Section 45

Chapter V: . REVENUE COURTS. | Section 45: Suits of any of the classes comprised in the following groups instituted on and after the date on wh CHAPTER V. REVENUE COURTS. 45. Suits of any of the classes comprised in the following groups instituted on and after the date on which this Act comes into force, shall be instituted, heard and determined in Revenue Courts and not otherwise :— First Group. (a) Suits by tenants to establish a claim to a right of occupancy. (b) Suits by landlords under section 6 of the Panjáb Tenancy Act, 1868, to prove that a tenant presumed to have a right of occupancy under that section has no such right. (c) Suits for enhancement or abatement of rent under Chapter III of the same Act. (d) Suits for ejectment of a tenant. (e) Suits under section 25 of the said Act to contest liability to be ejected when notice of ejectment has been served. Second Group. (f) Suits for arrears of rent on account of land, or of any payments due on account of rights of pasturage, forest-rights, fisheries or the like. (g) Suits for the recovery of any over-payment of rent. (h) Suits by lambardárs for arrears of land-revenue, payable through them by the co-sharers, or for village-expenses or other dues for which the co-sharers may be responsible to the lambardár. (i) Suits by co-sharers for their share of the profits of an estate or part thereof after payment of the land-revenue and village-expenses, or for a settlement of accounts. (j) Suits 268 Panjab Courts. [ACT XVIII (Chapter V.—Revenue Courts.—Sections 46 & 47.) Chapter V: . REVENUE COURTS. | Section 45: Suits of any of the classes comprised in the following groups instituted on and after the date on wh (j) Suits by assignees of land-revenue for arrears of revenue due to them as such. (k) Suits by superior proprietors for arrears of revenue due to them as such. (l) Suits under section 9 of the Specific Relief Act to recover possession of land. (m) Suits to determine disputes regarding boundaries of land which have been fixed by a Court or Revenue-officer: Provided that the Local Government may, after consulting the Chief Court, direct that suits of any of these classes arising in any local area shall be heard and determined by the Civil Courts and not by the Revenue Courts, and cancel any such direction. Original jurisdiction of Deputy Commissioner and his subordinates in suits.