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Act Description : KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS ACT, 1958

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KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS ACT, 1958

17 of 1958

An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Land Record of Rights in the State of Karnataka. Whereas, it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Land Record of Rights in the State of Karnataka, Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Ninth Year of Republic of India as follows.

Section1 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1958.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

Section2 Application of the Act

This Act shall apply to all the areas in the State of Karnataka wherein the provisions of any of the laws repealed by Section 20 were in force immediately before the commencement of this Act; and to such other areas in the State from such date or dates as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify from time to time.

Section3 Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.

(1) "Certified copy" or "Certified extract" means a copy or extract, as the case may be, certified in the manner prescribed by Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872;

(2) "Chavadi" means in any village in which there is no Chavadi, such place as the Deputy Commissioner may by notification direct shall be deemed to be the Chavadi for the purposes of this Act;

(3) "To hold land" or to be a "Land-holder" or "holder" of land means to be lawfully in possession of land, whether such possession is actual or not;

(4) "Holding" includes a portion of land held by a holder;

(5) The term "Joint holders" or "Joint occupants" means holders or occupants who hold land as co-sharers, whether as co-sharers in a family undivided according to Hindu Law or otherwise and whose shares are not divided by metes and bounds; and where land is held by joint holders or joint occupants, "holder" or "occupant" as the case may be, means all of the joint holders or joint occupants;

(6) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, and also shares in, or charges on, the revenue or rent of villages, or other defined portions of territory;

(7) "Landlord" means a lessor;

(8) "Land Records" means records maintained under the provisions of, or for the purpose of, this Act and the laws relating to Land Revenue in force in the State of Karnataka;

(9) "Notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(10) "Occupation" means possession;

(11) "To occupy land" means to possess or take possession of land;

(12) "Occupant" means a holder in actual possession of unalienated land, other than a tenant: provided that where the holder in actual possession is a tenant, the landlord or superior holder, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the occupant;

(13) "Occupancy" means a portion of land held by an occupant;

(14) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(15) "Revenue Officer" means every Officer of any rank whatsoever appointed under the laws relating to Land Revenue in force in the State of Karnataka;

(16) "Superior holder" means a land-holder entitled to receive rent or land revenue from other land-holders (hereinafter called "inferior holders"), whether he is accountable or not for such rent or land revenue or any part thereof, to Government: provided that where land has been granted free of rent or land revenue, subject to the right of resumption, in certain specified contingencies, by a Jahgirdar, Inamdar, or such other holder of alienated land whose name is authorisedly entered as such in the land records, such Jahgirdar, Inamdar or holder shall, with reference to the grantee, be deemed to be the superior holder of land so granted by him and the grantee shall, with reference to the grantor, be deemed to be the inferior holder of such land;

(17) "Survey Number" means a portion of land of which the area and assessment are separately entered, under an indicative number in the land records;

(18) "Sub-division of a Survey Number" means a portion of a survey number of which the area and assessment are separately entered in the land records under an indicative number subordinate to that of the survey number of which it is a portion;

(19) "Tenant" means.

(i) a lessee, whether holding under an instrument or under an oral agreement;

(ii) a person who is or is deemed to be a tenant under any law for the time being in force; or

(iii) a mortgagee of a tenant's rights with possession; or

(iv) a lessee holding directly under the Government; a Local Authority or a body corporate;

(20) "Village" includes a town or city and all the land comprised within the limits of to a village, town or city.

(21) "Village Accountant" means a Shanbhog, talati Patwari or Karnam and includes such other persons as may be notified by the State Government to be the Village Accountant for the purposes of this Act.

Section4 Record of Rights

(1) A record of rights shall be maintained for every village and such record shall include the following particulars.

(a) the names of all persons who are holders, occupants, owners, mortgagees, landlords or tenants of the land or assignees of the rent or revenue thereof;

(b) the nature and extent of the respective interests of such persons and the conditions or liabilities (if any) attaching thereto;

(d) such other particulars as the State Government may prescribe by rules made in this behalf.

(2) When in respect of any village the preparation of the record of rights referred to in sub-section (1) is completed, such completion shall be notified in the Official Gazette and in such other manner as may be prescribed.

Section5 Acquisition of rights to be reported

(1) Any person acquiring by succession, survivorship, inheritance, partition, purchase, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise, any right as holder, occupant, owner, mortgagee, landlord or tenant of the land, or assignee of the rent or revenue thereof, shall report orally or in writing his acquisition of such right to the Village Accountant within three months from the date of such acquisition, and the said Village Accountant shall at once give a written acknowledgement of the receipt of such report to the person making it:

Provided that the report to be made shall be optional where the right consists of an easement or a charge not amounting to a mortgage of the kind specified in Section 100 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Central Act IV of 1882):

Provided also that where the person acquiring the right is a minor or otherwise disqualified, his guardian or other person having charge of his property shall make the report to the Village Accountant:

Provided further that any person acquiring a right by virtue of a registered document shall be exempted from the obligation to report to the Village Accountant.

Explanation I. The rights mentioned above includes a mortgage without possession.

Explanation II. A person in whose favour a mortgage is discharged or extinguished, or lease determines, acquires a right within the meaning of this section.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the State Government may by notification specify any Revenue Officer to whom a report under sub-section (1) may also be made, and such Officer shall give a written acknowledgement of the receipt of such report to the person making it, and transmit the report to the Village Accountant of the village.

(3) If any person makes a report referred to in sub-section (1).

(a) after the period of three months but within a period of one year, the report shall be received, if it is accompanied by a penalty of five rupees;

(b) after a period of one year, the report shall be received on payment of a penalty of not less than five rupees but not exceeding twentyfive rupees, as may be ordered by the Deputy Commissioner.

(4) No document by virtue of which any person acquires a right in any land as holder, occupant, owner, mortgagee, landlord or tenant or assignee of the rent or revenue thereof, shall be registered under the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XII of 1908), unless the person liable to pay the registration fee also pays to the Registering Authority such fees as may be prescribed for making necessary entries in the Records of the Rights, and the Registers referred to in Section 6; and on the registration of such a document, the registering authority shall make a report of the acquisition of the right to the Village Accountp ant.

