16. (1) Every disputes between a bargadar and the owner in respect of- (a) division or delivery of the produce, (b) termination of barga contract, (c) place of storing and thrashing of the produce, shall be decided by the prescribed authority. (2) If in deciding any dispute referred to in sub-section (1), any question arises as to whether a person is a bargadar or not or to whom the share of the produce is deliverable, such question shall be determined by the prescribed authority. (3) The prescribed authority shall not entertain any dispute if it is not referred to it by an application praying for its decision thereon within three months from the date on which the dispute arose. (4) The prescribed authority shall, after giving the parties an opportunity of being heard and adducing evidence and making such enquiry as it deems necessary, give its decision within three months from the date of receipt of the application.