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Any person present may be required by any such Revenue Officer to give evidence or
to produce any document then and there in his possession or power.
Every such Revenue Officer shall have power to issue a commission to examine any
person who is exempted from attending Court or who cannot be ordered to attend in
person or is unable to attend on account of sickness or infirmity.
7. Compelling attendance of witness |Section 34] 1f any person on whom a summons to
attend as witness or to produce any document has been served falls to comply with the
summons, the officer by whom the summons has been issued under Section 33 may -

a. Issue a bailable warrant of arrest;

b. Order him to furnish security for appearance; or
c. Impose upon him a fine not exceeding Rs. 1,000.
8. Hearing in absence of party |Section 35) I f any party to a case or proceeding before a
Revenue Oficer does not appear on the date fixed for hearing after due service of a notice
or summons on him the case may be -

heard and determined in his absence, or

dismissed in default.
The party against whom any such order is passed may apply within 30 days from the
date of such order to have it set aside on the ground that he was prevented by
sufficient cause from appearing at the hearing.
The Revenue Officer may, after notice to the opposite party which was present and
after making such inquiry as he considers necessary, set aside the order passed.
Where such an application is rejected, the party aggrieved may file an appeal to the
authority to whom an appeal lies from an original order passed by such officer.
An appeal shall not lie from such order.
9. Power to award costs [Section 37] - A Revenue Officer may award costs incurred in any

case or proceeding in such manner and to such extent, as he thinks fit.

The fees of a legal practitioner shall not be allowed as costs in any such case or
proceeding, unless such officer considers otherwise for reasons to be recorded by him in
writing.
Q.6. Discuss the provisions relating to appeals under the M.P. Land Revenue, Code,
1959. Under what conditions no appeal shall lie against an order of the Revenue Court?
Also discuss the period of limitation of appeal under the Code. OR
Q. Does a second appeal lie from an order passed in first appeal, if so, from what orders
and to which court? Is an order passed in review also appealable? [MPCJ 2009
Ans. Chapter V (Sections 44 to 56) of the Code contains the provisions regarding appeal,
revision and review. Section 44 of the Code [As amended by the M.P. Land Revenue Code
(Amendment) Act, 2018, w.ef. 25/09/2018] provides for the appeal and appellate authorities. It