The continuity of a tenancy shall not be affected by - Jo.
(a) the death of the landlord; or Section I 1 of Punjab Act No. 14 of 1962, reads as follows:
"Validation II. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder or in any other law for the time being in force or in any judgment decree or order of any Court or other authority,-
(a) where the surplus area in respect of the land owned by a Hindu undivided family referred to in clause (a) of section 19-E of the prinCipal Act. has been determined under that Act at any time before the commencement of this Act by any authority competent to determine sLlch area, whether by ignoring the partition of any such land made after the commencement of the pnncipal Act or otherwise, such determination shall be valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid and shall not be questioned on the ground that the descendents of the landowners constituting with him the Hindu undivided family were landowners in their own right in respect of their shares 111 such land or on the ground that the partition had been ignored:
(b) where an order under sub- section (2) of section 5-8 or sub- section (I) of section 5-C, in respect of the surplus area of any person, has been passed by a Re\ enue Officer exercising the powers of a Collector purporting to act as the prescribed authority. such order shall be valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid and. shall not be questioned on the ground that it was not passed by the prescribed authority.
2 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 14 of 1962, Section 3.
3 Section 7 omitted by Punjab Act No.1 I of 1955 4 Section 8 substituted by Punjab Act No. II of 1955.
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(b) the death of the tenant except when the tenant leaves no male lineal descendants or mother or widow; and
(c) any change therein under the same landowner and for the purpose of sections 17 and 18 of this Act, such tenancy shall be the last area so held.]
Comments Section 8--Suit primarily based on the cause of wrongful dipossession--In a suit filed under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, a plaintiff may not stake any claim with regard to right, title or interest whatsoever--He has simply to prove that he was in possession and had been dispossessed within six months from the date the suit was filed--Civil Court has jurisdiction to entertain and try the suit. Maha Singh v. Vidya Devi, 1998(3) ICC (Ph. & Hry.) 351 : 1998(2) PLR 605