Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
54.Partition of estate or separation of share.-
Where the decree is for the partition of an undivided estate
assessed to the payment of revenue to the Government, or for the separate
possession of a share of such an estate, the partition of the estate or the
separation of the share shall be made by the Collector or any gazetted
subordinate of the Collector deputed by him in this behalf, in accordance with
the law (if any) for the time being in force relating to the partition, or the
separate possession of shares, of such estates.