Disputes

Disputes. (1) If any dispute, for the decision of which this Act does not otherwise provide, arises between two or more committees constituted under this Act, or between any such committee and a district board or cantonment authority, the matter shall be referred— (a) to the Deputy Commissioner if the local authorities concerned are in the same district; (b) [omitted] (c) to the State Government if the local authorities concerned are in different district. (2) The decision of the authority to which any dispute is referred under this section shall be final. Provided that where a dispute referred to the State Government under clause (c) of sub-section (1) is between a committee and a cantonment authority, the decision of the State Government shall be subject to the concurrence of the Central Government. (3) If, in the case mentioned in clause (a), the Deputy Commissioner is a member of one of the committees or boards concerned, his functions under the section shall be discharged by the State Government.