Procedure when question of title is raised

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 185, if in any suit or proceedings mentioned in column 3 of Schedule I, a question is raised regarding the title of any party to the land which is the subject matter of the suit or proceeding and such question is directly and substantially in issue, the Court shall, unless the question has already been decided by a competent Court, frame an issue on the question of the title and submit the record to the competent civil court for the decision of that issue only. Explanation.—A plea regarding the title to the land which is clearly untenable and intended solely to oust the jurisdiction of the revenue court shall not be deemed to raise a question regarding the title to the land within the meaning of this section. (2) The civil court, after refraining the issue, if necessary, shall decide such issue only and return the record together with its finding thereon to the revenue court which submitted it. (3) The revenue court shall then proceed to decide the suit, accepting the finding of the civil court on the issue referred to it. (4) An appeal from a decree of a revenue court in a suit or proceeding in which an issue regarding title has been decided by a civil court under sub-section (2) shall lie to the civil court which having regard to the valuation of the suit has jurisdiction to hear appeal from the Court to which the issue of title has been referred.