Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Enquiry before the Competent Authority.- (1) On receipt of the application under section 5, the Competent Authority shall issue individual notices to all the persons mentioned in the application and also to such other persons as may appear to be interested in the holding, intimating the date and time fixed for their appearance and calling upon them to file their objections, if any, and produce relevant evidence in support of their objections. 4 (2) The form of notices, the manner of serving the notices and all other matters connected therewith shall be such as may be prescribed. The competent authority may for valid and sufficient reasons permit applicant to amend the application. (3) On the date fixed for appearance, if the respondent fails to appear before the competent authority even after due service of notice or the respondent fails to file objections, the competent authority may, after making such verification as it deems proper, pass order either conferring ownership or rejecting the application. (4) Where an objection is filed disputing the validity of the applicant’s claim or setting up a rival claim, the competent authority shall, after holding such enquiry as it deems fit pass order either conferring the ownership or rejecting the application. (5) The competent authority may, on the application of any of the parties, for reasons to be recorded in writing, correct any clerical or arithmetical mistakes in any order passed by it. (6) The competent authority may, on its own or on the application of any of the parties, for reasons to be recorded in writing, correct the extent of holding or any order, passed by it after causing actual measurement and after giving opportunity of being heard to the concerned parties.