section 17
Jurisdiction of Civil Courts in Chingleput in suits against Revenue officers
The Madras City Land-Revenue Act, 1851All actions concerning any trespass or injury committed by any Revenue-officer, acting under colour of this Act, or concerning any claim in respect of any goods taken by, or any moneys paid to, any Revenue-officer under this Act, or concerning any claim of rent or revenue on the part of [the Government] under this Act, shall be tried and determined in the Civil Courts established by [the Government] in the Zila of Chingleput, notwithstanding that the cause of action in respect of which such action is brought arose, or the defendant therein reside, within the limit of the town of Madras, and every such action shall be brought within six months after the cause of action arose, and not afterwards.
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