Nand Kumar Thakur vs The State Of Bihar & Ors on 8 September, 2014
35. It is clear as day-light that the power that has been
conferred upon the Revenue Officer under the amended Sub-section
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(3) of Section 103A of the Act is specifically a power of revision. The
powers of review are not inherent powers and are statutory powers as
has rightly been considered and laid down in the case of Ramdayal
Missir by the Supreme Court. The powers of review come with their
own limitations as provided in Order XLVII of the Code of Civil
Procedure and in contradistinction to the same, the powers of revision,
unless hedged by the rules themselves, are in the nature of supervisory
powers to be exercised by the superior authority and the same are in
the nature of appellate powers.