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6. As compared to this the powers of the Tahsildar are wider as will be seen from the provisions of Section 102 of the Tenancy Act read with the Mam-latdars' Courts Act. Under Section 102, in all enquiries and proceedings commenced on the presentation of applications under Section 101, the Tahsildar exercises the same powers as the Mam-latdar's Court under the Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 and has to follow the provisions of the said Act as if the Tahsildar were a Mamlatdar's Court under the said Act and the application presented was a plaint presented under the said Act. Under Section 16 of the Mamlatdars' Courts Act. the Mam-latdar has the power to reject the plaint where the plaintiff fails to attend or to produce his documents if any or to adopt measures to procure the attendance of his witnesses if any on the date and at the place fixed whether the defendant appears or not unless the defendant admits the claim. It will be clear from the reading of Section 16 that if the planitifE fails to attend on the day of hearing the Mamlatdar has to reject the plaint and under the first proviso to Sub-section (2) of Section 16, he has also the power to restore the plaint to file on sufficient cause being shown. Reading Section 102 of the Tenancy Act with Section 16 of the Mamlatdar's Courts Act, a specific power has been given to the Tahsildar acting under the Tenancy Act to dismiss an application before him for default and also to restore if sufficient cause is shown.