Prohibition of Transfer

ALIENATION
Alienation of land means grant of State land for bonafide public purposes to a
person, institution or local body either free of cost or on payment of full or concessional
market value.
Applications have to be made in the form prescribed in Appendix XXIX to B.S.O
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The provisions contained in B.S.O. 24 and the instructions issued by the
Government from time to time have to be followed.
For alienation of land within the Municipal areas the resolution of the Municipal
Council / Corporation is necessary.
Government have issued instructions on the allotment of lands to the following.
1.
2.
3.
Municipal Councils :
Zilla Praza Parishads :
M.P.Ps and Grampanchayats :
4.
Housing Board :
G.O.Ms.No. 216, Rev.Q Dept 19-2-76

G.O.Ms.No. 268, Rev. Q Dept. 6-3-76
G.O.Ms. No. 268, Rev. Q Dept. 23-2-78
G.O.Ms. No. 812, Rev. Q Dept. 23-2-78
G.O.Ms. No. 633, Rev. Q Dept 5-5-82
The lands alienated can be resumed in case of voilation of any of the conditions
of the grant.
POWERS OF ALIENATION :
Competent
Authority
To Local Bodies
Companies, Industries, Private
i.e., Gram Panchayats, Mandal
Associations
Corporations and
Parishads, ZPs, Municipalities,
Individuals
Municipal Corporations
1. Collector
Market Value Rs. 25000 or 1. For individuals Market Value

upto Ac 0.50 Cents or 0.20 guntas
upto
Rs.
10,000/- and upto
whichever is less.
Acs 0-25 Cents or Ac 0.20 guntas
whichever
(G.O.Ms. No. 635 Rev.Dt. 2-7-1990)
is
less.
(G.O.Ms.No. 635 Dt. 2-7-1990)
2. For Industrial use
Ac. 2-00 (Two acres) or Market
values Rs. 2 lakhs (G.O.Ms.
No. 252 Dt. 9-4-98)
Market Value beyond Rs. Ten lakhs
1.
For individuals
2. C.C.L.A.
Market Value of
or above Ac. 10.00 whichever is less
Rs. 5.00 lakhs and upto Ac. 5.00
(G.O.Ms. No. 635 Rev.Dt. 2-7-1990)
whichever is less.
2. Industrial purpose
Rs. 10 lakhs and up to AC 10.00
(G.O.Ms. No. 252 Dt. 9-4-98)
(Chief Commissioner
Land Administration)
3. Government : All other cases

(G.O.Ms. No. 635 Revenue (Assignment. III) Department dt. 2-7-1990)
The Collector and the Chief Commissioner, Land Administration are empowered
to permit to enter the land.
No land shall be alienated to any person without the orders of the Government
irrespective of its value. Proposals for grant of land to individuals for services rendered
to the State, or to be performed to the community, shall be submitted to Government.
Patta lands can be acquired on payment of compensation under the provisions
of L.A. Act for educational or other bonafide public purposes. After acquisition,
such land shall be alienated to the Requisitioning institution / Association concerned
through an order under B.S.O. 24 para 6(ii).
The Government have instructed that except lands for Agricultural purposes all
other cases should be referred to Government.
Procedure for Alienation of State Land :
On receipt of application for alienation of land, the land should be identified and if
it is free from encroachments and if it is not proposed for other purposes previously
:- A-1 notice calling for objections within 15 days should be published in the village
and also served on the Local Body concerned. Objections received, if any, shall be
disposed off on merits. If the land applied for belongs to any department other than
the Revenue Department, it should be got handed over to the Revenue Department
first before alienating the land. If it is within a belt of one mile to the town-ship,
Heads of Departments and Housing Board are to be consulted.
The following records duly attested by MRO are to be enclosed to the alienation
proposals :
i) Application in prescribed form (BSO 24 Appendix XXIX)
ii) Resolution of the local body agreeing to the alienation.
iii) Scrutinised sub division record in triplicate.
iv) Combined sketch showing the land applied for alienation and the adjoining lands.
v) Check Memo duly answered.
vi) Extract of A register / Settlement Fair Adangal and V.A. No. 3.
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vii) Note on the valuation of the land with registration statistics and statistics from
basic valuation register.
viii)Tree valuation statement if there are standing trees.
ix) Consent statement of the applicant agreeing to pay the value of the trees and
structures on the land.
x) Permission of the Railway or Port Authorities, as the case may be, if the land is
situated within half a mile from railway line or port limits.
xi) Consent letter of the applicant to pay the cost of Acquisition, if the land applied
for was previously acquired at the expense of the Government.
xii) Application for waiver of land Revenue if the alienation is for non-remunerative
purpose (BSO. Appx XXX)
xiii)
In Municipal areas the consent of the Municipal Commissioner.
xiv)
Notes of Inspection
NB : (1) With regard to alienation of tank bed lands or other irrigation sources the
procedure prescribed by the CCLA should be followed. The alienation
proposal should be accompanied by check Memo.
(2) After issue of orders by competent authority, after handing over possession
of the land on collection of land value if any, the changes in the Mandal /
Village records have to be incorporated.
(3) It is also to be checked, cases of alienation done in the past were
incorporated after duly verifying the state of things on ground, and inform
the Collector.
Transfer of State Govt. Lands :
A) Under B.S.O. 22 Para 8, the Collectors are empowered to transfer Govt. lands
from one Dept. to another subject to the following conditions :
1) That there are no requests for the land from another Govt. Dept. besides the
one to which it is proposed to be transferred;
2) That the land is not transferred to a Commercial Govt. Dept.,
3) That only vacant land is involved
4) That in every case, where the land is taken away from the Control of one
Dept. to another, the consent of the Head of the Dept. concerned is obtained
before the transfer is effected; and
5) That the competent authority, viz., the Collector ensure that the purpose for
which the land is transferred is fulfilled in a reasonable time otherwise the
orders of the transfer should be revoked and the land can be resumed by the
Rev. Dept.
B) Under B.S.O. 23 para 1, the Collectors are empowered to transfer State Govt.
lands to Railways and other Central Govt. Depts. for bonafide purpose upto value
of Rs. 25,000/- or upto Ac. 0-50 cts. whichever is less (G.O.Ms.No. 635, Rev.
Asn. Dept., Dt. 2-7-90) on permanent basis on payment of M.V.
ASSIGNMENT
Assignment of Govt. land means grant of land at the disposal of Government
to individuals / Institutions and firms either on payment of value or free of cost.
B.S.O. 15 contains the basic rules and regulations. Govt. lands which are
classified as Assessed and unassessed waste lands which are prima facie
unobjectionable for assignment and porambokes which are prima facie
unobjectionable can be assigned after duly following the prescribed procedure.
The following categories of lands are prohibited from assignment.
1.
Tank beds, foreshore of tank beds, cattle stand, burial grounds,

grazing grounds, lands reserved for depressed classes or for any public
purpose.
2.
Watercourse porambokes, lands in the vicinity of reserved forests, lands

containing topes or valuable trees, lands within cantonment limits, lands
reserved u/s 26 of Forest Act, lands within Port limits, lands in the vicinity of
Railway Stations, Aerodromes or landing grounds, lands containing minerals,
quarries etc., lands within the flood banks of rivers padugais.
3.
Govt. lands in towns, municipalities, Dist.Hqrs. And within periphery of one

mile (G.O.Ms.No. 1122, Rev.29-6-61, read with G.O.MMs.No.1409, Rev. dt.(198-78).
4.
Assignment / alienation of tank bed lands should not be done without prior
permission of CCLA / Government.
5.
Assignment / Alienation of Govt. lands free of cost to State undertakings /

public institution, coop institutions market committees is prohibited vide
G.O.Ms.No.700, Rev 20-6-86.
Lifting of Ban :
1.
The ban on assignment of Govt. lands at mandal headquarters within 2 Kms

from their periphery is lifted (G.O.Ms.No.634 dt.2-7-90.)
2.
The ban on assignment of Govt. lands, within 5 Kms from High Water mark is
lifted (G.O.Ms.No.625). dt.(29-6-90)
3.
The exiting concession of granting land free of cost to Gram Panchayats,

M.P.Ps and Municipalities will be continued.
Competence :
The authority competent to assign the lands is the Mandal Revenue Officer
upto 2.5 acres of wet land or Ac.5.00 of dry land to land less poor persons. All other
cases should be referred to the appropriate authority for orders, basing on the value
of the land.
Land less poor :

The Govt. have recently issued orders defining the land less poor person as
follows :
Landless poor person is one who does not own or has share in ancestral or
acquired land in excess of Ac.2.50 of wet land or 5.00 of dry land and also person
engages in agrl. Operations having a total income of less than Rs.6,000/- per annum
including the income of all family members. The term family members does not
include Married son for the purpose of assignment though they may be staying at
parental abode under the same roof. [G.O.Ms.1019, Rev..(Asn.l) Dept. Dt. 5-10-94]
In addition the following persons are eligible.
1.
Ex.Toddy tappers.
2.
Backward communities/Weavers
3.
Jawans discharged on compassionate/Medical grounds after 5 years of
service.
4.
Serving soldiers
5.
Coop. Societies consisting of landless poor persons
6.
Political sufferers.
Political sufferers
Persons who have participated in one of the 8 freedom movements organised
by the Indian national Congress remained underground but did not suffer imprisonment
provided they were proclaimed offenders of those on whom the award of arrest was
announced but were not arrested or persons whose detention orders were issued
but not served for a period of not less than 6 months and also Martyrs be declared
as political sufferers for the purpose of assignment of Govt. lands under the scheme.
List of political sufferers was already compiled by the District Collectors. It has to
be ensured whether the applicant is registered in the list of political sufferers and if
so whether the applicant is allotted land previously before considering the request
and processing it.
Political sufferers are eligible for assignment of Govt.. Land upto Ac.5.00 of
wet or Ac. 10.00 of dry land (G.O.Ms.No. 946 Rev. Dept. Dt. 26-7-79)
Govt. in G.O.Ms. No. 185 Rev. Department dated 11.3.1997 issued the following
revised guidelines for assignment of lands to the political sufferers.
1.
Agricultural land in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Rangareddy district
cannot be assigned to Freedom fighters as the land in these districts is
required for Government purpose. In other districts, wherever land is available,
it will be assigned as per existing scales/rules.
2.
Assignment of land for agricultural purpose shall not be considered unless
the land is available in the native village of the Freedom Fighter, where it is not
required for any public purpose and house sites.
3.
Assignment of land for house sites will be made to persons (ie. individual
freedom fighters), but not to the Society of Freedom Fighters. The house site
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pattas are heritable. The Freedom Fighters are not entitled to alienate the
lands within ten years. Requests of the spouse of the freedom fighter, who
expired may be considered later. Children/legal heirs of the freedom fighters
are not eligible for allotment of house sites.
4.
A maximum extent of 300 Sq. Yards may be allotted as house site to the
freedom fighters anywhere in the State. Orders Sanctioning freedom fighters
pension may be taken as the basis for allotment of house sites. Fresh Jail
Certificates need not be insisted upon.
5.
For the purpose of allotment of house sites, the region may be taken as a
unit instead of District i.e. a freedom fighter can apply for house site in his
native region (Telangana, Andra or Rayalaseema).
6.
Transfer of names of freedom fighters from their respective districts to districts
like Visakhapatnam Rangareeddy and other urban areas shall be banned.
Amendment to B.S.O 15-10-2.
Among landless poor applicants preference shall be given to landless persons.
As between Sivaijamadar and non-sivaijamadar a sivaijamadar local resident
agricultural labourer who is dependant on agriculture only and who owns no land at
all except the land under occupation shall be given preference. The land holding of
the existing sivaijamadars shall be given preference. The Land holding of the existing
sivaijamadars who are in possession of Ac.2.50 of wet or Ac.5.00 of dry including
the land owned by the family can be regularised and sivaijamadars who are in
occupation of the land over and above the limits should be evicted and the land
assigned to landless poor persons.
Wet: Agrl lands which are under projects and which receive water from Govt. irrigation
source for a period of not less than 5 months in a fasli year shall be treated as
Wet. All other lands shall be treated as dry.
Amendment to B.S.O 15 para - 1.
The M.R.O is competent to assign lands to landless poor applicants subject
to the limit specified in B.S.O 15-2-11.
Amendment to B.S.O 15-10-1.
Eligible landless poor persons within the Mandal limits can be considered.
The requirement of residence of the applicant in the village where lands assigned
are located need not necessarily be taken as a sole requisite for determining eligibility.
Among the eligible land less preference to landless poor of adjoining villages and
third to the land less poor persons within the Rev. Mandal.
Assignment - Procedure
1.
Application on plain paper can be accepted and entered in Dharakhast register.
2.
The land applied for should be verified whether it is prima facie available &
eligible.
3.
A. 1 notice should be published.
4.
After the publication, A. Memorandum should be prepared by the M.R.I. and
sent in duplicate with A.I notice. and a sketch.
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5.
6.
The resolution of Gram panchayat should be obtained.

In case of poramboke land ayan conversion proposals have to be sent to
R.D.O. Concerned.
7.
In case of trees and structures on the ground, notice in Form C.I for recovery
of value of trees/structures shall be served on the applicant.
Lands assigned are subject to the conditions laid down by the Govt. and as
prescribed in B.S.O. The land assigned is heritable but not alienable.
The assignment is liable for cancellation on violation of conditions.
Appeals :
From every original decision of assignment of the M.R.O., appeal is allowed
within 30 days to the Divisional Officer and Collector respectively and within 40 days
from the date of decision of the Collector to the CCLA.
A revision to the Collector against the orders of R.D.O in appeal is also allowed.
All appeals should be stamped with court fee label of Rs.5/-.
House sites :
1.
Procedure laid down in B.S.O.21 has to be followed;
2.
All applications should be entered in Village Registers and Mandal registers
in the form prescribed in Appendix XVI and XXI respectively;
3.
Notice of 15 days in Form XV to be published by Village Secretary
4.
Report in Appendix XVI in duplicate with the published copy of notice to
M.R.O. by Village Secretary
5.
The M.R.O. should send a copy of Village Secretary report to local body for
its opinion within 2 months and objections raised by it should be considered;
and
6.
If the application is allowed by the M.R.O. he has to issue an order in Appendix
XIX or XX or XXIV. These orders should be registered in the prescribed registers.
(B..S.O. 24, B.S.O. 15 (15 to 20)
Selection of Beneficiaries :
Openly in Grama Sabha, Layout and list of Beneficiaries should be approved
by R.D.O.
Grant of house site pattas to eligible encroachers in unobjectionable areas in
Municipalities and Towns is governed by G.O.Ms.No.361 Rev (L) Dept. Dt.15-4-89
as amended in G.O.Ms.No.641 Rev. (Assignments-II) Dept. dt.3-7-90.
The norms prescribed are:
1.
2.
3.
Period of occupation of atleast 5 years;

Pattas will be given in the name of Women;
Owners of houses who let out to Tenants are not eligible but in such cases
only tenants in occupation should be the beneficiaries;
4.
Encroachers who own another dwelling unit or site elsewhere are not eligible;
5.
Area of limit for assignment free of cost shall be 50 Sq yards. Relaxable upto
140 Sq Yards in specific cases for specific reasons;
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6.
Area in excess of 140 Sq Yards should be regularised on payment of Market

Value and Development charges where eviction is not feasible;
7.
Occupiers of residential huts only in objectionable areas, are eligible for

alternative accommodation.
The provisions of Act IX of 1977 (The A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of
Transfer) Act shall apply to the grants of house sites, in view of the amendment
issued to B.S.O.21 for the existing condition(9) in form of Assignment of House Site
Patta to the effect that the assignment of land for House Site Patta is heritable but
not alienable.
Assignment Review Committee :
Reconstitution of Assignment Review Committee as per G.O. Ms. No. 146 Revenue
(L. Ref) Department, dated 05-02-1996 read with G.O.Ms. No. 16 Revenue (L. Ref.
I) Department dated 17-012005 and G.O.Ms. No. 98, Revenue (L. Ref. I) Department
dated 17-01-2005.
1. MLA of the constituency
Chairman
2. Revenue Divisional Officer/Sub-Collector/Asst. Collector Member
3. Three social workers of the Assembly constituency
a) One from
SC/ST
b) One from
BC/Minorities
c) One from
other category
(one among them shall be women)
Member
4. Respective Mandal President, ZPTC, Municipal Chairperson
Member
(they will be invited if lands of that Municipality are involved)
5. One representative each from the re-cognized National/State
Political Parties who contested in the last General Elections in that
Constituency and who has secured not less than 10% votes
Polled.
Member
6. Mandal Revenue Officer whose jurisdiction comprises the areas
included in the constituency for their respective areas of
assignment of land.
Member-Secretary
The Chairman, DDRC will nominate the three members at item No. 3 above. The
duties and functions etc., of the above committee shall be as annexed to GO.
CREATION OF LAND BANK

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Provision of Shelter in Urban and Semi Urban Areas - Effective management
of Land Resource - Creation of Land Bank - Orders - Issued.
REVENUE (ASSIGNMENT-I) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms. No. 242
ORDER:
Dated : 28-02-2005
The Government have identified that there is an urgent need for prudent
management of the land resource located in urban and semi urban areas. With the
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growing urbanization, the demand for land for housing need has become accentuated
and many private persons are engaged in land development. They resorted to tactics
for artificial escalation of the prices of the land and thereby owning a plot for housing
is becoming increasingly difficult for the employees, middle class citizens and poor.
It is also found that some unscrupulous elements have grabbed the Government
land or selling the Government lands with false documents, thereby duping the
public.
2.
Providing shelter is amongst the top priorities of the Government. There are
well defined schemes for providing housing for the poor. In so far as meeting the
requirement of the other deserving sections of the society, there is no fixed policy
and mechanism for alienation of land to such sections and allotment was done
case by case, for the land identified. Therefore, Government have decided to have a
comprehensive policy of meeting housing requirement of targeted sections of society
by creation of land bank and accordingly order the following:
The Land Bank shall be a land resource pooled for allotment to various
Housing Co-operative Societies and other target groups. The following categories of
land constitute the source for Land Bank :(a) Government land fit for housing / institution, located in and around 120
municipalities, with clear title. The land has to be within 25 K.Ms.
radius for A Category, 15 K.Ms. for B category and 10 K.Ms. for C
category Municipalities.
(b) Government land available with Departments which is not being put to
effective use such as Horticulture, Sericulture, Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry, Roads, and Buildings, Tourism, Sick Industries etc. This
land has to be resumed and put in land bank.
(c) Surplus ceiling land at the disposal of the Government.
(d) Endowment Lands.
(e) Private lands acquired.
COMPILATION OF DATA :
The Revenue Department shall be responsible for collecting the details of
the large chunks of the lands available in and around Municipal Corporation areas
as well as other Municipalities, as per categories indicated above and making
available the said data to the designated agencies of the land bank in the respective
areas.
After dissemination of information, a Committee consisting of local RDO,
representatives of APHB APIIC and relevant UDA shall short list the land that is
required and suitable for housing and other institutional needs, as per the demand
for the next 20 years.
COMPETENT AUTHORITY :
The Collector and District Magistrate shall be competent authority to transfer
the Government land to the land bank and to resume the un-utilized Government
land to the Land Bank, in consultation with the concerned Departments. He shall
also be competent to acquire private land for public purpose, after arriving at the
demand, and also in consultation with the agencies in charge of Land Bank. The
Endowment lands shall be acquired for providing house sites to employees only by
following the procedure, which is being adopted for providing house sites to weaker
sections. Each category of land shall be treated as a distinct entity till alienated to
the applicant. This is aimed to plough back the cost of land acquisition.
MANAGEMENT OF LAND BANK :
The ownership rights over the land available with the Land Bank rest with
the Government. However the agencies for overall management of the land located
in Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts shall be HUDA and APHB respectively and
for other districts the APHB, concerned UDA, and APIIC under the administrative
control of the concerned District Collector. These agencies are responsible to protect
and develop the lands available in the Land Bank pertaining to the area of their
jurisdiction and make it available for allotment. They shall maintain the data on land
based on classification and make available the data for the Empowered Committee
at the time of allotment of land.
EMPOWERED COMMITTEE :
The following Empowered Committee shall be vested with the powers to
decide allotment of land appointment and usage based on hierarchy of needs and
submit proposals to the Government.
1. Chief Commissioner of Land Administration
... Chairman
2. Prl. Secretary to Government, Revenue Dept.
... Member
3. Prl. Secretary to Government, Finance Dept.
... Member
4. Prl. Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration
& Urban Development Dept.
... Member
5. Prl. Secretary to Government, Housing Dept.
... Member Convenor
6. Secretary (Services) to Government, G.A. Deptt.
... Member
In case the Municipal Administration & Urban Development and Housing
Departments are headed by officers senior to the Principal Secretary to Government,
Revenue Department, the Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban
Development Department can depute other Secretary of his Department, who is
junior; and the Principal Secretary, Housing Department can depute the Vice
Chairman & Managing Director, A.P. Housing Board, to be their proxy on the
Committee. The Committee can also co-opt the Commissioner of Municipal
Administration, Director of Town and Country Planning and any other officer as per
the need.
PRICING OF THE LAND :
The Empowered Committee, while, sending its recommendations for
allotment of land from Land Bank in favour of Housing Co-operative Societies /
Institutions, shall recommend the price to be fixed for the land proposed for allotment.
While arriving at the recommended price the Empowered Committee shall take into
account the acquisition cost of the land the activity of the beneficiary Institution and
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demand for the land.

3.
Government shall issue separate orders on the methodology to be adopted
for selecting the Housing Societies / Institutions for allotment / alienation of land out
of Land Bank, the conditions of allotment and on the ownership rights.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
DR. V.P. JAUHARI
SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

ABSTRACT
Land Bank - Allotment of land for housing to various categories -Policy guidelines
Orders - Issued.
G.O.Ms. No. 243
Dated : 28-92-2005
Read the following :1. G.O. Ms. 589, Revenue (Asn. III) Deptt., dated 10.07.91
2. From the Commissioner of Land Revenue, A.P., Hyderabad.
Letter No. B1/2212/97, dated 10.11.1997
3. G.O.Ms. No. 46, General Administration (Ser. Wel) Department, dated
24.1.2001.
4. From the General Administration (Ser. Wel) Department.
U.O. Note No. 44907/Ser. Wel/2000-166, dated 24.01.2003.
5. G.O.Ms. No. 416, Revenue (Asn.I) Department, dated 18.3.2003
6. G.O.Ms. No. 242, Revenue (Asn. I) Department, dated 28.02.2005.
ORDER:
In the G.O. sixth read above, orders were issued for creation of Land Bank to
meet the housing and other Institutional requirements of the various sections of
society. It was also ordered that separate orders would be issued pertaining to the
methodology to be adopted for selecting the Housing Societies / Institutions for
allotment and alienation of land out of land bank. Accordingly the following orders
are issued.
APPROACH :
Government shall allot land for housing purpose and for institutional purpose.
These two categories shall be dealt with separately. As far as housing is concerned,
Government shall encourage allotment of land for house sites where the culture /
feasibility of independent house exists. Land shall be allotted for construction of
flats, wherever culture for flats is in existence. The decision as to allot the land for
house plots/flats shall be decided based on the availability of land in the designated
area.
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In the Municipal Corporations of the State, Viz., Hyderabad, Warangal,

Vijayawada, Guntur, Rajahmumdry, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Nellore,
Government may alienate lands preferably for construction of flats in view of the
scarcity of land.
METHODOLOGY :
Land shall not be allotted in favour of individual beneficiary. The beneficiaries
shall have to be formed into a group or Co-operative Society for availing the facility of
allotment of land for a flat / house site. A Society or a Group shall have a minimum
of 12 eligible members. The applications for flat / house site shall have to made to
the concerned Collector & District Magistrate. The Collectors in turn shall obtain
necessary approval, for withdrawal and allotment of land from out of Land Bank,
from the Empowered Committee and Government. After approval of the Empowered
Committee and the Government, further action would be taken by the Collector to
make the scheme operational.
ROLE OF COLLECTOR :
The Collector shall be the nodal authority to make the scheme operational
and shall be competent to allot lands for housing purpose to Housing Society /
Group at the rates stipulated, following the above outlined procedure. In so far as
allotment of land to Institutions he shall submit proposals to the Empowered
Committee for taking a decision in the matter.
AREA ALLOTMENT :
In so far as the Societies in which Judges, MPs, MLAs. All India Services
Officers of Andhra Pradesh cadre and Officers (natives of Andhra Pradesh) of other
States cadres who worked with Government of Andhra Pradesh on deputation, Officers
of the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Journalists, land shall be provided in the
satellite towns (of Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts) to be developed by HUDA,
APHB or other Urban Development Agency on cost basis.
The land situated in Prime locations of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy
Districts will henceforth be allotted only for Government organizations, public purpose
or for institutional use. Government lands located within the proposed outer ring
road will not be allotted for house sites either for group of individuals or co-operative
housing societies.
CONVEYANCE TO INDIVIDUAL BY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY :
On a lienation of the Government land, the Society or Group concerned in
turn shall allot individual house sites / flats as the case may be to the individual
members. The title of the plot or flat shall be conveyed to the members concerned
by the Society through a registered sale deed.
RESPONSIBILITY AND TIME LIMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LAYOUT :
Government land shall be alienated to the Co-operative House Building Society or
Group, without any development. It would be the responsibility of the Society /
Group to develop the land and to provide infrastructure facilities such as roads,
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water supply, electricity, drainage etc. The time limit fixed for completion of this
process shall be one year from the date of alienation of the land, failing which the
land shall be resumed by the Government.
CATEGORISATION FOR PRICING :
i.
MLAs MPs, Judges of Supreme Court and High Court, All India Service
Officers
ii.
Accredited Journalists from recognized and registered newspapers.
iii.
State Government Employees and Panchayat Raj Teachers working
in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
iv.
Recognised National and International Sports persons and eminent
persons in the field of Culture and Arts.
v.
Defence Employees, Central Government employees and employees
of PSUs.
vi.
Widows of Kargil and other war heroes and extremist violence who are
hailing from Andhra Pradesh.
vii.
Weaker Sections.
viii. Institutions - Educational / Charitable / Religious etc.
The land shall be allotted to the categories figuring at Sl.No. i to iv at the
basic value of the land, for category v and vii at prevailing market value; for category
vi on free of cost and for category vii as per the policy of the Government vogue. The
acquired land shall be alienated on cost basis, which means that the actual cost
paid to the landowners shall be fixed as cost of land.
CONDITIONS OF ALLOTMENT :
i.
The land shall be allotted in favour of Societies / Groups. It shall be the
responsibility of the Societies / Groups to ensure that its members are
seeking allotment of land for the first time. All the members shall have
to file an affidavit stating that he/she had not received the benefit of
concessional allotment from Government earlier nor he/she was a
member of any society/group to which concessional allotment was
made. He/she shall also give an undertaking that he/she not avail such
facility in future.
ii.
The Societies shall complete the process of allotment of house sites
within a period of six months from the date of alienation of the land.
iii.
A beneficiary, who is allotted a house site shall have to complete the
house within a period of two (2) years from the date of allotment of
house site by the Society / Group.
iv.
In case of flats, the Society shall be responsible for completion of
construction of flats within a period of two (2) years from the date of
alienation of land by the Government. This may be done directly or
through any other agency agreed upon by members.
v.
Any beneficiary, who is allotted a house site / flat, shall not have any
right to sell the same for a period of fifteen (15) years.
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vi.
If the Society allots open spaces available in the layout or changes

layout without approval from competent authority that approved the
layout, the President, Secretary and other Office Bearers of the Society
are liable for punitive action and changes made if any shall become
null and void.
vii. In Satelite townships being developed by various urban development
agencies in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts, all categories of
people such as Class IV, N.G.Os, who may not be in a position to
invest so much for buying a plot shall be considered for allotment of
house sites at an appropriate rate.
The conditions of allotment in respect of Government Employees shall be
issued separately.
SIZE OF PLOTS / FLATS :
For the purpose of housing, the maximum size of the plot will be 500 Sq.
yards and the minimum size of the plot, other than for weaker sections housing,
shall be 100 Sq. yards. For the purpose of flats, the Empowered Committee shall
decide the area depending upon the numbers of members of the Housing Society /
Group. For allotting land to Institutions, the Empowered Committee shall make
need based recommendations. The land for various categories is as follows :
Sl.
Category
Plot SizeNo.
(Sq. yards)
1.
Supreme Court Judges, High Court Judges, MPs,
500
MLAs, MLCs, All India Services Officers
2.
Government Employees
400 to 100
3.
Journalists
300
AGENCY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING PROJECT :
The Co-operative Society or Group are at liberty to decide as to whether they
would like to build the houses themselves or they would like to avail the help of the
organization like Andhra Pradesh Housing Board.
All the District Collectors, Spl. C.S. & Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration, Secretary to Government, Housing Department, Secretary (Services),
General Administration Department, Principal Secretary, Finance Department and
the designated Empowered Committee for Land Bank are requested to take necessary
action accordingly.
DR. V.P. JAUHARI
ABSTRACT
Land Bank - Allotment of land for housing to Govt. Employees - Policy guidelines
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Orders - Issued.
Dated : 28-02-2005
Read the following :G.O. Ms. 589, Revenue (Asn. III) Deptt., dated 10.07.91
From the Commissioner of Land Revenue, A.P., Hyderabad.
Letter No. B1/2212/97, dated 10.11.1997
G.O.Ms. No. 46, General Administration (Ser. Wel) Department, dated
G.O.Ms. No. 244

