Bare Act
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Protection From Eviction) Act, 1989
The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants (Protection From Eviction) Act, 1989 is a temporary protective law designed to safeguard agricultural tenant farmers in Tamil Nadu from losing their land due to rent arrears accrued on or before February 20, 1989. It prohibits landlords and public trusts from initiating eviction proceedings or executing eviction decrees against cultivating tenants for unpaid rent. The legislation also stays all pending eviction suits and allows tenants evicted after October 1, 1986, to apply for restoration of land possession. By preventing immediate evictions and preserving tenant livelihoods, the Act offers crucial temporary relief to vulnerable agricultural workers across the state.
- 1. Short title, extent, duration and application
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Prohibition of eviction of cultivating tenants
- 4. Stay of certain proceedings
- 5. Computation of period of limitation
- 6. Resumption of proceedings after expiry of Act
- 7. Restoration of possession of cultivating tenants in certain cases
- 8. Act to override other laws
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