Revision of the Khasra Girdawari and current Jamabandi and disposal of disputed cases

(1) Upon revision of the estate maps under section 7, the Settlement Officer (Consolidation) shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, cause to be revised the khasra Girdawari of the unit after field to field Girdawari and the current Jamabandi after its test and verification. He shall also cause to be prepared in respect of the plots falling in the unit, a statement showing the mistakes and disputes discovered during the course of field to field girdawri and test and verification of the current Jamabandi.

(2) Upon preparation of the statement mentioned in Sub-section (1), the Consolidation Naib-Tehsildar shall, after correcting the clerical mistakes, if any, send notice, together with relevant extracts from the current Jamabandi showing mistakes and disputes discovered under Sub-section (1), to tenure-holders concerned and to the persons interested, calling upon them to file before him objection, if any, with thirty days from the date of the receipt of the notice, disputing the correctness or nature of the entries in the extracts and pointing out any omission therefrom.

(3) The Consolidation Naib-Tehsildar shall, after hearing the parties concerned, or where no objection is filed, after such enquiries as he may consider necessary, make an effort, as far as may be, to settle the disputed entries and mistakes by conciliation between the parties appearing before him and pass orders on the basis of conciliation so arrived at. The Consolidation Naib-Tehsildar while so acting, shall be deemed to be a Court of competent jurisdiction:

Provided that, no order under this Sub-section shall be passed on the basis of conciliation which is repugnant to the provisions of any law or rule or Government order for the time being in force.

(4) The Consolidation Naib-Tehsildar shall sent the remaining disputed cases with a report on each case to the Consolidation Tehsildar for disposal in the manner hereinafter provided.

(5) Upon receipt of the disputed cases under Sub-section (4), the Consolidation Tehsildar shall-

(a) issue notice to the parties concerned calling upon them to appear before him on a date and place mentioned therein, and (b) hear the parties concerned and record evidence, where tendered and decide the objections, as if it were a Court of competent jurisdiction.

(6) The annual records shall be revised on the basis of the orders of the Consolidation Naib-Tehsildar under Sub-section (3) and the orders of the Consolidation Tehsildar under Sub-section (5).