Rent for immovable property taken over

(1) Where any immovable property is taken over under this Act, the Government shall pay to the person interested such rent as may be fixed by the District Collector of the district in which the property has been taken over: Provided that where the property has been acquired with the aid of a Government grant, the rent shall be fixed by the District collector after taking the amount of the grant into account in the prescribed manner. (2) Where there is any dispute as to the title to receive the rent aforesaid or as to the apportionment of the amount of the rent, the District Collector shall decide the dispute. (3) Every order passed by the District Collector under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall, subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5), be final and not be liable to be questioned in any Court of Law. (4) Any person deeming himself aggrieved by an order of the District Collector under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may appeal against such order to the District Judge having jurisdiction over the area in which the immovable property is situated or if it is situated in the City of Madras, to the Principal Judge of the Madras City Civil Court. The appeal shall be preferred within sixty days of the date on which the order appealed against is served on or communicated to the person concerned. (5) Every order of the District or City Civil Judge on an appeal preferred to him under sub-section (4) shall be final and shall not be liable to be questioned in any Court of Law. Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act as amended by this Act or in any other law, if the control of any property of any educational institution, has been taken over by the State Government before the 8th September 1975 under section 3 of the principal Act, such control shall, unless sooner relinquished, remain and always be deemed to have remained with the State Government at all material times, as if an order under sub-section (7) of section 3 of the principal Act as amended by this Act continuing the control of the institution for a further period not exceeding three academic years had been issued by the State Government and remained in force at all material times and accordingly- (a) all acts or proceedings or things done or taken by the State Government or any authority or officer or servant of the State Government in connection with any property of the educational institution concerned shall for all purposes be deemed to be and to have always been done or taken in accordance with law; (b) no suit or other proceeding shall lie against the State Government or any authority or officer or servant of the State Government for the release of control of any property of such educational institution solely on the ground that the control of the State Government ceased to exist under section 3 of the principal Act as in force before the 8th September 1975 and no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the release of any such control.