Power of court to set aside sales of immovable property in certain cases.

Where in execution of any decree, any immovable property in which any person entitled to the benefits of the Tamil Nadu Agriculturists Relief (Amendment) Act, 1972, had an interest, has been sold or foreclosed on or after the 1st March 1972, and the sale has not been confirmed before the publication of the said Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, or ninety days have not elapsed from the confirmation of the sale or from the foreclosure, at such publication, then, notwithstanding anything contained in the Limitation Act, 1963 (Central Act 36 of 1963), or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908), and notwithstanding that the sale has been confirmed, any judgment-debtor claiming to be entitled to the benefits of the said Act, may apply to the court within ninety days of such publication or of the confirmation of the sale, whichever is later, to set aside the sale or foreclosure of the property, and the court shall, if satisfied that the applicant is a person entitled to the benefits of the said Act, order the sale or foreclosure to be set aside, and thereupon the sale or foreclosure shall be deemed not to have taken place at all: Provided that no such order shall be made without notice to the decree-holder, the auction-purchaser, and other persons interested in such sale or foreclosure and without affording them an opportunity to be heard in the matter.