(1)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or any contract,-

(A) a landlord, who,-

(a) in the case of landlord who is a member of the armed forces of the Union, he produces a certificate signed by the authorised officer to the effect that,-

(b) in the case of a landlord who is scientist, he produces a certificate signed by an officer of the Department of Atomic Energy of, or above, the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government to the effect that,-

(c) in the case of a Government servant, he produces a certificate signed by the Head of Department or the Head of the office, or the Chief Executive of the Public Sector Undertaking, by whatever designation called, to the effect that,-

(a) in the case of the successor-in-interest of a member of the armed forces of the Union, he produces a certificate signed by the authorised officer to the effect that,-

(b) in the case of a successor-in-interest of a scientist, he produces a certificate signed by an officer of the Department of Atomic Energy of, or above, the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government, to the effect that,-

(c) in the case of a successor-in-interest of a Government servant, he produces a certificate signed by the head of his Department, Head of the office, or the Chief Executive, by whatever designation called, of the Public Sector Undertaking, to the effect that,-

(2)

Any certificate granted under sub-section (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, -

(1)

"authorised officer ", in relation to a member of the armed forces of the Union, means the commanding officer or head of services, including,-

(i) in the case of an officer retired from the Army, the Area Commander,

(ii) in the case of an officer retired from the Navy, the Flag officer Commanding-in-Chief, Naval Command, and

(iii) in the case of an officer retired from the Air Force, the Station Commander;

(2)

"member of the family " means any of the following members of the family of a member of the armed forces of the Union, or a scientist, or a Government servant, as the case may be, who is ordinarily residing with him and who is dependent on him and where member of the armed forces of the Union or a scientist or a Government servant has retired or died, any member of his family who is so residing, or dependent at the time of his retirement, or as the case may be, death, namely :-

spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, grandson, grand-daughter, son's wife, grandsons wife, widow of predeceased son or grand-son;

(3)

"successor-in-interest " means,-

(i) if the deceased landlord has a spouse living at the time of his death, spouse, and

(ii) in any other case, any other member of his family.

(4)

"aided institution " means the Tata Institution of Fundamental Research and the Tata Memorial Centre, and also any other, institution which may be declared, from time to time, by the State Government in consultation with the Department of Atomic Energy to be aided institution for the purposes of this section.