Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
Every hearing and decision, whether in a formal or summary inquiry shall be in public, and the parties or their authorised agents shall have due notice to attend. An inquiry which this Act does not require to be either formal or summary, or which any revenue officer may on any occasion deem to be necessary to make, in the execution of his lawful duties, shall be conducted according to such rules applicable thereto, whether general or special, as may have been prescribed by the [1 State] Government, or an authority superior to the officer conducting such inquiry, and, except in so far as controlled by such rules, according to the discretion of the officer in such way as may seem best calculated for the ascertainment of all essential facts and the furtherance of the public good.