Permission for conversion or alienation

(1) Any person desiring to convert an orchard to any other purpose or to alienate any orchard or any portion thereof may apply to the Government or the officer authorised in this behalf in such form as may be prescribed. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Government or the authorised officer may, after making such inquiry as it or he deems necessary and after satisfying itself or himself that the conversion or alienation is not against the public interest or the development of the fruit industry in the State, grant the permission applied for subject to such conditions as it or he may deem fit to impose or refuse to grant such permission. (3) The order made under sub-section (2) shall be final.