Rule 40 - Delivery of immovable property in occupancy of tenant - Income-tax (Certificate Proceedings) Rules, 1962

Delivery of immovable property in occupancy of tenant. 40. Where the immovable property sold is in the occupancy of a tenant or other person entitled to occupy the same and a certificate in respect thereof has been granted under rule 65 of the principal rules, the Tax Recovery Officer shall, on the application of the purchaser, order delivery to be made by affixing a copy of the certificate of sale in some conspicuous place on the property, and proclaiming to the occupant by beat of drum or other customary mode, at some convenient place, that the interest of the defaulter has been transferred to the purchaser.