Settlement of certain lands with intermediaries or cultivators as bhumidhars (1) subject to the provisions of Section 16 and 18 (a) all lands in an agricultural area (i) in possession of, or held or deemed to be held by an intermediary as Sir, khudkasht or an intermediary 's grove, (ii)held as a grove by, or in the personal cultivation of a permanent lessee in Avadh, (iii) held 'by a fixed rate tenant or a rent free as such, or (iv)held as such by (i) an occupancy tenant, (ii) a hereditary tenant, (iii)a tenant on patta dawami or istamrari or (iv) held by a grove holder (1) an occupancy tenant possessing the right (ii) a hereditary tenant to transfer (iii) a tenant on patta the holding by sale.