(1) All khasmahal lands, other Government lands, and interests therein belonging to the State Government shall, unless the State Government otherwise directs by any general or special order and subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government in this behalf, be managed by the Collector of South 24- Parganas who is declared as Chief Revenue Officer for the purposes of this Act:
Provided that the State Government may entrust the management of such lands belonging to it in any area to such authority as may be prescribed and such authority shall, thereupon, manage the lands subject to the control of the State Government and in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf.
(2) The State Government may, while making rules under section 21, provide for establishment of any Government company or any co-operative society or any institution or authority or agency in the public interest for utilisation of any land.
CHAPTER IV Miscellaneous 15, The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delegate any of its powers to be exercised, to any authority subordinate to it subject to such reservations as may be specified in the notification.
16. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, the Revenue Officer, having jurisdiction in the area in which any land is situated, shall be necessary party to all suits of civil nature relating to any such land or portion thereof in which one of the parties to the suit is a member of any Scheduled Tribe and the other party is not a member of any Scheduled Tribe.
17. A Revenue Officer or any officer authorised by him, subject to any rules made under this Act, may at' ny time enter upon any land or in any building situated upon such land with Delegation of powers by the State Government.
Revenue Officer to be a necessary party in all suits etc .
!)ART IIIJ THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 6, 2003 [34 The Kolkata Land-revenue Act, 2003.
(Chapter1K—Miscellaneous.—Sections 18-22.)
Power to compel production of records and documents and to enforce attendance of witness.
Power to make rules.
Repeal and savings.
such officers or persons as he considers necessary, and make a survey or take measurement thereof or do any other acts which he considers to be necessary for fixation of land-revenue.
18. Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, any officer in dealing with proceedings under this Act shall exercise the powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, for the purpose of
(a) summoning and enforcing attendance of any person and examining him on oath as a witness,
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document or record,
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits,
(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office,
(e) issuing commission for the examination or witnesses or document,
(1) enforcing or executing orders including an order for restoration of possession as if such orders were decrees of a civil court,
(g) remanding any case or proceedings to the officer from whose decree the appeal is preferred, and such officer shall record the substance of the evidence, if any, taken by him.
19. Record-of-rights in the original jurisdiction of Kolkata as provided in Schedule Ito the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, shall be prepared in terms of section 51 of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 and the rules made thereunder.
20. (I) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against State Government for any damage caused or likely to be caused for any injury suffered or likely to be suffered by virtue of any provisions of this Act or by anything in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder.