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(a) Settlement Commissioner,
(b) Deputy Commissioner,
(c) Settlement Officer,
(d) Assistant Commissioner
(e) Assistant Settlement Officer,
(f) Tehsildar,
(g) Land Records Officer,
(h) Naib-Teshildar,
(i) Revenue Inspector,
(j) Patwari, and
(k) such other village officers and servants as may be specified by rules made under this Regulation.
4.(1) All revenue officers shall be subordinate to the Chief Commissioner and subject to the provisions of sub section (2), all revenue officers in the district shall also be subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner.
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(2) Unless the Deputy Commissioner otherwise directs, every revenue officer in a sub-division shall be subordinated to the Sub- Divisional Officer and a Naib-Teshildar in a tehsil shall be subordinates to the Teshildar
5. The Chief Commissioner may, with the previous approval of the Government , after the limits of any district or tehsil or create new or abolish existing districts or tehsil, or divide any district into subdivisions or after the limits of, or abolish, any sub-division.
6. The Government may appoint for each district a Deputy Commissioner who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on a Deputy Commissioner by or under this Regulation.
7. The Chief Commissioner may appoint for each district as many persons as he thinks necessary to be Assistant Commissioner who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification, direct.
8. The Chief Commissioner may appoint each tehsil a Tehsildar and one or more Naib-Tehsildar who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Regulation.
9. The Chief Commissioner may appoint for each district as many persons as he thinks necessary to be Land Record Officers, who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Regulation.
10. (1) The Chief Commissioner may place any Assistant Commissioner to be in charge of on or more sub-divisions of a district.
(2) Such Assistant Commissioner shall be called a sub-Divisional Officer and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties of a Deputy Commissioner as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification, direct
11. The Chief Commissioner may, by notification, confer on any person the powers conferred by or under this Regulation on any revenue officer.
12. If any revenue officer, who has been invested with any powers under this Regulation in any tehsil or district is transferred to an equal or higher office of the same nature in any other tehsil or district, shall, unless the Chief Commissioner otherwise directs, exercise the same powers under this Regulation in such other tehsil or district.
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13. Expect for reasons to be recorded in writing, no revenue officer shall enquire into, or hear, any case arising under this Regulation at any place outside the local limits of his jurisdiction.
14. All revenue officers and measures and all persons acting under their orders may enter upon and survey any land and demarcate boundaries and do all other acts connected with their duties under this Regulation and in so doing, shall cause no more damage than the circumstances of the case may require.
Power to alter, create or abolish, districts, sub-division and tehsils Appointment of Deputy Commissioner Appointment of Assistant Commissioners Appointment of Tehsildars and Naib- Tehsildars Appointment of Land Records Officers Sub-Divisional Officers Conferment by Chief Commissioner of powers of revenue officers on other persons Powers exercisable on transfer Place for holding enquires Power to enter upon and survey land 6 Power to transfer cases Power to transfer cases to and from subordinates Conferment of status of courts on revenue officers Inherent powers of revenue courts Power or revenue officers to require attendance of persons and production of documents and to receive evidence Compelling attendance of witness
Provided that no person shall enter into any building or upon any enclosed court or garden attached to a dwelling house, unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without giving such occupier at least twenty-four hours notice and in making such entry due regard shall be paid to the special and religious sentiments of the occupier.
15. Whenever it appears to the Chief Commissioner that an order under this section is expedient for the ends of justice, he may direct that any particular case be transferred from one revenue officer to another revenue officer of an equal or superior rank in the same district or any other district.
16. (1) A Deputy Commissioner, a Sub Divisional Officer or a Tehsildar may make over any case or class of cases arising under this Regulation for decision from his on file to any revenue officer subordinate to him and competent to decide such case or class of cases, or may withdraw any case or class of cases from any such revenue officer and may deal with such case or class of cases himself or refer the same for disposal to any other revenue officer subordinate to him and competent to decide such case or class of cases
(2) A Deputy Commissioner, a Sub Divisional Officer, or a Tehsildar may make over for inquiry and report any case or class of cases arising under this Regulation from his own file to any revenue officer subordinate to him.
17. Every revenue officer, while exercising any power under this Regulation to enquire into or decide any question arising for determination between the Government and any person or between parties to any proceedings, shall be revenue court.
18. Nothing in this Regulation shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the inherent power of the revenue court to make such orders as may be necessary for the ends of justice or to prevent the abuse of the process of the court.
19. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 132 and 133 of the Code of Civil Procedure,1908 and the rules made under this Regulation every revenue officer acting as a revenue court shall have power to take evidence, to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to be examined as a party or to give evidence as a witness or to produce any document for the purpose of any inquiry or case arising under this Regulation:
Provided that no person shall be ordered to attend in person unless he resides in the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(2) Any person present may be required by any such revenue officer to give evidence or to produce any document then and there in his possessions of power.
(3) Every such revenue officer shall have power to issue a commission to examine any person who is exempted from attending court under any law for the time being in force or who cannot be ordered to attend in person or is unable to attend on account of sickness or infirmity.
20. If any person on whom a summons to attend as witness or to produce any document has been served fails to comply with the summons, the officer by whom the summons has been issued under section 19, may- 5 of 1908 7 Dismissal of case or proceeding and hearing in absence of party
(a) issue a bailable warrant or arrest;
(b) order him to furnish security for appearance; or
(c) impose upon him a fine not exceeding fifty rupees.
21. (1) If, on the date fixed for hearing a case or proceeding, a revenue officer fins that a summons or notice was not served on any party due to the failure of the opposite party to pay the requisite process fees for such service, the case or proceeding may be dismissed in default of payment of such process fees.
(2) If any party to a case or proceeding before a revenue officer does not appear on the date fixed for hearing after due service of a summons or notice on him, the case or proceeding may be heard and determined in his absence or may be dismissed for default,
(3) The party against whom any order is passed under sub-section
(1) or sub-section (2) may apply within thirty days from the date of such order, to have it set aside on the ground that he was prevented by any sufficient cause from paying the requisite process fees for service of a summons or notice on the opposite party or, as the case may be ,from appearing at the hearing and the revenue officer may, after notice to the opposite party who was present on the date on which such order was passed and after making such inquiry as he considers necessary set aside the order passed.
(4) Where an application field under sub-section (3) is rejected, the party aggrieved may file an appeal to the authority to whom an appeal lies from an original order passed by such officer.
(5) Expect as provided in sub-section (4) no appeal shall lie from an order passed under this section.
22. (1) A revenue officer may, from time to time, for reasons to be recorded by him in writing and on such terms as to costs as he thinks fit, adjourn the hearing of a case or proceeding before him.
(2) The date and place of an adjourned hearing of a case or proceeding shall be intimated at the time of the adjournment to such of the parties and witness as are present.
23. A revenue officer may award costs incurred in any case or proceeding arising under this Regulation in such manner and to such extent, as he thinks fit:
Provided that the fees of the legal practitioner shall not be allowed as costs in any such case or proceeding, unless such officer considers otherwise for reasons to be recorded by him in writing.