137Decision of disputes
All disputes affecting the entries in the annual registers shall be decided in the following manner:--
(i) those relating to entries to be made in the khewat, on the basis of possession or, if possession is doubtful, on the basis of summary inquiry into the question of title;
(ii) those relating to class or tenure of any tenant, the rent payable by him or any other matter to be recorded in the khatauni, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the terms of the lease, if any, so far as they are consistent with such provisions; and
(iii) those relating to boundaries, on the basis of the survey map, and in case one was not prepared or is not available, on the basis of actual possession.
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- 125 Power to form and alter Patwaris circles
- 126 Appointment of patwaris
- 127 Appointment of girdawars
- 128 Cadre and pay of girdawars and patwaris
- 129 Girdawars and patwaris to be public servants
- 130 Maintenance of maps and fieldbooks
- 131 Obligation of owners as to boundary marks
- 132 Record-of-rights
- 133 Contents of certain registers
- 134 Registers of revenue-paying, revenue-assigned and revenue-free villages
- 135 The annual registers
- 136 Obligation to furnish information necessary for compilation of certain record-of-rights
- 137 Decision of disputes
- 138 Inquiry into cases
- 139 Certain decisions, no bar to civil suit
- 140 Value of entries and decisions in contested cases
- 141 Appointment and punishment of lambardars and patels