Section 3. Application for permission to settle property. ,Act I of 1869

3. Notwithstanding any enactment to the contrary, it shall be lawful for /be (a) any taluqdar or grantee whose name is inserted in the second, third, or fifth of the lists prepared under section or section 9 of the Oudh Estates Act, 1869, or the heir or legatee of such taluqdar or grantee, or (b) any person whose name has been inserted in a list published under section 31-A, sub-section (3) of the said Act, or the heir or legatee of such person, or (c) such a transferee or legatee of any of the persons specified in clauses (a) and (b) as is referred to in section 14 of the Oudh Estates Act, 1869, or (d) the heir or legate of such a transferee or legatee as is referred to in clause (c), being entitled to a permanent, heritable and transferable right in an estate, and in possession thereof, and competent to contract, to apply in writing to the 1[State Government] for permission to declare that such estate or a portion thereof shall in future be held subject to the provisions of this Act.