Restoration of possession to cultivators evicted on or after expiration of Act 1 of 1975.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other officer or authority and subject to the provisions of this Act, every cultivator who had been evicted from any land on or after the expiration of the Sikkim Cultivators Protection (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1975 but before the commencement of this Act on any ground shall, on an application made to the prescribed authority within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act, be entitled to be restored to the possession of such land and to hold it with all the rights and subject to all the liabilities of a cultivator under the provisions of this Act: Provided that any application received after the period of three months aforesaid, may be received after the said period if the prescribed authority is satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making the application within the said period of three months.