Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, or any law, agreement, custom or usage to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of this section a tenant holding land from a landlord shall, subject to the provisions of section 32A, be entitled to purchase from the landlord— (a) where the landlord fails to make an application as required by section 43-1B, the land so held by him, and (b) in any other case, such part of the land held by the tenant as is left with him after the termination of tenancy under section 43-1B. (2) The right to purchase land under sub-section (1) shall be exercised within one year from the date on which possession of the land is obtained by the landlord in pursuance of the provision of section 43-1B; or as the case may be, from the date of the expiry of the period referred to in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 43-1B; and intimation of exercise of the right shall be sent to the landlord and the Tribunal in the prescribed manner within the period aforesaid. (3) The provision of section 32 to 32E (both inclusive) and section 32G to 32N (both inclusive) and sections 32P, 32Q and 32R shall apply to the purchase of the land by a tenant under sub-section (1) as those provisions apply in relation to the purchase of land under section 32.