Section6 Register of mutations and register of disputed cases

(1) The Village Accountant shall enter in a register of mutations every report made to him under sub-section (1) of Section 5 or received by him under sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of Section 5 and shall also make an entry therein respecting the acquisition of any right of the kind mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 5 which he has reason to believe to have taken place and of which a report has not been made to him under the said section.

(2) Whenever a Village Accountant makes an entry in the register of mutations he shall at the same time post up a complete copy of the entry in a conspicuous place in the chavadi, and shall give written intimation to all persons appearing from the record of rights or register of mutations to be interested in the mutation, and to any other person whom he has reason to believe to be interested therein.

(3) Should any objection to any entry made under sub-section (1) in the register of mutations be made either orally or in writing to the Village Accountant, it shall be the duty of the Village Accountant to enter the particulars of the objection in a register of disputed cases.

(4) The objections entered in the register of disputed cases and such other objections as may be preferred during the inquiry shall be enquired into and disposed of by such Officer and in such manner as may be prescribed. Orders disposing of such objections shall be recorded in the register of mutations by such Officer.

(5) The Officer holding any enquiry under sub-section (4) shall have the same powers in making enquiries under this Act as are vested in Courts in respect of the following matters under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 in trying a suit, namely.

(a) proof of facts by affidavits;

(b) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; and

(6) Entries in the register of mutations shall be verified and, if found correct, or after correction, as the case may be, shall be certified by such Officer as may be prescribed.

(7) The transfer of entries from the register of mutations to the record of rights shall be effected in the prescribed manner provided that an entry in the register of mutations shall not be transferred to the record of rights until such entry has been duly certified.

Section7 Obligation to furnish information

(1) Any person whose rights, interests or liabilities are required to be, or have been entered in any record or register, under this Act shall be bound, on the requisition of any Revenue Officer or Village Accountant engaged in compiling or revisiting the record or register to furnish or produce for his inspection, within thirty days from the date of such requisition, all such information or documents needed for the correct compilation or revision thereof as may be within his knowledge or in his possession or power.

(2) A Revenue Officer or Village Accountant to whom any information is furnished or before whom any document is produced in accordance with a requisition under sub-section (1) shall at once give a written acknowledgement thereof to the person furnishing or producing the same and shall endorse on any such document a note under his signature, stating the fact of its production and the date thereof.

(3) Any person neglecting to furnish information or produce the documents required by sub-section (1) within the prescribed period shall be liable, to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty-five rupees as may be fixed by the Deputy Commissioner and the amount payable as penalty shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.

Section8 Division of survey numbers into sub-divisions

Subject to the provisions of any law in force for the time being relating to the prevention of fragmentation and consolidation of holdings.

(1) survey numbers may from time to time and at any time be divided into as many sub-divisions as may be required in view of the acquisition of rights in land or for any other reason.

(2) the division of survey numbers into sub-divisions and the fixing of the assessments of the sub-divisions shall be carried out and from time to time revised in accordance with the rules made by the State Government in this behalf:

Provided that the total amount of the assessment of any survey number or sub-division shall not be enhanced during any term for which such assessment may have been fixed under any law relating to land revenue in force in the State of Karnataka unless such assessment is liable to alteration under the provisions of those laws.

(3) the area and assessment of such sub-divisions shall be entered in such land records as the State Government may prescribe in this behalf.

Section9 Requisition of assistance in preparation of Maps

Subject to rules made in this behalf by the State Government.

(1) any Revenue Officer or Village Accountant may, for the purpose of preparing or revising any map or plan required for or in connection with any record or register under this Act, exercise any of the powers of.

(a) a Survey Officer under.

(i) Sections 96 and 97 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bombay Act V of 1879), except the power of assessing the cost of hired labour under Section 97;

(ii) Sections 107 and 108 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Code, 1888 (Karnataka Act VI of 1888), except the power of assessing the cost of hired labour under Section 108; and

(iii) Section 78 of the Hyderabad Land Revenue Act, 1337-F. (Hyderabad Act VII of 1317-F);

(iv) Section 23 of the Madras Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Madras Act VIII of 1923); or

(b) a Revenue Officer, under Section 121 of the Coorg Land and Revenue Regulation, 1899 (Regulation I of 1899) and

(2) any Revenue Officer of a rank not lower than that of an Assistant Commissioner or of a Survey Officer may assess the cost of the preparation or revision of such map or plan and all contingent expenses, including the cost of clerical labour and supervision, on the lands to which such maps or plan relate, and such costs shall be recoverable as a revenue demand.

Section10 Certified copies of Records to be annexed to plaint or pplication

(1) The plaintiff or applicant in every suit or application as hereinafter defined relating to > land situated in any area in respect of which a notification under sub-section (2) of Section 4 has been published shall annex to the plaint or application a certified copy of any entry in the record of rights, or register of mutations relevant to such land.

(2) If the plaintiff or applicant fails so to do for any cause which the Court deems sufficient, he shall produce such certified copy within a reasonable time to be fixed by the Court or Conciliator, and if such certified copy is not so annexed or produced the plaint or application shall be rejected, but the rejection thereof shall not of its own force preclude the presentation of a fresh plaint in respect of the same cause of action or of a fresh application in respect of the same subject matter, with a certified copy annexed.

(3) After the disposal of any case in which a certified copy of any such entry has been recorded, the Court shall communicate to the Deputy Commissioner any error appearing in such entry and any alteration therein that may be required by reason of the decree or order, and a copy of such communication shall be kept with the record. The Deputy Commissioner shall in such case cause the entry to be corrected in accordance with the decree or decision of the Court, so far as it adjudicates upon any right required to be entered in the record of rights or register of mutations. The provisions of this sub-section shall apply also to an appellate or revisional Court; provided that, in the case of an appellate or revisional decree or order passed by the High Court or the Supreme Court, the communication shall be made by the Court from which the appeal by or the record was called for.

(4) In this section.

(a) "suit" means a suit, to which the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, or of the Mamlathdar's Court Act, 1906 (Bombay Act II of 1906), apply;

(b) "application" means an application.

