Removal of the homestead of a tenant in certain cases
12. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 11, where such tenant has his homestead within the homestead of his landlord, either he or the landlord may, within six months from the date of commencement of this Act, apply to the Civil Court having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for the possession of such land, for an order directing the removal of the homestead of such tenant.
(2) When an application is made under sub-section (1), the Court, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard and after taking such evidence and making such enquiries as it thinks fit, if satisfied that the homestead of the tenant is situated within the homestead of the landlord, shall make the order applied for:
Provided that the Court, if it finds that the total quantity of cultivable land held by such tenant as an occupancy raiyat, whether by virtue of section 11 or otherwise, besides the homestead to which the application relates, is less than five standard bighas, shall assess such reasonable compensation to be paid to such tenant by the landlord as would, in the opinion of the Court, cover the cost of removal of the homestead of the tenant to a new site, the cost of reconstruction of a similar homestead, the cost of the land required for such construction and such other incidental expenses as the Court thinks fit; and it shall not make an order for such removal until the landlord deposits in the Court the amount of compensation so assessed for payment to the tenant, or the tenant admits before the Court in writing that he has received the amount from the landlord out of Court.
(3) An order under sub-section (2) shall be deemed to be a decree for ejectment against such tenant; and no appeal shall lie against such order.