12A.  Special provisions relating to the registration of Birta land: The B Class Birta land that has not been converted into Raikar and registered in the name of any person by the last day of the month of Ashad of the year 2049 (1992) shall be registered only in the name ofthe person who has been cultivating that land pursuant to Section 7A. After that period, no B Class Birta land shall be registered in the name of any Birta-owner, and even if such a land was registered, it shall not be recognized. Provided that, where a case has been filed in a court on the matter of converting such a land into Raikar or registering it prior to the last day of the month of Ashad of the year 2049 (1992) and is sub judice in the court, it shall be as decided by the court; and where any Birta-owner has made an application to the Revenue Office or Land Revenue Office for the conversion of such a land into Raikar and registration thereof in his or her name and the application is still under consideration by such Office and the person cultivating such land has not made an application for the conversion of such land into Raikar and registration thereof in
his or her name, it shall be as decided by the Revenue Office or Land Revenue Office