(i) for the execution of a decree or order in a suit;

(ii) for the filing of an agreement stating a case for the opinion of the Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of 1908);

(iii) for the filing of an agreement to refer to arbitration under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 (Central Act X of 1940);

(iv) for the filing of an award under Section 14 of the said Arbitration Act;

(v) of any other kind to which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct that this section shall apply;

(c) an application shall be deemed to relate to land if the decree of other matter, with respect to which the application is made relates to land;

(d) a suit, decree or other matter relating to land shall, without prejudice to the generality of the expression, be deemed to include a suit, decree or other matter relating to the rent or tenancy of land.

Section11 Refusal of assistance

Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the laws relating to Land Revenue in force in the State of Karnataka, the Deputy Commissioner shall refuse assistance to any superior holder under the provisions of those laws, if his claim to such assistance is not supported by an entry, or entries duly made in the record of rights or register of mutations,

Section12 Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights and register of mutations

An entry in record of rights and certified entry in the register of mutations shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved or a new entry is lawfully substituted therefor.

Section13 Record of rights and register of mutations open to inspection and extracts and copies to be given

Subject to such rules and the payment of such fees as the State Government may from time to time prescribe in this behalf, all maps, the record of rights and register of mutations shall be open to the inspection of the public at reasonable hours, and certified extracts there from or certified copies thereof shall be given to all persons applying for the same:

Provided that applications for such certified extracts or certified copies may be made to and such certified extracts or certified copies may be given by, such Officer as may be empowered by the State Government.

Section14 Bar of suits

No suit shall lie against the Government or any Officer of Government in respect of a claim to have an entry made in any record or register that is maintained under this Act, or to have any such entry omitted or amended:

Provided that if any person is aggrieved as to any right of which he is in possession by an entry made in any record or register maintained under this Act, he may institute a suit against any person denying or interested to deny his title to such right for a declaration of his right under Chapter VI of the Specific Relief Act, 1877; and the entry in the record or register shall be amended in accordance with any such declaration.

Section15 Appeal

Any person affected by an order made under sub-section (4) or any entry certified under sub-section (6) of Section 6, may within a period of sixty days from the date of communication of the order to the party, appeal to such Officer as may be prescribed by Government in this behalf and his decision shall be final.

Section16 Revision

The Deputy Commissioner may, of his own motion or on application of a party, call for and examine any records made under Sections 4 and 6 and pass such orders as he may deem fit: Provided that no order shall be passed except after hearing any party who will be adversely affected thereby.

Section17 Exemption from the provisions of the Act

(1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct that all or any of the provisions of this Act shall not be in force in any specified local area or with reference to any class of villages or lands.

(2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more sessions and if before the expiry of the said period, either House of the State Legislature makes any modification in the notification or directs that the notification shall not have effect and if the modification or direction is agreed to by the other House, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be.

Section18 Power to make rules

(1) The State Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication by notification make rules to carry out the purposes and objects of this Act and for the guidance of all persons in matters connected with the enforcement of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may be made.

(a) regulating the division of survey numbers into sub-divisions and the fixing of the assessments of sub-divisions under Section 8;

(b) regulating the construction, laying out, maintenance and repair of boundary marks;

(c) regulating the compilation, maintenance and revision of the record of rights and the register of mutations, disputed cases and tenancies and prescribing the forms in which they are to be compiled, the places at which and the Officer by whom such records and registers have to be maintained and the Officers by whom the said records and registers are to be verified and revised;

(d) regulating the exercise by Village Accountants and Revenue Officers of the powers of a Survey Officer or Revenue Officer and the assessment of costs and expenses under Section 9;

(e) prescribing the manner in which appeals shall be drawn up and presented;

(f) delegating the powers of the State Government or the Deputy Commissioner to any Subordinate Officer of the Government or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be;

(g) prescribing the records, registers, accounts, maps and plans to be maintained for the purposes of this Act and the manner and forms in which they shall be prepared and maintained;

(h) prescribing the fees payable for making entries in the record of rights, register of mutations and other registers maintained under this Act, and for the inspection of the records, registers and documents maintained under this Act and the grant of copies thereof or extracts therefrom;

(i) providing for the recovery of such fees as may be specified by the Government as arrears of land revenue.

(3) In making a rule under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Government may provide that a person guilty of a breach thereof shall be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees as may be fixed by the Tahsildar in respect of each breach and the amount payable as penalty shall be recoverable as arrear of land revenue.

(4) All rules made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after they are made before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more sessions and if before the expiry of the said period, either House of the State Legislature makes any modification in the rules or directs that the rules shall not have effect and if the modification or direction is agreed to by the other House, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be.

Section19 Power to remove difficulties

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette make such provisions as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.

Section20 Repeal and savings

The Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1927 (Karnataka Act X of 1927), as in force in the Karnataka Area, except Bellary District, Chapter X-A of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bombay Act V of 1879), as in force in the Bombay Area, the Hyderabad Record of Rights in Land Regulation, 1358-F. (Hyderabad Regulation No. LVIII of 1358-F), as in force in the Hyderabad Area, Chapter VI of the Coorg Land and Revenue Regulation, 1899 (Coorg Regulation I of 1899) and all standing orders in force in the Madras Area or Bellary District and any other provision of law relating to the land record of rights as in force in the Madras Area are hereby repealed:

Provided that the provisions of Section 6 of the Karnataka General Clauses Act 1899, shall be applicable in respect of the repeal of the said enactments and Standing Orders and Section 24 of the said Act shall be applicable as if the said enactments and provisions of law had been repealed and re-enacted.

RULE:

KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS RULES, 1961

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1958 (Karnataka Act 17 of 1958), the Government of Karnataka, hereby make the following rules, the draft of the same having been previously published in Part IV, Section 2-C(i) of the Karnataka Gazette, dated the 5th April, 1962 as required by sub-section (1) of the said section, viz., Section 18.

CHAPTER 1 Preliminary

Rule1 Short Title

These rules may be called the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Rules, 1961.

