(1) On receipt of application under section 14 the authority, after giving an opportunity to the parties concerned to appear and be heard, shall determine in respect of the debt in question the amount of the principal and the amount of interest at the rate of six percentum per annum due thereon, upto the date of such determination.
(2) When the authority has determined under sub-section (1) the amount of the debt together with interest the decision of the authority to be embodied in an order, shall subject to the provisions of section 20 relating to appeal, be final and shall not be called in question in any civil court.
(3) The procedure to be followed by an authority in any proceeding before it shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter be in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.
(4) An order made under sub-section (2) shall be in the prescribed from and shall include such particulars as may be prescribed.
(5) The debt in excess of the debt determined under the provision of this section shall not be recoverable from the small farmer and shall stand discharged.