Maximum Rent after Survey & Settlement

(1) The provisions of this section shall come into force in any area with effect from such date as may be fixed specially by notification. (2) In any area in which a survey and settlement of agricultural lands have been completed in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any other law, the maximum rent payable by a tenant to a landlord shall be such multiples of the land revenue, not exceeding five, as may be prescribed for each area. (3) Where the maximum rent has been fixed under sub-section (2) the Mamlatdar shall, for each village or group of villages or for any area in such village or group within his jurisdiction fix the rate of rent payable by the tenant for the lease of different classes of land situated in such village, group or area, as the case may be. (4) The rate of rent so fixed shall continue for a period of 5 years and shall be liable to be revised by Government thereafter at the end of each successive period of 5 years; provided that the rate of rent so fixed, if not revised at the end of next period, shall continue until it is so revised. (5) The rent payable by a tenant to his landlord in respect of any land in a village, or group of villages of area, shall be at the rate fixed under sub-section (3): Provided that the Mamlatdar may at any time during any such period of five years, on an application made to him in this behalf and after hearing the landlord or the tenant as the case may be — (i) reduce the rent, if he is satisfied that on account of the deterioration by flood, or other cause beyond the control of the tenant, the land has been wholly or partially rendered unfit for cultivation, or (ii) subject to the maximum fixed under sub-section (2), enhance the rent, if he is satisfied that on account of any improvement made in the land, at the expense of the landlord, there has been an increase in the agricultural produce thereof. (6) Until the rent is fixed in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sub-sections a tenant shall, subject to the maximum provided under sub-section (2), be liable to pay rent to the landlord at the rate at which it was payable immediately before the date referred to in sub-section (1). (7) The rent payable under this section shall, at the option of the landlord, be payable in kind at such conversion rates as may be fixed by the Government by notification from time to time. The Tribunal shall in any application, appeal or other proceeding filed before it have all the powers which are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure 1908. After the survey operations are over, the charge of the boundary marks and survey marks shall devolve on the Collector, and it shall be his duty to take measures for their constructions, laying out, maintenance and repair and for this purpose the powers conferred on survey officers by Rule 21 shall vest in him.