Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
For the purposes of [Chapters VIII, VIII-A, IX,IX-A and X ][* * *] the [ [State] Government] may appoint such officers as may from time to time appear necessary. Such officers shall be designated [[ "Settlement Commissioners"], "Commissioner of Survey", "Superintendent of Survey", "Survey Settlement Officers", ["Settlement Officers"] and "Assistant", or otherwise as may seem requisite, and shall be subordinated the one to the other in such order as the [ [State] Government] may direct. Subject to the orders of the [ [State] Government] the officers so appointed are vested with the cognisance of all matters connected with survey and settlement, and shall exercise all such powers and perform all such duties as may be prescribed by this or any other law for the time being in force.