Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
NOtwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract, a thika tenant shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be liable to ejectment from his holding on one or more of the following grounds and not otherwise, namely :— (i) on the ground that he has failed to pay an arrear of rent due to the landlord in respect of the holding ; (ii) on the ground that he has used the land comprised in his holding in a manner which renders it unfit for any of the purposes mentioned in clause (5) of section 2 or that he has broken a condition consistent with this Act on breach of which he is, under the terms of a contract between him- self and his landlord, liable to be ejected; (iii) on the ground that he ,has refused to agree to pay rent at such enhanced rate as may be determined under section 25 ; (iv) except during any period limited by a registered lease under which a thika tenant may hold the land comprised in the holding, on the ground that the land is required by the landlord for his own occupation or for the purpose of building on the land or otherwise developing the land by discontinuing the system of letting to thika tenants; The Calcutta Thika Tenancy Act, 1949. 3 I I of 1949.] (Chapter 11—Incidents of thika tenancies.—Sections 4, 5.), on the ground that he has failed himself to use or occupy a major part of the holding for his own. residential, manufacturing or business purpose_ for more than six consecutive months; (vi,) when he holds the land comprised in the holding under a registered lease, on the ground that the term of the lease has expired.