Section 31:
Right to make improvements.
(1) In respect of the holding of an absolute occupancy-tenant or
occupancy-tenant, or of the holding of an ordinary tenant which does not consist entirely of sir-land, the
tenant shall be entitled to make Improvements.
(2) If the landlord of any such holding as is referred to in sub section (1) desires that any improvement
be made in respect of the holding, he may deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the tenant a request in
writing calling upon him to make the improvement within a reasonable time, and, if the tenant is unable
or neglects to comply with that request, may, subject to such rules of procedure as the Local Government
may, by notification in the local official Gazette, prescribe in this behalf, make the improvement himself.
(3) In respect of the holding of an ordinary tenant which consists entirely of sir-land, the landlord shall
be entitled to make improvements.