Appeal and Revision

Appeal and Revision.-

1. (1) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, an appeal from an original order of a revenue officer shall lie as follows, namely :-
   • (a) to the Collector when the order is made by an Assistant Collector of either class ;
   • (b) to the Commissioner when the order is made by a Collector.
2. (2) No appeal shall lie from an order made by a Collector or Commissioner in appeal.
3. (3) The Financial Commissioner or Commissioner may call for the record of any case pending before or disposed of by any revenue officer subordinate to him.
4. (4) If in any case in which a Commissioner has called for the record he is of the opinion that the proceedings take on the order made should be modified or reversed, he shall report that case with his report thereon for the orders of the Financial Commissioner.
5. (5) The Financial Commissioner may, in any case called for by him under sub-section
6. (3) or reported to him under sub-section (4). pass such order as he thinks fit.
7. (6) Whenever it is made to appear to the Government that a case decided by the Financial Commissioner involves a substantial question of law or a question of public interest, it may call for the record of the case and pass such order thereon as it thinks fit.
8. (7) The period of limitation for an appeal under sub-section
9. (1) shall be 60 days from the date of the order appealed against : Provided that in the District of Ladakh, Gilgit, Rajouri, Poonch and Doda and the Niabat of Arnas in the Reasi Tehsil of Udhampur District, twice the period of limitation prescribed for appeals under this section shall be allowed.
10. (8) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all appeals and revision applications pending before the Revenue Minister on the date of commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue and Allied Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1956 shall be disposed of by him.