Section 2(1)(iv) in The Bombay City (Inami and Special Tenures) Abolition and Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 1969
(iv)"Fazindar" means a person holding land from the State Government on pension and tax tenure perpetually, on payment of fixed grounded rent, and who has given such land or portions thereof, to other persons on lease on payment of customary or agreed rent, for the purpose of erecting buildings and other structures; the other persons to whom such land or portions thereof are leased shall be called "Fazindari tenants";