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The limitation period for filing a suit by a person dispossessed of immoveable property is

  1. within six months from the date of dispossession

  2. within six months from the date on which the petitioner comes to know of the dispossession

  3. within twelve months from the date of possession

  4. within twelve months from the date on which the petitioner comes to know of the dispossession
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Explanation

Under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, a person dispossessed of immovable property (otherwise than in due course of law) must file a suit within six months from the date of dispossession to recover possession. The period starts from dispossession, not knowledge of it.

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