Where a building or part thereof is released in favour of the landlord under section 16, or an [revision under section 18,]1 on the ground that it was required by the landlord for occupation by himself or any member of his family or any person for whose benefit it was held by him, or for the objects of the trust of which he was trustee, or on the ground that it was required for purposes of demolition and new construction, and the landlord either puts or causes to be put into occupation any person different from the person for whose occupation, according to the landlords representation, it was required, or permits any such person to occupy it, or otherwise puts it to any use other than the one for which it was released or as the case may be, omits to occupy it within one month or such extended period as the District Magistrate may for sufficient cause allow from the date of his obtaining possession or in the case of a building which was proposed to be occupied after some construction or reconstruction, from the date of completion thereof, the District Magistrate, or as the case may be, the District Judge, on an application being made in that behalf within three months from the date of such act or omission, may after giving to the landlord an opportunity of being heard, revoke the order of release in whole or in part, and on such order being made, the District magistrate may treat the building or part as vacant and allot it as such.
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- 1.Subs. by section 12 ibid.