https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199852 Section 64-C of the Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 does not by itself exclude civil court jurisdiction where a suit seeks declaration and injunction concerning the real nature of the land. The Settlement Officer's inquiry under section 11 is confined to granting or refusing ryotwari patta in a summary revenue proceeding, and any finding on whether the land is ryoti or communal is only incidental to that limited function. Because section 11 contains no express machinery for a full adjudication of title-based disputes, the statutory scheme does not show a clear or necessary implication excluding civil relief. The civil suit was therefore maintainable, and the patta proceedings did not operate as a conclusive bar. en-us Wed, 01 May 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:46:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199852 Section 64-C of the Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 does not by itself exclude civil court jurisdiction where a suit seeks declaration and injunction concerning the real nature of the land. The Settlement Officer's inquiry under section 11 is confined to granting or refusing ryotwari patta in a summary revenue proceeding, and any finding on whether the land is ryoti or communal is only incidental to that limited function. Because section 11 contains no express machinery for a full adjudication of title-based disputes, the statutory scheme does not show a clear or necessary implication excluding civil relief. The civil suit was therefore maintainable, and the patta proceedings did not operate as a conclusive bar. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199852