The Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act, 1950 · XI — GRANTS

Section 119. How to deal with resumable grant

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

119. How to deal with resumable grant.— If the trial court finds on Inquiry that the grant is resumable under section 118, it shall — (i) in a case to which the provisions of sub-clause (a) or (b) of clause (i), or clause (ii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of section 118 apply, declare the person in possession — (a) a hereditary tenant if, on the date of the application for resumption, such person has been in continuous occupation of such grant for twelve years or more; or (b) as holding without title, if the period of his occupation on such date is less than twelve years, and order his ejectment from such grant; and (ii) in a case to which the provisions of sub-clause (c) of clause (i) or clause (iii) of section 118 apply, order the ejectment of the grantee and appoint a suitable successor in office with or without the consent of the landlord, as the court deems fit. 120. Application of certain Chapters and sections to grantees . — (1) A grantee may — (i) obtain a declaration of his status; (ii) make improvements and claim compensation therefore; (iii) plant trees; (iv) claim reinstatement in his holding, if wrongfully dispossessed; and (v) eject a person taking or retaining possession of his land in contravention of the provisions of this Act and claim damages — and the respective provisions of the Act relating to such matters shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to him as they apply to a hereditary tenant. (2) The provisions of Parts II and III of Chapter VIII and of section 62 and sections 108 to 110 and sections 164 to 168 shall, mutatis mutandis , apply to a grantee at a favourable rate of rent as they apply to a hereditary tenant. (3) The provisions of sections 88, 89 and 111 and of Chapters XIV and XV, so far as they are applicable, shall apply to a grantee as they apply to a hereditary tenant. (4) The amount of a decree for arrears of rent passed against a grantee at a favourable rate of rent, if not satisfied within four months of the date on which such decree becomes final, shall, on an application to the tahsildar, be recovered under sections 88 and 89 as if it were a sum due on account of sayar and paid to the person entitled.

Source: India Code