Eligibility for assigned land

Clause (b) of sub-section (1) thereof contemplates the said officer to restore the said assigned land to the original assignee or his legal heir or where it is not practicable to restore the land to such assignee or his/her legal heir, resume the land to Government to assign the landless poor. The proviso thereunder, while prohibiting the restoration of the assigned land to the original assignee, makes it mandatory for the Government to assign the land after resumption to any other landless poor persons.