(1) Applications for allotment of land presented under the Pre-1955 Conditions and the Post- 1955 Rules shall be deemed to have been presented under these rules.
(2) Out of the applications mentioned in sub-rule (1), applications pending at the commencement of these rules shall be heard and decided under and in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(3) Where an application as is referred to in sub-rule (1) has already been decided by any competent authority and the allotting authority finds that the allotment order passed on such application is inconsistent with the provisions of these rules, it shall, of its own motion, review the order and shall, after giving the affected person an opportunity of being heard, decide the application under and in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(4) While deciding an application in the case of a temporary cultivation lease holder under subrule (3), if the allotting authority finds that an 1[adult son/adult daughter] of such lease holders is otherwise eligible for allotment of land under these rules, he shall serve a notice providing an opportunity to such 2[adult son/ adult daughter] for presenting an application for allotment of land as a landless person within a period of 30 days from the date of service the such notice and if he presents an application in pursuance of such notice the same shall be heard and decided in accordance with the provisions of these rules.