Damages

(1) If any person who is a lessee of any land vested or deemed to have been vested in a panchayat does not deliver to the panchayat vacant possession of the land, immediately after the expiry of the period he fails to do so, he liable to pay damages to the panchayat equivalent to twenty times, the amount which would have payable to the panchayat had the lease of such land continued during the period. (2) The provisions contained in sub- rule (1) shall be deemed to be one of the terms of each lease of land granted by the panchayat after the commencement of the Punjab Village Common Lands ( 3rd Amendment )Rules 1978