1.
2.
3.
24.1.2001.
4.
From the General Administration (Ser. Wel) Department.
U.O. Note No. 44907/Ser. Wel/2000-166, dated 24.01.2003.
5.
G.O.Ms. No. 416, Revenue (Asn.I) Department, dated 18.3.2003
6.
G.O.Ms. No. 242, Revenue (Asn. I) Department, dated 28.02.2005.
7.
G.O.Ms. No. 243, Revenue (Asn. I) Department, dated 28.02.2005.
ORDER:
In the G.O. sixth read above, orders were issued for creation of Land Bank to
meet the housing and other Institutional requirements of the various sections of
society. Orders were issued in te reference seventh cited on the policy guidelines
pertaining to the allotment of land to various and it was ordered that separate orders
shall be issued pertaining to the conditions of allotment of Government land to
Government Employees. Accordingly the following orders are issued.
METHODOLOGY :
Land shall not be allotted in favour of individual employees. The employees
shall have to be formed into a Group or Co-operative Society for availing the facility
of allotment of land for a flat / house site. A Society or a Group shall have a minimum
of 12 eligible members. The applications for flat / house site shall have to be made
to the concerned Collector & District Magistrate. The Collectors in turn shall obtain
necessary approval, for withdrawal and allotment of land from out of Land Bank,
from the Empowered Committee and Government. After approval of the Empowered
Committee and the Government, further action would be taken by the Collector to
make the scheme operational.
ROLE OF COLLECTOR :
The Collector shall be the nodal authority to make the scheme operational
and shall be competent to allot lands for housing purpose to Housing Society/
Group of employees at the rates stipulated, following the above outlined procedure.
The Collector shall monitor the implementation of scheme very closely and send
monthly progress report to the Government.
CONVEYANCE TO INDIVIDUAL BY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY :
On alienation of the Government land, the Society or Group concerned in turn
shall allot individual house sites / flats as the case may be to the individual members.
The title of the plot or flat shall be conveyed to the members concerned by the
Society through a registered sale deed.
CONDITIONS OF ALLOTMENT :
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I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XII.
An employee should be a member of a Housing Society or Group. The

employees, who are forming into a Society / Group, are advised to
complete the admission of members before making an application to
the Government. This would facilitate the Society to arrive at exact
requirement of land, which can be calculated as per the eligibility criteria
and make an application to the authorities. If some other employees
are not covered by Society, they can be formed into a separate Society
/ Group and request for allotment. This approach would limit the postallotment litigation to the minimum.
The Societies / Groups shall not allot house sites / flats in respect of
any other member, whose name is not figuring in the application
submitted to the competent authority, for allotment.
An employee should be an approved probationer of the Government /
Local Body and he should have completed a minimum of five years
service.
An employee should be eligible for only one Government house site or
flat during his / her service.
If both husband and wife are in government service, only one would be
eligible for allotment of a Government house site / flat.
The allotment of individual house sites shall be completed by the Society,
within a period of six months from the date of alienation of the land.
The Co-operative House Building Society / Group shall allot house
sites or flats by draw of lots.
An employee who is allotted a house site shall complete construction
of the house within a period of two (2) years from the date of allotment
of house site by the Society.
In the case of flats, the Society shall be responsible for completion of
construction of flats within a period of two (2) years from the date of
alienation of land by the Government. This may be done directly or
through Housing Board or by any other agency agreed by the members.
An employee who is allotted a house site / flat should not sell such
site / flat for a minimum period of fifteen (15) years.
If the Society allots open spaces available in the layout or changes
layout without approval from competent authority that approved Layout,
the President, Secretary, and other Office Bearers of the Society are
liable for punitive action and changes made if any shall become null
and void.
The fact of allotment of house site / flat shall be recorded in the Service
Book of the employee concerned.
An employee would be entitled for concessional allotment of land for
only one time in his service. Each member of the Society for whom
land / flat is allotted shall have to file an affidavit stating that he / she
has not received the benefit of concessional allotment earlier not he /
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she was a member of any society to which concessional land was

allotted. He shall also give an undertaking that he / she shall not avail
such facility in future.
SIZE OF PLOTS / FLATS :
The land shall be allotted to the AIS Officers and the employees in the following
manner :
Sl.
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Category
Plot Size
(Sq. Yards)
IAS, IPS and IFS Officers, borne on A.P. cadre 500
Non-Cadre Head of Departments, Fourth Level 400
Gazetted Officers and above
Second & Third level Gazetted Officers
300
First Gazetted
250
Superintendents, Assistant Section Officers, Senior175
Assistants, Telephone Operators, LD Stones, TCAs,
Junior Assistants etc. and equivalent posts
Attenders, Record Assistants, Drivers, Shroff etc. 100
and equivalent
If sufficient land is not available for allotment, the land can be divided into the
plots in the ratio of 4:3:2:5:1.75:1.0 for the categories 2 to 5.
AGENCY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING PROJECT :
The Co-operative Society or Group are at liberty to decide whether they would
like to build the houses themselves or they would like to avail the help of the
organization like Andhra Pradesh Housing Board.
All the District Collectors, Spl, C.S. & Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration, Secretary to Government. Housing Department, Secretary (Services),
General Administration Department, Principal Secretary, Finance Department and
the designated Empowered Committee for Land Bank are requested to take necessary
action.
DR. V.P. JAUHARI
HOMESTEADS
Homestead means the site of any dwelling house, built by a landless
agriculturist (i.e. having less than Ac. 2.5 acres of Wet or Ac.5.00 of dry land).
Agricultural labourer or Artisan at his own expense or at the expense of his
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predecessor and includes other area adjacent to the dwelling house necessary for
its convenient, enjoyment and belonging to a land owner.
Section 4 of A.P. Occupants of Homesteads (Conferment of Ownership Act
1976 (Act 21 of 1976) prohibits eviction of an occupant of a homestead who is in
occupation of a dwelling house as on 14-8-75 unless the land owner proves the
dwelling house was built at his expense and the occupant is a tenant.
Sec. 4(3) of the Act provides for restoration of possession to an occupant of
a homestead who was in occupation of a dwelling house on or after 5-10-71 but
evicted before 14-8-75 by the authorised officer, M.R.O on an application made by
the occupant within 6 months from 14-8-75 or suomotu at any time.
U/S 5. the occupant of homestead shall become the owner of homestead
and dwelling house subject to the extent of homestead shall not exceed five cents,
and the right conferred is heritable but not alienable.
THE A.P. ASSIGNED LANDS

(PROHIBITION OF TRANSFER) ACT. 1977
(Act 9 of 1977)
Act 9 of 1977 is a protective legislation which came into force on 21-1-1977.
The Act prohibits transfer of lands assigned to landless poor persons for the purpose
of cultivation or as house-sites and provides for restoration of such transferred lands
to the original assignees and also for punishment to the persons acquiring such
lands.
Sec. 4(3) of the Act prohibits transfer of any land assigned to a landless poor
person by way of sale, gift, mortgage, exchange, lease or otherwise and no right or
title in such assigned land shall vest in any person by way of sale, gift, mortgage,
exchange, lease or otherwise and no right or title in such assigned land shall vest in
any person acquiring the land by such transfer which transaction shall be deemed
never to have taken place. A mortgage in favour of Central Government, or the State
Government or any Local Authority or any registered Co-operative Society or any
Bank shall not be regarded as an alienation.
U/s 3(2) of the Act, the assignee and the purchaser are barred from entering
into such transactions which, if made, shall be null and void (Sec.3(3). U/s 6, the
M.R.O (Authorised officer) is empowered either suomotu on application (From-1)
after making an enquiry and after the entire price in one Iumpsum or the first
instalment thereof has ownership in Form - II and on the issue of such certificate
free of all encumbrances w.e.f. 18-8-1975. The enquiry under this section must be
full pledged one giving opportunity to both the occupant & landowner observing
principles of natural justice.
According to the Act 9 of 1977, the provisions of Section 3 (1) and 3(2) of the
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Act shall not apply to any assigned land which was purchased by another landless
poor person in good faith and for valuable consideration prior to 21-1-1977 and which
is in possession of such purchaser on 21-1-1977. But the A.P. High Court has ruled
out in several writ petitions that the provisions of the Act are retrospective in operation
and that the Act applies to transfers of assigned lands effected before the
commencement of the Act. It was also held whether the purchaser is a landless
poor acted in good faith and purchased for valuable consideration have to be determined
with reference to date of purchase only (AIR 1980 page 198 and A I R 1980 page
257)
If in any case the District Collector or the officer authorised by him (M.R.O) is
satisfied that the provisions of Sec.3(1) of the Act are contravened, he shall issue a
show-cause notice in Form 1 to the person in possession of the assigned lands
allowing 15 clear days for making the representation. If any representation is received
in time, it shall be considered and if it is held that the provisions of Sec 3(1) of the
Act have been contravened, an order shall be passed, directing the V.A.O to take
possession of such land (Rule 3). The land so taken shall be restored to the original
assignee or his legal heirs, only once. If the restored land is again transferred by the
assignee or his legal heirs, it shall be resumed to the Government for assignment to
any other land-less poor person. (Sec.4(1)(b).
Any order passed in revision u/s 4(b) and subject to such order the decision
in appeal any order passed u/s 4(1) shall be final and shall not be questioned in any
court of law and no injunction shall be granted by any officer or authority or
Government in pursuance of any power conferred by or under the Act.
4(a) Appeal : (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the M.R.O
under sec.4(1) may within 90 days from the date of receipt by him of such order,
appeal to R.D.O. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the R.D.O u/s
4(1) may within 90 days from the date of receipt by him of such order, appeal to the
District Collector.
4(b) Revision : The District Collector may in respect of any proceedings not
being a proceeding covered by Section 4(a)(2) on an application made to him and
the Govt. may in respect of any proceedings either suomotu or on an application
made to them call for and examine the regularity of such proceedings etc. and pass
orders modifying, annulling, reversing or remitting for reconsideration.
The District Collector / M.R.O shall furnish a copy of the order to the
Registration Department whenever any land is assigned to a landless poor person
(Rule 4)
NB : Whenever assignment of land is ordered, a copy of the list has to be
furnished to Sub-Registrar.
The Registering Officer shall not register any document relating to transfer of
or the creating of any interest in assigned land without prior permission of the District
Collector concerned (Sec.5)
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Whosoever acquires any assigned lands in contravention of Sec 3 (2) of the

Act shall be furnished with imprisonment up to 6 months and with fine upto Rs.
2,000/- or with both (Sec.7(1). Any person who impedes the officer authorised to
take possession of any assigned land under section 4(1) of the Act shall be furnished
with imprisonment upto 6 months and fine of Rs. 5,000/- or with both (Sec.7(2).
The sanction of the District Collector shall be necessary for filing prosecution
under section 7 (1) and (2) of the Act (Sec.7(3).
Compensatory afforestation :Utilization of forest land for other than forest
purpose is prohibited. However, in case the forest land is to be utilised for major
projects, the Ministry of Environments, Forests, Govt. of India may accord permission
for utilisation of forest land for other purpose, provided the Department / Organisation
taking up such projects, finances for afforestation in non-forest land to the extents
of forest land to be utilising for other than purposes. For the purpose of compensatory
afforestation the Govt. of Andra Pradesh have envisage to institute Land Bank
Scheme by identifying blocks of Govt. waste lands that are suitable for afforestation,
for identification of the Govt. waste land, the Govt. have constituted District Level
and State Level Committee.
THE ANDHRA PRADESH

ASSIONED LANDS (PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS) ACT,
1977
Whereas, the Legislative Assembly of the State is not now in session and the
Governor of Andhra Pradesh is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it
necessary for him to take immediate action.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article
213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor hereby promulgates the following
ordinance :
1.
1) This Ordinance may be called the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands
(Prohibition of Transfers)
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.
2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
3) It shall come in to force atonce.
2.
In the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977,
in Section 4, in Sub-Section(b),
for clause(b) together with the proviso
there under, the following shall be substituted, namely :
(b) except in certain areas as may be notified by the Government from time
to time depending upon the need and circumstances and on the case by case
basis in this behalf, restore the assigned land to the original assignee or his/her
legal heir, if the assigned land is being used for the purpose of the original assignment
and it is reasonably practicable to restore it to the original assignee or his/her legal
heir.
Provided that for such restoration, the original assignee or his/her legal heir,
as the case may be, shall be eligible for such land assignment at the time of such
restoration.
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Provided further that the assigned land shall not be restored more than once
to either the original assignee or his/her legal heir as the case may be.
Provided also that in case, the assigned land can not be so restored to the
original assignee or his/her
legal heir due to any of the reasons mentioned
above, it shall be resumed to the Government.
Provided also that the lands resumed by the Government shall be utilised for
weaker sections housing, public utilities, infrastructure development or for any other
public purpose.
Any land, the possession of which has been taken under clause (a) but the
restoration of the same can not be made under clause, (b) to the original assignee
or his/her legal heir, as the case may be, shall be resumed by the Government.
RAMESHWAR THAKUR
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
T. MADANMOHAN REDDY
Secretary to Government
Legislative Affairs and Justice, Law Department.
ABSTRACT
Rules - The Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 2007
- Issued.
REVENUE (ASSN-POT) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.208
Dated: 22-02-2007.
Read :
G.O.Ms.No.281 Revenue (B1) Department Dt.02-02-1978.
ORDER:
The following Notification will be published in the extraordinary issue of the AP
Gazette dated 22-02-2007.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1) of section 9 of the Andhra
Pradesh Assigned lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, as amended by the
Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (POT) (Amendment) Act, 2007 and in supersession of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules, 1977
issued in G.O.Ms.No.281 Revenue, dt.02-02-1978, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
hereby makes the following rules:RULES
1. Short title: These rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands
(Prohibition of Transfers) Rules,
2007.
2. Definitions: In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) "Act" means the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977;
(b) "Authorised Officer" means the officer authorised by the District Collector
not below the rank of Mandal
Revenue Officer/Tahsildar under
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sub-section(1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act;

(c) "Form" means a form appended to these rules,
3. Procedure for eviction of the Transferee and taking possession and restoration
of Assigned Lands:The District Collector or the Authorised officer shall, before taking action under
clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act, issue notices in
Form No.I and Form II to the persons who have transferred and also to the
persons who have acquired any assigned land in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Act. The notices shall be served by
delivering a copy on Transferor and transferee or some adult male member of
the family of such transferor or transferee at their usual place of abode or to
their authorised agent or by affixing a copy thereof at some conspicuous place
of their last know place of residence or on some conspicuous part of the assigned land. After the expiry of (fifteen) 15 days specified in the notice, the
District Collector or the Authorised officer shall consider the representation, if
any, received with reference to the said notice and pass such orders as he
thinks fit and proper. If it is held that the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2)
of section 3 of the Act, have been contravened in respect of any assigned land,
a copy of the order shall be communicated to the village officer concerned
under whose territorial jurisdiction the land is situated for taking possession of
the land and thereupon the land shall be disposed of in accordance with the
provisions of section 4 of the Act.
4. The District Collector or the Authorised Officer not below the rank of Mandal
Revenue Officer/Tahsildar shall furnish the particulars of lands assigned in his
jurisdiction in Form No.III to the Registering Officer concerned, within (forty five)
45 days from the date of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned
Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) (Amendment) Act, 2007 and further continue to
furnish such particulars in the same proforma whenever new assignments are
made from time to time.
5. Under the proviso to section 7 of the Act, any person voluntarily disclosing or
surrendering the assigned land in his possession within (90) days of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers)
(Amendment) Act, 2007 shall make such voluntary disclosure or surrender to
the Collector or Authorised Officer by way of declaration in Form No.IV. On
receipt of such declaration, the Collector or the Authorised Officer shall proceed to take immediate possession of the land and dispose of the land as per
the provisions contained in section 4 of the Act.
6. The Government shall issue notification under section 4 of the Act for notifying
area/lands for utilisation for public purpose in Form No.V.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA
PRADESH)
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Dr. V.P.JAUHARI
FORM - I
Notice under rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules,2007
To.
Residing in. village.. Mandal . District
Whereas, you are found to have been assigned lands as specified in the schedule
below;
And Whereas, it has come to notice that you have transferred the said assigned
land in contravention of the provisions of the sub section (2) of section 3 of the
Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 ;
And whereas, under Section 4 of the Act, this land is liable to be resumed to
Government for violation contained in the Section 3 of the Act;
You are hereby directed to show cause within (fifteen) 15 days of receipt of this
notice as to why the assignment made to you should not be cancelled and the land
be resumed to Government.
THE SCHEDULE
Village Survey Extent Details & Date
Name of
Nature of
Remarks
No.
(Acs. Cts)
Date of patta the
transfer &
Certificate issued
transferee date
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Place
Signature
Date
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI
FORM II
Notice under rule 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Rules,2007
To.
Residing in. village..Mandal .District
Whereas, you are found to be the transferee of the assigned lands as specified in
the schedule below in contravention of the Provisions of the sub section (2) of the
Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977;
You are hereby directed to show cause within (fifteen) 15 days of receipt of this
notice as to why you should not be summarily evicted from the said assigned
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lands and as to why crop or rther product raised on land / lands and any building or
other construction erected or anything deposited thereon should not be forfeited.
THE SCHEDULE
Village Survey Extent Details & Date
Name of
Nature of
Remarks
No.
(Acs. Cts)
Date of patta the
transfer &
Certificate issued
transferee date
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Place
Signature
Date
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI
Declaration under section 7 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of

Transfers) Act,1977.
To.
The District Collector / Authorised Officer.
Dstrict.
Whereas, I am the transferee of assigned lands specified in the Schedule by
way of (Sale / gift / lease) in contravention of the provisions of the
section 3 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (POT) Act,19977;
And whereas under section 7 of the Act a provision is made for voluntary disclosure
/ surrender of such assigned lands;
And now therefore I am disclosing and surrendering such assigned lands to Government within (90) days from the commencement of the Act as mentioned in the
schedule;
The Collector or the authorized officer may accept the surrender of this land.
SCHEDULE
Village:.. Mandal. District..
Sl.No. Name &
Survey Extebt
Name of Name of
Remarks
Address of the
No.
(Acs. Cts.)
assignee
transfer (by way
of sale/gift/
lease etc.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Place
Date
Signature
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI
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List of Assigned lands communicated to the Sub Registrar concerned under
section 5 (1) of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.
To
The Sub Registrar.
..
Transfers of assigned lands being prohibited under section 5 of the Andhra
Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.the following list containing details of assigned lands are furnished to the sub Registrar,,
District ., as per section 5 (1) of the A.P. Assigned lands (Prohibition of
Transfers) Act,1977. in the prescribed proforma in the Rules ;
As per section 5 (2) of the Act, no registering officer shall accept for registration of
any documents relating to the transfer of land as mentioned in the schedule.
SCHEDULE
Village :
Mandal :
District :
Sl.No. Survey Extent Name of the Father /
Date of
No.
(Acs. Cts)
Assignee
Husband Name
A s signment
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Place
Date :
Signature
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT REVENUE DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION UNDER CLAUSE ( C ) OF SUB SECTION (1) SECTION 4 OF

THE ANDHRA PRADESH ASSIGNED LANDS (PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS)
ACT, 1977.
Whereas, under clause ( C ) of sub section (1) of section 4 of the Act the Government have been vested with the power / authority to notify certain areas / lands
which can be resumed by the Government under section 4 of the Act for public
purpose;
And whereas the Government have decided that such resumed lands will be utilized for public purpose as provided in the Explanation to (b) of sub section (1) of
section 4 of the Act;
Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under clause ( c ) of sub section (1)
of section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act,
1977. Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby notify the following areas / lands;
Sl. No. Name of the District
Survey Numbers
Name of the Mandal
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Name of the Village
(1)
(5)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI
THE POT ACT 1977 HAS BEEN AMENDED BY THE ACT OF 8 OF

2007
ACT NO.8 OF 2008
N ACT FURTHER TO AMEND THE ANDHRA PRADESH ASSIGNED LANDS (PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS) ACT,1997
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Be it enacted by the Legislative Assobly of the Stato of Andhra Pradesh in the

flity aovonth your of the Ropubllo of India as follows.
This Act may be called the Andha Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of
transfers) (Amendment) Act,2008
In the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of transfers) Act,1997, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 4, in sub section (1), for
clause (b) and clause (c), the following shall be substituted,namely
(b) restore the assigned land, other than those lands/areas as may be notified
by the Government from time to time in public interest and for public purpose.
(i) to the orginal assignee if he or she is eligible as for the norms fixed in this
behalf, as on the date of restoration for one time ; or
(ii) Assign to other eligible landless poor person: Provided that where the original assignee or his legal heir, after the first restoration transfers the assigned
land, the land shall be resumed for assignment to the other eligible landless
poor:
Provided further that if no eligible landless poor persons are available in the
village/area, the resumed land will be utilized for public purpose.
Explanation :- For the purpose of this clause, Public interest and Public
Purpose shall mean and include, the weaker seation Housing public Utility
infrastructure development, promotion of industres and Tourism or for any other
public purpose:
(c) In the areas which may be notifed by Government from time to time, lands
resumed under clause 4(a) above shall be utllized for publlo purpose.
For section 5of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
5.(1) The District Collector or any other Officer, not below the rank of a Mandal
Revenue Officer authorized by him in this behalf, shall within 45 (forty five)
days from the date of commencement a list of lands assigned to the landless
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poor persons with all particulars of assignment and futther furnish such particulars of new assignment forthwith.
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(2) Notwithstanding anything in the Registration Act, 1908, no Registering Officer shall accept for registration of any document relating to the transfer of or
creation of any interest in any assigned lands as furnished in the list under sub
section (1).
In section 7 of the principal Act.
Provided that any person who has voluntarily disclosed and surrendered the
assigned land in his possession or discloses and surrenders the assigned
land in his possession within 90 days from the commencement of Andhra
Pradesh Assigned Lands (prohidition of Transfers) (Amendment) Act, 2006
shall be exempted from Prosecution.
Procedure for eviction of the transferee and taking possession and restoration
of Assigned Lands :-
The District Collector or the Authorised officer shall, before taking action under
clases (a) and (b) of sub section (1) of section 4 of the Act, issue notices in
form No. I and form II to the persons who have transferred and also to the
persons who have acquired any assigned land in contravention of the provisions of sub section (2) of section 3 of the Act, The notices shall be served by
delivering a copy on Transferor and transferee or some adult male member of
the family of such transferor or transferee at their usual place of abode or to
their authorized agent or by affixing a copy there of at some conspicuous
place of their last known place of residence or on some conspicuous part of the
assigned land. After the expiry of (fifteen) 15 days specified in the notice, the
District Collector or the Authorised Officer shall consider the representation, if
any received with reference to the said notice and pass such orders as he
thinks fit and proper. If it is held that the provisions of sub sections (1) and (2)
of section 3 of the Act, have been contravened in respect of any assigned land,
a copy of the order shall be communicated to the village officer concerned
under whose territorial jurisdiction the land is situated for taking possession of
the land thereupon the land shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Act.
The District Collector or the Authorised Officer not below the rank of Mandal
Revenue Officer/Tahsildar shall furnish the particulars of lands assigned in his
jurisdiction in form No.III to the Registering Officer concerned, within(forty five)
45 days from the date of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned
Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) (Amendment) Act,2007 and further continue to
furnish such particulars in the same proforma whenever new assignments are
made from time to time.
Under the provison to section 7 of the Act, any person voluntarily disclosing or
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surrendering the assigned land in his possession within (90) days of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers)
(Amendment) Act,2007 shall make such voluntary disclosure or surrender to
the Collector or Authorised Officer by way of declaration in from No.IV. on
receipt of such declaration, the Collector or the Authorised Officer shall proceed to take immediate possession of the land and dispose of the land as per
the provisions contained in section 4 of the Act.
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(ii) after sub section (2), the following shall be inserted namely:-
(2A) Any Officer, violating the provisions under sub sections (1) and (2) of
section 5 shall be punished with simple imprisonment which may extend to six
months or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both..
Comparision of Old and New Act at aglaince.
Old Act
Sec,4: Sub section (1) clause (b):
(b) Original assignee or his legal heir, or where it is not reasonably practicable to
restore the land tosuch assignee or legal heir, resume the assigned land to Government for assignment of landless poor persons in accordance with the rules for
the time being in force:
Provided that the assigned land shallnot be so restored to the original assignee or
his legal heir more than once,and in case the original assgnee or his legal heir
transfers the assigned land again after such restoration, it shall be resvmend to the
Government for assignment to any other landless poor person.
New Act
Sec,4: Sub section (1) clause (b):
(b) restore the assigned land, other than
Those lands/areas as may be notified by The Government from time to time in
public interest and for public purpose:(i) To the original assignee if he or she is eligible as per the norms fixed in this
behalf,as on the date of restoration for one time;
(ii) Assign to other eligible landless poor person: Provided that where the original
Assignee or his legal heir, after the first restoration transfers the assigned land, the
land shall be resumed for assignment to the other eligible landless poor:
Provided further that if no eligible landless poor persons are available in the
village /area, the public purpose.
Explanation :-For the purpose of this clause, Public Purpose shall mean
and include, the Weaker Section Housing, public public Utility infrastructure development, promotion of industres and Tourism or for any other public purpose:
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
REVENUE DEPARTMENT
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(Assginment-I)
ANDHRA PRADESH ASSIGNED LANDS (PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS)
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007.
(G.O.Ms.No.125, Revenue (Assignment-I), 5th February, 2007)
In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the
Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) (Amendment) Act, 2007,
Government hereby order that except Section 2 of the said Act, the remaining
provisions shall come into force with effect from the 29th day of January, 2007.
Dr.V.P.JAUHARI,
Special Chief Secretary to Government
ANDHRA PRADESH ACTS,
ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS Etc.,
Memorandum No.670/SLA&J/RI/85/2007 dated 07-02-2007
ERRATA
In the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) (Amendment)
Act, 2007 (A.P.Act 8 of 2007) published at pages 1-4 of Part IV-B. Extraordinary of
the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, dated the 29th January, 2007.
At Page (3),
(1) in line 12, for "2006" read "2007"
(2) in line 30, for "2006" read "2007"
T. MADAN MOHAN REDDY,
Secretary to Government, Legislative Affairs & Justice.
ENCROACHMENTS
Encroachment means unauthorised occupation of Government land. The
District Collectors, R.D.Os and M.R.Os are vested with powers to enforce the
provisions of the A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905. An Officer incharge of a Revenue
division is defined as Collector under this Act. Encroachments are classified as (i)
Unobjectionable and (ii) Objectionable. The principles for charging assesment and
penalty and further action to be taken in such cases are listed out below.
Unobjectionable cases :
Assessed Waste Taram Assesment
Unassessed Waste
Adjoining wet rate or adjoining dry rate as the case may
be.
Porambokes :
In cases covered by provisional pattas, adjoining wet rate or
adjoining dry rate as the case may be.
In other cases of occupation by eligible sivaijamadars, highest wet rate or
highest dry rate, as the case may be.
Action shall be taken to assign the occupied lands classified as
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unobjectionable Encroachments (BSO 15 (7) 15 (36) and 21).

Objectionable cases :
Assessed waste : In case of occupation by ineligible persons, Taram
Assessment plus penalty u/s (i). The penalty leviable u/s (i) is a sum not exceeding
five rupees, a sum not exceeding ten times such assessment; provided that no
penalty shall ordinarily be imposed in respect of unauthorised occupation of such
land for any period not exceeding one year.
Unassessed Waste : Highest wet rate/Highest dry rate plus penalty u/s 5 (ii). i.e.
a sum not exceeding ten rupees, or when twenty times the
assessment payable for one year exceed ten rupees, a sum
not exceeding twenty times such assesment. The encroacher
is also liable for eviction.
Petty Encroachments:
Encroachment in porambokes the assessment of which would not exceed
Rs.0.13 paise in each case and small extents say upto 0.20 cents in each case in
assessed waste lands should as a rule be ignored.
Procedure for eviction and conditions to be fulfilled :
i)
The Land encroached upon must be shown to be Government land.
ii)
Notice should be issued u/s 7 of L.E. Act and should be served on each of the
encroachers to show cause before a specified date why he should not be
evicted u/s 6 of the Act.
iii)
On service of such notice and if sufficient cause is not shown, a notice should
be served u/s 6 of the Act requiring the encroacher to vacate the land within
such reasonable time as may be fixed.
iv)
If such notice is not complied with, the M.R.O shall pass orders directing
removal of the person from such land.
v)
If such Encroacher resists or obstructs, a summary enquiry by the Collector
shall be held and; if he is satisfied that the obstruction or resistance is without
any just cause, he could issue a warrant for his arrest and on his appearance
convict him to close custody for a period not exceeding 30 days in a near by
Civil Jail.
Whenever eviction is ordered, forfeiture of everything found on an encroached
land should also be ordered. The Encroacher may, however, be permitted to take
the food crops raised by him on lands other than objectionable porambokes for the
first time, with a warning that they would be evicted immediately after the harvest of
such crops. (B.S.O (7).
A person who continue to be in possession of the land leased out to him after
determination of the lease, can be evicted under the provisions of the L.E.Act.
An order of eviction does not lapse and can be enforced even after the close
of the fasli in which it is issued, without further notice.
Under Section 7-A of the Act, the District Collector is empowered to order
immediate eviction, without any notice, when a group or groups of persons have
unauthorised occupied Government land and have not vacated the land on demand
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by the District Collector or any Officer authorised by him in this behalf. Such
Authorised Officer shall evict the encroachers from the land by force by taking
police assistance, if necessary, and take possession of the land.
The expenditure connected with the eviction by a Rev. Officer should be borne
by the Government. The Officer who orders eviction is competent to sanction the
said expenditure debitable to 253 Dist. Admn. (b) other Establishments (iii) Taluk
Establishments-26 other charges (B.S.O.26(7) & Note there under).
Section 10 (Appeal) :
Officer who passed Appellate
Period of
original order
Authority
Limitation
1. M.R.O
R.D.O
Within 60 days, Delay can be
(Collector under the Act) condoned by the Appellate
2. R.D.O
District Collector
Authority at his discretion
3. Dist. Collector
Chief Commissioner of
Land Administration
There shall be no appeal against a decision/order passed by the R.D.O or
District Collector on appeal, but the District Collector may revise any order/decision
passed by a M.R.O or R.D.O and the Chief Commissioner Land Administration may
revise any order or decision passed by any subordinate officer, under the L.E. Act.
U/s 12-A, Government may either suo-motu or on application call for and
examine the records relating to any decision/order passed or proceedings taken by
any subordinate officer and pass such orders as they may deem fit.
U/s 14, Civil Courts are barred from entertaining any suit or pass any injuction
for any acts done under this Act.
Local bodies are responsible for dealing with encroachments on roads and
streets vested in them. Inspecting Revenue Officer should report to the Collector
cases in which objectionable encroachments have been leased or licensed by local
bodies without reference to Collector.
The final decision whether an encroachment is objectionable or not vests with the
Collector and he may intervene at any time with the proceedings under the L.E.Act,
whether requested to take action by the Local Authority or not.
Regularisation of encroachments under G.O.Ms.No. 166 Rev (Assn. POT)
Depart Dt. 16-2-2008.
ABSTRACT
Government lands Transfer of Rights on certain occupations/ encroachments of
specified categories of Unassigned Government lands situated in the State by way
of structures or otherwise, on payment basis Framing of certain Policy Guidelines
Orders- Issued.
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REVENUE (ASSN.POT) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms.No.166
Dated; 16-2-2008
Read the following;
1.G.O. Ms.No.508, Revenue (Assignments.I) Department, dt. 20.10.1995
6.G.O. Ms.No.2, Revenue (Assignments.I) Department, dt.1.1.2005
9.From the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad Lr. No.
B1/583/2007, dt. 31.3.2007
10.From the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad Lr. No.
B1/20207, dt. 31.8.2007
11.Fom the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad Lr. No.
B1/583/2007, dt.9.10.2007
ORDER:
In the G.Os first to sixth read above, Government have issued orders from
time to time, for regularization of encroachment by way of dwelling houses on
Government lands situated in areas notified as Urban in 1991 census and in Industrial
Township, stipulating certain conditions on payment of market value provided the
encroacher submits his application within the prescribed time, with a cut of date of
encroachment on or before 31.3.1990.
2.
Government, in the G.O seventh read above have issued orders, formulating
a comprehensive scheme for regularization of encroachments by way of dwelling
houses in Government lands, in supercession of the earlier orders issued in the
G.Os first to sixth read above, extending the time limit for regularization of residential
and commercial purposes for a period of one year from 1.4.2005 to 31.3.2006,
extending the date of receipt of fresh applications upto 31.12.2005.
3.
The Government in the G.O 8th read above have extending the time limit for
regularization of the pending applications for a further period of one year from 1.4.2006
to 31.3.2007, with a permission to receive the new eligible applications till 30.9.2006.
4.
During the process of regularization of unauthorized occupation of
Government lands, it is notices that the Government lands have had a chequered
history. Policies governing the Transfer of Rights of Govt.lands are often found
tobe disjointed and do not appear to adequately address the variety of problems
encountered in this regard. It appears expedient to set out a policy containing the
comprehensive guidelines in order to have uniformity in dealing with occupations in
respect of these lands. The policy Viz., The Andhra Pradesh Transfer of Rights to
certain specified categories of occupants of Unassigned Government Lands, 2008
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is intended to provide a comprehensive set of guidelines regarding Transfer of Rights

to certain specified categories of unauthorized occupants of Government lands,
particularly in the context of longstanding occupation of smaller extents by members
of the weaker sections, slum dwellers, low and middle income group people etc.
5.
Accordingly, the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P.
Hyderabad in is letters ninth to eleventh read above has submitted draft policy for
Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of occupants of unassigned
Government Lands, for orders of Government
6.
The Government, after careful examination hereby approve the Polity viz.,
The Andhra Pradesh Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of occupants
of Unassigned Government Lands, 2008 and issue the following comprehensive
set of guidelines for Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of occupants
of unassigned Government Lands in the context of longstanding occupation of
smaller extents by members of the weaker sections, slum dwellers, low and middle
income group people etc. by way of structures or otherwise;1)
SHORT TITLE
This policy is called The Andhra Pradesh Transfer of Rights to certain
specified categories of occupants of Unassigned Government Lands, 2008
2)
SCOPE AND EXTENT
This policy will govern Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of
occupants of Unassigned Government Lands. This policy shall supercede all
existing G.Os and instructions pertaining to regularization of occupation of
Government lands.
3.
TYPES OF LANDS COVERED
This policy shall cover Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of
occupants of Unassigned Government Lands
4.
DEFINITIONS;
a) Occupation: The term occupation shall mean occupation on or before
31.12.2003 by way of structure or otherwise
b) Below poverty Line(BPL) persons;
A person shall be treated to be
Below Poverty Line category, if he has a While Ration Card.
c) Above poverty Line (APL) persons: A person shall be treated as Above
Poverty Line category, if he does not have a While Ration Card or a person who
seek Transfer of Rights, in excess of 200 square yards
5.
MANNER OF ESTABLISHING OCCUPATION;
The manner of establishing occupation shall be by production of any of the
following documents;a. Registered document of purchase
b. Electricity connection
c. Construction permission from a Local Body/ Competent Authority
d. Receipt of payment of property tax
e. Water supply connection document
f. House hold supply card
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g. Telephone connection document

