section 22
Bar of jurisdiction of civil court in respect of certain matters
The Sikkim Agriculture Land Ceiling and Reforms Act 1977(1) When an order has been made under Section 19 directing revision or preparation of a record-of-rights, no civil Court shall entertain any suit or application for the determination of the revenue or the incidents of any land or the status of any person in relation to any land to which the record-of-rights relates, and if any suit or application in which any of the aforesaid matters is in issue, is pending before a Civil Court on the date of such order, it shall be stayed and it shall on, the expiry of the period prescribed for an appeal under sub-section (5) of Section 20 or when such an appeal has been filed under that sub-section, on the disposal of such appeal, abate so far as it relates to any of the aforesaid matters. Explanation: In this Section 'suit' includes an appeal. (2) No Civil Court shall entertain any suit or application concerning any land if it relates to any alteration of any entry in the record-of-rights finally published, revised, corrected or modified under any of the provisions of this Chapter.
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