and has been in direct and continuous possession of such lands from that date ; — TAMIL NADU ACT No. 26 OF 1963.2

1950 and has been in direct and continuous possession of such lands from that date ; (iii) all lands [not being (i) lands of the description specified in sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (16) f h p ()() of section 3 of the Estates Land Act, or (ii) forest lands] hih hblilbdd liihd () which have been voluntarily abandoned or relinquished hih hbihif y q by a ryot, or which have never been in the occupation of b yp a ryot, provided that the landholder bas cultivated such ldhilf hihid lb yp lands himself, by his own servants or by hired labour, with his own or hired stock, in the ordinary course of husbandry, from the 1st day of July 1950 and has been in h yy y direct and continuous possession of such lands from that date. C Q' a Those words were substituted for the words " is proved to have !d bldhldhilf" i3 (i) f p been ~,!+;vated by the land-holder himself" by secticn 3 (i) of tte il NdIEtt(Ablitid CiitRfi) ,;y y () ramil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryofwari) A dt At1966 (Til NdAt 27 f 1966)hh (y) Amendment Act, 1966 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1966), whch wac hifh1t J1%4 , (), deemed to have come into force on the 1st January 1%4. am estate the landholder notified date, be entitled otwari patta in respect of- It lands which imspdiately before the notified ed to him as private land : d that in the case of a landholder otkr than institution thc private land specified in clause of section 2 is proved] to have been cultivated hldhil bhibhid p holder himself, by his own servants or by hired ih y is own or hired stock, in the ordinary course period of three years within dil bfhd py diatcly before the 1st day lding of a ryct and which dhldihi g y y the landholder by inheritance or Iidd hldhldh y y I, provided that the landholder has his own servants or by kih y stock, in the ordinary f iii y te of sucl~ acquisition h id h q chever is later and has ssion of such lands from ding of a ryot and which dhldbh g y dholder by purchase ex- l y se at a sale for arrears older has cultivated such wn servants or by hired labour, di y stc ck, it1 the ordinary course of h day of September 1955 or from iihihilh y p ition whichever is later and has inuous possession of such lands Provided that nothing in ' this su b-clause shall h g by purchase, exchange or gift lf y pgg sale for arrears of rent by thc. holder on or after the 1st day of April 1960. -- the expression ''Provided l13(ii)() f i2 p lause 13(ii)(a) of section 2, Til NdIE ()() ,

Section 1950