(1) No costs, by way of process fee, pleader’s fee and witness batta shall be allowed in proceedings before a Tribunal and Special Appellate Tribunal in cases where the claim is uncontested or is decreed on admission or compromised, .... .. . , i .. • < 4' f • ’ 17
(2) Where a claim.is contested before a Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal, but is allowed in whole or in part, costs shall be allowed to the claimant or the appellant in proportion to his success against contest and the contesting party or the respondent shall pay such costs to the claimant or the appellant.
(3) In the event of any claim before a Tribunal or the * Special Appellate Tribunal being dismissed wholly or- in part, costs, shall be allowed to the contesting party or the respondent in proportion to his success.
(2) In cases of frivolous or vexations claims or defences, costs shall be allowed also by way of compensation as laid down in section 35-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908).
(3) Where costs are awarded by a Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal, the order for costs shall be executable by a Civil Court having jurisdiction over the area with reference to which the Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal gave its decision, as if it were a decree passed by that Court-
23. Procedure to be adopted in fhe case of proceedings before the Judges of High Court-—The provisions of rules 21 and 22 shall, as far as may be, apply to the proceedings before Judge or -Judges of the High Court hearing a case under Sub-Section 2 _ .pf Section 41.