It shall be lawful for the Settlement Officer, Consolidation, at any stage of the consolidation proceedings but before

38-A (1) The Deputy Director of Consolidation may recognize a consolidation scheme in respect of a village within or without a consolidation area, prepared voluntarily by the tenure-holders of the village, where he is satisfied that it conforms to the broad principles of consolidation under this Act, and has support of all the tenure-holders concerned and is of her wise fair to all concerned.

1. (2) The consolidation scheme recognized under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been prepared and confirm under the provisions of this Act and shall be enforced thereunder. Limitation 38-B The provision of section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 shall apply to the application, appeals, revisions and other proceedings under this Act or the rules made thereunder.