(Note; The above mentioned documents must be in the name of the applicant)
6.
DATE OF OCCUPATION;
Date of occupation shall be taken to be the earliest of the dates mentioned
in the documents furnished under clause (5) above, in the name of the applicant
7.
Transfer of Rights will be considered only for cases where applications in
the prescribed format are filed before the District Collector concerned before the
last date prescribed for receipt of such applications (Format of Application is
appended to this order)
8.
Last date prescribed for submission of applications is 30.6.2008
9.
OMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF RIGHTS;
The District Collector concerned shall receive all applications for Transfer
of Rights in respect of Unassigned Government lands and conduct a detailed
inspection through the Mandal/Divisional Authorities. After finalizing the eligibility
of the applicants, Transfer of rights shall be done as per the following criteria.
i) applications for Transfer of Rights upto an extent of 250 square yards be
scrutinised by the Committee at District level under the chairmanship of
District Collector and final orders of Transfer of Rights will be issued by
the District Collector concerned duly following procedure as per the policy
ii) applications for Transfer of Rights above 250 square yards shall be sent
to the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad by
the Collector. These proposals shall be scrutinized by the Committee
constituted under the chairmanship of the Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration, A.P. Hyderabad. The Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration, A.P. Hyderabad shall issue orders for Transfer of Rights
upto an extent of 500 square yards and the proposals above 500 square
yards shall be sent to the Government
iii) all the applications for Transfer of Rights above 500 square yards shall
be sanctioned by the Government and orders will be communicated to
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad and Collector
concerned for implementation
10.
GENERAL DIS-QUALIFICATIONS FOR TRANSFER OF RIGHTS
i.
All Transfer of Rights will have to be in conformity with applicable
Acts & Rules
ii.
No Transfer of Rights shall be done in violation of A.P. Land Reforms
(COAH)
Act,
1973
and
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976
iii
No Transfer of Rights shall be effected in respect of the following
cases;a) Sites affected under the alignment of Master plan/ Zonal
Development
plan/
Road
Development plan
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b) Constructions which have come up in open spaces of approved

layouts
bodies,
c) Constructions made an alignment of Nalas, Sikhams, Water

Grave
yards,
Foreshore
or FTL areas of drinking water tanks and treatment areas
d) Constructions on sites earmarked for Townships
e) Areas earmarked for treatment plants, Green belts, buffer zone
etc
f) Sites located in vicinity of heritage buildings
g) Sites falling under the alignment of MRTS
h) Sites falling under MFL of rivers
i) Constructions not in conformity with the provisions of the Master
plan
j) Sites required for public purpose
k) Lands, which in the opinion of the committee are highly valuable
and
cannot
be
considered
for Transfer of Rights
l) Public foot paths
iv.
There shall be a surcharge of 25% on the amount payable for
Transfer
of
Rights
of
occupations
in certain prime areas to be notified by Government.
11.
GENERAL NORMS REGARDING TRANSFER OF RIGHTS
A)
Calculation of amount payable;The Transfer of Rights shall be effected on payment of the amount prescribed
in the Matrix shown below;
Matrix for determination of amount payable for Transfer of Rights for
unauthorized occupation
B= Basic value. Basic value shall be taken as on 31.12.2003
Area
Above Poverty
Below Poverty Line (BPL)
(in Sq.yards) Line (APL)
Alienable
Non-alienable
1 to 80
B
0.25 B
Free of cost
81 TO 200
B
0.50 B
201 TO 500
1.25 B
1.25 B
501 TO 1000 1.5 B

1.5 B
1001 TO 1500 2 B
2B
1501 TO 2000 3 B
3B
Note; i. The amount will be calculated on telescopic principle.

ii. Time Factor: Depreciation at 3% per annum, subject to a maximum
depreciation of 75% (No depreciation will be admissible for more than 25
years)
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iii. The maximum area in respect of which Transfer of Rights can be effected
is 2000 sq.yards. Lands in excess of this area shall be resumed to
Government in accordance with law.
iv. Wherever the maximum area in respect of Transfer of Rights effected
under this provision exceeds the ceiling limit prescribed for the respective
Urban Agglomeration, such excess extent over and above the ceiling
limit shall be exempted as a matter of policy under section 20 (i) (a) the
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulations) Act, 1976, simultaneously while
issuing orders of Transfer of Rights.
v. Government may exclude certain highly valuable lands from the operation
of this policy by notification.
vi. In cases where there is a dispute between Government and private party/
parties over the
title/ ownership of a piece of land or structure which
is pending in either Land Grabbing Court or High Court or in other Courts
and if the party comes forward with a request for Transfer of Rights, the
same shall be considered subject to condition that the case in the Court
shall be withdrawn and the party/ parties gives an undertaking to pay the
amount as fixed by the Government for Transfer of Rights of such lands.
B.
Transfer of Rights in respect of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families shall be
done
in
the
following
manner:
i) Issuance of assignment patta (with prohibition of alienation) for the land
on free of cost
OR
Allotment order (with right to alienate the land) on payment of an amount
equal to that shown in the Matrix above.
ii) In case of Transfer of Rights by an allotment order, the Collector
concerned shall execute a Deed of conveyance in favour of the allottee.
Registration and Stamp Duty shall be paid by the allottee
iii) Transfer of Rights in case of encroachment shall be done only in the
name of one member of the family (with reference to the name in the
document produced)
iv) A person who seeks Transfer of Rights for an extent in excess of 200
Sq.yards shall be deemed to be from the Above Poverty Line (APL)
category
C.
Transfer of Rights in respect of Above Poverty Line (APL) families shall be
done
in
the
following
manner;i. Allotment orders (with right to alienate the land) on payment of an amount
equal to what is given in the Matrix above.
ii. The Collector concerned shall execute a Deedof conveyance in favour of
the allottee. Registration and Stamp Duty shall be paid by the allottee
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iii. Transfer of Rights in case of encroachment shall be done only in the

name of one member of the family (with reference to the name in the
document produced)
iv. Pro-rata as applicable towards payout fees, building approval and
betterment shall have to be paid unless already paid.
12.
All other unassigned Govt.lands shall be resumed to Government for public
purpose
13.
The payment of amount as determined by the Competent Authority, will be
made
in
four
equal
quarterly instalments with the first within a period of 30days of issue of
Transfer of Rights order.
1. In the case of cooperative Society, the application for Transfer of Rights
can be done by Society or by an individual member
2. The Basic Values shall be taken as on 31.12.2003 for calculating as per
the Matrix above
7.
The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad is requested
to issue suitable instructions to all the District Collectors in the State for
implementation of the Policy Guidelines viz., The Andhra Pradesh Transfer
of Rights to certain specified categories of occupants of Unassigned
Government Lands, 2008 immediately.
8.
This order issues with the concurrence of Finance (Exp.Rev) Department
vide their U.O No.002/Fin.Exp.Rev/2008, dt. 18.1.2008
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR AF ANDHRA PRADESH)
M.SAMUEL
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
FORMAT
(Appendix to G.O. Ms.No.166 Revenue (Assignments POT) Dept, dt. 16.2.2008)
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF RIGHTS TO CERTAIN SPECIFIED
CATEGORIES OF UNASSIGNED GOVERNMENT LANDS OCCUPIED
UNAUTHORISEDLY IN TERMS OF G.O.MS.NO.166 REVENUE
(ASSIGNMENTS.POT) DEPARTMENT, DATED; 16.2.2008
1.
Name of the occupant
:
2.
Fathers / Husbands Name
:
3.
PresentResidential Address
:
4.
Details of the Unassigned Govt.lands occupied by
encroachment;:
a) Survey No., Village/Ward No
:
b) Extent of Land occupied
:
c) Date from which occupied
(proof to be produced)
:
d) Nature of occupation;i) Area covered by Residential & Structure
:
ii) Open Area
:
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(Note:Enclose any one of the documents mentioned at para 5 of the G.O in support
of above encroachment)
5.
Particulars of Notices, if any received by the
occupant from the competent Authorities :
6.
Details of proceedings pending against the applicant
under the Land Encroachment Act or under Land
Grabbing (Prohibition) Act
:
7.
Details of Civil Dispute pending if any, in any Court of
Law
:
8.
In case of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people, shall
produce a Xerox copy of the White Ration Card
for claiming benefit under this scheme :
DECLARATION
I
____________________
S/o/
H/o
of
Sri/
Smt.___________________________
declare that the information furnished above is correct. I am willing to get transfer
of Rights to my possession on free of cost/ by payment the basic value as per the
Matrix as on 31.12.2003 as fixed by the competent Authority under G.O. Ms.No.166,
Revenue (Assn.POT) Department dt. 16.2.2008.
Place:
Date:
SIGNATURE
(Name in Block letters)
ABSTRACT
Government lands- Transfer of Rights on certain occupations/ encroachments of
specified categories of Unassigned Government lands situated in the State by way
of structures or otherwise, on payment basis- constitution of Committees at District
level/ Chief Commissioner of Land Administration level- Accorded Orders- Issued
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REVENUE (ASN.POT) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms.No.370
Dated; 19-3-2008
Read the following;
1.
G.O. Ms.No.166, Revenue (Asn.POT) Dept, dt. 16.2.2008
2.
Govt. Memo.No.71157/Asn.POT/2007, dt. 26.2.2008
3.
From the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad Lr.
No.
B1/2020/2007,
dt. 3.3.2008
ORDER;
In the G.O first read above, Government have issued orders, framing certain
Policy Guidelines for Transfer of Rights to certain specified categories of occupants
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of unassigned Government lands in the context of longstanding occupation of smaller

extents by members of the weaker sections, slum dwellers, low and middle income
group people etc. by way of structures or otherwise.
2.
In his letter third read above, the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration,
A.P. Hyderabad has furnished proposals for constitution of two committees, one at
the level of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad and
the other at the level District Collector in terms of the G.O 1st read above.
3.
Government after careful examination of the proposal of the Chief
Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P. Hyderabad hereby constitute the following
two committees;
1)
DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE :

District Collector
Chairperson
Joint Collector
Member-convenor
R.D.O of the concerned Division
Member
Commissioner, Municipality /Urban Development Authority,
where such authority exists
Member
5 Superintending Engineer, Road & Buildings /Superintending
Engineer, Irrigation Department
Member
6 District Panchayat Officer
Member
7 District level officer of the concerned department to which the
land belongs
Member
8 District Registrar, Stamps and Registration
Member
9. Assistant Director, Survey, Settlements & Land Records
Member
of the concerned District.
1
2
3
4
2)
COMMITTEE AT THE LEVEL OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF LAND ADMINISTRATION, A.P.
HYDERABAD:
1. Spl. C.S.& Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Chairperson
Hyderabad
2. Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, HUDA, Hyderabad Member
3. Commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation of
Member
his Representative
4. Special Officer & Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceilings
Member
of the area concerned
5. Head of the Department of the concerned Department whose
Member
land is involved in regularisation.
6. Joint Collector of the concerned District.
Member
7. Commissioner, Panchayat Raj
Member
8. Commissioner, Municipal Administration
Member
9. Commissioner & Inspector General, Stamps and Registration
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Member
10. Secretary to Chief Commissioner of Land Administration
Member-Convenor
4.
As per par 6(9) of the G.O. first read above, the District Collector concerned
shall receive all applications for Transfer of Rights, in respect of Unassigned
Government Lands and conduct a detailed inspection through the Mandal / Divisional
Authorities and finalise the eligible applications. The District Collector shall segregate
the eligible applications into three categories (i) upto 250 Sq.Yards (ii) between 250
and 500 Sq. Yards (iii) above 500 Sq. Yards. The district Collector shall place the
eligible applications upto 250 Sq. Yards before the District level Committee No.1,
constituted at kpara (3) above, for its scrutiny and as per the decision of the Committee
the District Collector concerned shall issue final orders of Transfer of Rights, in the
cases of land encroachments upto the extent of 250 Sq.Yards, duly following the
procedure, as per Policy Orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.166, Revenue (Asn.POT)
Department, dt. 16.02.2008.
5.
The Distarict Collector shall forward the eligible applications for Transfer of
Rights of the land encroachments to the extent of 251 Sq.Yards and above to the
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P, Hyderabad for taking further action.
6.
The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P, Hyderabad shall place
such applications before the Committee No.2, constituted at para (3) above, for
scrutiny and recommendation. After obtaining the recommendations of the
Committee, the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration shall issue final orders
of Transfer of Rights, in the cases of land encroachments above the extent of 251
Sq.Yards and upto the extent of 500 Sq.Yards, duly following the procedure, as per
Policy Orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.166, Revenue (Asn. POT) Department, dt.
16.02.2008.
7.
The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P, Hyderabad shall forward
the applications for Transfer of Rights of the land encroachments above the extent
of 501Sq.Yards along with recommendations of the Committee No.2, to the
Government, for issue of final orders.
8.
All the District Collectors and the Chief Commissioner of Land Administaration,
A.P, Hyderabad are requested to take further action accordingly.
M. SAMUEL
ABSTRACT
Unassigned Government lands Transfer of Rights on certain occupations /
encroachments of specified categories of Unassigned Govt. lands situated in the
State by way of structures or otherwise, on payment basis Policy Guidelines
framed Notification of Prime value areas in Ranga Reddy District under the
provisions of Para 6 (10) (iv) of G.O. Ms. No. 166 Revenue (Asn.POT) Department
Dt. 16-2-08 Orders - Issued.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REVENUE (ASSN. POT) DEPARTMENT

G. O. Ms. No. 1229
Dated 23-10-2008.
Read the following:
1.
G.O. Ms. No. 166 Revenue (Asn. POT) Department. Dt. 16-2-08.
2.
From the Collector, Ranga Reddy District Lr. No. E5/1400 Dt. 15-3-2008.
3.
From the Collector, Ranga Reddy District Lr. No. E5/1400 Dt. 25-8-2008.
O R D E R:
In the G.O. 1st read above, orders have been issued framing certain
guidelines for Transfer of Rights on certain occupations / encroachments of specified
categories of Unassigned Government lands situated in the State by way of structures
or otherwise, on payment basis.
In the circumstances reported by the Collector, Ranga Reddy District in
his letters 2nd and 3rd read above, after careful consideration of his proposals,
Govt. under the provisions of Para 6 (10) (iv) of G.O. Ms. No. 166 Revenue (Asn.
POT) Department. Dt. 16-2-08, hereby notify the following areas of the Ranga Reddy
District as Prime Value areas.
SL. NO.
(AREA)
NAME OF THE MANDAL
1.
Rajendranagar
2.
Balanagar
3.
Uppal
4.
Qutubullapur
NAME OF THE VILLAGE
1.Narsingi
2. Kokapet
3. Bandlaguda
4. Hydershakote
5. Peeramcheruvu
6. Neknampur
7. Budvel
8. Upperpally
9. Attapur
1. Bagh Ameeri
2. Hasmathpet
3. Moosapet
4. Allapur
5. Begumpet
1. Kothapet
2. Nagole
3. Uppal Khalsa
4. Uppal Bagath
5. Habsiguda
6. Nacharam
1. Nizampet
2. Bachupally
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5.
Malkajgiri
6.
Serilingampally
3. Bowrampet
4. Dundigal
5. D.P. Pally
6. Doolapally
7. Bahadurpally
(GHMC LIMITS)
1. Jeedimetla
2. Suraram
3. Gajularamaram
4. Qutubullapur
1. Malkajgiri
2. Alwal
3. Kowkur
1. Gopannapally
2. Izzatnagar
3. Khajaguda
4. Chandanagar
5. Maktha Mahaboobpet
The Spl. C.S & Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, A.P., Hyderabad
/ Collector, Ranga Reddy District shall take necessary further action in the matter.
M. SAMUEL
Govt. Memo.No. 1660/Assn.POT/2009-1 Revenue (Assn. POT) Department,
Dated : 17-2-2009
The Government issued clarrification that the orders issued in G.O. Ms. No. 166
Revenue (Asn. POT) Department. Dt. 16-2-08 are applicable to all the
unauthorized encroachments in the entire state, and not confined to any
particular area of the State.
A.P. INAMS (A&C INTO R) ACT, 1956

The Act provides to abolish the inam tenure of lands and convert them into
ryotwari lands. It applies to pre-settlement inam lands, both major and minor inams
where a grant in inam has been made, confirmed or recognised by Government, not
being an Estate. It also applies to post settlement minor inams coming under the
purview of Sec.17(1) (b) of the E.A. Act.48.
The preliminary enquiry u/s 3 empowers the M.R.O either suomotu or on
application to determine (1) whether a particular land is an inam land (ii) whether
such inam land is in a ryotwari, zamindari or inam village and (iii) whether such inam
land is held by an institution.
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An appeal against the decision u/s 3 (1) on the above three aspects shall lie
to the R.D.O within sixty days. After becoming final, such decision in Form-II shall
be published in the District Gazette. The enquiry for granting ryotwari pattas is then
taken up u/s 7 after giving a notice in Form-V to all persons or institutions interested.
In granting ryotwari pattas, the provisions of Sec. 4 shall be followed (ie) in the case
of an inam land in a ryotwari or zamindari village, the person or institution holding
such land as inamdar shall be entitled to a ryotwari patta. In the case of an inam
land in an inam village, if the land is held by an institution, it shall be entitled to a
ryotwari patta. If such land is held by an Inamdar on the date of commencement of
the Act, he shall be entitled to a ryotwari patta for 1/3rd share of land and the Tenant
declared to be in occupation of the land on 7-1-48 shall be entitled to a ryotwari
patta for the 2/3rd share of the land. If there is no such declared Tenant the
inamdar shall be entitled to a ryotwari patta for the entire land. If such land is held by
an inamdar shall be entitled to a ryotwari patta for the remaining 1/3rd share thereof,
and if there is no such declared Tenant, the tenant in the occupation of the land on
the date of commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to ryotwari patta for 2/3rds
of that land and the inamdar shall be entitled to a ryotwari patta for the remaining 1/
3rd share thereof.
Against the orders of the M.R.O./or Special Dy.Tahsildar (Inams) an appeal
shall lie to the R.D.O within sixty days of such order.
The Tenant in occupation of inam lands held by an institution in an inam
viallge shall have rights of permanent occupancy and such right is only heritable,
subject to the condition that he shall not be a defaulter for more than sixty days
when the rent becomes payable and he shall not use the land otherwise to make it
unfit for agricultural purpose impairing its value materially (Sec.8). Who ever infringes
the above conditions is liable for eviction according to the procedure prescribed in
Sec.9.
Through an Amendment Act which came into effect on 26-6-75, all communal
lands and porambokes in inam land stand transferred to and vest in Government
free of all encumbrances (Sec.2-A)
The Commissioner of Appeals, office of the Chief Commissioner of Land
administration has powers of revision of any proceedings of the M.R.O. or the R.D.O
either suomotu or on application without any limit of time (Sec.7 and 14-A).
In the case of inam land held by an institution in an inam village, the Tenant
who is declared to be in occupation of an inam land as on 7-1-1948 under Sec.5 or
if there is no such Tenant the Tenant in occupation of the land on the date of
commencement of this Act, shall have a right of permanent occupancy in the land
and the said right shall be heritable and also shall be transferable by sale, gift or
otherwise.
As per G.O.Ms.No.77, Revenue, Dt.22-1-68, the power to discharge the
functions under the Act was delegated to the D.R.Os.
Application of the I.A.Act to Inam lands in ryotwari or zamindari villages:
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An Inamdar other than an institution, of any unenfranchised Inam has sold or

otherwise transferred his interest in the Inam land held by him, the transferee, who
has acquired the said interest who is possession of such land on the date of
comencement, shall be deemed to be the Inamdar for the purpose of the Act. (Section
10-A and 100-B of I.A.Act).
ESTATES (ABOLITION AND CONVERSION INTO

RYOTWARI) ACT 1948
Under Section 5(1) of the Act, the Settlement Officer was authorised to carry
out the functions assigned to him under this Act.
The Government have disbanded the post of Settlement Officer with effect
from 30-9-1990 and authorised the respective Joint Collectors to discharge the
functions of the Settlement officer in the District, vide G.O.Ms.No.881 Rev. (JA)
Dept. dt.25-9-1990.
At present cases u/s 11(a), 15 (1) and 56(1) are being filed before the Joint
Collector and Settlement Officer for grant of ryotwari pattas.
Grant of Ryotwari Pattas
Sec.11 Lands in which ryot is entitled to Ryotwari patta :
Every ryot in an estate shall, with effect on and from the notified date, be
entitled to a ryotwari patta in respect of
(a)
all ryoti lands which, immediately before the notified date were properly included
or ought to have been properly included in his holding and which are not
either lanka lands or lands in respect of which a landholder or some other
person is entitled to a ryotwari patta under any other provision of this Act; and
(b)
all lanka lands in his occupation immediately before the notified date, such
lands having been in his occupation or that of his predecessors in title
continuously from the 1st day of July, 1939:
Provided that no person who has been admitted into possession of land by a
landholder on or after the first day of July, 1945 shall, expect where the Government,
after an examination of all the circumstances otherwise direct, be entitled to a
Ryotwari patta in respect of such land.
Explanation: No lessee of any lanka land and no person to whom a right to collect
the rent of any land has been leased before the notified date, including an inamdar
or a former of rent, shall be entitled to ryotwari patta in respect of such land under
this section.
Sec.12 Lands in zamindari estate in which landholder is entitled to Ryotwari
patta:
In the case of the zamindari estate, the landholder shall with effect on and
from the notified date, be entitled to a ryotwari patta in respect of :
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(a) all lands (including lanka lands) which, immediately before the notified
date, (i) belonged to him as private land within the meaning of Section 3, clause (10)
(a), of the Estates Land Act, or (ii) stood recorded as his private land a record
prepared under the provisions of Chapter Xl or Chapter Xll of the said Act, not having
been subsequently converted into ryoti land;
(b) (i) all lands which were properly included, or which ought to have properly
included, in the holding of a ryot and which have been acquired by the landholder, by
inheritance or succession under a will, provided that the landholder has cultivated
such lands himself, by his own servants or by hired labour, with his own or hired
stock, in the ordinary course of husbandry from the date of such acquisition or the
1st day of July 1939, whichever is later and has been in direct and continuous
possession of such lands from such later date.
(ii) all lands which were properly included. or which ought to have been properly
included, in the holding of a ryot and which have been acquired by the landholder by
purchase, exchange or gift, but not including purchase at a sale for arrears of rent,
provided that the landholder has cultivated such lands himself, by his own servants
or by hired labour, with his own or hired stock, in the ordinary course of husbandry
from the 1st day of July 1945 and has been in direct and continuous possession of
such lands from that date;
(iii) all lands [not being (i) lanka lands, (ii) lands of the description specified in
Section 3, clause (16), sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the Estates Land Act, or (iii)
forest lands which have been abandoned or relinquished by a ryot, or which have
never been in the occupation of a ryot, provided that the land holder has cultivated
such lands himself, by his own servants or by hired labour, with his own or hired
stock in the ordinary course of husbandry from the 1st day of July 1939, and has
been in direct and continuous possession of such lands from that date.
Explanation :
"Cultivate" in this clause includes the planting and rearing of topes, gardens
and orchards, but does not include the rearing of topes of spontaneous growth.
Sec.13 Lands in inam estate in which landholder is entitled to Ryotwari
Patta:
In the case of an inam estate, the landholder shall, with effect on and from the
notified date, be entitled to ryotwari patta in respect of:
(a) all lands (including lanka lands) which immediately before the notified
date, (i) belonged to him as private land within the meaning of Section 3, clause (10)
(b) of the Estates Land Act, or (ii) stood recorded as private land in a record prepared
under the provisions of Chapter Xl or Chapter Xll of the said Act, not having been
subsequently converted into ryoti land; and
(b) (i) all lands which were properly included, or which ought to have been
properly included, in the holding of a ryot and which have been acquired by the
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landholder, by inheritance or succession under a will provided that the landholder

has cultivated such lands himself, by his own servants or by hired labour with his
own or hired stock, in the ordinary course of husbandry, from the date of such
acquisition or the 1st day of July, 1945 whichever is later and has been in direct and
continuous possession of such lands from such later date;
(ii) all lands which were properly included, or which ought to have been properly
included in the holding of the ryot and which have been acquired by the landholder
by purchase, exchange or gift, including purchase at a sale for arrears of rent:
Provided that the landholder has cultivated such lands himself, by his own
servants or by hired labour, with his own or hired stock, in the ordinary course of
husbandry from the 1st day of July 1945 and has been in direct and continuous
possession of such lands from that date;
(iii) all lands [not being (i) lanka lands, (ii) lands of the description specified in
Section 3, clause (16), sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of the Estates Land Act, or (iii)
forest lands which have been abandoned or relinquished by a ryot or which have
been in the occupation of a ryot provided that the landholder has cultivated such
lands himself, or by his own servants or hired labour, with his own or hired stock, in
the ordinary, course of husbandry, from the 1st day of July, 1945 and has been in
direct and continuous possession of such lands from the date.
Explanation :
Cultivate in this clause includes the planting and rearing of topes, gardens
and orchards, but does not include the rearing of topes of spontaneous growth.
Sec.14 Lands in an under-tenure estate in which landholder is entitled to
Ryotwari Patta :
The grant of a ryotwari patta to landholder in respect of lands in an under-tenure
estate shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of :
(a) Section 13, if it has been decided under Section 10 that such estate was
created before the date of the permanent or temporary settlement of the principal
estate or the 13th day of July 1802, as the case may be; and
(b) Section 12, in other cases.
Sec.15 Determination of lands in which the landholder is entitled to Ryotwari
Patta under foregoing provisions :
(1) The Settlement Officer shall examine the nature and history of all lands in
respect of which the landholder claims a Ryotwari patta under Section 12, 13 or 14,
as the case may be, and decide in respect of which lands the claim should be
allowed.
(2) (a) Against a decision of the Settlement Officer under subsection (1), the
Government may, within one year from the date of the decision or if such decision
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was given before the commencement of the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion
into ryotwari) (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1957, within one year from such
commencement, and any person aggrieved by such decision or such further time
as the Tribunal may in its discretion allow, appeal to the Tribunal; and its decision
shall be final and not be liable to be questioned in any Court of Law.
(b) If, before the commencement of the Madras Estates (Abolition and
Conversion into Ryotwari) (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1957, any order has
been passed by the Tribunal dismissing an appeal filed by the Government against
a decision of the Settlement Officer on the ground that the Government were not
competent to file an appeal under this sub-section or that such appeal was
time-barred, the Tribunal shall, on an application filed by the Government within one
year from the commencement of the Amendment Act aforesaid, vacate such order,
and pass a fresh order on merits.
Sec. 56 Decision of certain disputes arising after an estate is notified:
(1) Where after an estate is notified, a dispute arises as to (a) whether after an
estate is notified, a dispute arises as to (a) whether any rent due from a ryot for any
fasli year is in arrear or (b) what amount of rent is in arrear or (c) who the lawful ryot
in respect of any holding is, the dispute shall be decided by the Settlement Officer.
(2) Any person deeming himself aggrieved by any decision of the Settlement
Officer under sub-section (1) may, within two months from the date of the decision
or such further time as the Tribunal may in its discretion allow, appeal to the Tribunal;
and its decision shall be final and not be liable to be questioned in any Court of Law.
The cases falling U/s.17 Ryotwari Patta in service tenure lands, Sec.18
Buildings in Estates, Sec.19 Sales and leases of certain lands and Sec.20 saving
of rights of certain lessees and others, cases not governed by Section 18 and 19 of
E.A. Act shall be referred to Government whose decision shall be final and not liable
to be questioned in any Court of Law.
Appellate Authority
Under Sec.11(a):
Land in which ryot is entitled to ryotwari patta under the
above provisions and it can be issued by the Settlement Officer.
Now the powers of Settlement Officer are delegated to Joint
Collectors in the State.
Under Sec.5(2) :
Against the orders of the Settlement Officer passed U/
s.11(a) a revision can be filed before the Director of Survey and
Settlements under the above provision.
Under Sec.7(d):
Against the orders of the Director of Survey and
Settlements, a further revision can be filed before the Commissioner,
(Appeals), O/o the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration under
the above provision.
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CORRECTION OF LAND CLASSIFICATION ERRORS

During azmoish or field inspection, the Revenue staff may come across cases
where lands registered originally as Poramboke are found to be actually under regular
cultivation for several years and that patta lands as per original registry found to be
under use for communal purpose. In case of the above nature, the proper remedial
course would be to effect change in classification of lands from Poramboke to patta
or vice versa.
Under B.S.O. 34-D, Revenue Officers not below the rank of Tahsildar/M.R.O.
are empowered to effect such changes provided the wrong classification was a
direct result of resurvey [i.e.] change from simple triangular system to D&O System
or supplemental Survey.
Before effecting such changes, a show cause notice shall be issued to every pattadar
giving a period of atleast 30 days for filing objections. Against the orders of the
Tahsildar/M.R.O., an appeal shall lie to the Revenue Divisional Officer within 30
days. A second appeal shall also lie to the District Collector against the orders of
the Revenue Divisional Officer within 30 days. The orders of the Dist Collector shall
be final.
Important:
In respect of cases of change in classification of lands other than those
attracted by B.S.O. 34-D, the Dist. Collector only is competent to pass necessary
orders.
1)
RECORD OF RIGHTS
History :
For Telangana Area, there was Regulation called The AP (Telangana Area) Record
of Rights in Land Regulation, 1358 Falsi. For preparation and maintenance of a
record of Rights in the Telangana Area of the State. There was no such corresponding
enactment, providing for such statutory record of rights applicable to Andhra Area of
the State. Therefore, on the recom mendations of the Revenue Consultative
Committee, a fresh legislation called The AP Rights in Land and PPBS Act, 1971
was enacted, applicable through out the State.
The Act was amended by Act 11 of 1980, introducing certain provisions for the
benefit of the credit agencies including Banks, but there was no improvement in the
maintenance and updating of the ROR or Pass Books.
The Act was further amended by Act 1 of 1989, to further strengthen the machinery
under the Act for proper and better maintenance of the ROR and Pass Books and to
give more authenticity to the Pass Books. This amended Act also received the
assent of the President of India and came into force on 09.06.1989.
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It was further amended, by Act, 9 of 1994. The salient features of this amendment
are :
i)
To facilitate issue of Title Deed to the Pattadar- Owners to enable them to

use the same for creation of equitable mortgage on their lands.
ii)
To protect the Credit Agencies by specifying that any charge not entered in
the Pass Book, will not have priority.
To provide that the Title Deed issued u/s 6-A shall be the Title Deed in
respect of the Owner-Pattadar and it shall be the Record of Right and
interest in the land of the person to whom the PPB is issued.
To confer the Revision powers on the District Collector against the orders
by any authority under the Act.
To make pattadar responsible for getting necessary entries made in respect
of transactions by the Registering Officer.
The AP Rights in Land and PPBs Rules, 1989 were framed, in super session
of the Rules framed in 1978.
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
2)
Preparation of ROR :
i) Record Of Rights in Form 1 :
Accordingly, the Record of Rights in Form 1 was prepared by the Recording

