State of Andhra Pradesh - Act
Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.
ANDHRA PRADESH
India
India
Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.
Rule ANDHRA-PRADESH-TELANGANA-AREA-TENANCY-AND-AGRICULTURAL-LAND-RULES-1950 of 1950
- Published on 17 August 1950
- Commenced on 17 August 1950
- [This is the version of this document from 17 August 1950.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
1. Short title and commencement:.
- These Rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950 and shall come into force from the date of publication of the same in the Official Gazette.2. Preparation of Preliminary Record of Tenancies of Agricultural Land:.
- As soon as may be but not later than a month from the date of publication of these rules in the Jarida, a Preliminary Record of Tenancies of Agricultural Lands shall be prepared in duplicate for every village by the Patwari thereof in Form No.I appended herewith based on his own knowledge and inspection, when necessary, and on such information as may be available from the village records or is furnished by the Mali Patel of the village, as well as upon information furnished by persons in possession of, or holders of rights in agricultural lands as to the nature and extent of the interest which they have in such lands.3. Announcement:.
- (i) On completion of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies under Rule 2 the patwari shall announce in the village by beat of drum daily for a period of 3 days therefrom that Preliminary Record of Tenancies is ready and shall also publish a notice to the same effect in the chavadi or other conspicuous place specified by the Tahsildar as the case may be. The Patwari shall show the said record and explain the entries thereof to any person of the village who goes to him for the purpose.4. Objections by villagers:.
- Any person adversely affected by any entry in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies prepared under Rule 2 may apply to the Patwari orally or in writing not later than 3 days from the expiry of 15 days allowed for reference and inspection under Rule 3(ii) for rectification of such entry and the Patwari shall at once give him an acknowledgement receipt of such an application in Form II appended.5. Disposal of the objections by the Patwari:.
- On receipt of an application under Rule 4 and after making such enquiry as he deems necessary, the Patwari may, if he considers that the said entry was wrongly made, rectify the same; if he considers that the original entry was correctly made, he shall enter the particulars of the application for rectification in the Register of Disputed Cases in Form No.111 appended hereto.6. Record to be forwarded to the Tahsil Office through the Revenue Inspector:.
- As soon as it may be, but not later than 7 days after the expiry of 15 days prescribed in sub-rule (ii) of Rule 3; the Patwari shall forward a copy of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and the Register of Disputed Cases to the Office of the Tahsil in which the village is situate through the Girdawar of the area.7. Enquiry and check by the Revenue Inspector:.
- (i) On a day to be fixed in advance, of which previous intimation shall be given to the villages not less than 3 days and not more than 7 days before the day fixed, the Girdawar shall read out and check every entry in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and the Register of Disputed Cases and certify the accuracy of the said entries in the presence of the villagers assembled in the Chavadi or in any conspicuous place in the village.8. Revenue Inspector to forward the Records to the Tahsildar:.
- As soon as may be, but not later than a week after the completion of the enquiry under the provisions of Rule 7, the Girdawar shall forward the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and Register of Disputed Cases to the Tahsildar.9. Enquiry of disputed cases by Tahsildar:.
- (i) As soon as may be but not later than a month after the receipt of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and Register of Disputed Cases in the Tahsil Office, the Tahsildar or the officer authorised by Government in this behalf, shall, enquire into and decide every case entered in the Register of the Disputed Cases on an appointed day of which due notice in advance shall be given to the parties to the disputes.10. Preliminary Record to be declared as Provisional Record of Tenancies:.
- (i) After passing orders in all disputed cases and incorporating the changes referred to in sub-rule (iv) of Rule 9 the Tahsildar shall declare the Preliminary Record of Tenancies as the Provisional Record of Tenancies and append a certificate in such record that it shall be declared to be Provisional Record of Tenancies with effect from the date of such certification.11. Appeal:.
- An appeal against an order passed by the Tahsildar or by the officer authorised by Government in this behalf under the provisions of Rule 9 shall lie to the Second Taluqdar within one month from the date of the order.12. Revision:.
- The Second Taluqdar, the Taluqdar, the Board of Revenue, or the Government may of their own accord at any time or within 3 months from the date of an order in appeal under Rule 11, on the application of any party, call for and examine the Provisional Record of Tenancies relating to any entry and pass orders thereon as they deem fit and proper.13. Amendment of entries in Provisional Record of Tenancies:.
- The Tahsildar shall amend the entries in the Provisional Record of Tenancies in accordance with the orders passed in appeal or revision under his signature and shall communicate copies of the entries so amended to the Patwari who shall thereupon alter the relevant entries in his copy of the Provisional Record of Tenancies accordingly.14. Acquisition of rights to be reported:.
