57Statement of case by Chief Controlling Revenue-authority to High Court.

(1) The Chief Controlling Revenue-authority may state any case referred to it under section 56, sub-section (2), or otherwise coming to its notice, and refer such case, with its own opinion thereon,--
¹[(a) if it arises in a State, to the High Court for that State;
²[(b) if it arises in the Union territory of the Delhi, to the High Court of Delhi;]
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⁴[(c) if it arises in the Union territory of the Arunachal Pradesh or Mizoram, to the Gauhati High Court (the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura;)]
(d) if it arises in the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to the High Court at Calcutta ;
(e) if it arises in the Union territory of the ⁵[Lakshadweep], to the High Court of Kerala;]
⁶[ (ee) if it arises in the Union territory of the Chandigarh, to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana;]
⁷[(f) if it arises in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, to the High Court of Bombay.]
(2) Every such case shall be decided by not less than three Judges of the High Court ⁸*** to which it is referred, and in case of difference the opinion of the majority shall prevail.