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(1) The territorial jurisdiction of a Regional Land Reforms Tribunal may comprise— (a) a district, or (b) more than one district, or (c) a part of a district, or (d) the area described in Schedule Ito the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, or any part thereof, as may be specified in the notification under sub-section (1) of section 4. (2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) of section 4, the State Government may by notification establish more than one Regional Land Reforms Tribunal in the area described in Schedule Ito the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980: Provided that if more than one such Tribunal is established under this sub-section, the State Government shall by notification define the territorial jurisdiction of 'each such Tribunal. (3) If the territorial jurisdiction of a Regional Land Reforms Tribunal is reduced under sub-section (2) of section 4, all disputes and applications pending before such Tribunal in respect of the arca by which the territorial Regional Land Reforms Tribunal to exercise jurisdiction etc. and perform functions by Bench or Benches. Power to make Regulations. Territorial jurisdiction of Regional Land Reforms Tribunal. 155 The West Bengal Land Reforms Tribunal Act, 1991. [West Ben. Act Jurisdiction, power and authority of Regional Land Reforms Tribunal. (Chapter IL—Regional Land Reforms Tribunal. Section8.) jurisdiction of such Tribunal is so reduced shall be transferred in the prescribed manner to the Regional Land Reforms Tribunal which is established comprising, or whose territorial jurisdiction is enlarged by, such area. (4) The Regional Land Reforms Tribunal to which any dispute or application has been transferred under sub-section (3), shall proceed to deal with such dispute or application, as the case may be, from the stage reached before such transfer or from any earlier stage or de novo as it may deem fit. (5) If lands, or rights and interests in lands, situated within the territorial jurisdiction of more than one Regional Land Reforms Tribunal be the subject-matter of an order of an Authority, an application submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act against such order shall be adjudicated, tried and disposed of by the Regional Land Reforms Tribunal within the territorial jurisdiction of which such Authority has his office. S. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 25 and other provisions of this Act, a Regional Land Reforms Tribunal shall, with effect from such date as may be appointed by the State Government by notification in this behalf, exercise jurisdiction, power and authority in relation to all matters of adjudication or trial of any dispute or application relating to land reforms, and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, and no court except the Supreme Court shall, with effect from such date, exercise any jurisdiction, power or authority in relation to any such matter of adjudication or trial of any dispute or application. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, a Regional Land Reforms Tribunal shall, with effect from the date appointed by the State Government under sub-section (1), exercise all the jurisdiction, power and authority exercisable immediately before that day by all courts including the High Court but excluding the Supreme Court for adjudication or trial of disputes or applications relating to land reforms and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto: Provided that the provisions of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall not apply to adjudication and trial of disputes and applications referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of section 17. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and sub- section (2), an appeal or application against an order of the Mines Tribunal appointed under section 36 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953, shall not lie to a Regional Land Reforms Tribunal. West Ben. Act I of