Rule2 In these rules unless the context otherwise requires

(a) "Act" means the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1958;

(b) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;

(c) "Revenue Inspector" includes Shekdar, Circle Inspector, Circle Officer, Girdewar, Parpathegar or such other person as may be appointed by the Deputy Commissioner to be the Revenue Inspector for the purposes of these rules;

(d) "Section" means a section of the Act;

(e) "Sheristedar" includes Aval Karkun, Tahsil Peshakar, Taluk Head Clerk in Coorg District or such other person as may be appointed by the Deputy Commissioner to be the Taluk Sheristedar for the purposes of these rules;

(f) "Village Patel" includes Mulki Patil, village Munsiff or village Manager in the Madras Area or such other person as may be appointed by the Deputy Commissioner to be the Village Patel for the purposes of these rules;

(g) Words and expressions is used in these rules, but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.

Rule3 Stages of record of rights work and the authority which should attend to the various stages

(1) The Record of Rights work in any area will ordinarily be divided into the following four stages, namely.

(a) First stage. The preparation of the preliminary records including,

(i) check and verification;

(ii) decision of disputes; and

(iii) enquiry into and disposal of appeals;

(b) Second stage. The measurement, mapping and apportionment of assessment of hissas.

(d) Fourth stage. The subsequent maintenance of the record of rights including.

(i) recording of Mutations;

(ii) check and certification of entries in the Mutation Register;

(iii) decision of disputes;

(iv) enquiry into and disposal of appeals;

(v) measurement of new hissas and incorporation of the results of Survey in the record of rights.

(2) The first three stages of Record of Rights work shall be attended to by the Department of Land Records and the fourth stage by the Revenue Department.

Rule4 Tahsildars to work in consultation with the District Survey Officer

During the currency of the first three stages of the records of rights work, the Tahsildar or other Officer appointed to perform the function of a Tahsildar under the Act, shall work under the general directions of the Deputy Commissioner, District Survey Officer, or such other Officer of the Land Records Department as may be directed by the State Government.

CHAPTER 2 Preparation of the Preliminary Record

Rule5 Publication

Before the enquiry for the preparation of the preliminary record of rights in any area is made, wide publicity thereof shall be given in the following manner, namely.

(a) by publication in the Official Gazette in the Form prescribed in Appendix "A";

(b) by affixing copies of the Notification in the Chavadis of villages and on the Notice Board of the Taluk, Sub-division and District Offices concerned;

(d) in such other manner as may be ordered by the State Government.

Rule6 Preparation of the Preliminary Record by Village Accountant

(1) The Village Accountant shall prepare a preliminary record in Form I for each village in his charge, basing the same on his own knowledge and on such information as may be available from village accounts as well as upon information furnished by persons in possession of land or holders of rights over land as to the nature and extent of the interest which they have in such land.

(2) The preliminary record so prepared shall form the basis of the final Record of Rights to be prepared under Section 4 of the Act. The Village Patel shall also help in the preparation of the preliminary record and give all information available with him.

(3) After completion of the preparation of the preliminary records, the Village Accountant shall forward the same to the Revenue Inspector or other Officer appointed for the purpose who shall send it back to the Village Accountant along with his tour programme, more than a fortnight in advance of the day fixed for his visit to the village, for publication of the preliminary record and his tour programme in the village by beat of drum, inviting the land-holders and others concerned to inspect the entries in the preliminary record and to attend the enquiry to be conducted at the village on the dates specified in the tour programme.

Rule7 Checking

(1) The Revenue Inspector or other Officer appointed for the purpose shall, on the day so specified or on any subsequent date of which due intimation has been given to the villagers by beat of drum in the village, visit the village, read out and explain before the villagers assembled in the Chavadi, all the entries in the preliminary records prepared by the Village Accountant and invite objections, if any, within a period of fortnight from that date. He shall also fix the next date of his visit to the village in their presence for enquiry. He shall make a certificate at the foot of the preliminary records that all the entries have been duly read out to the assembled villagers and the next date of his visit has been fixed and shall sign and date the same on the spot. After receipt of objections, if any, or otherwise, he shall, on the day so appointed in their presence, check every entry in the preliminary record and certify to its accuracy. If any person who had objected to the correctness of an entry admits at the enquiry such entry to be correct, the Revenue Inspector, or other Officers shall note the admission in the remarks column of the record. The Revenue Inspector, or other Officer shall not erase but shall correct any errors admitted by all parries by bracketing the errors and inserting the correct entries by interlineation or by side note. If the error is not admitted, the Revenue Inspector or other Officer shall enter the dispute in the Register of disputed cases. He shall also make a certificate at the foot of the preliminary record that the corrected entries have been duly read out to the assembled villagers and shall sign and date the same on the spot and shall also get it signed by the leading persons assembled there. He shall conduct field tests in respect of not less than 20 per cent of the entries.

(2) After the entries are so verified by the Revenue Inspector or other Officer, the Tahsildar or other Officer authorised for the purpose shall visit every village and test the correctness of not less than 50 per cent of the entries therein by personal investigation and initial against the entries so verified. He will also satisfy himself during his check that the entries have been read out to the villagers by the Revenue Inspector. He will also conduct field tests of not less than 10 per cent of the entries.

Rule8 Disputed cases

Cases of disputed ownership coming to the notice at any stage shall be brought on a separate Register maintained in this behalf in Form II either by the Revenue Inspector or the Tahsildar, or other Officer authorised for the purpose as the case may be, and the fact of having done so noted in the preliminary record (Form I) Against the concerned entry.

Rule9 Settlement of Disputes

(1) Every case entered in the Register of Disputed Cases shall be enquired into, on an appointed day of which due notice shall be given to the parties concerned before- hand by the Sheristedar or by any Officer of the Revenue Department superior in rank to him, who shall pass orders thereon. Wherever a field inspection is considered necessary, such Officer shall make inspection, after giving due notice to the parties concerned of such inspection, in the presence of the parties concerned, and two members of the village panchayat if they are available. He will indicate the exact wording of the note that has to be made in the preliminary record and in the record of rights. The proceedings of the enquiry shall be oral and public and there shall be no recording of statements and depositions. The only record shall be the order of the Officer holding the enquiry, in the Register itself, which shall contain a brief summary of the facts elicited during the enquiry and the grounds for the decision.

(2) Such Officer shall at once communicate his decision verbally to the parties if they are present and make a note to that effect in the Register of Disputed Cases. If the parties are not present, a written intimation of the decision shall be sent by post to the party's last known address and the date of such intimation shall be noted in the Register of Disputed Cases.

