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of the careful notice of the planter. When a tikadar^ 

 or lessee of a village, claims a right of occupancy in 

 lands included in his lease, and can show that he has 

 actually cultivated them himself continuously for 

 twelve years. 



B. Non-occupancy tenants are tenants who have 

 not occupied and cultivated the same fields for the 

 required period of twelve years and who can be 

 deprived of their tenures at the will of the land- 

 owner, on being served by the latter with a written 

 notice of ejectment under the provisions of the Act. 

 This notice is compulsory, and it is under no circum- 

 stances left to the option of the landowner. Such 

 tenants are also called tenants-at-will. Their rights 

 are few, and their chances of retention, after legal 

 process by the landowner, scant A non-occupancy 

 tenant may dispute his liability to be ejected, by 

 application to the Collector or Assistant Collector, 

 such application being made within thirty days after 

 service of notice. Tenants of this description, having 

 no fixed status, may be finally dealt with in this 

 paragraph, and further remarks will not be found 

 regarding their liabilities in touching upon that 

 subject. 



C. Tenants at fixed rates. This class is only 

 found in permanently settled districts, and the term 

 " at fixed rates " signifies any tenant who has held 



