Section 3. Preparation of list of permanent tenants of Mehwassi lands.

(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Mamlatdar shall cause a list of permanent tenants to be prepared for entry in the Record of Rights in accordance with Chapter XA of the Code. (2) The list so prepared shall be published in the prescribed manner, and if within a period of three months from the date of such publication no application is made to the Mamlatdar by the Mehwassi or any other person interested in disputing the correctness or omission of any entry, such list shall be final. (3) If an application is made to the Mamlatdar under sub-section (2) disputing the correctness or the omission of any entry, the Mamlatdar shall decide the dispute under section 70 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Bom. LXVII of 1948) and such decision shall, subject to appeal or revision under that Act, be final.