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Section 17A: Tenant’s right to purchase sites referred to in section 16.

The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 67 of 1948

[17A. Tenant's rights to purchase sites referred to in section 16.- (1) If a tenant referred to in section 16 intends to purchase the site on which a dwelling house is built, he shall give notice in writing to landlord to that effect.

(2) If the landlord refuses, or fails to accept the offer and to execute the sale-deed within three months from the date thereof, the tenant may apply to the Tribunal for the determination of the reasonable price of the land which shall not exceed 20 times the annual rant thereof, and thereupon the provisions of the determination and payment of the price and the issue of a certificate of purchase contained in the next succeeding section shall apply thereto.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act.
Section17A
Marginal noteTenant’s right to purchase sites referred to in section 16.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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