Section 248

On receipt of a reference under Rule 247— (a) The District Assistant Registrar may decide the dispute himself or appoint an Arbitrator or President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, subject to the condition that --- (i) Where the value of property or the amount of claim involved does not exceed Rs. 25,000, the Arbitrator or the President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, shall be of the rank, not below that of an Co-operative Inspector Group II, or be a person who retired as a Co-operative Inspector, Group II, (ii) Where the value of the property or the amount of the claim involved in the dispute exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 50,000 the Arbitrator or the President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, shall be of the rank not below that of an Co-operative Inspector, Group I, or be a person who retired as a Co-operative Inspector, Group I; (b) The Deputy Registrar of the region or Deputy Registrar, Headquarters, as the case may be, may decide the dispute himself or appoint an Arbitrator or the President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, an officer of the rank not below that of Group ‘B’ Gazetted Officer of the State Government or a person who retired as a Group B Gazetted Officer of the State Government; (c) The Additional Registrar may decide the dispute himself or appoint an Arbitrator or President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, for the purpose, an officer of the rank not below that of Group ‘A’ Gazetted Officer of the State Government or a person who retired as a Group ‘A’ Gazetted Officer of the State Government: Provided that where the dispute is covered under Sub-Rule (2) of Rule 247, the Arbitrator or the President of the Board of Arbitrators, as the case may be, shall not be serving officer of the Department concerned with the administration of the