18J. Power of Mamlatdar to resume and dispose of land not purchased by the tenant.

(i) 75 per cent of such land shall be disposed of by sale to persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes;
(ii) the land remaining after disposal in the manner provided in clause (i) shall be disposed of by sale in the following order of priority, namely:-
(a) serving member of the Defence Forces or an ex-serviceman or a freedom fighter, who agrees to cultivate the land personally;
(b) agricultural labourers;
(c) landless persons;
(d) a co-operative farming society registered as such under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, as in force in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu.
Explanation 1.
Explanation II.
(a) suffered imprisonment or detention for a period of not less than six months; or
(b) become permanently incapacitated as a result of any firing or lathi charge; or
(c) lost his job or means of livelihood or the whole or part of any of his property,