- (i) Any person who after the preparation of the Preliminary or Provisional Record of Tenancies acquires any interest or right in land as a holder or a tenant in any village by succession, survivor ship, inheritance, partition, purchase, gift or otherwise, shall report his acquisition of such an interest or right, orally or in writing to the Patwari of the village in which such land is situated or in writing to the Tahsildar of the area within one month from the date of such acquisition.Provided that if the person acquiring such interest or right in land is a minor or otherwise disqualified, his guardian having charge of his property shall make the report to the Patwari or the Tahsildar.15. Register of Mutations:.
- (i) The Tahsildar shall enter in a Register of Mutation maintained in Form IV appended herewith every report made or forwarded to him under Rule 14.16. Appeal and Revision:.
- (i) On an order passed by the Tahsildar or the officer authorised by Government in this behalf under the provision of Rule 15, an appeal shall lie to the Second Taluqdar of the area within one month from the date of such order.17. Obligation to furnish information:.
- (i) Any person whose rights, interest or liabilities are required to be or have been entered in any record or register under these rules, shall be bound, on the requisition of the Tahsildar or the officer authorised by Government in this behalf to enquire under Rule 9 or Rule 15 to furnish or produce for his inspection within one week 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.18. Penalty for failing to furnish information:.
- Whoever fails to make a report required by Rule 14 or to furnish any information or to produce any document required under Rule 17 within the time fixed in Rule 14 or Rule 17, as the case may be, shall be liable at the discretion of the Tahsildar or the said officer, to a fine not exceeding Rs. 25 which shall be collected as an arrear of land revenue.19. Refusal of assistance under Section 72 of the Land Revenue Act and Section 32 of the Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act:.
- The Tahsildar shall refuse assistance to any landholder to recover possession of land from a tenant either under Section 72 of the Land Revenue Act or Section 32 of the Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act or any other orders for the time being in force, if his claim to such assistance is not supported by a certified copy of an entry or entries in Provisional Record of Tenancies relating to such land.20. Presumption of correctness of entries in the Records of Tenancies and Registers of Mutations:.
- Every entry in the Provisional Record of Tenancies shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved or a new entry is duly substituted therefor.21. Inspection of copies:.
- (i) The Provisional Record of Tenancies shall during office hours on all working days be open for inspection by the public in the Tahsil Office and with the village Patwari. Certified copies thereof shall be given to all persons applying for the same to the Tahsildar.22. Certified copy of record to be annexed to a plaint or an application:.
- (i) Every application under the Andhra Pradesh (T.A.) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 and every plaint or application in a Civil Court relating to any land to which the said Act applied shall be accompanied by a certified copy of an entry in the Provisional Record of Tenancies relevant to such lands.23. Court Fees:.
- Every memorandum of appeal under Rule 11 or sub-rule (i) of Rule 16 and every application for revision under Rule 12 or sub-rule (ii) of Rule 16 shall bear the court fees prescribed under the Court Fees Act.24. Final Record of Tenancies:.
24A. (i) A Taluq Commission consisting of the Tahsildar of a Tahsil as Chairman and two other non-official members nominated by the Government for such period as they may deem fit not exceeding one year, shall examine the final records of all the villages within the jurisdiction of the said Tahsildar.
Provided that the Chairman of the Taluq Commission shall have the option, if he is satisfied that any one of or both the non-official members are in any way interested in the cases before the Commission to replace one or both of them when hearing such cases in any specified area, subject to the prior approval of the Collector, for such panel of names as may be notified by the Government.Provided further that no representation in respect of wrong entry in or omission from the final record of tenancies shall be entertained after the 31st January, 1955.24B.
24C. After the expiry of the period for which a Taluq Commission was constituted under sub-rule (i) of Rule 24-A, cases relating to wrong entry in or omission from the final records of tenancies referred to in sub-rule (ii) of Rule 24-A pending before the said Commission shall be transferred for disposal to the Deputy Collector concerned.
Provided that the provisions contained in sub-rules (2), (3), (5) and (6) of Rule 24-A shall apply mutatis mutandis to the hearing and disposal of cases transferred to the Deputy Collector.25. Certificates to be issued to Protected Tenants:.
- On and after 10th June, 1951, the Tahsildar shall issue to every tenant registered in the final record of tenancies as a protected tenant and to every person under whom such person holds any land as a protected tenant, a Certificate in Form No.6, appended herewith, on payment of annas two, by the person registered as protected tenant and annas eight by the person under whom he holds as a protected tenant respectively.26. Applicability of provisions of other rules:.
- Unless there is anything repugnant therein, the provisions of Rules 14 to 23 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the final record of tenancies prepared under Rule 24.27. Revision:.
