(XVII OF
1967)
[7th
December, 1967]
An Act to
consolidate and amend the law relating to Land Revenue in the
Word
'Punjab' substituted for `
Sindh. For the heading below Chapter XIII, the heading "APPEAL AND
REVISION" shall be substituted. h Ord. XI of
1980, S. 11
172.
Exclusion of jurisdiction of Civil Courts in matters within the jurisdiction of
Revenue Officers. (1) Except as otherwise provided
by this Act, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction in any matter which
Government, the Board of Revenue, or any Revenue Officer, is empowered by this
Act to dispose of or take cognizance of
the manner in which Government the Board of revenue, or any Revenue Officer
exercise any powers vested in it or him by or under this :Act.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generally of the provisions of sub‑section (1), a
(i) any question
as to the limits of any land which has been defined by a Revenue Officer as
land to which this Act does not apply;
(ii) any claim
to compel the discharge of any duties imposed by this Act or any other
enactment for the time being in force on any Revenue Officer as such;
(iii) any claim
to the office of a Village Officer, or in respect of any injury caused by
exclusion from such office, or to compel the discharge of the duties or a
division of the emoluments thereof;
(iv) any
notification directing the making or revision of a record‑of rights;
(v) the framing of
a record‑of‑rights or periodical record, or the preparation,
signing or attestation of any of the documents included in such a record;
(vi) the
correction of any entry in a record of rights, periodical record or register of
mutation;
(vii) any notification
of the undertaking of the general reassessment of a District or Tehsil having
been sanctioned by Government;
(viii) objection
to the amount or rate of any assessment of land revenue the period thereof authorized by Government;
(ix) the claim of
any person to be liable for an assessment of land revenue or of any other
revenue as assessed under this Act;
(x) The amount
of land‑revenue to be assessed on any estate or to be paid in respect of
any holding under this Act;
(xi) the amount
of, or the liability of any person to pay, any other revenue to be assessed
under this Act, or any cess, charge or rate to be assessed on an estate or
holding under this Act or any other enactment for the time being in force;
(xii) any claim
relating to the allowance to be received be a land‑owner who has given
notice of his refusal to be liable for an assessment, or any claim connected
with or arising out of, any proceedings taken in consequence of the refusal of
any person to be liable for an assessment under this Act.
(xiii) the
formation of an estate or determination of its boundaries;
(xiv) any claim
to hold free of revenue any land, mills, fisheries or natural products of land
or water;
(xv) any claim
connected with, or arising out of, the collection by Government, or the
enforcement by Government of any process for the recovery of, land‑revenue
or any sum recoverable as an arrear of land revenue;
(xvi) any claim
to set aside, on any ground other than fraud, a sale for the recovery of an
arrear of land‑revenue or any sum recoverable as an arrear of land‑revenue;
(xvii) the
amount of; or the liability of any person to pay any cess, fees, fines, costs
or other charges imposed under this Act;
(xviii) any claim for partition of an estate or
holding, or any question connected with or arising out of, proceedings for
partition, not being a question as to title in any of the property of which
partition is sought;
(xix) any question as to the allotment of land on
the partition of an estate or holding or as to the distribution of land subject
by established customs to periodical redistribution or as to the distribution
of land-revenue on the partition of an estate or holding or on a periodical
redistribution of land;
(xx) any question connected with or arising out
of or relating to any proceedings for the determination of boundaries of
estates subject to river action under the provisions of this Act; and
(xxi) any claim regarding boundaries fixed under
any of the enactments hereby repealed or any other law for the time being in
force, or to set aside any other passed by a competent officer under any such
law with regard to boundary marks.