(3) An appeal shall lie against the decision of such Officer to the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Taluk whose decision shall be final. If no Assistant Commissioner is in charge of the Taluk, the appeal shall lie to the Deputy Commissioner of the District. The Deputy Commissioner shall either decide the case himself or authorise any of his Gazetted Assistant to decide the appeal. The decision on such appeal shall be final.

Rule10 Preparation of Demand Register

As the preliminary record is completed and checked, the Village Accountant shall prepare a Demand Register in respect of each village under the immediate supervision of the Tahsildar or other Officer authorised for the purpose, which will be sent to the Taluk Office for proceeding with the collection of Record of Rights fees as specified in Rule 44.

Rule11 Intimation Slips to be sent to Village Accountant

The Tahsildar in charge of the Record of Rights work or other Officer appointed for the purpose will intimate the fact of completion of the preliminary record, to the Registrar of the District and the Sub-Registrars of the Taluk with a request to send the intimation slips in Form X of all transactions relating to the lands situated in the taluk, which are registered in their offices, to the Village Accountants concerned through the Tahsildar who will keep a record of all such intimation slips sent to the Village Accountant.

Rule12 Conduct of Survey Work after completion of the Preliminary Record

After the preparation and checking of the preliminary record is completed, the work of measuring and mapping of S. Nos. and determination of assessment in the case of villages in which Survey and Settlement has not been introduced, of sub-divisions and apportionment of assessment in other cases, will be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III.

Rule13 Mutations subsequent to the preparation of the Preliminary Record

(1) Mutations of ownership and other rights in lands that occur between the period when the preliminary record is completed and the final record of rights is prepared and notified under sub-section (2) of Section 4 of the Ac|, shall be entered in the Mutation Register (Form III) maintained for the purpose. The procedure for the recording of mutations and checking shall be as specified in Chapter V.

(2) In respect of mutations taking place after the commencement of the Hissa Survey, corrections shall be recorded in the mutation Register and shall be brought into the final record of rights in due course. If, however, the mutations which involve measurement in respect of any village are finally accepted by the Tahsildar or other Officer authorised for the purpose when the Survey Party is still working in the Taluk, such cases shall be forwarded immediately to the surveyor concerned for necessary action.

CHAPTER 3 Measurement, Mapping of Sub-division and Apportionment of Assessment

Rule14 Deputation of a Survey Party

Immediately after the preparation of the preliminary records of the villages or of an appreciable number of villages in the Taluk is completed, the District Survey Officer will take steps to depute a Survey Party to measure, map and apportion the assessment of the several sub-divisions.

Rule15 Publication of the starting of Survey Operation

When the Hissa Survey Operations are about to be taken up, the Survey Officer-in-charge of the measurement party shall cause to be published in the Gazette and also posted on the Taluk Office Notice Board and in the Village Chavadi, a notice in Form B stating that measurement will be carried out and requiring all land-holders and others interested in the land situated in the village to be present when their sub-divisions are measured and to show to the surveyors the boundaries of their plots. He shall also cause the substance of the same to be announced by beat of drum in the village through the Tahsildar of the Taluk.

Rule16 Announcement of the arrival of the Surveyor in the Village and his programme of work

As soon as the surveyor enters on his duties in each village, he will cause his presence to be announced in the village by means of beat of drum throughout the village and also post in the Village Chavadi a notice in Form C stating as far as possible, the survey numbers and hissas which are to be measured on the next day and requiring land-holders to be present on the spot at the time, to show the boundaries of their plots and put forth their claims if any.

Rule17 Notice of work to be taken up, given daily

A notice in Form C should be published and posted every day in the village till the work in the village is completed. The notice in the Village Chavadi and the general announcement as specified in Rule 16 shall be taken as sufficient notice to all the land holders of the village concerned.

Rule18 Mode of Measurement and Mapping

(1) Hissas will be measured and mapped as they are found to exist on the field and the Surveyor will rectify mistakes and supply omissions of an obvious nature in the preliminary record that come to light during hissa survey in cases in which the facts are admitted by all the parties.

(2) All cases of disputes or doubts of whatsoever nature should be entered by him in the Register of Disputed Cases in Form IV to be maintained by the Survey Party. New hissas or plots may be added to the preliminary record at the measurement stage under the orders of the Tahsildar, a Survey Officer, or other Officer authorised for the purpose who will, before incorporating these new hissas in the preliminary record or the final record, make the necessary investigation and test before certifying the entries as required by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act.

(3) When there is no dispute, the boundary of each hissa shall be laid down according to the statements of the holders.

(4) When there is any dispute, the boundary to which the dispute relates shall be measured and mapped in accordance with the claims of all the disputants, and the dispute entered in the Register of Disputed cases. After the dispute has been settled under Rule 20, the map shall be corrected accordingly, and the areas finally entered in the record.

Rule19 Enquiry into Dispute

The Supervisor in charge of a group of surveyors will enquire into all the disputed cases and record his opinion in the column provided therefor. If any dispute not entered by the Surveyor in the Register of Disputed Cases are brought to his notice he should include those also in the Register of Disputed Cases.

Rule20 Decision of disputes

A previous notice of seven days should be given by the Officer-in-charge of each survey party, of his visit to the village in which the Hissa Survey operations have been completed or are in progress for purposes of his tests. He should invite all parties interested to put forth their claims before him. Any dispute brought up before him in addition to those brought by the Supervisor should also be entered in the Register of disputed cases and his decisions given therein.

Rule21 Proceedings shall be oral and public

All proceedings relating to such enquiries shall be oral and public. There will be no recording of statement or depositions. The only record will bo that of the Officer-in-charge of the party in the register itself which shall contain a brief but clear summary of the essential facts elicited in the enquiry and the grounds for the decision.

Rule22 Communication of decision

The Officer shall at once communicate his decision verbally to the parties concerned if present and make a note to that effect in the Register of Disputed Cases. If the parties are not present, a written intimation of the decisions shall be sent by post to the party's last known address and the date of such intimation shall be entered in the register.

