57. (1) Where before the commencement of this Code, any fruit bearing tree was planted by any person on either side of any public road or path or canal with the permission in writing of any revenue officer or an officer of the Forest or Public Works Department or Irrigation Department of the State Government, not below the rank of a Tahsildar or an Assistant conservator of Forest or an Assistant Engineer, as the case may be, then notwithstanding that such land vests in the State Government, such person and his legal representatives shall be entitled to the fruits of such trees without payment of any charges whatsoever.
(2) Any person desiring to plant a fruit bearing tree after the commencement of this Code, on either side of any public road or path or canal may do so with the permission in writing of the Collector or any other officer authorized by the State Government in this behalf and the provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply to the trees so planted.
(3) The right conferred under this section shall be heritable but the person planting the fruit bearing tree or his heirs shall have no right to the corpus of such tree or in the land on which it stands.