3: Tenants having rights of occupancy

(1) A tenant: ― (a) who at the commencement of this Ordinance has been entered as hereditary (Mauroosi) tenant in the record of rights prepared at the time of settlement; or (b) who at the commencement of this Ordinance has for more than two generations in the male line of descent through a grandfather or granduncle and for a period of not less than twenty years, been occupying land payment no rent therefor beyond the amount of the land revenue thereof and the rates and cesses for the time being chargeable thereon; or (c) who has permanent and hereditary rights tenancy in the land subject to payment of rent and other such conditions as prevalent in the area either in the codified form or, in the form of "riwaj" has a right of occupancy in the land so occupied. (2) If a tenant proves that he has continuously occupied land for thirty years and paid no rent therefor beyond the amount of the land revenue thereof and the rates and cesses for the time being chargeable thereon, it may be presumed that he has fulfilled the conditions of clause (c) of sub-section (1). (3) The words in clause (c) denoting natural relationship denote also relationship by adoption, including therein the customary appointment of an heir, and relationship by the usage of religious community.

Effective date: 1978-12-27

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