When any land in the cantonment, which is vested in the Central Government, is required by the Cantonment Board for a purpose connected with the administration of the cantonment, the Cantonment Board may ¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5 apply to the Central Government for the grant of the land stating the reasons and purpose for which it shall be utilised and if the Central Government considers that the application shall be accepted, they may transfer the land to the Cantonment Board on such conditions, if any, as they may think fit:
Provided that –
(a) if the land applied for is already occupied for any other purpose, its transfer to the Cantonment Board shall be governed by the provisions of rule 7 of the Cantonment Land Administration Rules, 1937 or by the relevant rule of the Cantonment Land Administration Rules in force; or
(b) if the land is required for an object from which the Cantonment Board will derive income of any description, it may be transferred to the Cantonment Board only on such payment made in such manner as the Central Government may consider equitable in each case;
(c) if at any time the land is not used for the object for which it was granted to the Cantonment Board, or if there has been, in the opinion of the Central Government, any other breach of the conditions on which it was transferred to the Cantonment Board, or if the land is required for a general public purpose, the Central Government may, after giving opportunity to the Cantonment Board to show cause and considering the cause shown, resume possession of the land and for any land so resumed by the Central Government the amount of compensation payable to the Cantonment Board shall be decided by the Central Government in each case and shall in no circumstances exceed the amount, if any, paid to the Central Government by the Cantonment Board for the transfer of the land together with the initial cost or the present value, whichever is less, of buildings, if any, erected thereupon.