(1) If, on or before the day so fixed, any objection is made by a recorded co-sharer, involving a question of proprieta y title, which has not been already determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Collector may either -
(a) Decline to grant the application the question in dispute has been deter- mined by a competent court, or
(b) require any party to the case to institute within three months a suit in the ONO court for the determination of such question, or
(c) proceed to enquire summarily into the merits of such question.
(2) When proceedings have been postponed under sub-clause (b) of sub-sec- flan (1), if such party fails ,to comply with the requisition, the Collector shall decide the question against him. If the institutes the suit, the Collector snail deal with the case in accordance with the decision of the civil court.
(3) If the Collector decides to inquire into the merits of the objection, he shall the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Cen. tral Act V of 1908) for the trial of original suits.
(4) All decrees passed under sub-sectfon (3) shall be held to the decrees of a civil court and shall be open to appeal to the district judge or the High Court, as the case may be. under the rules applicable to appeals to those courts.