Section 26. Abolition of office of stipendiary revenue patel and construction of references.

With effect from the commencement of this Act,- (a) the office of stipendiary revenue patel (by whatever name called) in the State shall be and is hereby abolished, and all appointments to such officers under the 1Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. V of 1879), the Hyderabad Land Revenue Act (Hyd. VIII of 1317F) or the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1954 (M.P. II of 1955), or under any other law, or order having the force of a law, are hereby terminated, and (b) any liability to render such service is extinguished; and accordingly, any reference by whatever form of words to a revenue patel (whether hereditary or stipendiary) in any law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or document, shall, after the commencement of this Act, be construed as a reference to the village accountant, patwari or any other agency entrusted with the work of collecting land revenue of the village.