Authorised officer to decide whether a person is a rural artisan, etc.

(1) If any question arises- (a) whether any person is a rural artisan; or (b) whether any rural artisan holds any land other than the kudiyiruppu; or (c) whether any site is a kudiyiruppu; or (d) whether any rural artisan was occupying any kudiyiruppu on the 1st day of July 1975; or (e) whether any area adjacent to a dwelling house or hut is necessary for the convenient enjoyment of such dwelling house or hut; or (f) whether any rural artisan already owns a dwelling house or hut, and if so, its distance from the kudiyiruppu and the extent of the site on which such dwelling house or hut is erected, such question shall be decided by the authorised officer. (2) In deciding any question under sub-section (1), the authorised officer shall follow such procedure as may be prescribed.