(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract,—
(i) subject to the provisions of clause (ii), where in respect of any land there is a Varomdar at the commencement of this Act, such Varomdar;
(ii) where a Varomdar, in respect of any land, has not started agricultural operations at the commencement of this Act and a person other than that Varomdar had cultivated the land under a varom agreement in the cultivation season immediately preceding such commencement, such other person;
(iii) where in respect of any land there is no Varomdar and the agricultural operations have not been started at the commencement of this Act, the person, if any, who had cultivated the land under a varom agreement during the cultivation season immediately preceding such commencement; and
(iv) where in respect of any land there is no Varomdar at the commencement of this Act, but the person who had cultivated the land under a varom agreement during the cultivation season immediately preceding such commencement had started the agricultural operations of the land at such commencement, such person shall be entitled to cultivate the land on the same terms and conditions under which he was cultivating the land at the commencement of this Act or during the cultivation season immediately preceding such commencement, as the case may be.
(2) All agricultural operations carried out before the commencement of this Act, by a person entitled to cultivate the land under clause (iv) of sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been lawfully carried out in exercise of the right conferred on him under that clause.