Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where a dispute exists between any Municipality and any Panchayat or between or among Municipalities in regard to any matter arising under the provisions of this or any other Act and the Government are of opinion that they are unable to settle it amicably among themselves, the Government may take cognizance of the dispute, and- (a) decide it themselves; or [(b) refer it to the Tribunal constituted under Section 271 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994] or to the Joint Committee constituted under Section 37, for enquiry and report;] (2) The report referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the Government who shall decide the dispute in such manner as they deem fit and such decision shall be binding on the parties to dispute. Clause (b) substituted by Act 14 of 1999, w.e.f. 24-3-1999. Prior to the substitution clause (b) read as under: "(b) refer it for any enquiry and report to an arbitrator or a board of arbitrators, or to a Joint Committee constituted under section 37 for the purpose."