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10. In David Pillai v. The Settlement Officer, Madurai (supra), the Division Bench (consisting of the Officiating Chief Justice S.Mohan (as he then was) and S.Ramalingam, J) after detailed examination of the scheme of the Act held that the Director has power to revise or cancel the order passed by the Settlement Officer in suo motu exercise of power under Section 5(2) of the Act and the period of limitation prescribed by the rules. The Bench observed:

" Therefore, when a power is conferred upon the Director under Section 5(2) of the Act to revise or cancel an order passed by the Settlement Officer, such a power could be exercised suo motu. The exercise of that power by the Director would not in any manner be vitiated merely because the power is sought to be exercised after a considerable length of time. If one were to bear in mind the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the decision cited supra and if the orders made by the competent authorities under the Act are only for the limited purposes of the Act to identify a person, who is liable to pay the tax or the kist, as the case may be, and no adjudication regarding title to the land is involved, then the conferment of power under Section 5(2) of the Act to revise suo motu any order passed by his subordinate without the limitation of time can very well be understood and justified. If the Director of Survey and Settlements comes to know that, contrary to the Scheme of the Act or due to misrepresentation on fraud played, patta had been granted to a person under the relevant provisions of the Act, then to set right that mistake, the Director should be enabled to exercise his powers so as to effectuate the Scheme of the Act and to implement the purpose behind the Act. In view of the above conclusion, the contention of the appellant that the Director of Survey and Settlements has no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal beyond a period of two months and the orders of the Settlement Officer are deemed to have become final for all purposes cannot be sustained."