Section 12 in The Maharashtra Land Revenue Circle Officers and Circle Inspectors, (Duties and Functions) Rules, 1970
12. Duties of Circle Officer and Circle Inspector while on inspection.
- Whenever a Circle Officer and Circle Inspector visits a village for inspection, he shall select survey numbers of both cultivated and waste lands in different parts of the village for inspection in such manner as to cover within one year all varieties of crops grown in the village. In every five years or such longer period not exceeding ten years as the Collector may determine having regard to the size of the circle, each survey number shall be inspected at least once, in order to avoid the recurrence of errors and misunderstanding on the part of the Talathi and to ensure that the Talathi shall really inspect the survey number. The Circle Officer and Circle Inspector shall inspect holding to test the recording of hissas and tenancies, the entry of fruit trees, and other valuable trees and details of irrigation works in the record of rights and crop statement entries of areas under crops in the crop statement and the maintenance of village map.
