Section 165:
Release of premises from requisition.
(1) When any premises requisitioned under
section 160 are to be released from requisition, the possession thereof shall be delivered to the person
from whom possession was taken at the time when the premises were requisitioned, or if there were no
such person, to the person deemed by the State Government to be the owner of such premises, and such
delivery of possession shall be a full discharge of the State Government from all liabilities in respect of
such delivery, but shall not prejudice any rights in respect of the premises which any other person may be
entitled by due process of law to enforce against the person to whom possession of the premises is so
delivered.
(2) Where the person to whom possession of any premises requisitioned under section 160 is to be
given under sub-section (1) cannot be found or is not readily ascertainable or has no agent or any other
person empowered to accept delivery on his behalf, the State Government shall cause a notice declaring
that such premises are released from requisition to be affixed on some conspicuous part of such premises
and publish the notice in the Official Gazette.
(3) When a notice referred to in sub-section (2) is published in the Official Gazette, the premises
specified in such notice shall cease to be subject to requisition on and from the date of such publication
and be deemed to have been delivered to the person entitled to possession thereof; and the State
Government shall not be liable for any compensation or other claim in respect of such premises for any
period after the said date.