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Section 6: Appeal

The Andhra Pradesh Watans (Abolition) Act, 1978.State Act of Andhra Pradesh · Act 10 of 1978

(1) Any person aggrieved by the award of the Collector made under sub-section (3) of section 5 may appeal to the Commissioner for Land Revenue within sixty days from the date of communication of the award.

(2) In deciding appeals under sub-section (1), the Commissioner for Land Revenue shall exercise all the powers which a Civil Court has and follow the same procedure which the court follows in deciding appeals from the decree or order of an original court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908).

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the Andhra Pradesh Count-fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 (Act VII of 1956), every appeal made under this Act to the Commissioner for Land Revenue shall bear a court-fee stamp of such value as may be prescribed.

7. Finality of award of Collector and decision of Commissioner for Land Revenue - The award made by the Collector subject to an appeal to the Commissioner for Land Revenue and the decision of the Commissioner for Land Revenue shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law.

8. Power to make rules - (1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-

(a) the procedure to be followed by the Collector in determining questions as to whether or not a person was the watandar, hissedar, gumastha or any other person on their behalf;

(b) the procedure relating to appeals before the Commissioner for Land Revenue;

(c ) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed.

(3) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before each House of the State Legislature if it is in session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following, for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session, or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled, as the case may be, so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

9. Power to remove difficulties - If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may make such orders, not inconsistent with the purpose of this Act as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Andhra Pradesh Watans (Abolition) Act, 1978.
Section6
Marginal noteAppeal
JurisdictionState of Andhra Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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