Splitting up of joint pattas

(1) Every joint patta granted to, or held by, joint pattadars immediately before the commencement of this Act, except the granted to, or held by, a Hindu joint family, shall be split up in the manner provided in sub-sections (2) and (3). (2) Every joint pattadar shall be entitled for the grant of a separate patta to him in respect of his share of land in the joint holding. (3) The Tahsildar shall, after publishing notice in the manner prescribed calling upon the joint pattadars and other persons known or believed to be interested in the grant of separate pattas and after holding an inquiry in the manner prescribed, by order determine the share of land of each pattadar in the join holding and grant him a separate patta for that share. The Tahsildar shall thereafter get the shares of the land sub-divided, where necessary, in the manner prescribed. The costs incurred by the Government in connection with such sub-division shall be determined and recovered in the manner prescribed from the pattadars concerned in proportion of their shares (4) No person shall be registered in the revenue records as a joint pattadar or granted joint patta in respect of a holding except in the case of a Hindu joint family.