in excess of two family holdings, provided that such landholder before the