Chapter VIII — . JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE

Section 92Reinstatement of tenant illegally ejected

Section 92: Reinstatement of tenant illegally ejected

92. Reinstatement of tenant illegally ejected

Any tenant who has been ejected from his holding or from any portion thereof otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, may, on application to a Revenue-officer made within one year from the date of his ejectment, be reinstated in possession of such holding or portion :

Provided, also, that possession of a tenancy, or of any portion thereof, shall not be recoverable under section 9 of the specific Relief Act, 1877 (I of 1877), by a tenant dispossessed thereof.

Provided that no order passed under this section shall prejudice the right of the landlord to eject the tenant so reinstated, or the right of a tenant whose application for reinstatement is rejected to establish his title to his holding and to recover possession thereof by means of a regular suit :