If a question arises between a tenant and his landholder--
         (a) as to the right to make an improvement; or
         (b) as to whether a work contravenes the provisions of section 48; or
         (c) as to whether a particular work is an improvement; or
         (d) as to the right to the benefit of an improvement under section 51,
    the sub-divisional officer shall, on the application of either party, decide the question and submit the record of the case for confirmation of the order passed by him to the collector.