Courts—High Court—Jurisdiction—Exercise of supervisory power of High Court over
inferior tribunals—Stool Lands Boundaries Settlement Commission given exclusive
jurisdiction to determine stool lands boundary disputes—Commission not stated to be
equivalent to High Court—Authorised to apply High Court Rules—Whether High Court
has supervisory jurisdiction over commission—Stool Lands Boundaries Settlement
Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D. 172), ss. 4 and 7—Stool Lands Boundary Settlement
Commissioner (Conduct of Enquiry and Proceedings) Regulations, 1978 (L.I. 1176).
Practice and procedure—Action—Striking out—Stool Lands Boundaries Settlement
Commission vested with authority to determine stool lands boundaries dispute—Issue
referred to commission by High Court—Case struck out in absence of plaintiff, but in
presence of co-plaintiff and defendants allegedly for lack of jurisdiction without
granting any of the parties a hearing—Whether proper for commission to strike out
action.