The rent payable in respect of any Government land shall be liable to revision during settlement proceedings under the Orissa Survey and Settlement Act, 1958. (Orissa Act 3 of 1959) 2[7. Appeal :– (1) An appeal shall lie against any order made under Section 3 or Section 3-B-
(a) where such order is made by an officer below the rank of a Sub-divisional Officer, to the Sub-divisional Officer;
(b) Where such order is made by a Sub-divisional Officer, to the Collector;
and
(c) where such order is made by a Collector to the Revenue Divisional Commissioner.
(2) No appeal shall be entertained under Sub-section (1), unless it is preferred within thirty days from the date of the order appealed against:
Provided that appellate authority may admit an appeal preferred after the expiration of the aforesaid period of thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring it within that period.
(3) Every appeal preferred under this section shall be heard and disposed of in
1. Inserted vide Orissa Act No. 5 of 1974.
2. Substituted vide Orissa Act No. 5 of 1974.
7 such manner as may be prescribed.]
1[7-A. Revision :– (1) The Collector may revise any order made under Subsection (1) 2[or under Sub-section (3)] of Section 7 by a Sub-divisional Officer and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner may revise any order made under that sub-section by the Collector, if an application is made by the aggrieved person within a period of ninety days from the date of the order:
Provided that the Collector or the Revenue Divisional Commissioner, as the case may be, may admit an application under this sub-section after the expiration of the aforesaid period of ninety days if he is satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not making the application within that period.
(2) All applications for revision under Sub-section (1) shall be heard and disposed of in such manner as may be prescribed.
3[(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law, the Collector may, on his own motion or otherwise, call for and examine the records of any proceeding, in which any authority subordinate to him has passed an order under this Act, for the purpose of satisfying himself that any such order was not passed under a mistake of facts or owing to a fraud or misrepresentation or on account of any material irregularity of procedure and may pass such order thereon as he thinks fit :
Provided that no order shall be passed under this sub-section unless the person affected by the proposed order has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter.”.]
Provided that no order shall be passed under this sub-section unless the person affected by the proposed order has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter:
4[Provided further that no proceeding under this sub-section shall be initiated after the expiry of fourteen years from the date of the order.]
5[7-B. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts :– No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which any officer or authority is empowered by or under this Act to determine and no injunction shall be granted by any Civil Court in respect of any action taken or to be taken in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act.]