Section 26. Determination of disputes.

(1) If during the making, revision or preparation of any record or in the course of any inquiry under this Chapter, a dispute arises as to any matter of which an entry is to be made in a record or in a register of mutations, a Revenue Officer may of his own motion, or on the application of any party interested but subject to the provisions of the next following section, and after such inquiry as he thinks fit including such summary enquiry into title as may be necessary, determine the entry to be made as to that matter : 1[Provided that the Government may by rules curtail, limit or restrict the power of any Revenue Officer or class of Revenue Officers to inquire into and dispose of any such case or class of cases.] (2) The final order passed by the Revenue Officer declaring who is the party best entitled to the property shall be subject to any decree or order which may be subsequently passed by any Civil Court of competent jurisdiction.