https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299100 In a specific performance suit concerning agricultural land under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the civil court could not decide whether the purchaser was an agriculturist because that issue fell within the exclusive statutory province of the Mamlatdar. Sections 63, 85 and 85A require the revenue authority to determine questions that the Act assigns to it, and the civil court must stay the suit and refer the jurisdictional issue when such determination is necessary for final relief. The fact that the suit itself is otherwise maintainable in civil court does not preserve jurisdiction over a contested issue reserved to the competent authority. en-us Tue, 05 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:54:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299100 In a specific performance suit concerning agricultural land under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the civil court could not decide whether the purchaser was an agriculturist because that issue fell within the exclusive statutory province of the Mamlatdar. Sections 63, 85 and 85A require the revenue authority to determine questions that the Act assigns to it, and the civil court must stay the suit and refer the jurisdictional issue when such determination is necessary for final relief. The fact that the suit itself is otherwise maintainable in civil court does not preserve jurisdiction over a contested issue reserved to the competent authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299100