Authorities, after conduct of enquiries under Rules 6, 7 and 8. The draft ROR was
published in Form III, inviting all the persons interested to attend the Grama Sabhas,
on the dates notified and requiring them to furnish their statement on their claims for
rectification of the mistakes, if any found the published draft ROR. The Recording
Authorities conducted enquiries on the claims/objections made against the draft
ROR, made alternation to the entries in the draft ROR, wherever it is required, as
per Rule 12 and then confirmed the draft ROR u/r 13. The confirmed ROR was test
c
h
e
c
k
e
d
,
u/r 13(2) by MRO/RDO/SPl. Dy. Collector/Joint Collector/Collector. Completion of
the fact of preparation of ROR was notified in the District Gazette in Form IV, u/r
14(1).
ii) Record of Rights in Form 1 B :

After publication of the notification in Form IV in the District Gazette, the information
in Form 1 was got recast into Form 1 B and the entries in respect of each person
were authenticated in 1 B by the MRO. These 1 B registers were also test checked
and read out in Grama Sabhas. Based on the entries in the 1 B, PPBs & TDs were
prepared and distributed, in Grama Sabhas.
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iii) Rectification of entries in ROR :

Within a period of one year from the date of publication of the Notification in Form
IV, in the District Gazette, the MRO can, on his own accord or on application made
to him, rectify the entries in the ROR u/r 15. As the Notification in Form IV was
already published in the District Gazette in 1990s itself, for all the villages in the
State, barring a few inam/estate Villages, this part of action was also completed.
Therefore, now the MROs are barred from rectifying the ROR under this proviso.
As explained above, the above 3 phases of preparation of ROR was completed.
The ongoing process is called Maintenance of Record of Rights and though the
Rectification of entries being part of it, it was completed. The other part of the
Maintenance of ROR is incorporation of all mutations in pursuance of the orders u/
s 5, which is explained hereinafter.
3)
Maintenance of Record of Rights :
This is the present ongoing process in respect of Record of Rights. This is the
most important and currently a regular business of the Revenue Dept. Unless this is
done properly, in letter and spirit and without deviation of the provisions of law, the
ROR can not be properly updated.
This consists of the following stages :
i) Intimation of acquisition of rights :

*
Form IV-A : This is the Format in which an individual shall intimate the
acquisition of his rights, to the MRO, within 90 days from the date of such
acquisition and the MRO shall send a written acknowledgement of the receipt
to the person making the intimation, in Form VI-C (Sec. 4(1) r/w Rule 18(2)
Form VI-B : This is the Format in which the Registration Officer shall send
the intimation, in triplicate, to the MRO concerned, within a week of registration
and the MRO shall acknowledge the same on a copy of the intimation itself by
his signature and seal, (Sec. 4(2) r/w Rule 18(2))
ii) Maintenance of the Registers in Form VII :

The MRO shall maintain for every village a separate Register in Form VII, containing
the abstract of intimations received u/s 4. The orders passed u/s 5(3) and 5(5) either
making an amendment and refusing to make an amendment shall be maintained in
this Register. This corresponds to old 6-II Register (Patta Transfer Register) maintained
in Andhra Area. This 6 II Register is replaced by the Register in Form 7. The only
difference is 6-II Register was maintained for all the villages in the mandal, whereas,
separate registers in Form VII for every village.
iii) Maintenance of Register of Form XVI : The Registering authority prepare the
particulars of a transaction in form VI-B in triplicate and retains one copy and sends
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2 copies to MRO, and the MRO shall get these intimations entered in Form XVI
Register (Rule 27 (2)). This replaces the old 6-I register maintained in Andhra Area.
iv) Process of the intimations received :
Procedure to be followed before passing the orders on the intimations :
a)
No order refusing to make an amendment in accordance with the amendment

shall be passed, unless the person making suc h intimation has been given
an opportunity of making his representation. (Sec. 5(1))
b)
A Notice in Form VIII shall be issued

-To all persons whose names are entered in ROR and
-To who are interested in or affected by the amendment and
-To any other person the MRO has reason to believe to be interested
therein or affected thereby to show cause within the period specified
therein as to why the amendment shall not be carried out
(Sec. 5(3) r/w Rule 19 (1))
c)
A copy of the amendment and the Notice in Form VIII shall be published
(Sec. 5(3) r/w Rule 19(2)
-by affixture in the chavadi or if there is no chavadi, in any other conspicuous
place in the village;
-by affixture on the notice boards of Grama Panchayat Office, Primary Cooperative Agricultural Credit Society or School, if any, in the village.
-by beat of tom-tom in the village;
-by affixture on the notice board of the office of the MRO and of Mandal Parishad
concerned.
As explained in Section 5.
d) Enquiry : While conducting the enquiry we should be guided by the principals
in rule 9.
Powers of the MRO in conducting the enquiries :
The MRO shall take into account the representations or objections written or oral
made in this behalf by the persons concerned and he may, if he considers necessary
(Rule 20(1))
a) Summon the attendance of any person for the purpose of examining him;
b) Require the production of any document; or
c) Enter upon, inspect and measure or cause to be measured any land.
The MRO will, for the purpose of holding these enquires, have the same powers
as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Sec. 10)
*
Time limit to dispose of the intimations :
Within 6 months from the date of receipt of an intimation.
*
Discharge letters from the credit Agencies :
These letters shall be treated as intimation of acquisition/loss of rights u/s 4, if
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they contain all the details prescribed in From VI A and these shall be acknowledged
by the MROs.
4)
REGULARISATION OF CERTAIN ALIENATIONS OR OTHER TRANSFER

OF LANDS
Section 5-A of the Act read with Rule 22 provides for regularisation of the unregistered
transactions. After issue of notification in Form IX by M.R.O. as per Rule 22, the
alienee or transferee shall file an application in Form-X to the M.R.O. The MRO.,
shall on enquiry require such alienee or transferee to deposit an amount equal to
the registration fee and stamp duty that would have been payable had the alienation
or transfer been effected by a registered document at the time, the transaction had
actually taken place. On deposit of the amount the M.R.0 shall issue a certificate in
Form XIII B and the Recording Authority shall on production of the certificate shall
make an entry in the ROR and issue Pattadar Pass Book in the category of
Owner-Pattadar.
No fresh application shall be entertained under this proviso as the last date for the
same was expired long back.
An appeal shall lie to the R.D.0 within 30 days from the date of passing of the order
by M.R.0 (Sec.5B Rule 22(A) 1). The R.D.0 after due enquiry shall pass orders as
he deems fit subject to revision u/s 9.
5)
RECORDING OF SALES/PURCHASES ETC. OF LANDS IN THE PATTADAR

PASS BOOKS :
Not withstanding any thing contained in the Regn. Act, the pass book holder shall
get the entries of sales, purchases, mortage, gift, lease etc., of lands recorded in
the pas book and Title Deed by the Registering officer (Sec.6(B) (1) & (2).
6) RECORDING OF GRANT OF LOANS AND ENCUMBRANCE CERTIFICATES:
As per Sec.6(c) (1) of the Act every loan granted by any credit agency on the
security of the land, every encumbrance of the land and every repayment of loan
shall be recorded in the pass book and the title deed.
After 3 months from the date of publication of notification under Sec.3 (2) no
loan shall be granted by the credit agency to a owner pattadar without production of
pass book and title deed. Every loan shall be liable to be recovered as arrears of
land revenue.
7) REGISTERING AUTHORITY TO MAKE ENTRIES IN PASS BOOKS AND
TITLE DEEDS :
The Registering Authority has to make entry of every transaction in the pass books
and title deeds as per Sec. 6D at the time of registering any document relating to
the lands owned by the pass book holders and he shall not register any document
without production of the Pass Book or title deeds by the vendor and Vendee.
8) REVISION :
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As per Sec.9 read with Rule 23, the Collector either suomotu or on an
application can call for and examine any ROR and pass orders amending or reversing
the ROR after giving due opportunity to the concerned.
9) INSPECTION OF RECORDS OF ROR :
As per Sec 7 read with Rule 24 and 25, the ROR records shall be open to the
public for inspection and Certified copies, shall be given on payment of prescribed
fees.
10) BAR OF SUITS :
No suit shall lie against the Recording Authority or other officer concerned
[Sec.8(1 )].
11) POWERS OF RECORDING AND APPELLATE AUTHORITY :
The Recording Authority or other Officers for the purpose of holding enquiry under
the Act, shall have the powers of Civil Court under CPC (Sec.10).
12) ACT NOT TO APPLY TO GOVERNMENT LANDS :
Nothing in the Act shall apply to Government Lands (Sec.12).
13) AFFIXING PHOTOGRAPHS :
There shall be a photograph of Pattadar owner on title Deed.
Photographs of Patadar Pass Book holder shall be on the Pattadar Pass
Book. It shall be attested on the Pattadar Pass Book and sealed by M.R.O.
4 Photos have to be furnished. 2 Photos for Pass Book, Title Deed and one
copy to be affixed on Form I B and the remaining shall be filed in the files.
The R.D.O. shall attest the 1st page of Title Deed with Seal, Date besides
embossing the photo on right side column and laminated. Xerox copy of FMB Sketch
may be attached to Title Deed/Pass Book for easy identification of the land.
14) DISTRIBUTION OF PASS BOOKS OR TITLE DEEDS :
They shall be distributed to persons who are in actual possession of the land,
@ Rs. 15 per set. Acknowledgement shall be obtained in a Register in Form XVII.
15) LOSS OF PASS BOOK OR TITLE DEED AND ISSUE OF DUPLICATE
COPIES :
As per Rule 31(1) and 31(2) in case of loss of pass book/title deed it should
be noted in the duplicate copy that it is a duplicate copy, on the 1 st page and it
shall also be noted in Form l.B. The connected person has to notify the loss to the
Police and M.R.0 and credit agencies not to deal with the lost title deed by any
unauthorised person.
After satisfying that the conditions are complied with, the RDO may issue a
duplicate title deed duly endorsing on the 1st page and noting in Form l-B. Fees for
duplicate copies is fixed at Rs.1000/- to check frivolous applications. In case of
mutilated title deed the fee is Rs.100/- it shall be surrendered. The RDO., before
issuing the duplicate copy of the title deed shall obtain the permission of the Collector
for issue of duplicate copy. Amount has to be remitted to MH-0029 LR. MrH:106
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Receipts on A/c of survey of settlement operation SH-01-Receipts A/c New P.P.

Book. No fee for issue of duplicate pattadar pass book (rule 31(1)/r/w 26(12) since
no cost is fixed for PPB by the Commissioner.
ANDHRA PRADESH AGRICULTURAL LAND
(CONVERSION FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE)
Act - 2006. Act. No. 3 of 2006.

SEC.1.Short Title, Extent, and Commencement:(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh. Agricultural Land (Conversion for
Non agricultural purpose) Act
2006.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by
Notification, appoint. (Published on
the 2nd January
2006 in A.P. Gazette)
Sec.2.- Definitions - In this Act unless the context otherwise requires A. Agriculture-means
I. the raising of any crop or garden produce ; or
II. the raising of orchards; or
III. the raising of pasture ; or
IV. Hay-ricks;
B. Agriculture lands means lands used for agriculture.
C. Conversion Conversion means change of land use from agriculture to non
agriculture purpose;
D. Non agriculture land means land other than Agricultural land;
E. Government means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.
F. Collector means the District Collector in whose jurisdiction the agricultural
land for which conversion is applied for is situated and also includes joint collector
or any other officer not below t he rank of the Joint Collector authorized by the
Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the district
collector under this Act,
G. Revenue Divisional Officer, means the Revenue Divisional Officer including
Sub-Collector or Asst Collector in whose jurisdiction the agricultural land or a
part there of is situated and includes any officer not below the rank of a Revenue
Divisional Officer empowered by the Government to exercise the powers and
perform the functions of the Revenue Divisional Officer under this Act;
H. Revenue Divisional Officer means the Revenue Divisional Officer including
Sub-Collector or Asst Collector in whose jurisdiction the agricultural land or a
part there of is situated and includes any officer not below the rank of a Revenue
Divisional Officer empowered by the Government to exercise the powers and
perform the functions of the Revenue Divisional Officer under this Act;
I. Mandal Revenue Inspector means the Mandal Revenue Inspector in whose
jurisdiction the agriculture land or a part therefore is situated, and includes any
officer empowered by the Revenue Divisional and includes any officers empow54
ered by the Revenue Divisional officer to exercise the powers and perform the
functions of a Mandal Revenue Inspector under this Act.
K. Prescribed means prescribed by Rules made by the Government under this
Act.
L. Notification means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette:
and the word Notified shall be construed accordingly.
M. Occupier includes--i. Any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner rent, or any
portion of the rent, for the land or, for the structure constructed.
ii. A rent - free occupant;
N. Owner includes any person for the time being receiving or entitled to receive,
whether on his own account, or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver
for another person, or for any religious, educational or charitable purpose, rent
or profits for the agricultural land or for the structure constructed on such land
and includes in respect of the lands that have been leased out by the State
Government or t he Central Government.
i. a lessee, if the land has been leased out by Government for any non agricultural
purpose; and
ii. a local authority, if the land is vested in the local authority and used for any non
agricultural purpose deriving income there from.
Section 3 (1) - Land use conversion(1) No agricultural land in the State Shall be put to non agricultural purpose, without
the prior permission of the competent authority.
(2) An application for such conversion of the agricultural land for non agricultural
purposes shall be made before the competent authority in t he form prescribed
along with conversion fee as specified under Section.
(3) If the conversion fee so paid as per sub-Section (2) is found to be less than the
fee prescribed under Section 4, a notice shall be issued by the competent
authority to the applicant within 30 days of the receipt of application intimating
him the deficit amount.
(4) The applicant shall pay the deficit amount indicated in the notice issued under
Section (3) within 15 days of the receipt of such notice.
(5) In case no intimation is received by the applicant within 30 days about the
deficit payment of conversion fees, it shall be deemed that the amount paid is
sufficient for the purpose.
(6) The conversion permission requested for shall either be issued, rejected in full
or part by the competent authority within 60 days after such request is received
in the office of the competent authority or within 30 days after the receipt of the
deficit amount as the case may be, provided that such requests are rejected,
the reasons for such rejection shall be recorded in writing and communicated to
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the applicant.
Provided that, if no order is passed on such request, within the time prescribed
in Sub-Section (6) the required permission shall be deemed to have been given.
Section 4- Power to levy and collect conversion fee (1) With effect on and from the date of commencement of this Act, every owner
or occupier agriculture land shall have to pay a conversion fee for non-agricultural
purposes, at the rate of 10% of the basic value of land in areas as may be
notified by the Government from time to time.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the basic value of the land shall be fixed in such
manner as may be prescribed.
Section 5:- Authority competent to convert agricultural land for non-agriculture purpose:The Revenue Divisional Officer or any officer to be notified by the Government in
this behalf shall be competent to order, in respect of the lands situated within
his territorial jurisdiction, conversion of land use from agricultural purposes to
non agricultural purpose.
Section 6 -Penalty.
(1) If any agricultural land has been put to non-agricultural purpose without obtaining
the permission as required under section 3, the land shall be deemed to have
been converted into non-agricultural purpose.
(2) Upon such deemed conversion, the competent authority shall impose a fine of
50% over and above the conversion fee for the said land specified under section
4 in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The owner or occupier of he land shall pay the fine so imposed under SubSection (2) for payment, shall be recoverable as per the provisions of the Andhra
Pradesh Revenue Recovery Act, 1864.
Section 7 :-Act not to apply to certain lands:Nothing in this Act shall apply to ---a) Lands owned by the State Government;
b) Lands owned by a local authority and used for any communal purposes so long
as the land is not used for commercial purposes;
c) Lands used for religious or charitable purposes;
d) Lands used by owner for household industries involving traditional occupation,
not exceeding one acre;
e) Lands used for such other purposes as may be notified by the Government from
time to time.
Section 8:- AppealAny person aggrieved by an order of the Revenue Divisional Officer may file an
appeal before the Collector within 60 days of receipt of such order by the applicant.
Section 9:- Act to override other Laws--The provisions of this Act shall have effect not withstanding anything in consistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force, or any custom or
usage having the force of law or contract or judgment decree or order of a court or
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any other authority.

Section 10:- Power to give directionsFor the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act it shall be competent for
the Government to issue such directions as they may deem fit to any officer, authority
or persons subordinate to Government.
Section 11:- Bar of Jurisdiction;
Save as other wise expressly provided in the Act, no Court shall entertain any
suit, or other proceeding to set-aside or modify, or question the validity of defict fee
under section 3 or fine imposed under section 6, or order or decision made or
passed by any officer or authority under the Act or any rules made there under, or in
respect of any other matter falling within its scope.
Section 12:Protection of action taken in good
faith.
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall be instituted against any
person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act
or under the rules made there under.
Section 13:Power to remove difficulties
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may by order in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette make such provisions not
inconsistent with the purposes or provisions of this Act as appear to them to be
necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.
Section 14:- Power to make rules.
1) The Government may by notification make rules for carrying out all or any of the
purposes of this Act.
2) Every Rule made under this Act shall immediately after it is made, be laid
before the Legislative Assembly
of the State, if it is
in the session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following, for a
total
period of fourteen days which may
be comprised in one session, or in two successive sessions, and if
before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid of the session immediately
following
the
Legislatively Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or in the
annulment of the rule, the
rule shall from the
date on which the modification or annulment is notified have effect only in such
modified
form or shall stand annulled as the
case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall
be without prejudice to the validity of any thing previously done under that rule.
Section 15:- Repeal of Act 14 of 1963,
1) The Andhra Pradesh Non-Agricultural Lands Assessment Act, 1963 is hereby
repealed.
2) Upon such repeal:a) The Provisions of section 8 of the Andhra Pradesh General Clauses Act,
1891 shall apply;
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b) All the outstanding arrears from individuals / institutions under the Andhra
Pradesh Non-Agricul
turalL a n d s
Assessment Act, 1963 as on the date of commencement of this Act shall be recovered
under
the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh
Revenue Recovery Act, 1864.
T. MADAN MOHAN REDDY,
Secretary to Government, Legislative Affairs & Justice, Law Department.
REVENUE RECOVERY ACT

The A.P.Revenue Recovery Act 1864 enables the Government to recover [i]
arrears of Public Revenues and certain other amounts due to the Government [ii]
dues to banks and notified public bodies (Sec.52 [A]) [iii] dues from persons from
whom money is due by the defaulter [Sec.52 (B1) by adopting the following methods,
(Sec.5). The costs awarded to the State Government by various courts can also be
recovered as arrears of land revenue under the provisions of the R.R. Act.
[G.M.No.11271N2183-2 (Rev.) dt.30-12-1983.]
A.
Distraint and sale of movable property.
B.
Attachment and sale of immovable property: and
C.
Arrest and detention of the defaulter.
Arrears of Revenue shall bear interest ~ 6% (Sec.7) after the close of the
Fasli in which it fell due. Three Registers of process issued should be maintained in
the Mandal Revenue Office in the prescribed proforma [BSO.46 (5) and Appendix-(iv)].
A.
Distraint and sale of Movable Property:
In the seizure and sale of movable property, the following rules shall be followed
(Sec.8):
i.
The Mandal Revenue Officer/Revenue Inspector shall issue demand notice in

Form No.1 authorising the Village Secretary to seize the movable properties
of the defaulter for arrears of Revenue.
ii.
If the defaulter fails to pay the amount noted in Form No.1 immediately on its
production, the Village Secretary shall proceed with the seizure of the movable
properties of the defaulter proportionate to the arrears.
iii.
The seizure shall be made after Sunrise and before Sunset.
iv.
The following articles are exempted from distraint.

a. Cloths, cooking vessels, beds and bedding material, personal ornaments of
women such as Tali.
b. Plough, agricultural implements (tractor etc.) one pair of ploughing bullocks,
such manure and seed grains necessary for cultivation for ensuing year: and
any other class of articles which may be notified by the Government in the
Andhra Pradesh, Gazette.
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vi.
He may also use force and open the outer doors of a dwelling house and also
the room set apart for women in the presence of a Police Officer after making
reasonable arrangements for the women to-come out of their rooms.
vii.
Immediately after distraint, an inventory of the seized property shall be prepared

in Form No.2. A copy of the demand notice and inventory shall be served on
the defaulter in person or by alternative service and their served copies shall
be sent at once to the Mandal Revenue Officer for fixing a date for sale of the
seized property [Sec.9].
viii.
Sale of perishable articles, if any, distraint shall be done by the distrainer

himself in accordance with the rules made by the State Government and the
sale proceeds deposited with the Mandal Revenue Officer (Sec.23[A]. The
expenses of reaping and staking of crops and also the expenses for food for
cattle attached, if any shall be defrayed by the owner [Sec.11 and 12].
Soon after the inventory in Form No.2 is received, the Mandal Revenue Officer
shall issue notice of sale in Form No.3 specifying the place, date and time fixed for
the sale and shall arrange for its service and publication on the defaulter and at the
places specified in the said notice respectively and also arrange proclamation by
beat of drum in the Village concerned etc. There shall be 15 clear days interval
between the date of distraint and the date fixed for sale [Sec.22].
If the defaulter pays arrears with costs after the attachment and before the
Sunset on the day previous to the day of sale, the distrainer shall receive the amount
and release the attached property [Sec.10]. Otherwise: the sale shall be knocked
down in favour of the higest bidder. If the sale of attached property fetches more than
the arrears and the costs incurred, the surplus shall be paid to the defaulter [Sec.23].
If the purchaser fails to pay purchase money as stipulated in the sale notice, the
property shall be resold at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser. If the
second sale Fetches higher amount than the first sale, the defaulting purchaser
shall be entitled for the excess amount [Sec.24].
B.
Attachment and Sale of Immovable Property :
In the case of trifling arrears, steps should be taken to distrain movables

before attaching valuable lands. Prior to attachment of immovable property, a written
demand in Form No.4 issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer should be fixed to
some conspicuous part of the attached land and it shall be proclaimed on the lands
and shall be published in the District Gazette [Sec.27 & B.S.O. 41 [15]. Any person
such as tenant, mortgage, encumbrance claiming interest in the attached land after
or before attachment may obtain its release, by paying the arrears, interest and
costs incurred before Sunset on the day previous to that appointed day for sale
[Secs.35 and 37]. Land attached by Civil Court either before or after judgement can
be attached for arrears of Revenue. In such cases notices of distraint and of such
intention of Revenue Authorities to bring the land and crop to sale shall be given to
the court which attached the land [BSO 47].
Before putting a land attached to sale, the following instructions shall be born
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in mind.
i.
If the land belongs to a soldier in service, the proposed sale for non payment
of assessment should be informed to him by the Mandal Revenue Officer
through the Commanding Officer that if the arrears are not paid within two
months the land will be brought to sale. Specific sanction of the District
Collector shall be obtained before putting such land for the sale [B.S.0.41
(8)].
ii.
When land in or adjoining reserved forests is proposed to be sold, notice
should be given to the District Forest Officer concerned [B.S.0 42 (A)]
The following procedure shall be followed in the sale of immovable properties
[Sec.36].
i]
Notice of sale of land [Form 7] in English and Telugu specifying the place,
date and time and conditions of sale shall be issued by the Mandal Revenue
Officer which should be affixed atleast one month before the date of sale in
Collectors Office, Mandal Revenue Officers Office, nearest police station,
and some conspicuous place of the attached land.
ii]
Notice of sale of land [Form 7A] shall also be issued by the Mandal Revenue
Officer and should be published in the language of the District in the District
Gazette atleast a fortnight before the date of the intended sale.
iii]
If the defaulter dies at any time before the date of sale of his holding, immediate
steps should be taken for the transfer of registry of the holding to the legal
heirs of the deceased and then the sale proceedings shall be started denovo
[B.S.0.41 [11].
iv]
Section 47 of the Act provides for the postponement of the sale subject to
certain conditions on tendering security by the defaulter and if the conditions
are violated the sale will be done.
v]
When there is good reason to suspect prevention of realisation of the full
value of the land, an Officer authorised by the Collector shall bid on behalf of
the Government subject to the limitation provided in B.S.0.45[1].
vi]
If the Highest bidder fails to pay the full purchase money within the stipulated
time, resale will be conducted at the risk and expense of the 1st purchaser.
If he resale fetches higher amount than the first sale, the first purchaser shall
be entitled to the surplus amount. The Revenue Divisional Officer may set
aside the sale, if any person interested in the sold land fulfils the following
conditions and applies within 30 days from the date of sale to set aside the
sale [Sec.27A].
i]
5% of purchase money shall be deposited in the Sub-treasury.
ii]
A sum equal to arrears of revenue interest and cost of the sale shall be
deposited, and
iii]
Applications filed, if any under section 38 of the Act, should first be withdrawn
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before filing an application under section 37 [A] by such person.

Applications for setting aside the sale can also be made within 30 days from
the date of sale on grounds of material irregularity or fraud etc., and if the grounds
are proved, the Revenue Divisional Officer may set aside the sale and direct a fresh
sale (Sec.38 [i] & [ii]).
If there are no valid applications filed under section 37 [A] or 38 and if the
purchaser deposits money within 30 days from the date of sale or within such
extended time, the sale shall be confirmed and the name of the purchaser shall be
registered in the Revenue Records and sale certificates [Form-8] be issued by the
Revenue Divisional Officer [Sec.38]. The name of the purchaser, date of purchase,
together with a declaration in Form-10 shall be proclaimed in the village concerned
and published in Mandal Revenue Officers Office, Collectors Office and in the District
Gazette.
The orders passed by the Revenue Divisional Officer either confirming or setting
aside the sale are subject to general powers of revision exercisable by the Dist.
Collector either suomotu or at the instance of the parties at any time without limitation
[BSO 41 (31)].
The State Government / Chief Commissioner Land Administration also may,
either suomoto or on application made to them call for and examine the records
relating to the decisions taken by Officers subordinate to them and pass appropriate
orders (Sec.67 [a]).
When demand notices are sent to other Districts / Mandals for realisation of
arrears of Revenue from absentee land lords, the Mandal Revenue Officer should
simultaneously proceed against the land in his mandal [B.S.0.41 (21)].
C.
Arrest and detention of the defaulter or his surety :
When arrears of Revenue with interest and costs cannot be liquidated by

sale of property of the defaulter or his surety and if the Revenue Divisional Officer
has reason to believe that the defaulter or his surety is wilfully with-holding the
payment of arrear or has been guilty of fraudulent conduct in order to evade payment,
it shall be lawful for the Revenue Divisional Officer to cause the imprisonment of the
defaulter or his surety, not being a female, upto 2 years subject to the following
limitation:
i.
If arrears do not exceed Rs.500/- ... not exceeding 6 months.
ii.
If arrears do not exceed Rs.50/- ... not exceeding 2 months.
Such imprisonment shall not extinguish the debt due to the State Government
[Sec.48].
The procedure prescribed in Section 49 of the Act shall be followed in case of
arrest under section 48 and the warrant shall be issued in Form-ll.
THE A.P. REVENUE SUMMONS ACT

[ACT 111 OF 1969]
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Collectors, Sub-Collectors, Assistant Collectors, Deputy Collectors, Tahsildars

and Deputy Tahsildars are empowered to issue summons in Form-l requiring the
attendance of any person for giving evidence or both for giving evidence and to
produce any document article, in any enquiry pending before them. Summons issued
merely for production of document article shall be in Form-ll. The summons shall be
served on the person summoned for giving evidence is unable from sickness or
infirmity to attend before the officer issuing the summons or is a person, whom by
reasons of rank or sex it may not be proper to summon; the officer issuing the
summons may dispense with the appearance of such person and order him to be
examined by a subordinate deputed by such office.
If the summons are issued at the instance of third party, process fee shall-be
paid by him in the form of court fee lables affixed on the application @ Re.1/- per
individual and ~ 50 paise per every additional individual in the same village.
Persons summoned for giving evidence, upon attendance, shall be entitled to
Travelling Allowance i.e., minimum fare, to and fro, by convenient public conveyance
and subsistence allowance ranging from Rs.0-75 paise to Rs.2/- per day as may be
determined by the Officer No Travelling Allowance or subsistence allowance shall
be allowed when the distance travelled is 8 K.Ms. or less and the period of his
attendance is six hours or less.
The party at whose instance summons are issued shall deposit amount equal
to Travelling Allowance and Subsistence Allowance to the Officer and no summons
shall be issued until the amount has been so deposited.
LEASES
1)
Non Agricultural purpose:
Land and Building at the disposal of the Government can be granted for
temporary occupation for specified periods for non agricultural purposes to individuals,
registered company / Association / Society or a local body for the purposes such
as i] Recreation purposes ii] Banks (for trading purpose) iii] Timber and fire wood
depots iv] Performances by a touring cinema, circus or drama company etc., (BSO
24-A). Land within the compound of a Government office can be granted for recreational
purposes. If other Departmental Officers are in-charge of such compounds they
should address the Collector when a grant under BSO 24-A [i] is applied for. This
grant is revokable at 24 hours notice. Temporary rents are exempted from registration
and stamp duty.
Powers of Sanction :
Govt. have enhanced the monetary powers in respect of grant of lease of
Govt. Iands in G.O. Ms. No. 1024, Revenue (Asn. III) Dept., dated 3-10-92 as follows:
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Chief
Commissioner
of Land
Collector
Administration
Rs.
Rs.
Revenue
Divisional
Officer
Rs.
1. Local bodies, State Corporations,

Undertakings and transfers to
Govt. of India and Central
Undertakings.
10 lakhs
25,000/-
5,000/
2. Companies, Private Associations

and Private Corporations and
Private Individuals
5 lakhs
10,000/-
2,500/
The powers of granting leases by the Mandal Revenue Officers are discarded.
3.
B.S.O. 24-A (9) deals with levy of charge for the occupation of the Government
land. The general principles for determining the charge are enumerated therein
but actual rates of charge are stipulated in B.P. Misc.236/72 dt.06-05-72
If there is a building on the property, the application for grant should be
submitted to the Collector for orders irrespective of the value of the property.
The following periods have been prescribed for issue of notice for revocation
of grant in cases of infringement of conditions of grant.
Period of grant
Period of notice
3 months
1 month
6 months
2 months
One year
3 months
Above one year
6 months
To watch fulfilment of conditions of grant of lands and also lands exempted
from payment of Revenue, a Register showing all such lands should be maintained
in every village and in Mandal Revenue Office in the form prescribed in Mandal
Accounts manual.
According to G.O.No. 1634 Revenue dt.25-07-42, the following officers are
competent to grant leases for Agriculture purpose.
Competent Authority
Valuable
Tahsildar/MRO
Rev.Divl.Officers.
Collectors.
Upto Ac. 5 in each case

