Landholder to be entitled to recover land cess and costs

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a landholder or under-tenure holder under the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908 shall be entitled to recover, in addition to any sum recoverable by him under section 3— (a) the land cess, if any, paid by him and recoverable under section 88 of the Madras Local Boards Act, 1920; (b) the land revenue and water cess, if any, paid by him to the Provincial Government which the small holder was bound to pay by virtue of any law, custom, contract or decree of Court governing the tenancy; and (c) the costs awarded to him in any decree for rent obtained by him.