State Act
Section 19. Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue Officers.
The Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954
19. Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made before and to Revenue Officers.- (1) Appearances before a Revenue Officer, and applications to and Acts to be done before him, under this Act may be made or done- (a) by the parties themselves, or (b) by their recognised agents or a legal practitioner: Provided that the employment of a recognised agent or legal practitioner shall not excuse the personal attendance of a party to any proceeding in any case in which personal attendance is specially required by an order of the officer. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), recognised agents shall be such persons as the State Government may, by notification, declare in this behalf. (3) The fees of a legal practitioners shall not be allowed as costs in any proceeding before a Revenue Officer under this Act unless that officer considers for reasons to be recorded by him in writing, that the fees should be allowed.