Part I – Record of Agricultural Tenancies
| Name of : 1.Village | Preliminary | |
| 2. Taluk | Provisional | |
| 3. District | Final |
| Survey No. | Pote No. | Name of field if any | Extent Acres-Guntas | Classification of the land if wet, whether single crop or double crop | Assessment | The name and father's name of the land holder | Whether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered, or a hissadar | Name and father's name of the tenant in possession of the land on the date the Act came into force, i.e., 10.6.1950 | Extent held by the tenant out of the extent shown in Col. 4 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| Period or periods of possession of the land by the tenants | The date on which subsisting lease is due to expire | The basis of the tenancy (Whether it is by virtue of a registered lease deed, unregistered lease deed or an oral agreement) | Mode of payment or rent (whether payable in cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of a crop or in the shape or service or labour. | The quantum of rent (details) | Other feature or terms if any of the tenancy | The name of the person to whom the rent is paid | Whether the tenant is Protected Tenant | Remarks |
| (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
Part II – Abstract of Tenancies
Details of occupation| S. No. | Name of the Tenant | Father's name | S. No. | Pote No. | Name of the field, if any | Extent occupated | Classification of the land, if wet, whether single crop or double crop. | Rent payable | Remarks | |
| Acres | Gutas | |||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| Form No. IIRecord of tenancies(To be retained)ReceiptS.No..... sonof.........has field today anoral/written application for rectification of the entry againstSurvey No./Sub-Division No. .....in the PreliminaryRecord of Tenancies of.......Village........Taluka.........of.......Tahsil as per details overleaf.Dated :PatwariOriginal entry sought to be corrected.Particularof the Representation. | Form No. IIRecord of tenancies(To be given to the party)ReceiptS.No.......son of.........has filed today anoral/written application for rectification of the entry againstSurvey No./Sub-Division No......in thePreliminary Record of Tenancies of........Village........Taluka........of........tehsil as per details overleaf.Dated:PatwariOriginal entry sought to be corrected.Particular of theRepresentation. |
28th. August, 1950
| Sl. No. | Reference to the number of the entry in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of Tenancies or Register of Mutations | Survey No. and Substituted Dn. No. | Area | Name of the person seeking rectification | Particulars of the representation |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Date of the receipt of the representation | Orders of the Tahsildar with a summary of the evidence at his enquiry and grounds of the decision | Date and mode of communication of the order to the party and the exact terms of the entry to be made in the Preliminary or Provisional Record of Tenancies | Orders of the appellate or revising authority in case there is an appeal or revision | Date when the orders in Col. 9 and 10 are incorporated in the Provisional Record of Tenancies and the designation of the officer making the incorporation | Remarks |
| (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) |
| Sl. No. | Reference to the number of the entry in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of Tenancies | Survey No. and Pote No. | Name of the person acquiring the right | Details of the rights acquired | Date and Place of enquiry |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Brief summary of the evidence at the enquiry and the decision thereon with reasons | Date of amendment of entries in the Preliminary/Provisional record of Tenancies in accordance with the orders in Col. 7 and the date of communication of the decision in col. 7 to the Patwari | Orders of the Appellate or revising authority, if any | The date of amendment of the entries in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of tenancies in accordance with the orders in Col. 9 and the date of communication of such orders to the Patwari | Remarks |
| (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
7th. June, 1951
Part I – Abstract of Protected Tenancies
Name of : 1. Village2. Taluk
3. District
| Survey No. | Pote No. | Name of the field if any | Extent, Acres, Guntas | Classification of the land if wet, whether singlecrop or double crop. | Assessment | The name and father's name of the land holder |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Whether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered, or a hissedar | Name and father's name of the tenant | Extent held by the tenants out of the extent out of the extent shown in Col. 4 | Mode of payment (whether payable In cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of the crop.) | Quantum of the rent (details) | Name of the person to whom rent is payable (only in case rent is payable to a person other than the one shown in Col. 7) | Remarks |
| (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) |
| Survey No. | Pote No. | Name of the field if any | Extent, Acres, Guntas | Classification of the land if wet, whether single crop or double crop. | Assessment | The name and father's name of the landholder | Whether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered or hisseadar |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| Name and father's name of the tenants | Extent held by the tenant out of the extent shown in Col. 4 | The date on which the subsisting lease was given | Rent payable | Other features or terms if any of the tenancy | Name of the person to whom rent is payable (only in case rent is payable to a person other than the one shown in Col. 7) | Remarks | |
| Mode of payment (whether payable In cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of the crop) | Quantum of the rent (details) | ||||||
| (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
7th. June, 1951
Certificate issued under Sections 35 and 37 of the Andhra Pradesh (T.A.) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950Sl. No.Village.........Taluk..........1. Name of the protected tenant
2. Father's name
3. Details of the lands held by the protected tenant
4. Rent payable
| (a) | Mode of payment in cash/kind/Crop share/ | |||
| (b) | Quantum | Rs. | As. | P. |
| Quantity in Standard measure | ||||
| Fraction of Crop share |