Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In all inquiries and proceedings commenced on the presentation of applications under section 71 the Mamlatdar or the Tribunal shall exercise the same powers as the Mamlatdar's Court under the Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 and shall 1[save as provided in section 29] follow the provisions of the said Act, as if the Mamlatdar or the Tribunal were a Mamlatdar's Court under the said Act and the application presented was a plaint presented under section 7 of the said Act. In regard to matters which are not provided for in the said Act, the Mamlatdar or the Tribunal shall follow the procedure as may be prescribed by the 2[State] Government. Every decision of the Mamlatdar or the Tribunal shall be recorded in the form of an order which shall state reasons for such decisions. 3[72AA. Where in any taluka or mahal in addition to the Mamlatdar appointed under section 12 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, or as the case may be, in addition to the Mahalkari appointed under section 13 of the said Code one or more officers are appointed by the State Government to perform the duties of a Mamlatdar under this Act in such taluka or mahal, each such officer shall dispose of such inquiries or proceedings commenced under section 71 as the Mamlatdar or as the case may be, the Mahalkari, subject to the control of the Collector, may by general or appeal order, refer to him.] 4[72A. The Collector may, after due notice to the parties, by order in writing transfer any proceeding under this Act pending before a Mamlatdar in his district from such Mamlatdar to any other Mamlatdar in his district and the Mamlatdar to whom the proceeding is so transferred shall thereupon exercise jurisdiction under this Act in such proceeding: