(1) where any surplus land acquired under the provisions of this Act is held by a limited owner on the date of the acquisition, the amount payable in respect of such surplus land under section 24 shall, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, be kept in deposit before such authority as may be prescribed, and the authorised officer shall direct payment of the interest accruing from the amount so deposited to the person or persons who would, for the time being, have been entitled to the possession of the said land:
Provided that where the limited owner has created an encumbrance over the surplus land referred to in this section, the whole or any portion of the interest aforesaid shall be paid to the encumbrancer, to the extent to which the encumbrancer is entitled and the balance shall be paid to the person or persons who would, for the time being, have been entitled to the possession of the said land.
+ Amended as per the Puducherry Land Reforms (Amendment) Regulation, 1977 w.e.f 28.02.77.
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(2) The amount referred to in sub-section (1) shall remain so deposited until the same is paid to any person or persons becoming absolutely entitled thereto.
Claims of maintenance holder on surplus land
27. Where any surplus land acquired under the provisions of this Act is on the date of the acquisition subject to a charge for payment of maintenance to another, the amount payable in respect of such surplus land under section 24 shall, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, be kept in deposit before such authority as may be prescribed, and such amount shall be deemed to be substituted security and shall continue to remain such security till the death of the maintenance-holder or till the right to receive maintenance cease to exist or till the liability to pay maintenance is discharged.
Payment of amount to certain tenants