Section 12. Order of demarcation of niji jot.

(1) On the receipt of such application the sub-divisional officer shall issue a proclamation calling upon all persons who claim an interest in such land to file objections, if any, within the period specified in such proclamation. (2) If, after hearing the objections, if any, and making such further inquiry as he deems fit, the sub-divisional officer is satisfied that the land to be demarcated as niji jot has been held by the applicant as his khudkasht since the agricultural year beginning on the first day of June, 1948, he shall pass an order for the demarcation of such land as niji jot and submit the record of the case for confirmation of the order passed by him to the collector.