Powers to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases

Powers to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases. (1) The Financial Commissioner or a Commissioner or Collector may by written order distribute, in such manner as he thinks fit, any business cognizable by any Revenue Officer under his control. (2) The Financial commissioner or a Commissioner or Collector may withdraw any case pending before any Revenue Officer under his control, and either dispose of it himself, or by written order refer it for disposal to any other Revenue Officer under his control. (3) An order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not empower any officer to exercise any powers or deal with any business which he would not be competent to exercise or deal with within the local limits of his own jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 (Act No. 6 of 1954) and rules, instructions, notifications made or issued thereunder, or in any law for the time being in force or in any judgement, decree or order of any court or other authority, where at any time after the 23rd day of September, 1976 and before the commencement of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1996, if any record-of-rights or special revision of record-of-rights has been made in respect of lands, situated in the State of Himachal Pradesh, such making or special revision of record-of-rights shall and shall be deemed always to have been valid and shall not be questioned on the ground that the amendments made vide sections 2(b), 5, 6 and 10 of this Act were not in force at that time when such record-of-rights were made or specially revised.