Application to set aside sale of immovable property on ground of non-service of notice or irregularity

(1) Where immovable property has been sold in execution of a certificate, the certificate-holder, the certificate-debtor, or any person whose interests are affected by the sale, may, at any time within sixty days from the date of sale, apply to the Certificate Officer to set aside the sale on the ground that notice was not served under section 7 or on the ground of a material irregularity in the certificate proceedings or in publishing or conducting the sale: Provided as follows:— (a) no sale shall be set aside on any such ground unless the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the applicant has sustained substantial injury by reason of the non service or irregularity; and (b) an application made by a certificate-debtor under this section shall be disallowed unless the applicant either deposits the amount recoverable from him in execution of the certificate or satisfies the Certificate Officer that he is not liable to pay such amount. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Certificate Officer may entertain an application made after the expiry of sixty days from the date of the sale if he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing. Where the property is immovable, no attachment need be made before sale.