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2 CHAPTER @]I.—THE TRIBUTARY MAHALS OF CHUTIA NAGPUR.
3 CHAPTER III.
4 THE TRIBUTARY MAHALS OF CHUTIA NAGPUR:
5 Comprising the following mahals of :—
6 1, Sirgoojah. 4, Gangpur. 7. Chang Bakhr,
7 2. Oodeypur. 5. Korea. 8. Seraikilla.
8 8. Jashpur. 6. Bonai. 9, Khursowan in Singh-
9 bhoom. (?)
10 [ For the relations of the British Government with these mahals, which are under the politi-
11 eal supervision of the Commissioner of Chutid Nagpur, assisted by the Deputy Commissioner
12 of Singhbhoom—see Aitchison’s Treaties, Vol, 1, pages 128—1388.
13 With regard to the extent of the civil and criminal jurisdiction exercised by the British
14 Government in these mahals, no formal enactments defining the powers of British officers there-
15 in have ever, so far as is known, been published ; but the criminal jurisdiction of such officers hag
16 been recognised by the High Court of Calcutta in a case decided in 1882, which, as being unre-
17 ported, is set out for convenience of reference in Note IV appended to this Chapter. The criminal
18 jurisdiction of the Chiefs would appear to be regulated by certain rules issued for their guidance
19 in 1868, Generally speaking, the criminal powers of the Chiefs are, it is believed, limited to minor
20 offences, moro serious cases being committed for trial to the Superintendent, who was invested
21 in 1872 and 1878 by executive orders with similar poe under the Code of Criminal Proce.
22 dure to those conferred on the Superintendent of the Orissa Tributary Mahals in those years.
23 (See the extract from Mitter J.’s judgment in the Moharbunj case, printed on pages 26 and 27,
24 supra.
25 In civil matters the Chiefs would seem to have ful] jurisdiction, subject only to a general
26 right of appeal to the Superintendent. ]
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28 () The estate of the R&jé of Singhbhoom, afterwards atyled the K4j4 of Porahat, was confiscated for rebellion in
29 1867. The tract known as the Kolban was at onetime part of the Singhbhoom Réjé’s territories, but it has for many
30 years been administered by the British Government, and has been dealt with by Notifications under the Scheduled Dis-
31 tricts Act, 1874, as part of the Singhbhoom district of the Chutié Nagpur Division, which is a Scheduled District,