Disputed ownership

(1) Where there is a disputed claim as to the ownership of any piece of land included in an area in respect of which a declaration of intention to make a scheme has been made and any entry in the record of rights or mutation register relevant to such disputed claim is inaccurate or inconclusive, an enquiry may be held on an application being made by the appropriate authority or the Land Pooling Officer at any time prior to the date on which the Land Pooling Officer draws up the preliminary scheme under section 22 by such officer as the State Government may appoint for the purpose of deciding as to who shall be deemed to he owner for the purposes of this Act. <br>(2) The decision under sub-section (1) shall not be subject to appeal hut it shall not operate as a bar to a regular suit in a civil court. <br>(3) The decision under sub-section (1) shall, in the event of a civil court passing a decree which is inconsistent therewith, be corrected, modified or rescinded in accordance with such decree as soon as practicable after such decree has been brought to the notice of the appropriate authority either by the civil court or by a person affected by such decree. <br>(4) Where a decree of civil court referred to in sub-section (3) is passed after final scheme has been sanctioned by the State Government, the final scheme shall he deemed to have been suitably modified by reason of such decree.<br>