Section 119
Restoration of possession of land to under-raiyat.
The Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act, 1960
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to land revenue in the Union territory of Tripura and to provide for the acquisition of estates and for certain other measures of land reform.
Where a person who has taken possession
of any land by evicting an under-raiyat therefrom on the ground that the land had been reserved for
personal cultivation by him, fails to cultivate such land personally within one year from the date on which
he took possession thereof or ceases to cultivate such land personally in any year during a period of four
years next following, the under-raiyat shall be entitled to be restored to possession of the land from which
he was evicted.
Explanation.--For the purpose of this section, land shall not be deemed to be under the personal cultivation of a person (not being a person under disability) unless such person or a member of his family engages himself in the principal agricultural operations.
Explanation.--For the purpose of this section, land shall not be deemed to be under the personal cultivation of a person (not being a person under disability) unless such person or a member of his family engages himself in the principal agricultural operations.