Section 28. In any district in which a settlement of revenue is in progress, it shall be in the discretion of an

CHAPTER III. COMMUTATION AND PAYMENT OF RENT IN KIND. 28. In any district in which a settlement of revenue is in progress, it shall be in the discretion of any officer employed in making or revising such settlement, in any case in which the rent of a tenant having a right of occupancy is paid in kind, or by the estimated value of a portion of the crop, to commute, on the application either of the landlord or the tenant, such rent into a rent in money. The amount of rent thus fixed shall be binding upon the parties concerned. All 124 ACT No. XIX OF 1868. All decisions already passed by any such officer, commuting rents in kind or by valuation to rents in money, shall, subject to the same appeal as is given by this Act in respect of decisions passed in suits, be binding on the parties concerned. Chief Commissioner may extend section 28, and declare officers to hear and decide cases thereunder.