According to Section 11 of the Act, any person or Panchayat, who claims right, title or interest in any land which is vested or deemed to have been vested in a Panchayat under the Act and claims that it is not so vested, may approach the Collector in the prescribed manner. Section 13 of the Act ousts the jurisdiction of Civil Courts to entertain or adjudicate upon any question with regard to the right, title or interest in property which is vested or deemed to have been vested in the Panchayat or about the legality of any action taken by the Collector or Commissioner or the Panchayat under the Act or in respect of any matter about which Commissioner or Collector is empowered to determine under the Act. Section 13-B was inserted to provide that the provisions of the Act shall have effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law, agreement, instrument, custom or usage or any decree or order of any court or other authority. It is pertinent to mention that the aforesaid provisions were inserted in the Act vide Act No.19 of 1976. The decree dated 01.12.1980 was passed in Civil Suit No.135/25.04.1980, instituted after the insertion of Section 13 in the Act, which debars a Civil Court from deciding question of any right, title or interest in favour of any party in respect of the land vested or deemed to have been vested in shamilat deh. The decree dated 01.12.1980 has to, therefore, be ignored as being without jurisdiction. Even otherwise, the said decree has to be ignored in terms of Section 13-B of the Act, which provides that provisions of the Act shall have effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law etc. which includes a decree as well. The petitioners, therefore, cannot take assistance of the Civil