Above Ac. 5 and upto Ac.20
Above Ac.20 upto
Above Ac. 20 and
Ac.50 in each case upto Ac.100
Above Ac.50 in each case
Above Ac.100 in each
CCLA
case.
Non-valuable.
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Brackish water lands :

The Government have issued instructions recently on grant of Government
lands suitable for brackish water prawn culture and prawn hatcheries as follows:
A.
The land available to be allotted to Fishermen, Fishermen Cooperative Societies
(including S.Cs, S.ts) upto 60%, Technocrats 20% and 20% to entrepreneurs.
B.
For the purpose of the calculation of the percentages District should be taken
as a unit.
C.
The allotment of land to Fishermen, Fishermen Societies shall be made by
the District Committee comprising of Collector, Project Director, D.R.D.A.,
and Asst. Director of Fisheries.
D.
The allotment of land to Entrepreneur shall be made by the state level committee
consisting (1) Commissioner of Fisheries, (2) Representative of Revenue
Department (3) Representative of NABARD (4) Collector of the District where
the land is situated.
E.
In respect of hatcheries the allotment shall be made by the Government.
LAND ACQUISITION ACT

L.A. Act,1894 empowers Government, acquisition of private land for public purpose
(defined under Section 3 of the Act). This Act is amended by Act 68 of 1984, which
came into force with effect from 24-9-84.
The clearance of state level screening committee is required for approval of Notification
u/s. 4(1) of the Act. However, Government granted exemption in respect of acquisition
for Road widening, A.P.I.I.C., N.T.P.C., C.B.T.P.S. & H.N.P.C. Market Yards and
Irrigation schemes.
I.
i)
The processing of a L.A. case under each of the stage is indicated below.
DRAFT NOTIFICATION STAGE:
Requisition :
Whenever any Department or Organisation requires land for a public purpose,

the Requisitioning Authority shall identify the land required, Pegmarked the area
and shall give requisition in triplicate in Form-1 (Appendix II of the L.A. Manual),
together with a plan of the land indicating measurements and a certificate to the
effect that it undertakes to pay the cost of acquisition and the enhanced compensation
determined if any by courts in subsequent proceedings and that necessary budget
provision is made in the financial year.
According to Government Memo No.12350/LA2/95-1 Revenue (L.A.)
Department dated 17-7-96 the D.N. proposals will be processed only on receipt of
required funds from the Requisitioning Department taking into consideration the
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basic value and 30% solatium assuming the time taken for acquisition as one year
and if funds are not deposited, the proposals be returned and that there will be no
discrimination between Government and non-Government Department.
ii) Submission of Draft Notification u/s 4 (1) of the Act:
On receipt of correct requisition and after joint inspection of the land with the
representative of the Requisitioning Authority, the L.A.O. will verify village accounts
regarding the tenure and the ownership of the land. As far as possible the lands of
small and marginal farmers should not be proposed for acquisition. But in unavoidable
circumstances, prior permission of the Govt. should be obtained before initiating
proposals for acquisition of such lands. During Inspections, the Land Acquisition
Officer will note down the particulars of the trees, topes etc., and structures, if any,
existing on the land and will send proposals to the Collector for notifying the lands
and structures u/s 4 (1) of the L.A. Act along with.
1)
Draft Notification u/s 4 (1);
2)
Extract of village A-Register/Settlement Fair Adangal for the lands;
3)
Extract of revised V.A.No.3 for the lands;
4)
Combined sketch of the land;
5)
One copy of requisition.
6)
Copy of notes of Joint Inspection signed by the L.A.O. and the representatives
of the Requisitioning Department.
7)
Attested copy of resolution, in case the Requisitioning Authority is a Local
Body etc.
8)
Certificate of clearance under A.P.LR. (COACH) Act or U.L.C. Act.
9)
Check slip for scrutiny and monitoring L.A. proposals.
10) Information of Small and Marginal Farmers.
11)
Proposals for placing the matter before Screening Committee.
It should be specifically mentioned in the report whether any places of religious
importance, tombs, or burial grounds are involved in the acquisition. If any lands of
H.R.&C.E/Wakf Board should also be obtained and enclosed to the proposals. This
item of work has to be completed in 30 days from the date of receipt of the correct
requisition.
iii)
Urgency Provision:
In cases of urgency, the provisions u/s 17 of the Act have to be invoked in the
notification u/s 4(1) to dispense with the enquiry under section 5-A of the Act. The
purposes of which the urgency provisions can be invoked are enumerated under
section 17 (2) of the Act. The idea in invoking the urgency provision is to publish the
D.D. u/s 6 without the need of conducting enquiry u/s 5-A; to issue notices to the
land owners u/s 9 (1) and 10 of the Act and to take advance possession of the land
after the expiry of 15 days from the date of service of the said notices.
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The Honble High Court in its judgement dt. 29-11-90 in W.A. 105/90 struck
down Sec. 17(5) of the Act as repugnant and void in view of the Central Amendment
Act. 68/84 as such there is no need to conduct 5-A enquiry if the possession is not
taken with in 90 days in the cases where urgency clause is invoked, but the advance
possession can be taken only if 80% of compensation is paid to the land owners.
iv)
Publication of the Notification:
The publication of the notification u/s 4 (1) comprises the following actions:
1 ) Publication in the state official gazette (in Social Welfare cases, District Gazette).
2)
Publication in 2 Daily News papers (Atleast one shall be in Telugu);
3)
Causing Public Notice of the substance of the notification is to be given at

convenient places in the locality. This should be done within 40 days from the
date of publication of the notification in the Gazette. The entire correspondence
regarding the publication of the notification should be placed in the L.A file,
duly page numbered.
The publication in Gazette should precede other publications. The last dates
of such publication and giving of such publication shall be the date of publication of
the notification.
II
Draft Declaration :
i) According to Section 6 (1) first proviso (ii) of the Act, the Draft Declaration u/
s 6 (i) of the Act shall be published within one year from the date of the 4(1) notification.
If it is not so published, the D.N.shall lapse. Hence, immediately after the 4(1)
notification is published, the L.A.O. has to adhere to the following time schedule for
the submission of the D.D. and the preliminary valuation proposals.
a)
Gathering of Registration Statistics of land sales
and preparation of valuation statements
30 days
b)
Preparation of subdivision records and conduct of
enquiry u/s 5 A:
30 days
c)
Pre-scrutiny of S.D. Records and preparation
and submission of D.D. u/s 6 to the Collector: 30 days
ii)
Section 5-A Enquiry :
Objections of the persons interested are to be heard and disposed off under
sec.5-A in all L.A cases, where urgency provisions are not invoked. U/s 5-A, the
persons interested are entitled to file objections before the L.A.O. suo-motu within
30 days from the date of publication of the notification. There should be a clear
interval of 15 days from the date of service of notice in form-III and the date fixed for
5-A Enquiry. This notice should be published on the notice board of the Land
Acquisition Officer; M.R.O; M.D.O; Police Station; Sub Registrars Office and also
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in the village and the published copies should be kept in the L.A. file. Hence the
date fixed for conduct of Enquiry u/s 5-A shall not be within the said 30 days period,
and the enquiry can be conducted from the 31 st day onwards. The objections filed
during the conduct of the enquiry shall be examined after obtaining specific remarks
of the Requisitioning Authority. Authority competent to approve D.D. is competent
either to accept or reject the objection. The Land Acquisition. Officer should maintain
docket-entries for the 5-A Enquiry which should also accompany the record of enquiry
to be submitted along with the proposals for approval of the D.D. u/s 6 of the Act.
iii)
Submission of D.D. u/s 6:

The following records shall accompany the D.D. proposals:
D.D u/s 6 of the Act.
Pre-scrutinised S.D. Records.
Statement showing the variations between the D.N. and the D.D. with the
reasons for the variation.
Section 5-A Enquiry Record with the remarks of the Requisitioning Department
on the objections filed.
Certificate to the effect that the notification u/s 4 (1) was correctly published.
Errata to 4(1) Notification if there are any errors in the publications in respect
of the S.Nos. extent and classification of the land.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
iv)
Preliminary Valuation Proposals:

Firstly, registration statistics are to be gathered from concerned Registration
Office.
The land value is based on the similar land sales in the village during the
crucial period (ie. the three years preceeding the date of publication of 4 (1)
Notification). The L.A.O. has to send detailed note discussing the sales, similarity
of the sale lands and their applicability for valuation of the lands under acquisition
and reasons for discarding the sales, etc., if the land is a tope, value is to be
capitalised keeping in view the guidelines issued in G.O.Ms.No.601 Revenue (L.A)
Dept. dt. 19-692). The L.A.O. should personally verify the existence of any trees,
houses, wells, buildings etc. on the lands under acquisition, and propose suitable
value for them. Basing on the ruling of Apex court, the CCLA in ref. No.GI\1161\99
dt. 16.7.99 has informed that compensation can not be awarded to wells and pipe
line. Irrigation well in Agricultural land can not have separate value from the values of
agricultural land as held in the decisions 1996(3) ALT, 1102, and 1197(1) APLJ 66
(SN). The following records shall accompany the P.V proposals.
a)
Detailed note on valuation.
b)
Statement showing the registration statistics of the sale lands in the village
where the lands are under acquisition during the crucial period.
c)
Village plan showing the lands under acquisition and the sale lands. The sale
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particulars should be exhibited in the plan by noting the serial number/year

(wet lands- green ink and Dry lands-Red ink) of the sales statistics furnished.
The Village Plan should show all the important topo details such as village
sites, roads, hills, channels, industrial institutions, etc., which will have bearing
on the land value.
d)
Tree valuation statement.
e)
Estimates for the structures.
f)
Opinion of Agricultural Department Officers regarding the value of the tope, if

topes are involved.
In case of Acquisition of lands for Social Welfare Schemes, Divisional Officers

may approve the P.V of the land if the total value does not exceed Rs.20,000/- In
other cases, the P.V. proposals are to be approved by the Joint Collector irrespective
of the total value of the lands. Certified copies of sale deeds relied upon by the
L.A.O. for fixing market value should be obtained and filed in the relevant L.A. file.
III.
Award Stage :
According to Sec. 11-A, an award u/s 11 should be passed within 2 years
from date of publication of the Declaration u/s 6 of the Act. Otherwise, the entire
proceedings will lapse. Soon after the publication of the Draft Declaration and approval
of the valuation, the land Acquisition Officer shall fix up a date for holding the enquiry
u/s 11 of the Act, and issue public notices u/s 9 (1) and 10 and individual notices u/
s 9(3) and 10 for service on the persons interested. The publication and service of
the notice should be done in accordance with the instructions laid down in para 3 of
chapter 7 of part III of the L.A Manual and the served and published copies should be
kept in the L.A. file. It is of utmost importance that notice u/s 9(3) and 10 should be
served on all the occupiers of the land and the interested persons as well. There
should be a clear interval of 15 days between the last date of publication or service
of the notices and the date fixed for the award enquiry. On the date of award enquiry
the claims of the land owners regarding their title and their interests over the lands,
the amount of compensation they claim etc., have to be considered. The L.A.O.
should record in the note file of the L.A. file the details of the enquiry made by him
on the date of enquiry, the particulars of the petitions and other records filed by the
interested persons etc.
The award should contain the details of the ownership, how he acquired the
title to the land, particulars of legal heirs and apportionment of compensation among
such legal heirs. The award should also contain the details of the valuation of the
land. Award cannot be made in excess of the claim made by the land owner. In the
valuation portion of the award, the dates of publication of the Draft Notification and
the Draft Declaration and the crucial period should be clearly discussed. The main
function of the LAO is to determine the persons entitled to receive the compensation.
In all cases where there are no persons competent to alienate the land or where
there are disputes regarding the ownership or as to the apportionment of the
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compensation among the various claimants, the L.A.0s should send references to
the Civil Court u/s 30 and deposit the amount of compensation in the court u/s 31
(2) of the Reconveyance:
Reconveyance :
Govt. may alone are competent to reconvey the lands acquired, even after
possession of such land is taken under the Act.
The Government have a right to utilise the lands acquired for one purpose to
any other public purpose other than the one stated in Sec.6(3) declaration, as held
by the Supreme Court in the case of Gulam Mustafa Vs State of Maharastra (2 AIR
1977 SC Page 448)
When once the original acquisition is valid for a public purpose, the title is
vested with the Government. How it uses the excess land is no concern of the
original owner and cannot be the basis for invalidating the acquisition. (Memo
No.15613/LA/A-2/92-2 dt 12-5-92 of the Govt. of A.P.)
In G.O.Ms.No. 783 (Rev.(LA) Department Dt. 9-10-98 the Government have
issued the following amendment to B.S.O. 90 para (32)
Amendment for paragraph 32 of B.S.O. 90, the following paragraph shall be
substituted, namely:
PARA 32 Utilisation of acquired lands for any other Public Purposes:
The land acquired for a public purpose under the Land acquisition Act, 1894
shall be utilised for the same purpose for which it was acquired as far as possible.
In case, the land is not required for the purpose for which it is acquired due to any
reason, the land shall be utilised for any other public purpose, as deemed fit, including
afforestation.
Further the Government in their circular Memo No.88393/LA (A2)\99 Rev.
Dept. dt.8.8.2000 issued instructions that whereever claimants request for
re-conveyance of the lands acquired under LA Act 1894, the matter has to be referred
to Government in the administration department concerned (i.e. the one which has
approved DN/DD) through CCLA instead of taking decision at the District Level or
other wise.
Passing of Consent Award:
As provided u/s 11 (2) of the Act. at any stage of L.A progs, an award can be
passed if the land owners have agreed in writing on the valuation etc. and given
consent for passing of such award in such cases, the L.A.O. should enquire into
the ownership of the land, obtain the agreement in the form prescribed, get the value
agreed upon approved by the competent Authority, obtain the permission of the
Collector, and pass the award. D.N. and D.D should be published for passing consent
award.
Protection to LAO before arrest / detention for depositing of compensation
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amount in the court :

According to Govt. orders issued in G.O. Ms. No. 240 Home (Courts - D) Department
dated 9-6-93, whenever the Civil Courts proposed to order the arrest or detention of
any LAO, the courts shall not order the arrest or detentions in executions of a
decree for payment of money / compensations due by the Govt. in L.A cases,
unless the Courts give a notice of ninety days with brief reasons of the proposed
arrest to the Secretary to Government, Revenue & Home Department under copy to
the concerned LAO.
Claims u/s 18 :
Sec. 18(1) any person interested who has not accepted the award may, be
written application to the collector, require that the matter be referred by the collector
for the determination of the court, whether his objection be to the measurement of
the land, the amount of the compensation, the persons to whom it is payable. or the
apportionment of the compensation among the persons interested.
(2) The application shall state the grounds on which objection to the award is
taken:
Provided that every such applications shall be made :
(a) if the person making it was present or represented before the collector at
the time when he made his award, within six weeks from the date of the collectors
award.
(b) in other cases with in six weeks of the receipt of the notice from the
collector under sec. 12, sub-sec. (2) or with in six months from the collectors
award, whichever period shall first expire.
Sec. 28A Re-determination of the compensation on the basis of award of the
court :
According to Section 28-A, there is a provision for claim for redetermination
of the compensation by the awardees on the basis of a court judgement passed on
the claims put in by any other awardee covered by the same notification though
they might not have made a request for a court reference earlier. The claim for
redetermination of the amount of compensation should be made to the L.A.O. within
3 months from the date of the award of the court. On such a reference, the L.A.O.
shall issue notice to all the persons interested give them a reasonable opportunity
of being heard, conduct an enquiry and make an award determining the compensation
payable to such applicants. Even after this award, if they are not satisfied with the
redetermined compensation, they may apply for a reference to the court u/s 18 of
the Act.
The Supreme Court held that the additional benefit provided by Amendment
Act will also apply to the Award passed by Land Acquisition officer or order passed
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by Court between the period from 30-4-82 to 24-9-84.

While
making
awards. Accounting procedure to be followed after passing the Award:
All the amounts rendered by the Requisitioning Dept. should be deposited in
treasury under, 843 Civil Deposits. Payment to awardees has to be made by way
of bills presented to Treasury. Code Form-A should be correctly prepared and, in it,
the L.A.O. should himself enter the total amount due to each person in words, both
in the original and in the copy and then sign and send it to the Accountant General.
The compensation amount will be disbursed after taking acquittance from the
awardees in Code Form CC.
A subsidiary statment in code Form AA giving particulars regarding the
acceptance or otherwise of the amounts shall be furnished to the Accountant General,
as soon as possible.
In case the awardees failed to receive the compensation within the time
stipulated in 12 (2) notices, which is generally 7 days, the compensation amount
has to be kept under Revenue Deposits, through E Form challan.
If any amounts are to be deposited into the Court u/s 31 (2) of the Act, it should
be done through D form challan.
IV.
Post Award Action:

Simultaneously while passing the award, the L.A.O. should sanction the SD.
Records. Immediately, the post award action consisting of the following items should
be taken up and the work should be completed within the time limits specified
against each item.
a)
Carrying out changes in village accounts, issue of Notices u/s 9(2) of S&B
Act and their service 20 days.
b)
Final scrutiny of S.D.Record and incorporation of changes in Mandal Accounts

90 days.
c)
Submission of Notification u/s 13 of S&B Act after the expiry of Statutory

period of 3 months from the date of service of 9 (2) notices 10 days.
d)
Publication of section 13 Notification in the District Gazette 20 days.
e)
Submission of L.A. Check Memo along with a Certificate of the incorporation

of changes in the Village and Mandal Accounts issued by M.R.0 5 days.
f)
Total 145 days.
THE A.P. MINES MINERAL CONCESSION RULES,

1966
The Director of Mines & Geology has nominated the M.R.Os and the M.R.ls
in the State to exercise powers under Sub Rules (1) and (2) and under sub-rule (3)
of Rule-26 respectively as indicated below (vide G.O.Ms.No.339 Ind & Com. (M.V)
Dept. dt10-7-89 and progs No.19811/K3/89-Dt.12-1-91 of the Director of Mines and
Geology, A.P. Hyderabad.
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Powers of Mandal Revenue Officer :

1)
If any person carried on quarrying operations or Transports Mines Minerals
incontravention of the A.P. Mines Mineral Concession Rules, 1956, the M.R.0
may impose penalty not exceeding 10 times the seigniorage fee together
with assessment (Rule 26(1).
2)
If Any person raised or Transports Minerals without any Lawfulauthority, the
M.R.0 may seize such minerals in addition to the imposition of penalty as
stated above (Rule 26(2)
Powers of Mandal Revenue Inspector :
For any purpose under these Rules, the M.R.I may (a) enter and inspect any
premises; (b) Survey and take measurements; (c) Weigh, measure or take
measurements of stocks of minerals; (d) Examine any document, book, register or
record connected with any mineral including the processed mineral and place marks
of identification thereon and take extracts form or make copies of such document,
book, register or record; and (e) Order the production of any such document, book,
register, record as is referred to in Clause (d) (Rule 26 (3).
LAND GRABBING (PROHIBITION) ACT, 1982

The Act came into force on 29-6-1982, and extend to the whole of the State of
A.P. It applies to all lands situated within the limits of Urban agglomeration as
defined in Cl.(N) of Sec. 2 of the ULC Act 1976 and a Municipality. It also apply to
any other lands situated in such areas as the Govt. may by notification specify,
having the due regard to, a) the urbanisable nature of land or, b) the usefulnes or
potential usefulness of such lands for commercial, industrial, pisciculture or
praunculture purposes.
Land Grabbing means every activity of grabbing of any land without any
lawful entitlement and with a view to illegally taking possession, enter into and
create illegal tenancies / leases / licences, etc., or to construct unauthorised
structures for sale, hire, rental or lease (s 2 (e).
Land Grabber means a person or a group of persons who commit land grabbing
and who gives financial aid, collects rent from occupiers and who abets doing of any
of these acts, for the purpose. It also includes the successors in interest. (S 2 (d).
Land Grabbing is declared unlawful; (Ss 2 (a) (b) (c), and any person on
conviction shall be punished with imprisionment for terms not less than six months
to five years and with fine upto five thousand rupees (Ss. 3&4)
Earlier Collectors should send reports to the CCLA for giving clearance for
filing of cases in Special court whereever huge and valuable extents are involved.
Accordingly cases in which the value of the land exceeds Rs. 5 lakhs are being
referred to CCLA
In the Xllth Co-ordination and Review committee meeting held on 21-9-95.
Keeping in-view the increase in land value, the committee after due consideration,
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recommended enhancement of this monitory limit to Rs.15 (fifteen) lakhs. In

pursuance of the above, Collectors may file the cases themselves without obtaining
clearance from the CCLA (LP) & ULC where in the value of the land in question does
not exceed Rs. 15 lakhs. The Collectors are however informed that they should
send the information of all such cases to the Commissioner ULC(LP) in the form of
check memo (CCLA, ULC & LPs ref.no. ALP2/665/95 dt.11-4-1996).
The Government constituted Special Court with two Benches at Hyderabad u/s. 7 in
January 86 for providing speedy enquiry into acts of land grabbing. The District
judge is the Special Tribunal. Both the Special Tribunal and Special Court have
original jurisdiction and identical powers. However, while special Courts may take
cognizance and try cases either suomotu or on application, the Special Tribunal
has powers to try only cases not taken cognizance of by the Special Courts and
brought before it.
II.
1.
Procedure :
Application in form. I accompanied by certified copies of all the documents
relied upon (as many as required to verify and to the respondents) shall be
presented to the Special Court/Tribunal.
2.
The Special Court/Tribunal shall give a notice in form 11 A; II B of taking

congnizance of the case and a notice in form III - B to the persons interested,
calling for objections. There after it is referred to the M.R.0 or any other
Officer concerned for inspection/ verification and report.
3.
The Spl. Court / Tribunal shall furnish to the applicant and the respondent a
copy of the report and after giving suitable opportunity shall pass an order U/
s. 8(7) or 7A (5), as the case may be, and communicate its final decision or
order to the effected parties and also to the R.D.0 / M.R.0 to give effect to the
decision.
4.
The R.D.O on-receipt of the order shall issue a direction in form V deputing
an Officer to take possession of the grabbed land and restore it to the rightful
owner. On service of the order on the persons in possession, the Officer
authorised shall record a certificate in form Vi or Vll, as the case may be, and
forward copies thereof to the Special Court/Tribunal the R.D.0 and the M.R.O.
The Special Court lTribunal are competent to pass orders to award
compensation equivalent to market value for wrongful possession of the land grabbed
and profits accrued from the land payable by the grabber to the owner, besides
directing re-delivery. The amounts so awarded; Profits and Costs of redelivery shall
be recovered as an arrears of revenue if the Government are the owner and as a
decree of a Civil Court in other cases.
The Special Courts alone are competent to try the offences punishable under
the Act while other courts are not competent except after sanction of prosecution
by the Special Tribunal.
LAND REFORMS
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The Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (COAH) Act,1973 and the Rules made
there under came into force with effect from 1-1-1995.
I.
Ceiling Area :
In the case of family unit consisting of not more than 5 members, one standard
holding and for a family unit consisting of more than 5 members, an additional
extent of one fifth of one standard holding for every such additional member shall be
allowed but the total extent shall not exceed two standard holdigns (Sec.4).
II. Increase in Ceiling Area :
Where an individual or a member of a family unit has one or more major sons
holding no land or hold extent of land less than the ceiling area, then the ceiling area
of the said individual shall be increased in respect of each such major son by an
extent of land equal to the ceiling area applicable to him. (Sec.4-A).
The Tribunal, if it has reason to believe that a person is holding land in excess
of the ceiling area shall issue a notice in Form-ll requiring him to file declaration of
his holding or that of his family in the prescribed form within such period being not
less than 15 days. If he fails to file the declaration, the tribunal may obtain necessary
information in the manner prescribed in Sec.8 (2).
III.
Surrender of excess land:
A notice in Form Vl shall be served on every person, whose holding is in excess of
the Ceiling area to file surrender statement [Rule 7 (1)].
IV.
Tribunal may refuse to accept the surrender :

The Tribunal may refuse to accept the proposed surrender of any lands if they
do not fulfil the conditions stipulated in Section 10 (5).
The Tribunal shall serve a notice in Form Vll in all such cases on the person
concerned directing him to surrender alternate land [Rule 7 (3)]
V.
Calling for objections :
The Tribunal shall publish a notice in Form Vlil calling for objections, if any, in
the prescribed manner before accepting the surrender.
Vl.
Order under Section 10 (3) of the Act. :
After considering the objections, if any, received, the Tribunal shall pass an
order u/s 10(3) of the Act accepting the surrender (Rule 7(4) & (5). The Tribunal shall
send a copy of the Order under section 10 (3) to the declarant. Objectors if any,
R.D.0 and the M.R.O. concerned [Rule 7(6)].
VIl. Procedure for taking possesion on the surplus land :
The R.D.0 on receipt of Order under section 10(3) from the Tribunal, shall
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issue an order in form IX authorising any Officer not below the rank of Revenue
Inspector to take possession of the land. The Officer authorised shall record a
statement from the person, if handing over possession of the land is voluntary, and
record a certificate in Form X, in triplicate and send one copy to the Tribunal, one
copy to the R.D.0 and the third to the M.R.O. concerned (Rule 8 (1) to (5)
The lands so surrendered and taken possession shall vest in the Government
free from all encumbrances.
VIII. Fixation of compensation for land, fruit bearing trees and structures:
Land value shall be computed in terms of the total land revenue payable on all
the lands surrendered by the person and vested in the Government as prescribed in
schedule 11. If there are fruit bearing trees or permanent structures, their value as
determined, shall be paid together with compensation for lands vested in Government.
A Notice in Form Xll shall be issued to all persons interested and a notification
in Form XIII with the particulars of land vested in the Government and amount payable
therefor shall be published in the A.P. Gazette and by affixture to the Notice Board
of the Office of the Tribunal, M.R.Os. Office and the Gram Panchayat.
If there is no claim or refusal to accept the compensation, the amount shall
be kept in Revenue Deposits (Sec.15).
IX.
Disposal of land vested in Government :
All the surplus lands vested in Government under the Act. shall be allotted for
use as house sites for agriculture labourers, village artisans or other poor persons
or for agriculture or for purposes auxiliary thereto as prescribed to weaker sections
of the people depending on agriculture at the following rates.
i)
One-half of the total extent of land to the S.Cs and S.Ts;
ii)
And in the remaining half, not less than 2/3rds to the Backward Classes;
iii)
And in the remaining 1/3rd, the land can be leased out by the Government or
reserved for any common use or benefit of the community.
The maximum limit of land that can be allotted to an individual or a family unit
shall be as follows [Rule 10 (2)]:
For house sites :-
not exceeding five cents.
For agriculture :-
not exceeding 2 1/2 acres of wet or 5 acres of dry.
X.
Land value to be recovered from allottees :
Every person to whom the land is allotted shall pay the land value together
with the value of trees and structures therein within period of 15 years from the date
of allotment.
Land Value:
50 times the land revenue on the land, subject to a maximum of
Rs.1250/- per hectare for wet, and Rs.375/- per hectare for Dry (Sec.14(2).
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XI.
Appeals :
1)
An appeal shall lie within 30 days against an order passed by the Tribunal or
R.D.0 to the appellate Tribunal and the Orders passed by the Appellate Tribunal,
subject to the revision u/s21, shall be final.
2)
Where the Government interests are involved the Authorised officer, on behalf
of Government, shall file an appeal within the time prescribed in Land Reforms
Apellate Tribunal through the Government pleader.
In Primary Tribunal, the Authorised Officer will argue and file written statements
and arguments instead of Government Pleader. If necessary, the Collector may
direct the Government Pleader to appear in the Primary Tribunal also, to safeguard
the interests of Government.
Supreme Court Case Law: 2000 ALT (Rev.) 86 (SC) in the Supreme Court of India
M. Jagannadha Rao and K.G. Balakrishna, JJ.; Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.
15354 of 2000 - Decided on 17-10-2000.
Makineni Venkata Sujatha Vs. Land Reforms Tribunal and another
Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act,
1973, Sections 4-A and 18-Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Sections 29-A (as introduced
by A.P. Amendment Act 13 of 1986) and 6Scope of Section 29-A Section 29-A
relating to equal rights to daughter in coparcenary property overrides Section 6 of
the Hindu Succession Act and would not override the provisions of the Land Reforms
Act Section 4-A applicable to cases of major sons and not a major daughters.
XII. Revision :
A revision shall lie to the High Court within the prescribed period from any
order passed by the Appellate Tribunal either by parties or by Government on the
following grounds:
1)
that it exercised jurisdiction not vested in it by law.
2)
that it failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested.
3)
that it exercised jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularities.
XIII. Duties of Authorised Officer :
The Authorised Officer shall examine each and every order passed by the
Tribunal, Land reforms Appellate Tribunal. High Court and Supreme Court. If any
Government interests are involved, he should consult the Government Pleader and
obtain orders of the Joint Collector and file necessary appeal or revision in Appellate
Court or High Court, as the case may be. The Government Pleader, High Court will
send a copy of High Court Order to the Land Reforms Commissioner with his legal
opinion and the Land Reforms Commissioner will direct the Collector to file special
leave petition or appeal in the Supreme Court. The Advocate on record at New Delhi
drafts necessary petition and affidavits on the information furnished by Authorised
Officer and file them in the Supreme Court.
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WATER RATES
1) In the Andhra Pradesh Water Tax Act 11 of 1988. the Govt. have rationalised
the levy and collection of water rates in the State, by introducing uniform water rates
on all lands by treating all lands whether classified as wet or dry in the Revenue
Records as Dry in levying uniform Water rates all major and medium irrigation projects
are classified in the Act under Category - I and other Government Irrigation sources
which supply water for a period of (5) months and above are classified under
Category-ll. These Water rates are applicable from 1-7-1986 onwards.
2) The Government have issued an ordinance No.1/97 enhancinig the Water
rates amending the A.P. Water Tax Act, 1988 which have come into force w.e.f. 1
-7-96 i.e., from Fasli 1406 vide Govt. Memo.No.956/LR/3/97-3, Revenue (L.R)
Department, dt. 29-1-97. (Act 13/99)
3) The following amendments were issued by the Govt. from time to time in
regard to levy of cesses on the sources notified under the A.P. Water Tax Act. 1988
and also on dry lands.
1.
G.M.No. 956/lR.111/
@) 18 ps.
From fasli 1406
97-3, dt. 29.1.97 waived on the lands irrigated
Ordinance 1/97
the sources notified under
the A.P. Water Tax Act. 1988
2.
3.
Local cess/land cess

(1.7.96) onwards
G.O.M.S. No. 267 Education cess @ 19 ps. also w.e. from 1.7.96
Rev. (IR) Dept.,
waived on the lands irrigated
F.1406 onwards
dt. 18.4.98
under the sources notified u/s. 4
of A.P. Water Tax Act. 1988.
G.O.Ms. No. 559, Waived the local cess
From the date of
Rev. (IR), dated
and land cess @ 18 ps
issue of G.O. ie
31.7.9B
per one rupee on dry lands.
from 31.7.98
Schedule of rates of Water Tax Act 11/1988
Sl. No.
w.e. from Fasli 1406 (1.7.96) onwards)

Nature of Crop
Category I
Category II
(Rs.)
(Rs.)
1.
First or single wet crop
200
100
2.
Second and third wet crop
150
100
3.
First crop irrigated dry
100
60
4.
Second and third crop irrigaged dry
100 60
5.
Duffasal crop in the Fasli Year. 350
350
6.
Acqua-culture per year
500
500
According to the said ordinance the following are the important points to be
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kept in view while charging/levying water tax.