Rule23 Date and place of deciding disputes

Ordinarily the disputes of each village shall be decided in the village itself by the Officer-in- charge of the survey party and proper entries shall be made in the register then and there. Where absolutely necessary, a later date may be fixed for the further hearing of disputes, provided that a notice of at least 15 days shall be given of the postponed date of the hearing to all the concerned parties.

Rule24 Appeals

Any person adversely affected by the decision of the Officer-in-charge of the Survey Party under Rule 20, may within sixty days from the date of communication of the order to him, appeal to the Superintendent of Land Records either in person or by post:

Provided that the Superintendent of Land Records may admit an appeal preferred after the period of sixty days aforesaid if he is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within that period.

Rule25 Maintenance of register of appeals

Every appellate Officer shall maintain a register in Form VII with regard to appeals and other miscellaneous applications made to him.

CHAPTER 4 Preparation of Final Record of Rights

Rule26 Preparation of Final Record of Rights

After the measurement, mapping and apportionment of assessment of hissas are completed, the final Record or Rights in Form V (Record of Rights Register) in duplicate shall be prepared under the immediate supervision of the Officer-in-charge of the Survey Party, incorporating all the mutations recorded upto a date specified by the Superintendent of Land Records.

Rule27 Rights of way and other easements

Any easement or rights agreed upon between parties shall be noted in the Record of Rights Register under the column "other rights".

Rule28 Transmission of record of rights demand registers

The Officer-in-charge of the Survey Party shall send the Record of Rights Register in duplicate to the Deputy Commissioner along with a revised Demand Register in Form VI showing the amount of Record of Rights fees due from each hissadar or landholder.

Rule29 Publication of the record of rights

The Deputy Commissioner shall, on receipt of the Record of Rights Registers, notify under Section 4(2) of the Act, the completion of the record of rights, in the Official Gazette in Form XVIII and by affixing a copy of the notification in the Chavadi and on the Notice Board of the Taluk Office. After the issue of the said notification, the Deputy Commissioner shall forward the Record of Rights Registers and the revised Demand Register to the Tahsildar of the Taluk concerned. One of the Record of Rights Registers and the revised Demand Register shall be retained in the Taluk Office and the other Record of Rights Register shall be sent to the Village Accountant concerned.

Rule30 Remuneration to Village Accountants and village patels

A remuneration at such rates as may be ordered by Government from time to time for each entry in the preliminary record as finally accepted in the Record of Rights shall be paid to such class of Village Accountants and patels as may be specified by the Government. No remuneration shall be paid in respect of entries relating to unoccupied survey numbers.

CHAPTER 5 Maintenance of Record of Rights

Rule31 Recording of mutation of rights

(1) On receipt of information of changes in the rights over land.

(i) on account of succession, survivorship and inheritance, the Village Accountant shall enter the changes in Form VIII; and

(ii) in any other manner, the Village Accountant shall enter the changes in Form IX.

(2) The Village Accountant shall take the signature of the party reporting the change and deliver the counterfoil of Form VIII or Form IX as the case may be, to the party.

Rule32 Registrar and Sub-Registrar to send intimation slips to the Village Accountant through the Tahsildar

(1) The Registrar and Sub-Registrar shall on receipt of information under Rule 11 of the completion of the preliminary records, send to the concerned Village Accountant through the Tahsildar, daily intimation slips in Form X of all transactions relating to lands registered in his office, compiled separately for each village.

(2) On receipt of intimation slips in Form X from the Registrar or the Sub-Registrar, the Tahsildar shall cause the slips to be entered village-wise giving separate serial numbers for each village in Form XI and transmit the same to the concerned Village Accountant and get acknowledgements which shall be filed in his office.

Rule33 Publication of entries in Mutation Register

(1) As soon as intimations in Form VIII, IX and X are received, the mutation shall be entered in the chronological order of receipt in the Register of Mutations (Form III) to be maintained for the purpose for each village.

(2) After the entry is made in Mutation Register, a complete copy of the entries in the Mutation Register shall be prepared and exhibited by the Village Accountant in the Chavadi for a period of one month.

Rule34 Issue of notices to the parties affected by mutations

Simultaneously, as the intimations are received and entries are made in the mutation Registers notice3s in duplicate in Form XII shall be prepared and caused to be served by the village accountant on al the parties concerned. The original notice shall indicate the nature of service in each case and shall be filed with the concerned records.

Rule35 Checking of mutations

Objections, if any, to the entries made in the Mutation Register, may be preferred within thirty days from the date of publication of the entries under sub-rule (2) of Rule 33. If no objection is received within the aforesaid period of thirty days, the entries shall be certified by the Revenue Inspector or by any Officer of the revenue department superior in rank to him or by the District Survey Officer or by the Assistant Superintendent for Reclassification in areas where reclassification work is in progress. After the entries are certified, such entries shall be transferred to the Record of Rights Register.

Rule36 Disputes and disposal

Objections, if any, received within the period specified in Rule 35, shall be entered in the register of disputed cases (Form II) and shall be disposed of in the manner specified in Rule 9. The decision in such cases shall be entered in the record of rights as specified in Rule 39. All cases of disputes under the Act at the maintenance stage shall be disposed of by local enquiry.

Rule37 Appeal during the maintenance stage

In respect of an order passed under Rule 36.

(i) by the Sheristedar or Tahsildar, an appeal shall lie to the Assistant Commissioner; and

(ii) by the Assistant Commissioner, an appeal shall lie to the Deputy Commissioner.

Rule38 Levy of penalty by the Tahsildar

The power of the Deputy Commissioner under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the Act to order levy of penalty for reporting acquisition of rights after a period of one year, shall be exercisable by the Sheristedar, Tahsildar or Assistant Commissioner or the District Survey Officer, or the Assistant Superintendent for Reclassification having jurisdiction over the Taluk.

Rule39 Transfer of entries from Mutation Register to Record of Rights

(1) Entries in Record of Rights Register in Form V shall be corrected in accordance with the order passed in Mutation Register or register of disputed cases.

(2)

(a) In cases involving measurement, if any difference regarding the concerned entries in the Mutation Register and in the record of rights is noticed during the measurement, the same will be treated as a fresh mutation and disposed of as provided in these rules;

(b) Every correction or addition to, the record of rights shall be made after such corrections or additions are made in the register of mutations or in the register of disputed cases.

