(1) Any Revenue Officer may, with the consent of the parties, refer to arbitration any dispute arising before him in any matter under this Act.
(2) A Collector or any Assistant Collector of the first grade may, without the consent of the parties, refer to arbitration any dispute before him with respect to-
(a) any matter of which an entry is to be made in any record or register or Chapter IV;
(b) any matter relating to the distribution of an assessment under section 60;
(c) the limits of any estate or of any holding, field or other portion of an estate;’
1. Section 138 substituted vide H.P. Act No. 25 of 2009.
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(d) the property to be divided at a partition or the mode of making a partition.