(1)
The irrigation sources which are capable of supplying water for four months in
a year instead of 5 (Five) months, are to be notified as sources under Category-ll.
These particulars are to be furnished atonce.
(2)
i. The land cess and local cess and also Education cess @ 19 ps. in the
respective areas need not be collected for the lands irrigated by the sources
notified under the A.P. Water Tax Act, 1988.
ii. In respect of other irrigation sources not notified under A.P. Water Tax
Act, 1988, the present arrangement would continue.
iii. In respect of dry lands, where land revenue has already been exempted
(waived) by the Govt. Land cess and local cess would continue to be
collected.
i)
Assessment leviable under the provisions of A.P. NALA Act, 1963 on lands
used for non-agricultural purposes.
ii)
Assessment levied on the irrigation of dry lands
iii)
Water cess leviable on the irrigation of dry lands (Teeruvajasti) and extra
assessment on irrigation of single crop wet lands for more than 6 months in
a year (Faslijasti).
Cesses are not leviable on amounts levied as penalities in case of (a)

objectionable encroachment (b) for unauthorised and irregular irrigation (c) tree tax.
(d) sale proceeds of usufruct of trees and (e) fishery rentals.
The cesses of 37 paise per rupee of land revenue are reduced to 5 paise per
rupee of land revenue in respect of farmers holding either wet or dry or both, not
exceeding ten acres of dry land or five acres of wet land (Sec.6(1-A) of the A.P. Land
Revenue (Enhancement) Act. 1967, as amended). In computing the extent of land
held by a pattadar for the purpose of sub-section 6(1-A) of the Act, one acre of wet
land shall be equal to two acres of dry land.
In G.O.Ms.No.33-Rev (N) Department dt.10-1-84, orders were issued for waiver
of basic assessment (ie.,) 20% of the consolidated wet assessment in respect of
all lands registered as wet in the village accounts in the State.
The reduced cess of 5 paise per rupee of land revenue (both land cess and education
cess put together) applies only to the exempted land revenue (ie.,) the entire land
revenue on dry lands and the dry component of the consolidated wet assessment
on wet lands. (ie.,) 20% of the consoIidated wet assessment. The land and education
cess at the rates of 18 paise and 19 paise respectively per rupee of land revenue
shall be collected for the unexempted portion of land revenue (ie.,) 80% of the
consolidated wet assessment w.e.f. 24-11-78.
Remission of Cesses :
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Whether for any reason the land revenue or any portion thereof is remitted or
suspended, in Andhra area, the land cess and also the education cess shall be
remitted or suspended in the same proportion (G.O.Ms.No.202-P.Raj Dept-dated
18-2-1978).
The reduced land and education cess of 5 paise per rupee of land revenue
shall be apportioned between land cess and education cess in the same original
ratio of 18:19. The amount of land cess thus arrived at as due to Panchayat Raj
institutions shall be added to the land cess separately collected from non-exempted
land holdings and the total land cess shall be apportioned in the ratio of 5:6:7
between the Zilla Praja Parishad, Mandal Praja Parishads and Gram Panchayats.
REMISSIONS
The remission and suspension of land revenue shall be governed by the
A.P. Land Revenue Remission and suspension Rules, 1968.
1. SEASONAL REMISSION :
1.
CONDITION : Remission of Land revenue shall ordinarily be granted when
the land is left waste or the crop is lost for one or more of the following reasons :
and
of
i) Lack of water from Government source of irrigation.

ii) Extensive damage to crop due to pests or pestilence.
iii) Submersion/inundation rendering cultivation of the land impossible;
iv)
for any other reason beyond the control of the riot like act
State or of God.
2.
INELIGIBLE CASES : No seasonal remission of land revenue shall be
granted in the following cases :
a) if leaving the land as waste and failure of crop are due to riots neglect
b) if inspite of adequate supply of water second Crop is not raised in single
crop wet land, due to riots neglect. (in these cases, the remission granted
if any, for first crop may be revoked
(Rule-5).
c) Mamul waste lands.
d) Dry lands.
3. SCALE OF REMISSION :
Remission of land Revenue Shall be granted in respect of wet lands
at the following scales : (Rule 6).
Paddy crop yield per acre :
400 Kgs and below
Scale of Remission
Full remission
Above 400 Kgs. and below 600 Kgs

600 Kgs and above
Half remission
No remission
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IRRIGATED CROPS OTHER THAN PADDY :

1/3 and below of the normal yield.
Above 1/3rd and below 2/3rds of
the normal yield
2/3rds of the normal yield and above
Full remission
Half remission
No remission
For purposes of Rules 6 and 12, the District Collector shall in consultation
with the Director. Bureau of Economics and Statistics and also in consultation with
the Director of Agriculture, if necessary, fix the normal yield of the different crops for
each district or part of the district, in terms of Kilograms per acre, and shall notify
the same in the District Gaette for information of the riots.
4. PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMING REMISSION :
a)
The riot who desire to claim remission shall submit a written application to the
M.R.O/M.R.I, specifing in it the fields for which remission of land revenue is sought.
b)
Within 30 days of the application, the M.R.I. should inspect crop and submit
his report to the M.R.O. The M.R.O. shall inspect a fair percentage of fields (not
less than 10% of the fields) in each village. The R.D.O.
shall also inspect some fields in the Village and random cutting experiments be arranged in any
village where the area covered by remission
application exceeds 50 acres.
The A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act

and Rules 2002
Govt. have passed A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act 2002, and Rules 2002, to promote water conservation and tree cover and to regulate the exploitation and use of
ground and surface water for protection and conservation of water sources, land and
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
In G.O.Ms.No.224 P.R. and R.D.(RD IV) Dept., dt.15-06-2002, Govt. have communicated the AP Water, Land and Trees Rules 2002 which were came into force
w.e.f. 15-06-2002.
According to Rule 9(1)(a) of Rules, 2002, the MRO is designated as the ExOfficio Chairman of the Mandal Authority. According to Rule 10 he along with other
members shall conduct meetings. The member secretary i.e., the Asst. Executive
Engineer, Rural Water Supply has to fix the time, date & place of the meeting of
Mandal Authority with the approval of the Chairman/MRO.
All decisions in the meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the
members present by raising of hands for approval of decision.
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WELLS:
The Mandal Authority shall have to ensure that, every owner of the well in his
jurisdiction, to register his well with the Mandal Authority (Rule 11) obtains permission for new wells on payment of fee (Rule 12) Impose conditions for such permission (Rule 13), regulate wells in over exploited areas (Rule 14) taking over of well to
ensure drinking water (Rule 15) Registration of Rigs (Rule 17) Prohibition of Water
contamination (Rule 20) modification of land use ceiling on water use (Rules 21 and
22).
SAND MINING :
According to Rule 23 of APWLAT Rules 2002, in areas where sand mining is
affecting the ground water regime, such of the areas shall be notified and transportation of sand shall be banned in category I, II & III ground water micro basins/
Mandals and for other areas, conditions stipulated in the Rule 23 are applicable.
TREE PLANTING :
According to Rule 24 of the APWLAT Rule 2002, every owner of a residential
area, /commercial area shall have to plant small or medium variety of plant as
prescribed in sub rule (i) and (ii) of rule 24. The local authority having jurisdiction
shall grant building permission subject to the condition that the owner shall plant
prescribed number of trees.
The owner of the premises who desires to fell a tree have to apply in writing to
the designated officer (to be appointed by the Govt. or District Authority by a separate order sub rule 4 and 5 of Rule 3) for permission to fell the tree by paying Rs.50/
- in urban areas and Rs. 25/- in rural areas. The designated officer should dispose
the application within 15 days from the date of receipt of application by him (24 (4 to
6)) the permission to fell a tree may be granted subject to the condition that the
applicant shall plant another two trees within 30 days from the date the tree is fallen
in the same place or at other suitable place.
OFFENCES (Rule 25)
Any violation of the provisions of the act & rules shall be booked in the offence
report in form 4.
The designated authority can seize any instrument or machinery, or any other
device, vehicles or other conveyance or any other movable property used in or involved in committing such offence.
COMPOUNDING OFFENCES (Rule 26)
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The designated officer may compound the offences, as per the quantum of
compounding fee prescribed in sub rules i, ii, & iii of rule 26(1).
APPEAL (Rule 27)
Any person aggrieved by any order made by the designated officer may appeal to the dist. Authority within 30 days from the date of receipt of order.
AP WATER, LAND & TREES AUTHORITY FUND (Rule 29)
All monies received by Mandal/district/State Authority shall be credited to the
respective authority by any of cash or D.D. in a Govt. A/c to the operated by jointly
by member secretary and chairman of the authority.
ANNUAL REPORT (Rule 30)
The annual report of the authority about its activities in an year in the format
prescribed by the Govt. has to be sent to Govt. as per due date fixed by the Govt.
FROM 3
(See Rule 12 and Rule14)
Permission for digging a well
Sir............................of ....................................... (Address) is permitted to
dig a new well at .............................(location) to a depth of ............ meters for
drawing water for Irrigation / Industrial / Domestic use, subject to the following conditions :_
1. The well shall not be used for drawing water for any other purpose other
than applied for
2. The withdrawal of water should be regulated and no wastage for water should
be done
3. The utilized water should be recycled as prescribed for recharging the ground
water
4. Structures should be constructed for harvesting rainwater in the vi-vacinity
of the well. (Mandatory in case the proposed well falls in area declared as Over
Exploited Area)
5. The utilization of water will be subject to the regulation from time to time
based on the extraction water from the well.
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Place :
Date :
nated Officer
DesigWater, Land and Tree Authority

(With Seal)
FROM 7
(See Rule 26)
(Compounding Order)
Sri ........................ S/o. ...................... Aged .......... R/o. ............. has
committed an offence against the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land
and Trees, Act 2002 and rules made thereunder. An offence case is booked vide
case No. ............... dated ................... under section .......... of the Andhra Pradesh
Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002.
In view of the willingness expressed by the accused, I hereby order that a sum
of Rs. /- be paid towards compensation.
On payment of the compensation amount in full, the seizures detailed hereunder shall be released.
Details of seizures
1.
2.
3.
4. etc
If the compensation amount is not paid in full within thirty days from the
date of receipt of this Order, action to recover the same will be taken as if it were
arrears of land revenue.
Appeal against these Orders, lies to the District Authority within thirty days
of receipt of these orders.
Place :
To
Sri
H.No. ..........., Street.................
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village / Town ...........................

District ................. Pin .............
Copy submitted to District Authority for Information
Form - 11 (b)
(See Sub Rule (5) of Rule 24)
Permission for felling tree / trees
Sri .......................... of ....................... Aged ......... R/o................is
permitted to cut tree / trees in the premises ............................... subject to the
following conditions, namely:1. Premises of felling tree/trees is as mentioned above only.
2. Number of tree/trees permitted to be felled is ..................only (Specify species and Number)
3. ........... No. of plants shall be planted within 30 days to the felling..
4. Felling shall not be carried out before inspection, banding with red paint by
the concerned officials.
5. In case of failure to take up plantation, plants shall be raised at the cost of
the applicant.
Place :
Date :
Designated Officer
Water, Land and Tree Authority
(with Seal)
FORM - 13
(See Rule 17)
Registration of Rigs
The vehicle bearing number ............... belonging to Sri............of............ (Address) is registered with the Water, Land and Trees Authority of Andhra Pradesh as
a rig for operation with in the territorial area of Andhra Pradesh.
This registration is valid up to..................................
This registration does not convey any endorsement of the vehicle for its performance and does not amount to recommendation for employing the rig but only
conveys that the rig is permitted to operate with in the territotial jurisdiction of Andhra
Pradesh State subject to all other conditions per the law and rules in force
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Place :
Date :
Designated Officer
Water, Land and Tree Authority
(with Seal)
Adjustment of Land Cess

The adjustment of land cess to the various Panchayat Raj Institutions will be
as shown below:
Rs. P.
i)
Total remmittance of land revenue made into
the Treasury in the Fasli Year.
1407-00
ii)
Deduct
Amount collected towards reduced cesses at 5 paise37-00
per rupee of land revenue on exempted land revenue
in the fasli year.
iii)
Balance:
1370-00
iv)
Land revenue component in item above
1000-00
v)
Cesses component to item No.(iii) above
370-00
vi)
Land cess component in item No.(ii) arrived at 18:19 proportion.
18-00
vii)
Land cess component in item No.(v) arrived at 18:19 proportion.
180-00
viii)
Total land cess to be adjusted to Panchayat Raj Institutions [(vi)+(vii)]
198-00
ix)
Proportionate land cess to be adjusted to Panchayat
Raj Institutions at the rate of 5:6:7
a) Zilla Parishad:
55-00
b) Mandal Praja Parishad:
66-00
c) Gram Panchayat:
77-00
EVACUEE PROPERTY
The following Acts relating to Evacuee Property have been repealed by the Government
of India on 5th September 2005 (Act No.38 of 2005) which is being called as the
Displaced Persons Claims and other Laws Repeal Act 2005,
1. The Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1950.
(Act No.31 of 1950)
2. The Displaced Persons (Claims) Act 1950.
(Act No.41 of 1950)
3. The Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act 1951.
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(Act No.61 of 1951)

4. The Displaced Persons (Claims) Supplementary Act 1954.
(Act No.12 of 1954).
5. The Displaced persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act 1954.
(Act No.44 of 1954)
The State Government vide Memo No.58140/JA (1)/2006-1 Revenue (JA)
Department dated 12.01.2007 have clarified as follows:
(1) The proceedings which were initiated before the repeal of aforesaid Acts will
come
to
an
end
and
cannot
continue after such repeal and
(2) After the repeal of these acts no action can be taken or any authority exercised
under
the
repealed
acts
by
these notified authorities. The notified authorities shall be deemed to be
discontinued.
Accordingly, the applications if any in the matter may be closed and further
applications need not be entertained.
PAUPER STAMP DUTY

After the Pauper Suit is finally disposed of the Coud forwards the decree to
the Collector U/R. 14, 33 C.P.C. for recovering the amount of Court fee due to the
Government from the Plaintiff or defendant as the Case may be. The Court fee
mentioned in the decree can be recovered from the property of the person liable for
the payment, as if it were an arrear of Land Revenue. The recovery of Pauper Stamp
Duty in Pauper Suits is laid down in Standing order No. 106 and 107 appended to
the Stamp Manual.
A Ledger of P.S.D. should be maintained both in Tahsildar's Office and
Collector's Office in the form given in Appendix-Vlil B of the D.O.M. All amounts
P.S.D. should be entered in the Ledger as soon as the Decree is communicated.
The item in the Register should be kept pending till the entire amount is either
collected or written off.
All cases of PSD of more than Rs.250/- should be enquired into by Tahsildar
or Dy. Tahsildar and cases involving less than 250/- can be entrusted to Revenue
Inspectors, either for Collection or for sending write off proposals.
Where there is no scope to recover the P.S.D., write-off proposals have to
be submitted in the proforma given in Appendixdl. As per standing Order No. 107 of
Revised Stamp Manual (Chapter-X) the Board of Revenue i.e., Commissioner, Survey Settlement & L.R. is authorised to write off without limit, Collectors are competent to write off up to a limit of Rs.1,000/ - and Revenue Divisional Officers upto a
limit of Rs.100/- The Govt. in Memo. No. 43002/ Regn. 1(2)/95-12, Dt.11.3.1997
have transferred the subject coHection of P.S.D. from Commissioner of Survey Settle86
ment & Land Revenue to the Commissioner & Inspector General of Registration &
Stamps.
Head of account for Remittance of Pauper Stamp Duty

MH0030 stamps and registration fees, MH02 stamps non judicial
SH103 duty on impressing documents SH01 other stamps.
URBAN LAND CEILINGS

(The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act & Rules 1976. (Central Act
33 of 1976)
The Act came into force w.e.f. 17-2-1976 to provide for the imposition of ceiling
on vacant land in urban agglome ration for the acquisition of lands in excess of the
ceiling limit, to regulate the construction of buildings on such lands and for matters
connected therewith, is repealed vide G.O.Ms.No. 603 Rev(UC.I) Department Dt. 224-2008.
ABSTRACT
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 and Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation)
Repeal Act, 1999 Adoption of Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act,
1999 in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.3.2008 Notification
Orders- Issued
REVENUE (UC.I) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No.603
Dated:
22.4.2008
Read the following;
1.
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (Central Act No.33 of 1976)
2.
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1999 (Central Act No.15 of 1999)
ORDER;
The Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 (Central Act No.33 of 1976)
has been inforce in the State of Andhra Pradesh from 17.2.1976 with its application
to five Urban Agglomerations Viz., Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur
and Warangal. Parliament enacted the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal
Act, 1999 (Central Act No. 15 of 1999) by repealing the Central Act No.33 of 1976.
According to Section 1(2) of the said Act, it applies to a state which adopts the Act
by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (2) of article 252 of the Constitution.
Accordingly, the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 has been
adopted in the State of Andhra Pradesh by passing a resolution by the A.P.
Legislature on 27.3.2008.
Accordingly, the following notification will be published in the Extra-ordinary
issue of the Andhra Pradesh Gazettee, Dated: 22.4.2008.
N O TI F I CAT I O N
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The Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 (Central Act 15 of
1999) shall come into force in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.3.2008.
K.RATNA PRABHA
Circular Memo.No.17377/UC.I(1)/2008-1
Dated:
24.4.2008
Sub: Urban Land (C&R) Act, 1976 Adopting the Repeal Act, 1999 (Act 15 of
1999) with effect from
27.3.2008 in the State of A.P Circular
Instructions Issued- Reg
The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 was enacted by the
Parliament with the object of preventing concentration of the Urban Land in the
hands of few and to bring about socialization to sub-serve the common good by
ensuing its equitable distribution. This act was adopted by the Government of
Andhra Pradesh with effect from 17.2.1976.
The implementation of the Act was plagued by several problems like delay in
finalisation of the declarations, disputes, litigations pendency of cases before Courts
and misuse of exemptions etc, The above act was repealed by the Parliament with
effect from 22.3.1999.
In A.P. State the Municipal & Urban Development Department has committed
to Government of India for repeal of ULC Act as a part of JNNURM reforms
programme. To that effect a resolution has been adopted in the State Legislative
Assembly and Council to repeal ULC Act, 1976 in Andhra Pradesh by adopting the
Repeal Act, 1999 (Act,59 of 1999) with effect from 27.3.2008. From that date the
Principal Act, 1976 is repealed and now the Repeal Act, 1999 is in force with some
saving clauses.
By adopting the Repeal Act, 1999 in the State of Andhra Pradesh, the following
circular instructions are issued.
a)
only cases in which possession of surplus lands taken by Government u/.s
10 (6) will be saved
b)
All cases in which orders passed u/s 20 (1) shall be saved and further action
could be continued in future in those cases only as if the Principal Act had not
been repealed.
c)
All pending cases in different stages i.e, under section 8 (1), 8 (4) and
notifications 10 (1), 10 (3) and notice 10 (5) shall abate
d)
All cases pending before any court or authority shall abate
e)
All cases which were remanded back by courts or any authority on appeal
shall also abate if they have not completed 10(6) stage
f)
All pending proceedings in respect of other matters shall abate
g)
Under Repeal Act 1999, section 33 of Principal Act is not protected along
with other sections like sec 10 (3) with land possession, sec 20 (1) etc, That
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means the Commissioner of Appeals has no jurisdiction to pass any order on

pending appeals including 10 (6) stage cases. He is instructed to close all pending
cases with proper endorsement on files
h)
The concerned Special officer and Competent Authorities, are instructed to
file Memo in the shape of counter for all cases which are pending before the Honble
High Court & Supreme Court duly bringing the fact of passing of resolution by the
State Legislature on 27.3.2008 to the notice of Honble High Court and Supreme
Court through concerned Govt Pleaders.
i)
Notifications has to be issued with details u/s 22 (a) of Registration Act,
1908 prohibiting the transfer of ULC lands declared u/s 10 (6) of the Principal Act.
j)
Municipal authorities, Revenue authorities, Registration authorities, Urban
Development authorities etc have to follow the above notification strictly for the
ULC lands which were taken possession by the Government under ULC Act while
granting NOCs effecting mutations, granting registrations etc, without referring to
the original authority.
k)
All lands not covered by the above notification u/s 22 (a) of Registration Act
1908 and hither to fallen under respective Urban Agglomerations are now excluded
from the purview of ULC Regulations without any constraints.
K.RATNA PRABHA
ABSTRACT
Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999- Adoption of it in the State of
Andhra Pradesh with effect from 27.3.2008 Allotment of land taken possession u/
s 10 (6) of the Principal Act in favour of the applicants who applied before 31.3.2006
Orders- Issued

G.O. Ms.No.615
Dated: 26.4.2008
Read the following ;1.
G.O. Ms.No.455, Revenue (UC.I) Department, dt. 29.7.2002
2.
3.
4.
G.O. Ms.No.603, Revenue (UC.I) Department, dt. 22.4.2008 published vide
A.P. Extraordinary
Gazette No.207, dt. 22.4.2008
ORDER;
Whereas, the Government have issued policy guidelines in the G.O 1st and
nd
2 read above, keeping in view of the recommendations of Cabinet Sub-Committee
by allotting the excess land to such respective 3rd parties/ land owners in occupation
to minimize the litigation and ensuring speedy settlement of cases subject to
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certain conditions. The benefit under the said G.Os., was extended from time to
time and finally it was extended upto 31.3.2006 vide G.O 3rd read above.
2.
Whereas the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulations) Act, 1976 has been repealed
in A.P State by adopting the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999
(Central Act No.15 of 1999) with effect from 27.3.2008.
3.
Whereas several representations were received form public, Housing Societies
etc, requesting for consideration of applications which were received before 31.3.2006
for regularization/ exemption and pending as on 27.3.2008 i.e, the date of Repeal
of Principal Act, due to administrative reasons and they finally requested to settle
their pending applications on humanitarian and sympathetic grounds as most of
the applicants are middle and lower middle class people at the rates prevailing as
on the date of their applications.
4.
Whereas, it has come to the notice of the Government that nearly 2114
applications were pending in Five Agglomerations as on 27.3.2008 for want of
administrative action and 1892 due to pendency of court cases.
5.
Whereas the Government after careful examination of the matter and keeping
in view of the adoption of ULC Repeal Act, 1999 in the State of Andhra Pradesh and
section 3 (1) (a) of the above said Act which provides for saving of lands which were
vested with Government and possession of which has been taken over by the
Government under the provisions of Principal Act, 1976 hereby decided to settle all
the pending applications which were received before 31.3.2006 and pending as on
27.3.2008 in which possession is taken by the Government under 10 (6) of the
Principal Act by taking the slab rates at which they filed applications before
31.3.2006.
6.
All the Special Officers & Competent Authority, Urban Land Ceiling are hereby
directed to submit necessary proposals to the Government accordingly within a
week without fail.
K.RATNA PRABHA
SURVEY AND LAND RECORDS

In is necessary to maintain the (a) Survey marks on ground (b) Field
measurement book (c) Village plan and (d) Settlement Register (Diglot/Settlement
Fair Advangal) upto date by effecting changes that occur day to day on account of
sale. gift, partition, succession. acquisition, alienation, assignment, relinquishment,
change of classification, etc., of land, for the following purposes.
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
To protect the Government lands from encroachments.

To settle boundary disputes between private lands;
To correctly assess Land Revenue and other taxes for each holding, and
To enable the ryots to establish their right over their holding in a court of
law.
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U/s. 15 of the S &s B Act (Vlil of 1923) every registered holder (owner) of land
is bound to maintain, renew and repair all survey stones on the boundaries of his
holdings. It shall be the duty of every Village Assistant to ensure that the Survey
stones are not tampered with and when he notice and missing survey stones during
his cycle of Inspections, he should report the particulars to the Mandal Surveyor
through the Mandal Revenue Inspector together with draft notices u/s 15 (2) which
are to be signed either by the Mandal Revenue Inspector or Mandal Surveyor and
served on the ryots concerned. The Mandal Surveycr during his visits should renew
the missing stones in cases in which 15 days time expired after service of notices
issued u/s. 15 (2) and the maintenance charges shall be recovered from the ryots
concerned as per rules.
The procedure to be followed in respect patta sub divisions and sub divisions
in poramboke fields/L.A. cases is follows:
Patta Sub Divisions
Sub Divisions in Poramboke

field/LA. cases
1. Initial measursment is done by the 1.

Initital measurement done by the
the Villiage Secretary.
Mandal Revenue Inspector or by
Mandal Surveyor or by special staff.
2. No formalities under S & B Act need
2.
& B act are to
to be observed.
be observed.
3. Additional durable demarcation is
not involved.
Formalities under the S
3.
Additional durable demarcation is
involved.
4. A single set of statement and sketch

in triplicate.
are to be prepared.
4.
They are to be prepared
5. The file is sent for final scrutiny to the

5.
The file is sent for
prescrutiny before
Inspector
of Survey after incorporating
incorporation of the changes in
changes in the village accounts.
village accounts and for final scrutiny
after incorporating changes in
village accounts.
6. D-Sketch is not corrected in the 6. D-Sketch has to be corrected.
village.
7. Only one certificate under B.S.O 34 A7.
In addition to the
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certificate prescribed
Para 13 (b) is to be appended.
under B.S.0 34-A. para 13 (b)., the

following certificate is also to be
appended. Certified that the Sub
divisions are measured by me on
ground and also durably demarcated.
In cases of patta sub divisions, the Mandal Surveyor has to incorporate
changes in the village accounts viz. (a) V. A. Nos. 2; 3 and 10 (1); (b) F.M.B.. (c)
Diglot, (d) Col No. (2) of Aand B stone registers. The changes in the Mandal copy
of settlement register will bedone under the attestation of the Mandal Revenue Officer
and those in the Mandal copy of F.M.B. will be incorporated by the L. R. draftsman
during his tours. This item of work will be attended to by the Special staff appointed
if any in cases of acquisitions for projects etc.
The maintenance set of village maps are kept upto date by the Asst. Director,
(Survey) at the Collectors Office by incorporating the new survey numbers and naw
details and deleting-old details if any in them.
Following are the general nature of application received trom registered
land-holders in the Office of the Mandal Revenue Officer.
Sl. No.
1.
2.
3.
Nature
For demarcation of boundaries

For supply of copies of field maps
For creation of new sub divisions
Fee
Rs. 10/ per F. Iine/boundary line

Rs. 10/- per map.
Rs. 10/- per sub division
Tribals are exempted from the payment of fee for creation of newsub divisions.
Similarly the S. Cs, S. Ts. and B. Cs. who were allotted House sites are also
exempted from the payment of demarcation charges. All applications for the above
purposes are to be made in writing duly affixed with Court Fee lable worth Rs. 2/- in
each case.
Different Types of Measures

Length
British
12 inches
3 feet
220 yards
8 furlongs
10 milli meters (mm)
=
=
=
=
Metric Units
=
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Metric Units
1 foot
1 Yard
1 furlong
1 mile
1 Centimeter (cm)
10 centimeters
10 dosimeter
10 meter
10 dekameter
10 hectometers
1 inch
1 foot
1 yard
1 mile
1 centimeter
1 meter
1 kilometre
=
=
=
=
=
1 decimeter
1 meter (m)
1 dekameter
1 hectometer
1 kilometre (km)
Conversion Factors
=
25.4 millimeters (exact)
=
30.48 centimeters (exact)
=
0.9114 meter (exact)
=
1.60344 kilometers (exact)
=
0.393701 inch
=
39.3701 inches
=
1.09361 yards
=
0.62137 mile
Area
144 Square inches
9 square feet
48.40 Square yards
4848 Sq. Yards
640 acres
*
*
*
=
=
=
=
=
1 square foot
1 square yard
1 Cent
1 acre
1 square mile
ANDHRA PRADESH (ANDHRA AREA) TENANCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1974

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TENANT
Cultivating tenant means a person who cultivates by his own labour or by that
of any other members of his family or by hired labour under his supervision and
control, any land belonging to another under a tenancy agreement, express or
implied, but does not include a mere intermediary. [Section 2(c)]
Every lease subsisting of the commencement of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area
Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1974 shall be deemed to be in perpetuity. [Section
10 (1)]
Lease entered after the commencement of Act (1-7-1980) shall be for a maximum
period of 6 years and such lease is successively renewable for a maximum
period of 6 years at a time with same conditions and terms. It should be in
writing. The stamp and Registration charges shall be borne equally. [Section
10 (2&3)]
To mortgage his interest in the land in favour of the Government or Co-operative
Societies or institutions for sanction of crop loans. [Section 19(4)].
The lease is heritable. [Section 10 (5)]
Even in the event of change in the ownership. The tenant entitled to continue
the tenancy with same terms and conditions. [Section 11]
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If a landlord fails to cultivate the land resumed personally with a period of one
year from the date of such resumption or having discontinued cultivation for a
continuous period of not less than one year within a period of six years such
land shall be restored to the tenant by the Special Officer on application made
by the tenant. [Section 12(3)]
The tenant has to be given an option first to purchase, if the landlord intends to
sell the property. If the tenant gives his option to purchase it, and there is no
agreement between landlord and tenant with regard to price, they may apply to
the Special Officer for the determination or reasonable price of such land. After
due enquiry, the Special Officer fixes the price which shall not exceed five
times of fair rent, and it shall be payable in 10 equal installments by the tenant
and sale shall become effective on the payment of first installment. [Section 15
(1,2,3 &4)]
The tenant may terminate the tenancy and surrender his holding at the end of
agriculture year during the currency of lease by giving not less than 3 months
notice in writing before the end of such year to the landlord and to Special
Officer and surrender takes effect only after it is accepted by Special Officer
due enquiry. [Section 14]
NOTE ON TREASURE TROVE

According to Section 3 (b) of the Indian Treasure Trove Act (VIof 1878) Treasure
means anything of value exceeding rupees ten or of any value if it is of historical or
archaeological interest having been in existence for not less than 100 years, hidden
or embedded in the soil or in anything affixed thereto and includes uncut diamonds
of other valuable minerals found on the surface soil. (Sec.3)
Whenever any treasure is found. The finder or the purchaser of the treasure and
the owner or occupier of the place where treasure is found has to give notice in
writing to the Collector of the District specifying the particulars such as nature of the
treasure and amount of approximate value, the place and the circumstances under
which it as found. (Section4)
On receipt of a notice, the Collector shall publish a notification giving all the
particulars of the treasure and requiring all persons claiming the treasure to appear
personally after 4 months but before 6 months of the date publication. (Sec.5) Any
person having right does to report the matter, he shall forfeit such right. (SEc.6) The
Collector will enquire into the matter in detail and determine the treasure.If any
person aggrieved by the declaration, he will appeal within 2 months to the Chief
Controlling Revenue Authority ie. C.C.L.A. (Sec 9 ) Collector has the power to accept
the claim or reject it based on his enquiry. He can declare as ownerless under
Section 9 of the Act in the came of owner occupier and also reject claim of finder
purchaser.
Simultaneously on receipt of the information about the treasure, the Collector
shall also report the fact of the treasure to 1) the State Government. 2) the Superin94
tendent Department of Archaeology, Government of India and 3 the Treasure Trove

Officer Archeology Department, Government of A.P.Hyderabad. (Rule-3)
The Treasure Trove Officer shall inspect the Treasure and submit his report
stating whether it has any historical or archaeological importance or not. (Rule6) If
the treasure has historical or archaeological importance, with the prior approval of
the Government the Collector shall acquire the treasure on behalf of the Government
and send it to the appropriate place that is, to Museums (State Government or
Central Government as per their requirement (Rule 8). In case it is not required and
after ascertaining the value of the treasure from Treasure Trove Official the Collector
shall distribute the treasure or value to the claimants (Sec 15). In case if there is no
claimant or the claim has been finally rejected and the treasure has no historical or
archaeological important the treasure will be put on open auction and the proceeds
accrued there on will be credited to the Government account.
The case of the treasure starts from its finding to its final disposal that is either
to keep it in the appropriate place in case required. or to sell it in open auction or to
distribute the treasure or value to the claimants that is owner/occupier of the first
party and finder / purchaser the second party.
1. Notification by the Collector Under Section 5.
2. Forfeiture of right on failure to appear by the a) Owner Occupier.
b) Finder or purchaser (Section6).
3. Enquiry and determination of T.T. by the Collector U/S 7.
4. Declaration as ownerless (Section 9 )
5. Disposal of the case relating to Finder /Purchaser.
6. Inspection of Treasure Trove Officer from State Government and also the Superintendent from Central Government and a report of their intension to acquire it or
not. (Rule 6)
7. Power to acquire the treasure on behalf of the Government based on TTO report
(Rule 7(2)
8. When a treasure trove has been declared as ownerless and no compensation
is proposed to be paid to the finder / purchaser, the T.T. automatically vests in
Government (Board of Revenue L.Dis F5/2092/75 dated 19-8-75 communicated
to all the Collectors)
9. Sale to the public after notifying and credit its value to the State Government (in
case not required by the TTO) Rule 10)
The T.T.case will be dealt mainly under 4 stages
1) Notification 2) Determination / Proceedings U/S 7.
3) Acquire under/Rule7 (2) (4) Disposal if not required by the Govt.
NATIONAL SOCIAL ASSISTNACE PROGRAMME

(NSAP)
The Govt. of India has introduced the NSAP w.e.f. 15-8-1995 with the following
three benefits as its components viz.
(1)
National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS)
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(2)
(3)
National Family Benefit Scheme (N.F.B.S.)

