The Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act,1960
Section 123. Restoration of possession of land in certain other cases
(1) Where an under-raiyat of any land has, on or after the 10th August,1957, surrendered, or been evicted from such land and the surrender or eviction could not have taken place If this Act had been in force on the date of such surrender or eviction, the competent authority may, suo motu or on application made by the under-raiyat, restore him to possession of the land which he surrendered or from which he w as evicted unless some other under-raiyat, not being a member of the raiyat’s family, had bona fide been admitted to possession of such land.
(2) The competent authority shall, before making an order under sub-section (1), make such inquiry as may be prescribed.