Adjudication of disputes

(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act any dispute between a landowner and a pannaiyal including any matter which affects their mutual harmonious relationship in the cultivation of land, or any question which may arise as to the payment or non-payment of any wages shall, on application by any party, be decided by the Conciliation Officer. (2) Against any award passed by a Conciliation Officer under sub-section (3) of section 12 or under sub-section (4) of section 12-A or any final order passed by a Conciliation Officer under sub-section (1), an appeal shall lie to the Revenue Court within thirty days of the passing of the award or order, as the case may be, unless the court in the special circumstances of any case condones the delay in preferring the appeal within that time, and the decision of the Revenue Court on such appeal shall be final. (3) Every application under sub-section (1) and every memorandum of appeal under sub-section (2) shall bear a court-fee stamp of one rupee. (4) Nothing contained in this section shall affect any decision of the Revenue Court which has become final under section 13 of Madras Ordinance IV of 1952 or of Madras Ordinance VI of 1952.