Section 66. Procedure in ejectment suit.

(1) If, when an application has been made under sub-section (2) of the last foregoing section, the tenant appears and agrees to pay the enhanced rent demanded, his agreement shall thereupon be recorded, and he shall not be ejected but shall be liable to pay that rent from the commencement of the agricultural year next following the date of the land lords application under section 65, sub-section (2). (2) If the tenant fails to appear, or if, on appearing, he does not agree to pay the enhanced rent demanded, the Revenue-officer shall determine what rent is fair and equitable for the holding : provided that, save where in the Revenue-officers opinion the existing rent is merely nominal, the rent so determined shall not exceed the existing rent by more than thirty-three percent. (3) If the tenant agrees to pay the rent so determined, he shall be entitled to remain in occupation of the holding at that rent from the commencement of the agricultural year next following the date of the landlords application under section 65, sub-section (2). (4) If the tenant does not agree to pay the rent determined under sub-section (2), the Revenue-officer may make an order for his ejectment, subject to the provisions of section 88 and 89 and subject to the deposit by the landlord, within a month from the date of the order, of the amount of compensation (if any) determined as due to the tenant under section 32, If such amount is not so deposited, the order for ejectment shall become void.