https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188766 Where a civil suit raises tenancy questions under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the civil court must refer those issues to the competent tenancy authority under section 85A and cannot decide them itself, even if they arise incidentally. The statutory scheme of sections 70, 85 and 85A gives exclusive jurisdiction to the Mamlatdar or other competent authority on matters the Act requires to be settled by that forum. An earlier ex parte order dismissing a landlords' possession application did not amount to a final adjudication or create res judicata against the statutory reference. en-us Tue, 12 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:02:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188766 Where a civil suit raises tenancy questions under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the civil court must refer those issues to the competent tenancy authority under section 85A and cannot decide them itself, even if they arise incidentally. The statutory scheme of sections 70, 85 and 85A gives exclusive jurisdiction to the Mamlatdar or other competent authority on matters the Act requires to be settled by that forum. An earlier ex parte order dismissing a landlords' possession application did not amount to a final adjudication or create res judicata against the statutory reference. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 12 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188766