National Maternity benefit Scheme (N.M.B.S.)
The N.S.A.P. is a Centrally Sponsored Programme to extend 100 percent
Central Assistnace to the States to provide the benefits under it in accordance with
the norms, guidelines and conditions laid down by the Central Govt. They are detailed
below:
1. NATIONAL OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME: Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred
only) per month per beneficiary.
i)
The age of the applicant (male or female) shall be 65 years or higher.
ii)
The applicant must be a destitute in the sence of having little or no regular
means of subsistence from his/her own sources of income or through financial
support from family members or other sources. In order to determine
destitution, the criteria, if any, currently in force in the State Govt. may also
be followed.
2. NATIONAL FAMILY BENEFIT SCHEME:
i)
The primary breadwinner will be the member of the household (male or female)
whose earnings contribute the largest proportion of the total household income.
ii)
The death of such a primary breadwinner should have occurred while he or
she is in the age group of 18 to 64 years i.e. more than 18 years of age and
less than 65 of age.
iii)
The bereaved household qualified as one below the poverty line according to
the criterion prescribed by the Govt. of India.
iv)
Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) in the case of death due to accidental
causes will be the ceilings for purpose of claiming Central Assistance.
v)
The family benefit will be paid to such surviving member of the household of
the deceased who, after due local enquiry is determined to be the head of the
household (House-hold include spouse, minor children, unmarried daughters
and dependent parents).
The Govt. in their memo No.20186/RD.I/97-1, PR&RD Dept., dt.11-6-97 have
simplified the procedure in implementation of NFBS and NMBS as follows:
N.F.B.S. The Village Secretary/Sarpanch, will fill in the application form giving the
details of the family, annual income and name of the person who is authorised to
receive the money on behalf of the spouse/son/daughter of the deceased. The
application should be forwarded to the M.R.O. (along with Panchanama in case of
accidental death). The M.R.O. after receiving the applications, will immediately
sanction the assistance after due scrutiny and will issue cheque to the spouse/son/
daughter of the deceased within 7 (seven) days after the death.
3. NATIONAL MATERNITY BENEFIT SCHEME :
i)
The Maternity benefit will provide a lumpsum cash assistance to women of
households below the poverty line.
ii)
The benefit will be restricted to pregnant women for upto the first two live
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births provided they are of 19 years of age and above.

iii)
The ceiling of the amount of the benefit is Rs. 500/- (Rupees five hundred
only). (Rs. 300/- should pay at 8th month pregenanscy and Rs. 200/- first
month after the delivery).
The sanctioning Authority for these schemes is the Sub Collector/ RDO of
concerned Revenue Division.
[G.O.Ms. No.751, Panchayat Raj, RD & Rehabitation) Department, Dt. 5-12-95]
N.M.B.S. The ANM (Multi-Purpose Health Worker) will prepare an application giving
details of the pregnant women, who belongs to below poverty line, get it certified by
VAO and forward to the MPDO after obtaining the countersignature of the Doctor of
PHC. The MPDO after scrutiny, will sanction the financial assistance of Rs.500/(Rs.300/- during 8th month of pregnancy and Rs.200/- during the first month after
delivery).
The lists of the above two schemes should be submitted to the RDOs
concerned once in three months for statutory ratification of the funds so utilised.
Widow pensions Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two hundred only) per month
Disabled pensions Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five hundred only) per month
APATHBANDHU
Apathbandhu Scheme - Accident Insurance Scheme for Below Poverty Line families
in Andhra Pradesh - Implementation of the Scheme for the policy year 2011-12 i.e.,
from 2-10-2011 to 1-10-2012 - Orders - Issued.
REVENUE (DM.1) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.19
Dated: 07-09-2011
Read the following
1. G.O. Ms.No.14, Revenue (DM.I) Dept., dated 14-9-2010.
2. G.O. Ms.No.17, Revenue (DM.I) Dept., dated 6-7-2011.
3. G.O. Rt.No.1901, Finance (Exp. Revenue) Dept., dated 30-4-2011.
6. From the New India Assurance Company Limited, Quotation/Letter dated:
18-7-2011.
7. From the New India Assurance Company Limited, Invoice/Bill No. ChMs/
01/2011, dated: Nil.
ORDER :
1.
In the G.Os 2nd read above, Government have decided and issued orders to
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continue the Apathbandhu Accident Insurance Scheme for the Below Poverty
Line (BPL) families in Andhra Pradesh for a further period of one year from 1508-2011 to 14-08-2012.
2.
In view of administrative reasons, the orders issued in the G.O.2nd read above
not implemented. Government, after careful examination and in partial
modification of the orders issued in the G.O.2nd read above, issued orders to
continue the Apathbandhu Accidental Insurance Scheme for the Below Poverty
Line (BPL) families in Andhra Pradesh for a further period of one year i.e.,
from 2-10-2011 to 1-10-2012. The other things are remaining unchanged.
3.
In response to the Government advertisement and letters calling for bids, M/
s. New India Assurance Company Limited, amoung others, has submitted
their lowest bid vide reference 6th cited.
4.
A three member committee constituted vide reference 1st cited have examined
the bids of the tenderers and recommended M/s. The New India Assurance
Company Limited, which is L1 i.e., the lowest bidder.
5.
The Finance (Exp. REv.) Department, in addition to the annual Budget provision
of Rs.20,11,17,000/- issued Budget Release Order (BRO) for Rs. 5,87,82,774/
-, in relaxation of Treasury Control and Quarterly Regulation Orders pending
provision of funds by way of obtaining supplementary during the financial year
2011-12, under Apathbandhu Scheme, to the Commissioner for Disaster
Management & E.O. Principal Secretary to Government towards payment to
the Insurance Company vide References 3rd, 4th and 5th read above, as
detailed below:
SI.No. Particulars
Amount (Rs.)
1.
First Quarter Provision
5,05,79,000.00
2.
Second Quarter Provision
5,02,79,000.00
3.
Third & Fourth Quarters Provision
10,05,59,000.00
Total Budget Provision for financial year 2011-1220,11,17,000.00
4.
Add : Additional Funds
5,87,82,774.00
Total amount authorized:
25,98,99,774.00
6.
The Government after examining the matter have decided to implement the
scheme by paying a premium of Rs. 25,98,99,774/- (Rupees Twenty five crores
ninety eight lakhs ninety nine thousand seven hundred and seventy four only)
to M/s The New India Assurance Company Limited for minimum coverage of
6000 cases with no ceiling cap @ Rs. 50,000/- per case.
7.
The Government would initially be paying the premium of Rs.25,98,99,774/for 6000 cases and once the target is nearing completion, on the basis of
number of cases expected, additional premium will be paid on pro-rata basis.
8.
The nature of deaths covered under the Scheme shall be as follows:1. Deaths resulting from break down of Law and Order / Riots and acts of
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9.
the State in the restoration of Law and Order, excluding deaths arising
out of faction fights.
2. Deaths of passengers in accident caused or resulting from operation of
passenger carrying vehicles owned / hired by APSRTC or deaths caused
or resulting from operation of any other vehicles including deaths of
pedestrians caused by all such vehicles.
3. Deaths resulting from accident to water borne vessels such as boats
etc., while they are plying.
4. Deaths on account of floods, cyclones, storms, thunderbolt inundation,
etc.
6. Deaths on account of fire accidents.
7. Deths on account of electrocution.
8. Deths on account of extremist violence.
9. Deths resulting from attacks / atrocities against S.Cs / S.Ts.
10. Murder and death of women on account of rape, molestation etc.
11. Deths on account of earthquakes.
12. The Toddy Tappers, who die due to accidental fall, are covered under
Apathbandhu sheme as it is an accidental death. If the case is covered
under the Excise Department Insurance Scheme, then it will not be
considered under Apathbandhu.
13. People, who die due to drowning, also are covered under Apathbandhu
sheme as it is an accidental death.
14. Death due to Rabies / Dog bite is also covered under Apathbandhu
sheme subject to the condition that the dog bite has taken place during
the policy period and hte death of person has occurred within 12 months
of the dog bite and subject to post-mortem report.
15. Death due to snake bite or due to attack by wild animals is also covered
under Apathbandhu sheme, as these are accidents, subject to postmortem report or Medical certificate from the Doctor not below the rank
of Asst. Civil Surgeon.
16. Deaths caused due to Sun Stroke during Heat wave conditions.
17. Any other accidental deaths, not specifically excluded.
The following nature of deaths are not covered under the Scheme:1. Self injury, suicide or attempted suicide.
2. Death while under the influence of alcoholic drinks or drugs.
3. Engaging in aviation activities other than traveling as passenger (in a
duty licensed standard type aircraft) anywhere in the world.
4. Venereal diseases or insanity.
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10.
11.
5. Death while committing any breach of law with criminal internt.

6. War and allired perils.
7. Nuclear Explosion.
8. Pregnancy, Child birth or consequences there of.
9. Service on duty with armed forces.
Sanction is hereby accorded for an amount of Rs.25,98,99,774/- (Rupees
Twenty five crores ninety eight lakhs ninety nine thousand seven hundred and
seventy four only) to M/s The New India Assurance Company Limited, toweards
payment of insurance premium to provide the insurance coverage to the Below
Poverty Line families (White Ration Card holders / Anthyodaya / Annapurna
Card holders of the State in case of accidental death in the family during the
period of one year 2-10-2011 to 1-10-2012.
The expenditure accorded in para (10) shall be met in relaxation of Treasury
Control Orders and Quarterly Regulation Orders and debited to the following
Head of Account:-
2235
- Social Security and Welfare
60
- Other Social Security and Welfare Programmes
MH-200
- Other Programmes
SH-(20)
- Assistance to Below Poverty Line families under Accidental
Insurance Scheme (Apathbandhu)
310
- Grants - in - aid
312
- Other Grants - in - aid
12.
The Assistant Secretary to Govt. & DDO, Revenu (DM.IV-Claims) Dept.
Shall draw and disburse the amount of Rs. 25,98,99,774/- (Rupees Twenty
five crores ninety eight lakhs ninety nine thousand seven hundred and seventy
four only) to M/s. The New India Assurance Company Limited through a
cheque on or before 2-10-2011.
13.
This order issues with the concurrence of Finance (Exp.Rev) Dept. vide
their U.O.No.8523-PFS(FP)/389/A2/Exp.Rev./2011, dt. 06.09.2011.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA
PRADESH)
Dr. T. RADHA
Commissioner for Disaster Management & E.O. Principal Secretary to
Government
NATURAL CALAMITIES AND FIRE ACCIDENTS

In G.0.987, Revenue (CR.A) Dept., dt.17-10-87, Govt. identified the following
disasters, as Natural Calamities.
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1) Drought, 2) Flood, 3) Cyclone, 4) Fire, 5) Earthquake, 6) Ratmenance, 7)

Tornadoes, 8) Avalanches, 9) Hailstorm, 10) Landslides, 11) Movement of speciers
causing damages.
In G.0.28, Revenue (CR) Dept., dt.12-1-89"THUNDER BOLT is identified as
Natural Calamity.
The scales of reliefs to be provided to the victims of Natural Calamities are as
follows:
1.
Ex-Gratia payment to the
(Rs. 50,000/- shall be paid
Revenue (DM.I) Dept.,
families of deceased persons
under Apathbandhu scheme
Dated : 29-09-2009
died in heavy rains-flash floods
and Rs. 50,000/- from CRF)
2.
Clothing and utensils/house-hold

goods for families whose houses
have been washed away/ fully
damaged / severely inundated
for more than a week due to a
natural calamity.
3.
Ex. gratia for loss of limb
Revenue (C&DR)
4.
Rs. 1000/- for loss of ---do--clothing per family and

Rs. 1000/- for loss of
utensils/household goods
per family.
Rs.2,500/-
G. 0 . 9 8 7 ,
or both eyes per head
Dept., dt.17-10-87.
Ex. gratia for grievous Rs.500/hurt person per head

(No Ex.gratia for simple
Injured person)
G.0.882, Revenue (C&DR)

Dept.dt.1-9-89.
Addl. relief for clothing
G.O.90, Panchayat Raj

& Rural Development (Relief)
Dept., dt.16-2-94.
G.O. 28, Revenue (CR) Dept.
Dept., dt.12-1-89.
Rs.130/-
Add. relief for utencils Rs.100/(To be sanctioned by per family

Collector)
Rice @ 10Kgs. as Addl. -relief per family (To be
sanctioned by Collector)
Fully Damaged house Rs.4000/(to be paid to owners only)
Govt. Memo
Severely Damaged
Rs. 3000/Partly Damaged house Rs.2000/(to be paid to owners only)
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-do-
G.O.Ms. No. 879 Rev. Dept.

Dt. 25-6-2007 read with
- do - do -
5.
Petty Shops
Weavers
Looms
Yarn
Rs. 2000/-
- do -
Rs. 2000/Rs. 2000/-
- do - do -
According to G.0.729, Revenue (C&DR) dt.22-7-89, the M.R.O, R.D.0 and

Collector are authorised to extend relief to the affected families as indicated below:
Mandal Revenue Officer :
Revenue Divisional Officer
Collector
:
50 families
:
250 families
Unlimited
In case of suspected arson, Collector alone is competent to sanction relief

irrespective of the No. of families involved. It should be drawn under Head TR.27.
After the result of case as decided the amount is to be adjusted to appropriate
Head of Account.
The MRO has to draw the amounts as follows:
House damages: 2245 - relief on acct. of natural calamities - 02 - Floods/Cyclone/
Fire accidents - 101 - grants from - 06 - Housing - 090grants-in-aid-092-other
grants-in-aid.
Food & Utencils: 2245 - relief on acct. of natural calamities - 02 - Floods/Cyclone/
Fire accidents - 101 - grants from relief - 05 - Food &
Clothes-090-grants-in-aid-092-other grants-in-aid.
No relief assistance can be paid from CM Relief Fund to the victims of
Thunderbolt. However, cause of death due to Thunderbolt can be covered under
the Apathbandhu Scheme. (Govt. Memo.No. 44594/DM.III/2004 Dated : 10-122004 of Revenue (DM.III Dept.,))
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION & NAME

CHANGE
1. The Officers appointed by the State Government for each local area viz.
Municipal Corporation; Municipality; Contonment; Industrial/ project town-ship; Major
Panchayat and all V.A.0s in other areas are the Registrars of Births and Deaths u/
s 7 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. They should enter all particulars
of births, stil births and deaths in the Registers prescribed for the purpose, in three
sections. Registration of Births, Deaths should be done on defacto basis. An event
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shall be registered at the place where it was actually occured but not elsewhere.
Each part of the register of events shall be numbered serially for each calender year.
No entry shall be interpolated between 2 entries recorded earlier. An event which
occured in a previous year shall be recorded in the register for the year in which it is
reported.
The particulars of births and deaths shall be reported to the Registrar with the
following periods:
Births
Deaths
Muncipal Corporation or contonment; Municipality, and

Industrial or Project Township
7 days 3 days
in other areas
14 days 7 days
The registration of Births/Deaths reported after the above periods is to be
done after payment of late fee with the written permission of the prescribed Authority
ie. the Registrar of the Municipality or Municipal corporatin and in any other area
with the written permission of the Medical Officer of the Primary Health Centre
covering the area or the M.D.0 in case there is no Primary Health Centre, as noted
below:
Period
Late fee
birth/death
With in 30 days
After 30 days but
within one year
Rs.2/Rs.5/-
After one year
Rs.10/-
Officer competent to permit

registration
Registrar concerned
Registrar concerned after
production of an affidavit
and with the written
permission of the
prescribed Authority
Executive Magistrate of 1st
class or a
Presidency Magistrate.
Extracts of registration entries of births and deaths are to be given free of

charge to the informant under the attestation of the Registrar. The cause of death
should not be noted in the extract. Sec.17(1) of the Act.
Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to give information about
birth/death which is his duty to give, or who knowingly furnishes false information or
refuses to furnish full details and sign or affix his thumb impression in the birth or
death register shall be fined upto Rs.50/-.
Certified extracts issued by Registrars or other Officers authorised by the
Government are admissible in evidence.
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Search Fees :
1)
For a single entry in the first year:
Rs.2/2)
For every additional year:
Rs.2/3)
For granting extract of each birth or death: Rs.5/4)
For granting non-availability certificate; Rs.2/Birth and death registers are permanent records and shall not be destroyed.
The birth/death registers of other areas (item No.3 above) are to be surrendered to
the M.R.Os Offices after the calender year is over.
DELAYED REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
1.
Any birth or death of which information is given to the Registrar after the
expiry of the period specified therefor. But within thirty days of its occurrence shall
be registered on payment of such late fee as may be prescribed.
2.
Any birth or death of which delayed information is given to the Registrar after
thirty days but within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the
written permission of the prescribed authority and on payment of the prescribed fee
and the production of an affidavit made before a notary Public or any other officer
authorized in this behalf by the State Government.
3.
Any birth or death which has not been registered within one year of its
occurrence shall be registered only on an order made by a Magistrate of the first
class or Presidency Magistrate after verifying the correctness of the birth or death
and on payment of the prescribed fee.
(Registration of Births & Deaths Act, 1969 Section 10-15)
The following documents are required for applying late entry of Birth/
Death
1)
Non-availability Certificate from Municipality/Panchayat.
2)
Affidavit from Parents/relatives in case of death entry.
3)
SSC/Study Certificate/T.C. of the individual.
4)
Written statements of the Parents/Neighbours/Mid-wife or Doctor.
5)
Xerox copy of Passport, if the applicant is Green Card Holder.
6)
Challan for Rs.5/- per year to the Head of Account of
1475
O.G.E.S
800
Other receipts
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Registration of Birth/Death/Marriage
Registration of Births and Deaths

1. The Officers appointed by the State Government for each local area viz.
Municipal Corporation; Municipality; Contonment; lndustrial/project town-ship; Major Panchayat and all Panchayat Secretaries in other areas are the Registrars of
Births and Deaths u/s 7 of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969. They
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should enter aH particulars of births, still births and deaths in the Begisters prescribed for the purpose, in three
PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

In G.O. (P) No. 819 G.A. (Gen-C) Depart Q 8-12-77 the Govt. have laid down
a procedure for change of name by the citizen of India residing in A.P. State. According
to Para 2(1), any person who intends to change his name residing in the State of
Andhra Pradesh has to apply in the Form in Annexure-l to the District Magistrate/
Addl. District Magistrate/ Executive magistrate. Basing on the information furnished
by the individual, the District Magistrate/Addl. District. Magistrate/Executive
Magistrate after satisfying himself and after obtaining enquiry report, if necessary
shall issue a letter or Memorandum in the Form in Annexure-ll.
Under Para 2(2) of the said G.O. all the Executive Magistrates are empowered
for issue of such certificate under their jurisdiction.
In name change cases:
ABSTRACT
CHANGE OF NAME - Change of name by Citizen of India, residing in the
Andhra Pradesh State - Procedure to be followed after lifting up the Emergency Orders - Issued.
G.O.(P) No. General Administration (General-C) Department 819 Dated 8th
December, 1977
Read the Following:
G.O.(P) No. 483, General Administration (General-C) Department, dated 13th
April, 1972.
ORDER :
In the G.O. read above procedure was laid down for change of name by the
Citizens of India residing in the Andhra Pradesh State. Consequent on the revocation
of the proclamation of mergences and the cessor of Rules made under the Defence
and Internal Security of India, Act, it has become necessary to review the procedure
that had been in vogue in regard to the change of name. The Government after
careful examination, hereby lay down the following revised procedure in supersession
of the procedure prescribed in the Government Order read above.
2(1) Any person residing in the State of Andhra Pradesh who intends to change
his name shall apply, in the first instance, in the form in Annexure-l to this Order, to
the District Magistrate, the Additional District Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate
having jurisdiction, for issue of an official communication in the form of a letter or
memorandum to the effect that he is a Citizen of India.
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(2) The District Magistrate, the Additional District Magistrate or the Executive
Magistrate having jurisdiction, may on the basis of information furnished by the
applicant and after such inquiry as he thinks fit, issue a letter or memorandum in
the form in Annexure-ll to this Order, to the effect that on the basis of the information
available, he is qualified for recognition as a Citizen of India. The Magistrate concerned
shall exercise due caution and satisfy himself about the applicants claim to Indian
Citizenship before issuing the letter or memorandum.
(3) The applicant shall, there after send another application to the Director of
Government, Printing and Stationery (Printing Wing), along with the letter or
memorandum issued by the Magistrate concerned for publication of a private
advertisement, in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette on payment of the publication charges.
(By Order and in the name of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh)
A. KRISHNASWAMY
Chief Secretary to Government
ANNEXURE- I
Application Form
To
The
Sir,
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
I... (Existing full name of the person

concerned in Block letters of there insert
his full present address showing Door No.
locality village or town or city police station,
Taluk & Dist. was born at and on a citizen
of India.
My age on the date of application is (date
of birth in the Christian Era and age).
My fathers full name is/in Block letters.
My Mothers full name is in Block letters:
1 am single/Married/Widow
My wifes/Husbands full name is/was:
Marks of identification
1.
8.
9.
2.
Occupation:
I am in the service of the State Govt. or the
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10.
11.
12.
Govt. of India. State the name of the Dept.

designation and date of his appointment.
:
Profession of occupation other than Govt.
service (here state details regarding
designation, name and address of
Employer, Station of posting etc.)
1ntend to change my existing name is full
name in block letters.
I... to solemnly and sincerely declare that
the fore-going particulars Stated in this
application are true and I wake this solemn
declaration conscientiously believing the
same to be true.
Place:
Date:
Signature of the Applicant
ANNEXURE - 11
MEMORANDUM
With
reference
to
the
application
filed
by
........................................................
.....................................................................................................................................
is informed that on the basis of the information available,
.................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................................
(
a
d
d
r
e
s
s
)
.................................................................................................................. has
qualified for recognition as a Citizen of India. The communication has been issued
to him so as to enable him to change his name/surname and it has no legal validity
whatsoever.
MANDAL REVENUE OFFICER &
MANDAL EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE

ABSTRACT
Change of Name - Change of name by Government Servants in the Andhra Pradesh
State - Procedure to be followed - Orders - Issued.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (GENL.C) DEPARTMENT
G.O.(P)No. 102
Dated : 22-04-1985
Read the following :
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1.
G.O.P. No. 819, G.A.(Genl.C) Dated 8-12-1977.
2.
From the Government of India, M(H.A) New Delhi, Lr.No. 23012/10/84, dated
18-5-1983.
ORDER :
1.
A ccording to the orders issued in the G.O. read above, if a citizen of India
residing in the Andhra Pradesh State, intends in changing his name, he shall
secure a certificate from the Dist. Megistrate or Additional District Magistrate
or Executive Magistrate to the effect that he is a citizen of India and with the
certificate so secured shall apply to the Director of Printing for publication of
his changed name as a private advertisement in the Andhra Pradesh Gazetteee.
The above procedurs is being followed in respect of all persons including
Goverbment employees residing in Andhra Pradesh State.
2.
The Government of India in the Letter read above a revised procedure for
change of name by Government according to which the individual need not
obtain a certificate from the District Magistrate but should execute a deed.
The Government after careful examination prescribed the following procedure
for change of name by a Government employee.
3.
A Government employee of Andhra Pradesh State wishing to adpot a new
name or to effect any modification in his existing name should be asked to
adpot the change formally by a deed changing his name. In order that execution
of the document, may not be in doubt, it is desirable that it should be attested
by to witnesses preferably those known to the Head of the Office in which the
Government employee is serving. A sample deed form for change of name is
enclosed for reference. The execution of the said deed should be followed by
publication of the change in a prominent local news paper as well as in Andhra
Pradesh Gazette. The publication should be undertaken by the Government
employee at his own expense in both cases. The said deed form should be
on the stamp paper (non judicial) of value of Rs. 5 (Ruppes Five only) and the
same need not be registered.
4.
After the aforesaid formalities are complied with and satisfactory evidence of
identify and execution of the deed is adduced by the Government employee,
the adoption of the new name or change in the existing name would be
recognised officially and then the entries in Government records may be made
accordingly. True copies of the relevant documents should be retained by the
concerned head of the office.
SHRAVAN KUMAR
Chief Secretary to Government
ANNEXURE
FORM OF THE DEED FOR CHANGE OF NAME
BY THE DEED : I the undersigned B.C. (New Name) of etc., now lately called C
(Old Name) employed as (Designation of the post held at the time by the Government
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Servant concerned ) at (Place where employed in the Department).

1.
For and on behalf of my self and my wife and children and remother issue
wholly renounce, relinquish and abandon the use of my former surname of C
(only) and in place there of No assume from the date here of the surname of
B.C. and so that I and my wife and children and remother issue may hereafter
be called known and distinguished not my former surname of C (only) but my
assumed surname of B.C.
2.
For the purpose of evidence such my determination declare that shall at all
times here in after in all records deeds and writing and in all proceedings
dealings and transactions as well as private publish and upon all occasions
whatsoever use and sign by name of B.C. as may surname in place or and
institution for my former surname of C (only).
3.
Expressly authorisic and request all persons at all times hereafter to designate
and address me and my wife and children and remoter issue by such assumed
surname of B.C. accordingly.
4.
I here by acknowledge and indemnify all acts, deeds and liabilities by me as
(old name) and known to all men, I declare that change of name is not to
cause any prejudice and not any fraudulent intention.
5.
IN WITNESS WHERE OF I have hereunto subscribed my former and adopted
names of C and B.C. and affixed my seal this _______________________
day of ________________
Signed sealed & delivered
{
C. Signature
with original
By the above named B.C.
{
Surname
Formely C in the presence of (b)
{
B.C. Signature
with Assumed surname
Witness :
1.
2.
MAGISTERIAL FUNCTIONS
Indian Penal code 1860 is substantive Law.
The code of Criminal Procedure 1973 is both a procedural and substantive
law.
Megistrates. :
The following Officers are appointed as Magistrates by virtue of their offices.
District Collector
District Magistrate
Joint Collector &

Dist. Revenue Officer
Additional District
Magistrates
Divisional Officers
Mandal Revenue Officers
Sub Divisional Magistrates

Mandal Executive Magistrates
Special Executive Magistrates:

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Under section 21 of code of Criminal Procedure Code, the State Government

may appoint, for such terms as they may think fit, Special Executive Magistrates
for particular areas or for performance of particular functions and confer on such
Special Executive Magistrates such of the powers as are conferable under the code.
Generally, Deputy Cllectors and Tahsildars and Deputy Tahsildars are appointed as
special Executive Magistrates to handle urgent law and order problems.
Important Provisions of Criminal Procedure Code:
Sec.107 : Security for keeping the peace. The Executive Magistrate may
require security from any person likely to commit breach of peace or disturbance to
public tranquility in a particular area for a period not exceeding one year. The object
is to prevent breach of peace.
Sec.108: The Magistrate may require any peson within his local jurisdiction
to execute a bond with or without surities for his good behaviour for such period not
exceeding one year.
Sec.109: The Magistrate may direct any person suspected to be hiding their
presence with a view to commit cognizable offence for their good behaviour for a
period not exceeding one year.
Sec. 110: The Magistrate may direct any person suspected to be a habitual
offender under different categories as detailed in this section for his good behaviour
for a period not exceeding one year.
N.B.: The Executive Magistrates acting under sections 107, 108, 100 or 110
shall make an order under section 111 Cr.P.c as indicated there in. The procedure
prescribed in sections 110 to 116 shall be followed for holding enquiry.
Sec. 117: The Executive Magistrate who complete the enquiry has to issue
order as mentioned in this section.
Secs: 118 to 124: Implementation of the orders passed by the Magistrate u/
s 117.
Public Order and tranquility (Sections 129 8 130):
Sec.129: Empowers the Exe-Magistrte/Spl.Exe. Magistrate to command the
dispersal of unlawful assembly by using CIVIL FORCE. The provisons of this section
could be invoked as a caution and if methods of persuation fail.
Sec.130: Use of ARMED FORCE for dispersal of unlawful assembly.
Public Nuisances (Sections 133 to 143):
Sec.133: The Executive Magistrates who are SPECIALLY EMPOWERED to
exercise powers under this section may order for removal of public nuisance in a
locality due to open drains, buildings etc., as mentioned in (a) to (f) of Sec.133.
Sec.134 to 141: Indicate the procedure to be followed by the Executive
Magistrate in respect of Public Nuisances.
Sec.142: Injunction pending enquiry.
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Sec.143: The Exe. Megistrate is empowered to make orders prohibiting

repetation or continuance of public nuisance as defined under l.P.C. or any Special
or Local Law.
Sec.144: Any Exe.Magistrate can promulgate prohibitory order in urgent cases
of apprehended danger or nuisance under all circumstances mentioned in Sec.144(1)
and the order shall remain in force for not more than two months from the date of
issue of the order unless extended by the Govenrment.
Disputes Relating to Immovable Properties :
Sec.145: The provisions of this section are invoked by the Exe.Magistrate
when he is satisfied that breach of peace is likely due to land, water or boundry
dispute and he shall issue order for preventing breach of peace.
The scope of enquiry u/s 145 is limited to the question as to who was in
actual possession on the date of preliminary report irrespective of the rights of
parties. Recording the sworn statements is not a condition precedent to the passing
preliminary orders. The Magistrate has to consider all documents. Mere existence
of a civi suit does not bar the jurisdiction of the Executive Magistrate.
Sec.146: The Magistrate can in cases of emergency attach any property
until a competent court determines the rights of the parties there to and a receiver
can also be appointed by him.
Sec.147: The Exe.Magistrate can exercise powers under the section similar
to those u/s 145 over disputes concerning the rights of land and water. Orders under
this section are temporarily effective.
Sec.148: The District Magistrate/Sub Divisionl Magistrate may depute any
Magistrate subordinate to him to make local enquiries if necessary for purpose of
Sections 145, 146 and 147.
Inquest:
Section 174: In all cases where information is received by Police Officer in charge of
a Police Station that a person has committed suicide or has been killed by another
or by an animal or by an accident or died under circumstances raising a reasonable
suspicion that some person has committed an offence, the officer in charge of the
Police Station having jurisdiction shall make an investigation u/s 174 (1) in the
presence of two or more respectable inhabitants of the locality and forward his
reprot under sub section 2) to the District Magistrate or SubDivisional Magistrate.
FORM OF INQUEST
POLICE MANUAL
FORM 78
DISTRICT
ORDER 635 (1)

ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE
CIRCLE STATION
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STATION
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION UNDER SECTION 174, CODE OF CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE,
ON THE BODY OF A PERSON DEAD AT .................................... ON THE
DATE OF .............. 200
N.B. (i)
In framing this report the questions below should be carefully answered.
(ii)
The word nil should be written against the number of any question
which requires no answer.
(iii) Questions 19 to 25 apply to the Railway Police.

