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9. Section 22 of the Act confers protection to the occupancy raiyat from eviction except on specified grounds. Section 22 reads as under :

"Protection of occupancy raiyat "from eviction on specified grounds.--An occupancy raiyat shall not be rejected by his landlord from his holding, except in execution of a decree for ejectment passed on the ground --
(a) that he has used the land comprised in his holding in a manner which is not authorised by Section 21.
(b) that he has broken a condition consistent with the provisions of this Act, on breach of which he is, under the terms of a contract between himself and his landlord, liable to be rejected."