Recovery of possession for occupation and re-entry.

    Where a landlord recovers possession of any premises from the tenant by virtue of any decree or order made on the grounds specified in clause (e) of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 13 and the premises are not occupied by the landlord as a residence for himself or his family within two months of obtaining such possession or the premises having been so occupied, are, at any time within eight months of such occupation, re-let in whole or in part to any person other than the evicted tenant, the court may, on the application of such evicted tenant, place him in vacant possession of the premises and award such damages to him as it thinks fit against the landlord.