...that the rates paid by them were lower than those paid for similar lands in the neighbourhood, or that the value of the produce or the productive powers of the land had increased without the agency of the ryot. (3) Ryots who had held their land in perpetuity at the...

...to increase of rent under certain conditions. Of these conditions the most important was this, that the value of the produce, or the productive powers of the land, must have been increased otherwise than by the agency or at the expense of the ryot. Around this condition...

...having a right of occupancy shall be entitled to claim *° abatement of the rent previously paid by him if the quantity of land held by the ryot has been proved by measurement to K> less than the quantity for which rent has been previously paid by him. The provisions of this section...

...rate for similar land with equal advantages held by the same class of cultivators in the vicinity. 3. If the value of the produce, or the productive powers of the land, have increased otherwise than at the expense or by the agency of the cultivator. The court will grant a...

...— In a suit for enhancement of rent, on the ground specified in section 17 of Act X of 1859, that " the value of the produce, or the productive powers of the land, have been increased otherwise than by the agency or at the expense of the ryot," the amount of the increased...

...or otherwise, the Court shall not increase or decrease the rent on any ground other than that either the value of the produce or the productive powers of the land have been increased or decreased otherwise thau by [Eighth Night.] 10Ï3 Irish Lund {COMMONS} 1076 the agency...

...having a right of occupancy shall be entitled to claim an Abatement of the rent previously paid by him, if the area of the land has been diminished by diluvion. or otherwise, &c."s A ryot who did not possess the right of occupancy, was held not entitled to claim such a right.*...

...cancel each other. On this point also the Judge must re-consider his decision, and determine wheiher the value of the produce or the productive powers of the land, or both, have increased ' otherwise than by the agency of the tenant. On the third point, namely, whether...

...1275. Now, the law on this point is clear, and requires the notice to state distinctly that " the vajue of the produce or the productive " powers of the land have been increased "otherwise than by the agency or at the "expense of the ryot." The law does not contemplate...

...that the area of the land which he holds has been diminished by diluvion or otherwise ; and, 2nd, that the value of the produce, or the productive powers of the land, have been decreased by some cause beyond his, the ryot's power. He has not got the privilege of suing for abatement, simply...