(1) A person entitled to be registered as an occupant under section 4 or section 5 or section 7 or section 8 or section 9, as the case may be, or to be contained as a tenant under section 6 may, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, make an application to the Deputy Commissioner within twelve months from the appointed date:
Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may on sufficient cause being shown accept such application after the expiry of twelve months but in no case he shall accept any application after the expiry of three years:
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Provided further that the right of any person to be registered as an occupant shall after the expiry of the said period of three years stand extinguished and the land shall vest in the State absolutely.
(2) On receipt of the application under sub-section (1) or suo motu, the Deputy Commissioner shall examine the nature and history of all lands in respect of which a permanent tenant, protected tenant, the person referred to in section 7, the holder of a minor inam or an inamdar claims to be registered as an occupant under section 4 or section 5 or section 7 or section 8 or section 9 as the case may be, or in respect of which any person claims to be continued as tenant under section 6 and call for such other information as he may consider necessary and decide the land in respect of which the claim shall be allowed.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 or section 5, the Deputy Commissioner shall not allow the claim of any person for any land in excess of the ceiling area fixed under the 1[Karnataka]1 Land Reforms Act, 1961 (1[Karnataka]1 Act 10 of 1962) for the time being in force.
1. Substituted by Act 53 of 1976 w.e.f. 18.8.1976