Section 25. Application for permission to revoke declaration.

25. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 29, it shall be lawful for any person for the time being entitled to and in possession of a settled estate and being a male and competent to contract, to apply to the 1[State Government] for permission to revoke wholly or in part any declaration that property shall held subject to the provisions of this part. (2) The 1[State Government] after considering the application and the result of any inquiry made by it or under its orders and any further particulars or information called for by it, may 2[* * *] either grant or refuse permission, or grant permission in respect of a portion only the property to which the application relates.