(1) (a) All amounts deposited in the office of the Tribunal under sub-section (1) of section 31 and Sub-sections (4)' and (7) of section 40, and. remaining unpaid and with reference to which no claim has been made within the time specified in sub-section (1) of Section 32, or no application for payment has been made within the time specified in section 44; and 1969 : T. N. Act. 24] 29
(b) all amounts deposited as aforesaid and remaining unpaid after the expiry of a period of six months from the date of the disposal of the application under section 44, shall be withdrawn by the Tribunal and deposited in the District Court having jurisdiction over the janmam estate concerned in the name of the janmam estate, or as the case may be, in the name of the janmam person or persons in whose favour an order for payments has been made by the Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal.
(2) All amounts deposited by the Tribunal in the District Court under Sub-section (1) shall be dealt with by the District Court in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Government in this behalf.
(3) Every person making a claim to or enforceable against, any amount held in deposit under subsection (1) shall apply to the District Court in the prescribed form settingforth his claim.
(4) The District Court shall, after giving notice to all persons who have applied under Sub-section (3)' and to any others whom it considers to be interest, make enquiry into the validity of the claims received by it and subject to the provisions of sub-section (5) determine the persons who are entitled to the amount held in deposit and the amount to which each of them is entitled.
(5) Every order for payment made by the Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal in favour of any person shall be binding on the District Court.
46. Where any payment made to any person is subsequently found to be not due to him or to be in excess of the amounts due to him, the amount which is found to be not due or which is in excess as the case may be, with interest thereon at three per cent per annum, or any portion thereof which cannot be otherwise adjusted by deduction from any amount due to such person, shall be recoverable as if it were an arrear of land revenue.
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CHAPTER VII.
RECOVERY OF CONTRIBUTION FROM PATTADARS.
Pattadars liable to pay contribution
47. The Government shall be entitled to collect from each pattadar and each pattadar shall be liable to pay to the Government, by way of contribution for every land in respect of which he has been granted a ryotwari patta an amount equal to ten times the» difference between the fair rent in respect of such land as determined in the manner specified in subsection (2) of section 25 and the land revenue due on such land.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this Chapter “Pattadar” means any person (other than a janmi) to whom a ryotwari patta has been granted under the provisions of this Act.
Determination of contribution