When the declaration under section 4 has been published in the Gazette, the consequences as hereinafter set forth shall, 225 from the date specified thereunder till the publication of the notification under section 52 in the Official Gazette to the effect that the consolidation operations have been closed, ensue in the area to which the declaration relates, namely ; (a) the district or the local area, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be under consolidation operations from the specified date, and the duty of preparing and maintaining the khasra and the annual Register under Chapter III of the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901, shall stand transferred to the Settlement Officer (Consolidation), and (b) all proceedings for the correction of any such records pending before any court or authority shall be stayed but without pre judice to the right of the persons affected to agitate the question before the Assistant Consolidation Officer under sub section (3) of Section 8, or in proceedings commenced under and in accordance with section 10" Clearly, cl.