Application for partition

Application for partition.-Any joint holder of land or any joint tenant of a tenancy in which a right of occupancy or protected tenancy subsists, or any mortgagee with possession of the share of such holder or tenant, may apply to a Revenue officer for partition of his share in the land or tenancy, as the case may be, if-

1. (a) at the date of the application the share is recorded under Chapter IV as belonging to him, or
2. (b) the right has been established by a decree which is still subsisting at that date, or
3. (c) a written acknowledgement of that right has been executed by all persons interested in the admission or denial thereof.