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39. If at any time the tenant makes an application to the Mamlatdar and satisfies Application him that the landlord has failed to comply within a reasonable time with the provisions of for recovery of section 37, the tenant shall be entitled on a direction by the Mamlatdar to obtain immediate possession by tenant. possession of the land and to such compensation as may be awarded by the Mamlatdar, for any loss caused to the tenant by eviction and by failure on the part of the landlord to restore or give possession of the land to him as required by section 37. 1. Sub-sections (6) to (9) shall be and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect on and from the 13th December, 1960, by Guj. 36 of 1965, s. 6(2) and were renumbered as sub-sections (5A to 5D) with effect on and from the date on which they were inserted by Guj. 15 of 1969, s. 3. 2. Sub-section (5A) was deleted by Guj. 5 of 1973, s. 15 (iv). 3. The words "that the land shall be restored to the possession of the transferor and" were deleted, ibid., s. 15(v). 4. Sub-section (6) was inserted by Guj. 24 of 1965, s. 8. 5. These brackets, figures, letter and word were substituted for the brackets and figure "(1)" by Guj. 5 of 1973, s. 15 (vi). The Gujarat Tenancy And Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 53 Continuance