Section 16
Enhancement of rent on account of improvement effected by work.
The Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act, 1948
About this Act
An Act to provide for the preparation and execution of land development schemes, the reclamation of waste-land and the control of private forests and grass-land, in the Provinces of Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara.
Where any land in
which a tenant has a right of occupancy has benefited by work carried out under the scheme by or at the
expense of the owner of the land, and the tenant has not made any contribution to the expenses thereof,
the Revenue Officer having jurisdiction shall, on application made by the owner in this behalf, enhance,
in accordance with such principles as may be prescribed, the rent payable by he tenant in respect of the
land, anything contained in any law to the contrary notwithstanding.