(1) Any cultivating tenant who had been evicted from any land after the 1st April, 1954, being land which a proprietor was personally cultivating on the 20th December, 1961, may, on or before the 31st December, 1962, make an application to the Mamlatdar for restoration of such land on the ground that he was evicted from such land without any reasonable excuse.
(2) On receipt of such application, the Mamlatdar may make such enquiry as he thinks fit.
(3) If, on such enquiry, the Mamlatdar is satisfied that such cultivating tenant was in possession of that land on the 1st April, 1954, and that he was evicted therefrom after that date by the proprietor thereof without any reasonable excuse, he may order the restoration of such land to the cultivating tenant or direct the proprietor to pay such compensation to him as the Mamlatdar may deem appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
(4) Any party aggrieved by the order of the Mamlatdar under sub-section (3) may file an appeal, within thirty days from the date of that order, to the Collector.
(5) The decision of the Mamlatdar where no appeal is filed, and the decision of the Collector where an appeal is filed, shall be finaj and shall not be questioned in any court of law.
Rights of certain cultivating tenants to be restored to possession of their lands.