Section 260: Delegation

¹[(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette -

(a) delegate all or any of its powers under this Ad, except the power to make mies, to the Board or 4[the Commissioner} or the Settttement Commis- sioner or the Director of Land Records or a Collector, or

(b) direct that any duties imposed and powers conferred by this Act or the rules made thereunder or by any other law for the time being in force or the rules made under such other law on any officer or authority appointed or constituted under this Ad or the rules made thereunder 4[shail, to the seclusion of such officer or authority, be performed} and exercised by any other lawfully appointed or constituted on/car or authority specified in the notification, whether such other officer or authority specified in the notifica- tion, whether such other officer or authority shalt have been appointed or constituted under this Act or the mies made thereunder or under any other law for the time being in force or the mies made under such other law, or

(c) require the Board or any other officer to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed and conferred by this Ad or the rules made there under on ²[the Commissioned the Settlement Commissioner or the Direc tor of Land Records, or

(d) authorise any authority or officer lawfully constituted or appointed to delegate its or his powers under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force, except the power to make rules under this Act. or under such other law to any other authority of officer constituted or appointed under this Ad of the rules made thereunder or under any other law for the time being in force or the rules made under such other law.

(2) Doubts having been expressed as the scope of the power of delegations, provided for in this section as it stood before the 16th day of November, 1961, it is hereby enacted for the removal and clarification of such doubt that, notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, order or decision of any court (Civil and Revenue) tribunal or other competent authority and notwithstanding any defect or omission of form, language or reference in any nolih‘calions issued by the Stale Government under this section previously to the said day or any rule of law-or interpretation.

(a) all delegations of powers and duties made by the Stale Government under this section before the sixteenth day of November, 1961, shall be deemed to have been lawfully and validly made interments sub-'seclion (1) as hereby amended as if such amendments had then been made, and

(b) all notifications delegating such powers and duties, shall, until superseded, continue lo be operative and lo have effect according lo their tenor].