Power to refuse partition which would result in formation of estates scattered so as to endanger the safety of the land-revenue

Thc Colleclor may rcl'use to admir an application for the rormarion of land held in severalty into a separate estate, or to proceed with a partition undertaken on such an applicalion, or LO admil or proceed wirkiany other application forparlirion, if. in consequence OF' the land being intermingled with lhat held by other proprielors, che resull OF 111e parlition would be to for1 out of a compact estate one or rnore estates consisring OF scattered parcels of land in such a way as, in the opinion uF the Collector, to endanger the safcly of the land-revenue : Provided as follows :

1. (a) a partition may be allowed in any such case if the recorded proprietors agree to such a distribulion of land as would make the estates Formed by the parlition reasonably compact;
2. (b) nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibii the partition into 'separate esrates OF any parent estate which before sucl~ parriiion is not compacr and consist only of scartcrcd parcels of land.