Rule40 Record of rights register to be written

(1) The Record of Rights Register shall be rewritten incorporating all the hissas and rights in force up to the date prescribed by the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Revenue Sub-division whenever that Officer, in view of the large number of corrections or want of space in the said register, shall so direct.

(2) When the rewritten copy of the Record of Rights Register is reported to be complete, the said Assistant Commissioner shall cause it to be compared and shall test check at least five per cent of the entries and certify therein the specific entries checked by him.

CHAPTER 6 Levy and Recovery of Fees

Rule41 Levy of fees for the preparation of record of rights

(1) To meet the cost of the preliminary investigation survey operations and writing up of the record of rights in the first instance, fees shall be levied at the following rates, namely.

(a) for entries which involve sub-division and measurement of fields, rupees four for sub-division;

(b) for entries which involve no sub-division and measurement 50 np. per claim or entry, subject to a maximum of rupees five for all entries made at one time pertaining to the lands held in a village by the same individual.

(2) Fees at the rates specified in sub-rule (1) shall be levied in respect of mutations recorded under Rule 13 also.

Rule42 Fees to be levied for mutations taking place in the maintenance stage

After the record of rights is prepared and the fact is notified, fees at the following rates shall be levied for recording mutations.

(a) For entries requiring no measurement. 50 np. per entry subject to a maximum of rupees five for all entries made at one time pertaining to the lands held in a village by the same individual:

Provided that.

(i) no fee shall be chargeable for transferring khatas in inheritance cases involving no partition;

(ii) in respect of Co-operative Societies registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, which are exempted whether in full or in part from the registration fees payable under the Indian Registration Act, 1908, the fee leviable shall be limited to ten naye paise per entry;

(iii) in respect of Land Mortgage Bank and the Apex Bank, no fee shall be leviable;

(b) for making hissas in disputed cases referred to in Rule 18, the fees shall be such as will cover the entire cost of measuring, assessing and mapping of hissa which shall be assessed by the District Survey Officer;

(c) no fee shall be charged in the case of grant of lands on "Application for Revenue Land" to private individual and in the case of purchase of lands in sales held for arrears of Revenue;

(d) no fee shall be charged in respect of lands resumed to Government for arrears of land revenue and subsequently restored to khatedars on payment of arrears of dues thereon;

(e) no fee shall also be charged in respect of Mutations relating to mortgage of land to Government and Co-operative Societies for loans taken.

Rule43 Levy of fees in other Cases

(1) The following fees shall be levied in other case, namely.

I. For grant of Certified copy of a public document.

(a)

For every 100 words or part thereof

24 nP.

(b)

Comparing

One-fourth of the above

(c)

If the original be in a Tabular form

Twice the rate noted above

(d)

If the copy be given in printed form,

for every sheet used in addition to the

above rates

10 nP.

II. Fof every certified copy of a map or a hissa or a tippan of a hissaRupee one each.

III. For showing the boundary of a Survey No. or a hissa by.

(i)

A Surveyor

Rs. 10 per S. No. or Hissa

(ii)

Supervisor

Rs. 15 per S. No. or Hissa

(iii)

Gazetted Officer

Rs. 25 per S. No. or Hissa

(2) Copying and comparing fees received from the parties will be paid to the officials preparing and comparing the copies.

(3) A copy of application register in Form XIX should be maintained by the Village Accountant and also in the Taluk Office for noting the particulars of copy applications received and copies issued.

Rule44 Mode of Recovery of Fees

The collection of record of rights fees sh0all be commenced one year after the completion and checking of the preliminary record, the fees being levied along with the first land Revenue Khist falling due thereafter, where the fees are not paid promptly by the parties responsible, the same shall be recovered as an arrear of Land Revenue.

Rule45 Occupants required to render necessary assistance

The Village Accountant or any Revenue or Survey Officer shall require the attendance of holders of lands and all other persons interested therein to render all reasonable necessary assistance in showing the boundaries of the respective holdings for enabling them to prepare the plans of the fields and other records correctly.

Rule46 Time and place of Inspection of record of Rights and Mutation Register

(1) During the working days, the record of rights and Mutation Registers shall be open for inspection by the public in the Village Chavadi and no inspection fee shall be charged.

(2) A search fee of fifteen naye paise per entry shall be charged.

(3) Subject to rules and the provisions of any law, governing the grant of copies of Public Documents, certified extracts of entries in the Record of Rights and Mutation Register and other Registers and records maintained by the Village Accountants under this Act shall be granted by the Village Accountant, if the application is made to him or by the Tahsildar or Taluk Sheristedar, if the application is made to the Tahsildar or the Tahsildar may direct the Village Accountant to grant a copy applied for or by the Tahsildar or other Officer not below the rank of a Taluk Sheristedar to the parties, the copying fees being 15 nP. for a copy of the complete entries relating to a survey number or portion of a survey number in the register of record of rights or relating to an entry in the Mutation Register or other registers maintained by the Village Accountants under the Act.

(4) The Village Accountant or other Officer receiving the money shall issue printed receipt in Form XV for all the amounts received by him, to the parties concerned. He shall note the details for which the fee is received both in the counterfoil and also in the original copies to be issued to the parties and the amount so received shall be caused to be remitted to the Treasury excepting copying and comparing fees.

CHAPTER 7 Miscellaneous

Rule47 Acknowledgement of Information or Documents given by the Parties

Written acknowledgement in Form XIV shall be given to persons furnishing information or documents under Section 5.

Rule48 Remuneration to Patels and Village Accountants

Out of the income from fees realised in respect of mutations at the maintenance stage of the Record of Rights a remuneration of 5 nP. per entry will be given to the Village Accountant and 2 nP. to the Patels in areas where the remuneration to Village Accountants and Patels is not a monthly salary and the remuneration is calculated on the basis of Land Revenue or population or both and paid by way of potgi.

Rule49 Issue of receipts for fees Recovered

For every item of money recovered from the hissadars or claimants under any of the provisions of these Rules, a receipt shall be given in Form XV.

Rule50 Maintenance of khata and kirdi by the Village Accountants

(1) The Village Accountant shall maintain a separate khata and Kirdi in Form XVI and XVII for the accounting of money due and collected in respect of each village.

