(1) A tenant who is in occupation of a dwellinghouse built at his own expense on a site belonging to the landowner shall have the right to purchase such site from the landowner at the price agreed upon in writing between him and the landowner or in the absence of any such agreement at such price as may be determined by the prescribed authority.
(2) A tenant who intends to purchase the site of a dwelling-house in pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall give to the landowner a notice in writing in the prescribed manner of his intention to do so
(3) Where a landowner has received notice under sub-section (2), he shall within one month of the receipt thereof, communicate in writing to the tenant the price at which he is willing to sell to him the site of the dwellinghouse.
(4) Where a landoner fails to communicate to the tenant the price in respect of the site of the dwellinghouse under sub-section (3), or where the tenant is not willing to pay the price demanded by the landowner for such site, the tenant may make an application in the preseribed form to the prescribed authority within the preseribed period for determination of the market value of the site. v M
(5) On receipt of an application under sub-section
(4). the prescribed authority shall, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, determine, by an order in writing the market value of the site, Option to tenant to purchase gits of dwellinghouse.
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(6) An order made under sub-section (5) shall be served upon the landowner and the tenant and if the tenant deposits with the prescribed authority the market value of the site of the dwelling-house as determined under that sub-section within six months, from the date of the service of the order upon him, the site shall be deemed to have ® been transferred to the tenant, and the amount so deposited shall be paid to the landowner.
(7) The prescribed authority’ shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the tenant a certificate containing the prescribed particulars in respect of the site of the dwelling-house deemed to have been transferred to the tenant under sub-section (6) and notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908), no such certificate shall require to be registered under that Act.
(8) Where a tenant fails to deposit the market value of the site of the dwelling-house under sub-section (6), he shall be deemed to have relinquished his right to purchase such site. | Right, o 16. (1) A tenant may at any time apply in writing hopcine im. to the landowner for permission to make improvements at Drovements his own expense on the land leased to him.
(2) If, within one month of the receipt of such application, the landowner fails or refuses, without reasonable cause, to grant the required permission to the tenant, the tenant may make an application within the prescribed period to the prescribed authority for the grant of such Pe permission. |
(3) Where an apvlication is made to the preseribed authority under sub-section (2), the prescribed authority after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard, may make such order thereon as it may deem fit.
(4) Where a tenant makes any improvements on the land leased to him, in accordance with an order made by the prescribed authority under sub-section (3), the tenant shall be deemed to have made such improvements with the permission of the landowner.
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(5) In this section, the expression ‘tenant’ includes a sub-tenant.