Section 43A. Close of consolidation operations

(1) As soon as may be after the landholders and tenants have entered into possession of their new holdings in accordance with the provisions of section 23, the State Government shall issue a notification in the Official Gazette to the effect that the consolidation operations have been closed in that area and the area shall then cease to be under consolidation operations. (2) On the issue of a notification under sub-section (1), all applications and proceedings pending before the Consolidation Officer shall be transferred to the Sub-Divisional Officer of the Sub-Division in which the consolidation operations thus closed were being carried out, and all appeals pending before the Settlement Officer (Consolidation) shall be transferred to the Collector, and such Sub-Divisional Officer and such Collector shall have and exercise the same powers as were exercised by the Consolidation Officer and the Settlement Officer (Consolidation), respectively.