(2) The Khata shall be maintained in the same manner as in the case of land revenue collection, indicating the following particulars, namely. The opening balance, the total demand under this head, the total collections every month and the balance.

(3) The Kirdi will begin with the "ADAV BAKI" or old balance (Khulavar) if any and as the individual items are collected, they should be rounded off in the "ADAV BAKI". In the last page of the Kirdi, the Demand, Collection and Balance for the year should be shown

Rule51 Checking of Collections

With a view to check irregularities and to see that the collection work is progressing satisfactorily the Revenue Inspectors and the Tahsildars should examine the khata and kirdi whenever they visit the villages and verify the entries therein with the receipt books. They will also satisfy themselves by enquiring whether printed receipts are being issued for money recovered.

Rule52 Demand, Collection and balance Statement in the Village Office

A Villagewar Demand, Collection and Balance statement will be maintained by the Village Accountant and in the Taluk Office. The Tahsildar will watch the progress of collections and also for the information of higher inspecting Officers.

APPENDIX A Form of Notification

APPENDIX [See Rule 5]

APPENDIX A

[See Rule 5]

Form of Notification

It is notified for general information that preparation of the preliminary record of rights work will be taken up in all Government Villages and settled Inam Villages of Talukswith effect from

The Record is intended to check litigation in regard to land and to facilitate its disposal by the Courts, to reduce unnecessary expenditure by the raiyats in executing and registering documents and to protect them against fraud and fabrication of false claims. It will also be of assistance to Government as well as the raiyats in the distribution of assessment among the various hissadars, the grant of Takavi and Land Improvement Loans and the grant of suspension or remission of land revenue.

To facilitate the accurate preparation of the Record of Rights, the Preliminary Record will first be prepared by the Shanbogues to the best of their information in the prescribed Form and every case will be duly investigated by a Special Revenue Inspector. There will then be a check of the Preliminary Record by the Tahsildar or other Officer specially authorised by the Director of Land Records, Survey and Settlement or by the Deputy Commissioner in this behalf. Occupants and persons interested in the land are required to furnish every information that may be within their knowledge to the Investigating Officers in order to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this Record which will form the basis of the future Record of Rights.

All persons interested in land are required to render every reasonable assistance to Officers of the Department of Land Records when they come to a village to measure the hissas and to conduct enquiries in case of disputed boundary lines between hissas in the field, after giving the prescribed notice.

The attention of the public is invited to the provisions of Section 7 of the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1958, requiring them on requisition by a Revenue Officer engaged in compiling or revising the Record of Rights to furnish or produce information and documents needed for the correct compilation or revision thereof within one month from the date of such requisition. Failure to comply with this requisition and secure registration of their rights will render occupants and holders of interests in land liable to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 25 (recoverable as an arrear of land revenue) besides depriving them of the several advantages enumerated above. The Officer to whom any information is furnished or before whom any document is produced in accordance with the requisition will give a written cknowledgement therefor in the Form prescribed to the person furnishing or producing the same and shall endorse on any such document, before returning it to him, a note under his signature stating the fact of its production and the date thereof.

Signature

Designation.

Form 1 Preliminary Record

FORM

FORM 1

Preliminary Record

Serial Number Survey No. Sirkaror Inam, Class of Inam and local name of the field, if any Reference to Old Khate SubDivision Number Area Assessment Jodi or special or non-agricultural assessment Occupant of Sirkar land or Superior holder of alienated land Brief description of nature of right and date of acquisition thereof where available Khate Number Name of Khatedar (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) A. G. Rs. P. Rs. P.

Reference to Mutation Register Reference to Disptued Cases Register Reference to Record of Rights Other rights and encumbrances, such as easements, hypothecations, perpetual and kadim tenancies, etc., which do not transfer possession, with names of right-holders or encumbrancers Reference to Mutation Register Reference to Disputed Cases Register Reference to Record of Rights Remarks Name of holder Nature of Right (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)

FORM 2

TalukHobliVillage

SerialNumber Page of Preliminary Record or Mutation Register Survey Number, SubDivision Number and area Assessmentor Jodi Date of receit of objection Particulars of disputes With names Orders ofTahsildar orDeputy Tahsildar after enquiry Orders oftheAppellateAuthorityin case thereis an appeal Exact terms ofthe entry to bemade in thePreliminaryRecord,MutationRegister andlater in theRecord ofRights Reference toentry inPreliminaryRecord orMutationRegister orRecord ofRights (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

FORM 3

Mutation Register

SI.No. No. of Referenceto PreliminaryRecord or TalukOffice or SubRegistrars or other Office NatureofRight SurveyNo. SubDivisionNo. Date ofissue ofnotice Orders oftheenquiryOfficer Date ofenquiry in thePreliminaryRecord orRecord ofRights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

FORM B

The holders, etc.,...............of all the Villages, Sirkar and Inam, of the ...........Taluk............District, are hereby informed that Hissa measuremnet operations of the undermentioned

Villages will be conducted from..............or thereabouts in the

respective villages by the Surveyors to be deputed for the purpose, by

the Officer-in-charge of the operations. The holders, etc., are hereby

required to be present in their fields when the Surveyor deputed inspects

them, and supply to him particulars as regards ownership, title, boundaries

or other information in their possession, failing which the measurement

work will be done from the information obtained on the spot.

Officer-in-charge of the Survey Party.

FORM C

Notice

Village..............Taluk..........District......

It is hereby notified that the hissas in the following Survey Nos. will

be measured on..............All persons interested should be

present in the field and show their hissas and give all necessary

information. In case the concerned persons are not present in the field,

the measurement will progress nevertheless on the information available.

Form 2 Register of Disputed Cases

FORM

FORM 2

TalukHobliVillage

SerialNumber Page of Preliminary Record or Mutation Register Survey Number, SubDivision Number and area Assessmentor Jodi Date of receit of objection Particulars of disputes With names Orders ofTahsildar orDeputy Tahsildar after enquiry Orders ofthe AppellateAuthorityin case thereis an appeal Exact terms ofthe entry to bemade in thePreliminaryRecord,MutationRegister andlater in theRecord ofRights Reference toentry inPreliminaryRecord orMutationRegister orRecord ofRights (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)