Procedure before the Land Tribunal

(1) As soon as may be after the receipt of the application under section 54, the Land Tribunal shall give notice to the landowner, the intermediaries and all other persons interested in the holding, to prefer claims or objections with regard to the application. The Land Tribunal shall also by notice inform the landowner or the intermediary, if such landowner or intermediary is entitled to resumption and has not already applied for such resumption, that he may apply for resumption. (2) The Land Tribunal shall, after considering the claims and objections received and hearing any person appearing in pursuance of the notice issued under sub-section (1) and after making due enquiries, pass orders-(i) on the application, if any, whether pending before it or filed in pursuance of the notice under sub-section (1) from the landowner or intermediary for resumption, in accordance with the provisions of section 22; and (ii) on the application for purchase under section 54. (3) Where the cultivating tenant is entitled to purchase only a portion of the land left after resumption, the Land Tribunal shall, as far as possible, allow the purchase of the portion indicated in the application under sub-section (3) of section 54. (4) An order under clause (ii) of sub-section (2) allowing the application shall specify-(i) the purchase price payable by the cultivating tenant; (ii) the amount due to the landowner and each of the intermediaries, if any, on the apportionment of the purchase price paid by the cultivating tenant; (iii) the value of encumbrances subsisting or claims for maintenance or alimony charged on the right, title and interest of the landowner and the intermediaries, if any; (iv) the amounts payable to the holder of the encumbrance or the person entitled to the maintenance or alimony; and (v) the amount payable to the landowner and each of the intermediaries after deducting the value of the encumbrance or the claims for maintenance or alimony. (5) If the landowner or intermediary is liable to pay any amount to the cultivating tenant under this Act, the Land Tribunal shall, in passing orders on the application for purchase, set off such amount against the purchase price payable to the landowner or the intermediary. (6) The Land Tribunal shall, as soon as may be, forward a copy of the orders under sub-section (2) to the Land Board.