Procedure for reservation of land.

1. (1) On receipt of an application made under section 101, the competent authority shall issue notice together with a copy of the application to each of the tenants holding land from the applicant requiring the tenant to submit his objections, if any, within a period of ninety days from the date of service of such notice or within such further period as the competent authority may allow.
2. (2) A tenant on whom a notice has been served under sub-section (1) shall furnish to the competent authority within the period specified details of lands owned by him or held as tenant of any other landowner and of lands which he selects for retention by him.
3. (3) The competent authority shall, after considering the objections and the details, if any, furnished by the tenants and after making such inquiry as it may consider necessary, determine the land or lands not exceeding the permissible limit, which in its opinion having regard to all the circumstances of the case may be reserved for personal cultivation of the landowner and the lands which each of his tenants may be allowed to retain.

103. ―Permissible limit‖ defined.—(1) In section 102, “permissible limit” means an area of land

which a landowner may resume from tenants for personal cultivation, that is to say,—

1. (a) in the case of a person under disability, 25 acres;
2. (b) in the case of any other person who—
   • (i) owns a basic holding or less, the entire area owned by him;
   • (ii) owns more than a basic holding but not exceeding a family holding, one-half of the area leased to tenants or the area by which the land under his personal cultivation falls short of a basic holding, whichever is greater;
   • (iii) owns more than a family holding—

1. (1) if he has no land, or any land which is less than a family holding under his personal cultivation, one-half of the area leased to the tenant but not exceeding the area by which land

under his personal cultivation falls short of a family holding, provided that the tenant is left

with not less than a basic holding and provided further that a landowner shall in any case be entitled to resume an area by which land under his personal cultivation falls short of a basic holding; and

1. (2) if he has family holding or more under his personal cultivation, the area leased to any tenant in excess of a family holding but not exceeding the area by which land in his personal cultivation falls short of 25 acres. Explanation.—For the purpose of determining the permissible limit of a landowner under this sub-section, any no-resumable land which he may hold as a tenant shall also be taken into account.
2. (2) Any transfer of land made on or after the 6th day of March, 1956, shall be disregarded in computing the permissible limit.