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THE UTTAR PRADESH IMPOSITION OF CEILING ON LAND HOLDINGS ACT, 1960

Section 17. - Manner of calculation of amount

(1) Subject to the provisions of the sub-section (2), every tenure-holder, whose surplus land has vested in the State under the provisions of this Act, shall be entitled to receive and be paid 1[amount] as laid down in the Schedule and as determined in the manner provided hereinafter. 2[(2) The sub-tenant or asami of the tenure-holder, not being an asami mentioned in section 11 of the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, shall be entitled to receive and be paid a portion out of the amount payable to the tenure-holder. The proportion of amount payable to the sub-tenant or the asami shall be the aggregate of the land revenue for the unexpired period of his subordinate interest computed at hereditary rates, so however, that the sub-tenant or the asami shall not in any case, be entitled to more than one-fourth of the amount payable to the tenure-holder. The amount shall be apportioned between the tenure-holder and the sub-tenant or the asami by the Prescribed Authority.] (3) Nothing in this Act shall prevent any person, not being a person referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2), having any right, title or interest in the surplus land, or any person having any claim to 3[amount] against the person entitled thereto under the provisions of this Act, from claiming any right, title or interest in such 3[amount] in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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