(1) Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force for the prevention of fragmentation and consolidation of holdings, a holding may be partitioned on the decree of a civil court or on application of 71[holder] in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
(2) If in any holding there is more than one co-holder, any such co-holder may apply to the Collector for a partition of his share in the holding:
Provided that, where any question as to title is raised, no such partition shall be made until such question has been decided by a civil suit.
(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), the Collector may, after hearing the coholders, divide the holding and apportion the assessment of the holding in accordance with the rules made by the Government under this Code.
72[Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any land acquired by the Government under any law for the time being in force, dealing with acquisites of land by the Government and the Director of Settlement and Land Records shall carry out partition within six months of the receipt of mutated land index form from the concern Mamlatdar and effect necessary changes in the land record on the basis of records relating to possession obtained under such law.]
(4) The application under sub-section (2) shall be rejected if the partition applied for results in creating a holding, the area or land revenue of which will be below such limits as may be prescribed.
73[Provided that such limits as may be prescribed shall not be applicable for partition of the land purchased by a mundkar under the Goa, Daman and Diu Mundkars (Protection from Eviction) Act, 1975 (Act No. 1 of 1976).]
(5) Expenses properly incurred in making partition of a holding shall be recoverable as a revenue demand in such proportion as the Collector may think fit from the co-holders at whose request the partition is made, or from the persons interested in the partition.