145A. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, establish as many Land Survey Tribunals as may be required to dispose of the suits arising out of the final publication of the last revised record-of-rights prepared under section 144.

(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix and alter the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of any Land Survey Tribunal.

(3) The Government shall, in consultation with the Supreme Court, appoint the judge of the Land Survey Tribunal from among persons who are Joint District Judges.

 

²[(3A) Until such judge is appointed under sub-section (3), the Government may empower a Joint District Judge in each district as the judge of the Land Survey Tribunal of the district.

(3B) The Joint District Judge empowered under sub-section (3A) shall be deemed to be the judge of the Land Survey Tribunal appointed under sub-section (3).

(3C) The Government may, if necessary, appoint one or more Senior Assistant judge or Assistant Judge as a judge of the Land Survey Tribunal to dispose of the suits transferred by the judge of the Land Survey Tribunal appointed or empowered under this section.]

(4) No suit other than the suits arising out of the final publication of the last revised record of rights prepared under section 144 shall lie in the Land Survey Tribunal.

(5) If any suit arising out of the final publication of the last revised record-of-rights prepared under section 144 is instituted in any civil court before the establishment of the Land Survey Tribunal under this section, such suit shall stand transferred to the Tribunal as soon as it is established.

(6) Subject to the provision of sub-section (7), any person aggrieved by the final publication of the last revised record-of-rights prepared under section 144 may, within one year from the date of such publication or from the date of the establishment of the Land Survey Tribunal, whichever is later, file a suit in such Tribunal.

(7) A suit may be admitted within next one year after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (6), if the Land Survey Tribunal is satisfied with the reasons for delay shown by the plaintiff.

 

³[(7A) The Land Survey Tribunal shall conclude the trail of a suit within 180 (one hundred and eighty) days from the date fixed for its final hearing.]

(8) The Tribunal shall be competent to declare the impugned record-of-rights to be incorrect and further direct the concerned office to correct the record-of-rights in accordance with its decision, and may also pass such other order as may be necessary.

145B. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, establish as many Land Survey Appellate Tribunals as may be required to hear the appeals arising out of the judgment, decree or order of the Land Survey Tribunals.

(2) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix and alter the territorial limits of the jurisdiction of any Land Survey Appellate Tribunal.

⁴[(3) The Government shall appoint the judge of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal from among the persons who are District judges.]

 

⁵[(3A) Until such judge is appointed under sub-section (3), the Government may empower the District Judge as the judge of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal of the district.

(3B) The District Judge, empowered under sub-section (3A), shall be deemed to be the judge of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal appointed under sub-section (3).

(3C) The Government may, if necessary, appoint one or more Additional District Judges as a judge of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal to hear appeals transferred by the judge of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal appointed or empowered under this section.]

(4) No appeal other than the appeals arising out of the judgment, decree or order of the Land Survey Tribunal shall lie in the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal.

(5) Subject to the provision of sub-section (6), any person aggrieved by any judgment, decree or order of the Land Survey Tribunal may, within three months from the date of such judgment, decree or order, prefer an appeal to the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal.

(6) An appeal may be admitted within next three months even after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (5), if the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal is satisfied with the reasons for delay shown by the appellant.

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⁷[145E. Subject to the decisions and orders of the Land Survey Appellate Tribunal, the decisions and orders of the Land Survey Tribunal shall be final.]

145F. No suit arising out of the final publication of the last revised record-of-rights prepared under section 144 shall lie in any civil court within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction for which a Land Survey Tribunal is established under section 145A.

145G. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, at any time, abolish any Land Survey Tribunal established under section 145A and any Land Survey Appellate Tribunal established under section 145B, and while so abolishing, the Government shall, in the same notification, specify the courts where the suits, appeals and other proceedings pending in such Tribunals at the time of such abolition shall be transferred to and be disposed of.

145D. (1) For the purposes of disposal of suits or appeals, a Land Survey Tribunal or a Land Survey Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be, shall exercise the powers and follow the procedure under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, in respect of the following matters, namely:- (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any document; (c) requiring evidence on affidavit; (d) requisitioning any public record or a copy thereof from any office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents; and (f) such other matters as may be prescribed by rules. (2) Any proceeding before a Land Survey Tribunal or a Land Survey Appellate Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of section 193 of the Penal Code (XLV of 1860). (3) A Land Survey Tribunal or a Land Survey Appellate Tribunal shall sit at such place or places as the Government may fix. (4) The Judge of the Land Survey Tribunal or Land Survey Appellate Tribunal may make such administrative arrangements as he considers necessary for the performance of the functions of the Land Survey Tribunal or Land Survey Appellate Tribunal, as the case may be. (5) The Land Survey Appellate Tribunal may, of its own motion or upon an application made to it, by order in writing, transfer, at any stage of the proceedings, any suit from one Land Survey Tribunal to another Land Survey Tribunal within the territorial limits of its jurisdiction.

145H. Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary, in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the provisions of this Chapter, shall prevail.

145I. The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.]