Review by Revenue officers

Section 82 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 deals with review by Revenue officers. A Revenue-officer, as such, may either of his own motion or on the application of any party interested, review, and on so reviewing modify, reverse or confirm any order passed by himself or by any of his predecessors in office : Provided as follows: — (a) when a Commissioner or Collector thinks it n The Act was enacted on 23 Sep 1887.

(1) A Revenue-officer, as such, may either of his own motion or on the application of any party interested, review, and on so reviewing modify, reverse or confirm any order passed by himself or by any of his predecessors in office :

Provided as follows: —

(a) when a Commissioner or Collector thinks it necessary to review any order which he has not himself passed and when a Revenue-officer of a class below that of Collector proposes to review any order whether passed by himself or by any of his predecessors in officer he shall first obtain the sanction of the Revenue-officer to whose control he is immediately subject;

(b) an application for review of an order shall not be entertained unless it is made within ninety days from the passing of the order or unless the applicant satisfies the Revenue-officer that he had sufficient cause for not making the application within that period;

(c) an order shall not be modified or reversed unless reasonable notice has been given to the parties affected there by to appear and be heard in support of the order;

(d) an order against which an appeal has been preferred shall not be reviewed.

(2) For the purposes of this section the Collector shall be deemed to be the successor in office of any Revenue-officer of a lower class who has left the district or has ceased to exercise powers as a Revenue-officer and to whom there is no successor in office.

(3) An appeal shall not lie from an order refusing to review, or confirming on review, a previous order.

Section 82, The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act 16 of 1887).