(iv)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Case diary forms should be used as inner sheets for answering these
questions.
QUESTIONS
Names, caste, calling and residence of
persons composing the panchayat.
Deceaseds name, sex, age, caste, calling,
fathers name and residence.
By whom first found dead, when and where?
By whom last seen alive, where and when
and in whose company
Height, colour, and descriptive marks.
Married or single, if a female, was she the
only wife?
7.
State of corpse; if any wounds, particulars

thereof and list of all property found on the
corpse.
8.
Minute description of exact spot where

corpse was found; if in water depth thereof.
If in a well (a)
Is the well public or private
property? If the latter, to whom does it
belong?
(b)
way?
Is it near a public road or path
(c)
Has it a parapet wall and float?
9.
Apparent cause of death.
10.
If by a violence, apparently by what weapon?
11.
(a)
If any persons suspected, who
and why?
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(b)
Was deceased insured in any
company?
12.
If corpse is not sent for medical examination,

why?
13.
If corpse is sent, for what purpose and by

whose order, and number of Constable who
went with it? ( the date and hour when the
body is sent should also be given here).
14.
By whose orders corpse was burried or

burnt?
15.
Opinion of the panchayatdars as to cause

and manner of death.
16.
Signature of such of the panchayatdars as

concur in the above opinion.
17.
Station House Officers Signature.
18.
(a)
If name and residence of deceased

be unknown, state what steps have
been taken to ascertain the same and
secure identification. To what stations
have proclamations been sent ?
(b)
Have finger prints of deceased been

taken and sent to Finger Print
Bureau,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Hyderabad?
19.
Was body warm or cold when first found?
20.
If appearance shows that body has been

dragged; was it by an up or down train?
21.
Were suspected engines and carriages

examined; if so, by whom and with what
result?
22.
Circumstances under which deceased met

with the accident.
23.
Reasons for supposing that body was run

over by any particular train.
24.
Statements of driver and fireman of

suspected train.
25.
Any reason to suspect foul play.
26.
Duration of investigation - Investigation

commenced at Investigation closed at
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Sec.176 Under Sub-section (1) any Executive Magistrate specially empowered

may hold an inquiry into the cause of death either instead of or in addition to the
investigation held by a Police Officer u/s 174. If any person dies while in the custody
of Police, when the case is of the nature referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) of
subsection (3) of sec.174 and if he does so, he shall have all powers for holding an
enquiry into an offence.
Under sub-section (3) of the section, he can cause the dead body to be disinterested
or exhumed in order to discover the cause of death. While doing so, he shall wherever
practicable inform the relatives of the deceased, whose addresses are known and
shall allow them to remain present at the enquiry.
Criminal Justice in Agency Areas:
M.R.Os in Agency areas shall also function as Judicial Magistrates
excercising IInd class Megisterial powers and discharge the functions of a IInd
class Magistrate. They can entertain and try the cases under sections 135 to 147,
153 to 160, 165, 170,172 to 180, 182 to 190, 202, 203, 206, 217, 225B, 254, 262,
264 to 280, 282 to 291, 294, 294A, 295 to 298, 309, 323, 334 to 347, 352 to 358,
379 to 381, 384, 385, 403 to 406, 408, 414, 417, 418, 421 to 432, 434, 45 to 454,
456, 457, 461, 462, 482, 483, 486 to 489, 491, 498, 504, 508, 510 and 511 of Indian
Penal Code.
The cases u/ss 302,307,333,395,436 and other sections or be tried in Sessions
Court, have to be taken on file, the witnesses examined after framing charges and
the case to be committed to Sessions if there is a primafacie case and a decision
sent to the sessions court within five days from the date of decision.
Note: The court of a llnd Class Magistrate may pass a sentence of imprisonment
not exceeding a term of one year or fine not exceeding a sum of Rs.1000/- or
both, subject to the provisions of the l.P.C.
In every case, there are three factors to be taken into consideration for
determining the appropriate punishment.
i) Motive:
ii)Magnitude of the Offence: and
iii)
Character of the accused.
Award of sentence is a discretion of the judge which cannot be capricious or
arbitrary.
In default of payment of fine, the Magistrate is competent to inflict 1/4th of the
term of imprisonment, which he is competent to inflict, puishment for the offence, in
addition to the substantive sentence of imprisonment.
Benefit of doubt must always go in favour of the accused. Doctrine of mensrea
should invariably be considered and assessed.
AGENCY CIVIL CASES

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The Government of A.P. made the A.P. Agency Rules under section 6 of the
Scheduled Districts Act, 1974 for the administration of the Agency tracts.
Decree shall include orders passed under rules 39(1) and 43(3) but not orders
under rules 33 and 35.
Agency Divisional Officer means an Officer in-charge of a Revenue Sub-Division,
which is wholly or partly Agency.
According to sub-rule (3) of rule1, the Agent to the State Government (District
Collector) is empowered to appoint any of his subordinates or, with the sanction of
the State Government, any other duly qualified persons as Agency Munsiffs; to
exercise in such places and within such portion of the Agency tracts, the jurisdiction
vested in the District Munsif in the ordinary tracts of the State, subject to the
modifications contained in the rules.
Court fee shall be paid and the valuation of the suit or appeal shall. be in
accordance with the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Court fees and suits Valuation
Act,1956.
According to rule 5[11], the Agency Munsif have cognizance of suits not
exceeding in value of Rs.500/- but shall not have cognizance of any suit in which
any Zamindar, Bissoyee or any Mansubdar, Muttadar or other feudal or other feudal
hill chief may be concerned. Suits of a value upto Rs.5,000/- shall have to be institued
in the court of the Agency Divisional Officer having jurisdiction.
Suits a value exceeding Rs.5,000/- shall have to be instituted in the court of
Agent to the State Government.
Arbitration :
The Agent to the State Government / Agency Divisional Officer may suomoto
and the Agency Munsif with the written consent of both the parties, refer any suit
pending in their respective courts, to arbitration before a Panchayat of three or five
members whose decision shall be filed in the court in the form of a razinama petition.
The court may accept the decision and pass a decree, or reject it after recording
reasons.
Investigation - Remand of Prisoners:
Sec.57: Person arrested not to be detained for more than 24 hours.
Sec.167: If the investigation cannot be completed within the period of 24
hours and there is positive information about the involvement of the accused in
criminal acts,the Sub Inspector of Police shall further take the prisoner to the nearest
JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE with a copy of case diary for authorising the detention of
the accused for 15 days and if further detention is necessary he may send to the
judicial Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the matter.
The maximum period for detention of the accused under this section is 90
days only.
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ARMS ACT, 1959-ARMS RULES, 1962

As per the provisions contained under section 3 of the Act, no person shall
acquire or possess any fire arm or amunition unless he holds a valid licence.
A person holding a weapon without a valid licence (including a licence that
expired due to non-renewal etc.)is liable to be prosecuted.
The details of initial and renewal fees are as follows:
WEAPON
INITIAL FEE
RENEWAL FEE
Pistol / Revolver
Rs.100/Rs.50/
Rifle
Rs.60/Rs.30/
22 bore rifle, DBBL Gun, Airrifle Rs.40/Rs.20/
ML Gun.Air Gun, Sword etc.,
Rs.10/Rs. 5/
Licensing Authority: The Collector & Dist. Magistrate
Procedure:
The applicants have to submit the application in form-ii, induplicate, with two
pass port size photos and court fee lable worth Rs.2/- affixed on the application
form and submit the application to the Dist. Collector. He has to acquire the weapon
within the time granted by the Licensing Authority and apply for time if he fails to
acquire the weapon in time.
Renewal:
The arms licences should be renewed in time. The Licensing Authority may
condone the delay for valid reasons. On expiry of the licence the weapon has to be
deposited in the nearest police station. Otherwise the licensee is liable for
prosecution.
Disposal of Weapon:
If the licensee intends to dispose of the weapon to another licence holder or
dealer he should intimate the fact to the Licensing Authority for permission and he
should also notify the nearest police station. Any contravention under the Act is
punishable under sections 25 and 27 of the Act.
Collectors can grant licence for District and State Government is the Licensing
Authority for grant of licence for All India.
LEGAL AID TO POOR

The application for the Legal Aid to the poor has to be submitted to the
District Collector which will be fonwarded to the District Judge and Chairman, District
Legal Aid and Advice Committtee to the poor . The poor people who have no properties
and economically backward are eligible to get legal Aid. The Aid will be sanctioned
by the District Judge in the Committee constituted for the purpose.
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CIVIL SUPPLIES
( ANNEXURE G.O.Ms.No. 4, CAF&CS(CSI) DEPT.,DT: 19-02-2011 )
I)
GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT ETC. OF FAIR PRICE
SHOP DEALERS UNDER ANDHRA PRADESH
STATE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (CONTROL) ORDER, 2008
1. NOTIFICATION OF VACANCIES OF FAIR PRICE SHOPS:1. All vacancies of Fair Price Shops shall be notified through print media on 1st of
every month by the Appointing Authority and invite the applicaations from the candidates for conderation to be appointed as F P shop dealars by issue of authorisation.
The notification shall be affixed on the notice Boards of Revenue Divisional
Officers. Collector Office, Tahsildar concerned and on the notice board of the Gram
Panchayat concerned and also at a conspicuous place in the village in which the
Fair Price Shop is to be located or notified. The appointing authority may also
publicize the notificaion inviting applications by beat of drum in the village concened
or through public announcement system in the village or town. The appointing
authority shall send a copy of each of the notification to the following namely.
(i)
To Sarpanch of the Panchayat in which the fair price shop is to be
located/notified;
(ii)
To all the members of Food Advisory Committee attached to the Mandal
where the FPS is located.
(iii) To the members of the Food Advisory Committee attached to the fair
price shop; and
(iv)
To the Member of Legisiative Assembly and Member of Parliament in
whose constituency the Fair
price shop vacancy is notified and
filled up.
1.2 In the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the notification shall be
displayed in the notice board of the Chief Rationing officers office, Assistant Supply
Officers office having jurisdiction and in the office of the Commissioner of Civil Supplies. Copies of the notification shall be sent to the members of the Food Advisory
Committees at Corporation level and circle level, and also the member of parliament
and Member of Legislative Assembly in whose constituencies the vacancies fall
with the city limits. The notification shall also be sent to the Municipal Circle/Ward
offices in whose jurisdiction the FP shop vacancy is proposed to be filed for display
in their offices.
1.3.
In the notification inviting applications for selection of candidates for fair
price shops, it shall be specifically mentioned whether the fair price shop for which
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applications have been invited is reserved for Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes
/ Backward classes / Physically Handicapped / Woman, so that the persons eligible alone shall apply. Others who does not come under these categories are not
eligible to attend the written test.
1.4.
The Appointing authority i.e. Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub-Collector /
District supply Officer (City) shall notify all the Fair Price shop vacancies as per
roster. The vacancies reserved for SC,ST,BC,PHC shall be filled by the respective
category candidates only.
Notification for filling up vaancies of the FP Shops shall contain the details
of the FP Shop indicating whether it is reserved for any category like SC,ST,BC,PHC
as shown in the foregoing paras.
2. Written Test, Interview and Selection:The appointing authority shall conduct a written test generally on the existing PDPS and the records to bemaintained by the FP Shop dealer to knwo whether
the applicant is aware of the functioning of the Public Distribution System in the
State and whether he can function effectively in the implementation of the PDS and
other general issues. The written examination shall be for 50 marks. After the test
is conducted, the qualified candidates who score 20 and above out of 50 marks
shall be called for viva voce interview on a date indicated by the A.O. The ratio
between the vacancy proposed to be filled and the candidates to be invited for
interview shall be 1:5. However, if the candidates qualified in the written test is less
than 5, the Appointing Authority may confine the ratio to the exact number of qualified candidates in the written test. If the qualified candidates in the written test are
more than 5, it shall be restricted to 5 only based on the marks from highest in the
descending order. The Appointing Authority shall cause service of letters calling
upon all the eligible applicants for an interview duly indicating the date, time and
venue o interviews. Selection shall be made on the basis of interviews conducted
by the Appointing Authority, purely on merit, to be determined on the basis of the
minimum general educational qualifications of the candidates and other criteria indicated in the foregoing paras and in the Andhra Pradesh Public Distribution System
(control) order 2008. The interview shall be for 50 marks. After the interview is
completed, the list of the candidates qualified based on the written test and the viva
voce shall be prepared and the candidates who secured the highest marks shall be
declared eligible for appointment after due verification of the antecedents and other
process as prescribed in this order.
The appointing authority shall not entertain any favour nor shall yield to any
influence from ppolitical, official and any persons and shall act impartially in the
selection of the candidates. The candidates carrying the recommendations from
any source shall be disqualified for the interview/selection.
3. VERIFICATION OF ANTECEDENTS:The appointing authority shall verify the antecedents of the selected candidates
through the records of their own offices. The appointing Authority shall also get
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volvement of the selected candidates in any case under various laws or under any of
the ordes issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 or in relation to any
essential commodities, or his/her relationship with any business or ex-dealers or
Government employees, etc.
4. ELIGIBILITY
Keeping in view, the growing unemployment, unemployed persons or from
Registered Rural area groups of Womens voluntary consumer Organisations (which
have only women as members) or Womans thrift groups like Podupu Lakshmi Cooperative societies run exclusively by women shall be eligible for appointment as
fair price shop dealers.
The applicant should be financial sound to lift the allocated essential commodities by the authority and should not leave essential commodities unlifted due
to financial constrains.
5. MINIMUM GENERAL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:5.1. A pass in 10th class shall be the minimum general educational qualification
required for appointment as fair price shop dealers.
(a)
Persons possessing the minimum general educational qualifications
and the persons having higher
qualifications, if applied shall be
treated equally for the purpose of appointment and
(b)
Where no candidate is available with the said minimum general educational qualifications, a candidate possessing a lesser educational qualifications,
which shall not be less then a pass in 7th class, if applies may be considered for
appointment.
6. AGE LIMIT:The minimum age for applying for grant of a F.P. Shop shall complete 18 years of
age maximum age limit of 40 years.
7. RESERVATIONS:7.1.
The following reservation shall be observed while making appointments:
Scheduled Castes
:
15%
Scheduled Tribes
:
6%
Physically Handicapped
:
3%
Backward Classes
:
25%
7.2.
(i) Reservation to women in allotment of F.P. shops shall be fixed at
30%. Out of the said 30%
reservation to women, 1% shall
be reserved to the windows of Ex-Servicemen; and
(ii) The F.P. Shop dealers selected from women quota shall be adjusted
both in the reserved
category and
also in open
category;
7.3.
The appointing authority shall maintain the percentage of reservation prescribed by the Government at divi
sional / circle level on overall basis of the strength of the F.P.Shops in the Revenue Division/circle concerned. Reservations provided shall be followed treating the entire Revenue Division/circle as a
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unit.
8. RESIDENCE:The candidates shall be a resident of the Gram Panchayat or the Muncipal
limits of the town, as the case may be in which the shops is to be located.
8.(a)
Persons applying for F.P. Shops reserved for Physically Handicapped, shall
be residents of the Mandal Concerned. However on appointment they shall shift the
place of residence to the place, where the F.P. Shop is to be situated in that Mandal.
Preference shall be given to the persons who are in the residents of the concerned
gram Panchayat limits or the concerned Municipal Limits of the town.
9. PREFERENCE AND PRIORITIES:(i) Preference shall be given to the resident of the revenue village or hamlet
in which the
shop is to be located or the ward in a
Municipality where the shop is to be located.
(ii) Preference shall be given to the candidates belonging to families of
freedom fighters, if
they apply; and
(iii) Preference shall be given to DWCRA groups. Thrift groups functioning
under various names
like Podupu lakshmi.
(iv) Preference shall be given to the hawkers/NRs having license under the
APPP (L&Rs)
Rules 1980, for selection and appointment
as F.P. Shop dealer, while filling up the existing
or new
F.P. Shop Vancancy. All Requiste qualifications and guidelines issued by Government
from time to time shall be applicable to those hawkers/
NRs while converting to F.P. Shop
dealer subject
to full filling the conditions if appointment of F.P. Shop dealers by the N.R.
/ Hawkers who are otherwise eligible for appointment.
10. GUIDELINES TO BE OBSERVED IN TRIBAL AREAS:1. Fair Price Shops shall be run through the Daily Requirement Depots of the
Girijan Co-operative Corpo
ration wherever they exist.
2. Where there is no daily requirement Depots, the F.P. Shops shall be entrusted to apart time depots of
the Girijan Co-operative
manned by Tribal Candidates.
3. Where neither Daily Requirement Depts nor part time depots are available,
the project officer, integrated
Tribal Development Agency concerned shall identify suitable tribal beneficiaries and the F.P. Shops
shall be entrusted to such tribal candidates only.
4. The Tribal beneficiaries thus selected by the Project Officer, Integrated Tribal
Development Agency
shall be provided institutional Finance from A.P. Scheduled Tribes Finance Corporation / integrated
Tribal Development Agency / Girijan Co-operative Corporation or through Commercial Banks, in which
case the Project Officer, integrated Tribal
Development Agency shall arrange the necessary margin money.
5. The selection of beneficiaries to run the F.P. Shops shall be done by the
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Project Officer, integrated Tribal

Development Agency concerned
and the candidates thus selected will be appointed as F.P. Shop dealers
by appointing authority.
6. Immediate action shall be taken to replace all the F.P. Shops which are now
being run by Non-tribal
areas.
7. In respect of those villages where no tribals are residing in tribal areas, the
Girijan Co-operative Corpo
ration alone shall run the F.P.
Shops through their daily requirement Depots.
8. In respect of those villages where tribals do not come forward to take up F.P.
Shops dealership due to lack of
finances, the Project Officer, integrated Tribal Development Agency concerned shall identify suitables
tribal beneficiary and provide necessary financial assistance towards working capital as well as security
deposit. The integrated Tribal Development Agency Officials and Tahsildar concerned
shall be responsible to recover the loan amounts from such tribal beneficiaries identified by the Project
Officer, integrated Tribal Development
Agency.
11.BANK FINANCE AND RECOVERY:(i)
The amount fallen due to banks for the amount advanced to a F.P.
Shop dealer/NR of existing /
legal heirs of deceased / defaulter
F.P. Shop / NR Shall be treated as arrears of Land Revenue and
to be collected by the Tahsildar / Revenue Divisional Officer concerned, who are
empowdered
under the Revenue Recovery Act;
(ii)
The deposit made by the Fair Price Shop / NR dealer with Civil Supplies Department, should not be
refunded, without concurrence of
the financing institution and the F.P. Shop dealer must be insisted
upon to get the monthly demand Drafts from the bank which has provided loan to
him.
12.GENERAL:(i)
All individuals holding any public offie like Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat,
President of Mandal Praja Parishad, Chairman of Zilla Praza Parishad, Presidents
of Co.operative Societies, Councillors or Chairman of municipality/Members of Zilla
Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) etc., or holding any office of profit irrespective of the reservation shall not be eligible;
(ii) Every F.P.Shop dealer shall give an undertaking to the appointing authority concerned that he/she shall relinquish the fair price shop dealership if he/she is
elected to any pubic office;
(iii) Close relatives of Government employees especially those working in
Civil Supplies Department or Revenue Department or the Civil Supplies Corporation
or Village Administrative Officer of the village shall not be appointed as F.P.Shop
dealers; there shall however be no objection to appoint family members or relatives
of employees working on contractual basis on consolidated pay like; Anganwadi
teachers, ANMs, Asha workers, Vidya Vounteers, Out Sourcing employees etc.,
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(iv) candidates shall be required to give the Mulgi/shop number or the door
number of the place of business at the time of submission of the application or
before the authorization is issued;
(v) Under no circumstances, should the orders issuing authorizations or the
orders suspending or cancelling the authorization, forfeiture of security deposit of a
F.P.Shop dealer be issued by any officer other than the appointing authority.
(vi) Even temporary arrangements for attaching the cards to nearby FP shop
shall be ordered by the appointing authority concerned and not by the Tahsildar/
Assistant Supply Officer.
(vii) while taking disciplinary action against the F.p.Shop dealers, the appointing authority shall issue speaking orders specifically giving reasons and quoting the relevant rules and provisions under law;
(viii) When the authorization of a F.P.Shop dealer/NR is suspended/cancelled
or where a F.P.shop falls vacant, to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities, the cards of such fair price shop shall be attached to the neighbouring
F.P.Shop/NR of the same village. However, if it is not easible to attach the cars to
the neighbouring FP Shop/NR for want of a shop in the same village or for any other
reasons, the work of such FP shop may be entrusted to any person purely on
temporary basis in order to ensure that there is no hardship to the cardholders in
drawing the essential commodities as per their entirlement, clearly indicating that
such entrustment or distribution on a temporary basis shall not confer any right at
the time of filling up of the vacancy on a regular basis;
(ix) Every candidate appointed as a F.P.Shop dealer shall be required to work
for a minimum period of 5(five) years unless the authorization of the F.P.Shop is
suspended or cancelled by the Competent Authority. Resignations etc., seeking a
relinquish the dealership shall not be accepted within the minimum period of 5(five)
years except under special circumstances to be decided by the Competent authority. Failure to adhere to this condition shall result in forfeiture of the trade deposit
remitted by the dealer.
(x) The candidate shall be financially sound to lift the PDS stocks rquired for
all the cards that are likely to be registered with the F.P.Shop. The required finances may be mobilized through institutional finance or the candidates own finance; and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.
(xi) The candidate shall not have any adverse antecedents such as criminal
cases or any punishments under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 or pendency of cases under the Essential Commidities Act, 1955 or cancellation of licenses or punishments or pending charges under the weights and measures law,
marketing laws, labour laws etc or bad conduct on record as a dealer or as an
individual if he had earlier functioned as a F.P.Shop dealer or a retail dealer in essential commodities in the open market.
(xii) The candidate shall possess good health and shall not suffer from any
contagious or infectious disease or from any other disability making the candidate
unfit to run the F.p.Shop himself/herself;
(xiii) The applicant shall personally run the F.P.Shop and not run benami or
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through an agent. However, women F.P.Shop dealers may take the assistance of
their family member(s) whose name or names are to be included in the dealers
supply card. If a women dealer gets married and in the event of her leaving the
village she must relinquish the F.p.Shop dealership;
(xiv) F.P.Shop dealership is not transferable. An undertaking shall be given
by the candidate to the effect that he/she would lose the right to the F.P.Shop
dealership and deposit, if he or she is found to have transferred the F.P.Shop without
any order from the competent authority or tries to transfer the F.P.Shop in somebodys
name.
(xv) The candidate shall not have any connections with any other business
dealing in the same commodities that are being distributed through PDS either
directly or indirectly
(xvi) In respect of individuals in each category the appointing authority shall
take action to ensure institutional finance support from the scheduled castes or
Backward classes financial corporations or Womens Welfare Corporations or Physically Handicapped Corporation or Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Tribues Finance Corporation or through other special Employment schemes.
(xvii) The appointing authority shall verify and ensure that candidates who
have already been benefited under other Government Schemes such as Gramodaya
Pathakam, Khadi and Village Industries Board etc., are not allotted F.P.Shop dealer
ships.
(xviii) Every F.p.Shop dealer shall, before lifting the first quota, on appointment as F.P.Shop dealer shall give an undertaking to the appointing authority agreeing to:a) sell the essential commodities supplied to him for the Public Distribution
on proper weighment and kerosene on proper measurements;
b) Use weights and measures which are properly stamped by the Legal Metrology Department and get them renewed from time to time as required under the
Weights and Measures laws;
c) Sell the allotted essential commodities to the cardholders at the rates
prescribed by the Government.
d) Maintain proper accounts for each month and hand over the sales books of
acounts including bill books after the close of each month to the Tahsildar/Assistant Supply Officer concerned by 3rd of every month, so that they are available for
verification and
e) use only those registers in which all the pages are stamped and the total
number of pages are certified by the concerned Tahsildar/Assistant Supply Officer.
SANJAY JAJU
EX.OFFICIO SECRETARY
TO GOVERNMENT
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In view of the huge subsidy being incurred by both Central Government and
State Government on supply of essential commodities, especially on supply of rice
under various schemes, it is absolutely necessary to ensure that the commodities
reach the consumers to whom it is intended. This will be possible only if effective
and frequent checks of the fair price shops are made. Every fair price shop shall be
inspected atleast once in a month by the Revenue / Civil Supplies officials.
M To ensure prompt distribution of essential commodities to the cardholders;
M To cross check the entries made by the dealers in the registers and ensure
that the fair price shop dealer
maintain accounts correctly;
M To keep a watch over the erring fair price shop dealers who are indulging in
malpractice and blackmarketing;
M To attend the complaints promptly, if any, received against fair price shop dealers.
M To check whether the fair price shop dealers have renewed the authorization
promntly in time or not.
M To cross check with the cardholders to know the general functioning of the fair
price shop.
Each and every inspection should cover all items then only it will be purposeful,
result oriented and also educa
tive to the fair price shop dealer in his
functioning.
The following items are to be covered in the inspection by the inspecting officer;
M Verification of authorization;
M Verify the Key Register and entries made therein and allotment made by the
Tahsildar (formerly TAHSILDAR) / Assis
tant Supply Officer and cross
check whether the allotment made is correct as per the member-wise entries made
in the key register or not.
M Cross verification of entires made in the stock register, sales register acquittance register.
M Cross verification of entries made in the registers and coupons received by the
dealer from the cardholders;
M Verification of stock-cum-price list board being displayed by the dealer;
M Verify whether publicity on allotment, lifting and distribution of commodities
has been made during the month;
M Verify whether the dealer is exhibiting sealed samples of commodities at the
fair price shop or not;
M Verify whether the dealer is maintaining complaint box / complaint registor at
the fair price shop and what are
the complaints received and action has
to be taken thereon.
M Verify whether the dealer is keeping the weights and balances duly verified and
stamped by the Legal metrology
Department officials and the verification
certificate.
M Verify whether the dealer is keeping the stocks of essential commodities at the
fair price shop in good condition
and maintaing good quality;
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M Verify whether the dealer is filling demand drafts in time and lifting essential
commodities within the time
stipulated and keeping adequate stocks
at the shop for distribution;
M Verify whether the dealer, if availed bank finance, remitting the loan installments promptly or not;
M Verify whether the coupons that are received by the fair price shop dealer from
the cardholders every month
are being accounted for in the office of
the Tahsildar / Assistant Supply Officer or not;
M Conduct physical verification of stocks available at the fair price shop, compare
the ground balance with book
balance and observe whether there is any
variation or not.
M Verify the commodities being distributed to the cardholders by the dealer at the
time of inspection and physically
weigh them and notice whether the dealer
is giving commodities with correct weighment / measurement and at
the prices fixed by the Government.
M Enquire the cardholders present at the shop about the timings being maintained by the dealer, distribution of
commodities, weighment, prices
being charged etc., and detect whether the dealer is denying supply of com
modities to any cardholder;
M Enquire the other cardholders and public in the village about the functioning of
fair price shop and to receive
complaints, if any, on the functioning and
the behaviour of the dealer. Further the dealer is doing any other
business or job or holding any public life with or without remuneration;
M Enquire the stay of cardholders in the village or any other changes due to
migration, death, transfer, etc., and
record the same and submit to
the Tahsildar / Assistant Supply Officer for effecting necessary changes in the
Key Register and allotment of commodities;
M Check up whether Food Advisory Committee meetings are held regularly on
the stipulated dates or not;
M Check up whether the Route Officer and vehicle driver are recording their signatures in the register or not;
M Enquire with the dealer about any of problems faced by him in running the shop
so as to find solution for the
same for effective functioning of the shop;
M If any variation is found between book balance and ground balance of stocks
beyond permissible limits, then
seize the commodity in question under
the provisions of APPDS Control Order, 2008 and conditions of
Authorisation and file a case under Section 6-A of E.C. Act 1955 before the joint
Collector as well as filing a
report before the appointing authority for
initiating disciplinary action.
Thorough inspection is one important aspect and the other aspect is recording
all the findings of inspection
writing and submitting report to the superior officer.
After through verification of all the above items, record the findings of each item
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and submit a detailed report

to
the Tahsildar / Assistant Supply
Officer and Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub-Collector concerned along with
a report in prescribed proforma for taking necessary further action. Then the inspection of fair price shop
would be purposeful, result oriented and
will result in effective implementation of Public Distribution System.
(III) . Andhra Pradesh State Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2008
S.No.
Gist
Clauses
contravened
1. Not furnishing correct information for obtaining HHS Cards
CI.4(ii)
2. 50% of scheduled commodities shall be lifted before the end of the month &
remaining
50% before 10th ofthe succeeding month.
CI.5(1) (A)
3. Non lifting of scheduled commodities in time Penalty of Rs. 500/- per day.
CI.5(1)(B) (i)
4. Repeat the same lapse for (3) months - Cancellation of authorization.
CI.5(10(B)
(iii)
5. To pay security deposit forfeited
. CI.5(2)
6. Powers to appointing authority to pass an order in writing, add to, amend, vary,
suspend
or cancel the authorization issued or deemed to be issued.
CI.5(5)
7. Not applying for renewal of authorization with one month after expiry of validity.
CI.5(10)
8. Shall furnish correct and accurate information.
CI.5(16)
9. Running the shop without authorization.
CI.6(iii)
10. Selling or supplying of scheduled commodities for other than household consumption,
incorrect weighment, higher rates.
CI.7(i)
11. Not surrendering a cancelled supply card.
CI. 11(ii)
12. Keeping HHS cards/coupons in the shop
CI.12
13. Un-authorised possession of supply card
CI.13
14. Applying duplicate supply card dishonestly
CI.15(a)
15. Obtaining supply card by furnishing false information
CI.15(b)
16. Altering or destroying supply card without lawful authority
CI.15(c)
17. Powers of entry, search and seizure conferred on Any officer of the Revenue or
Civil Supplies not below the rank of Revenue Inspector / Checking Inspector /
Food
Inspector, Dy. Tahsildar (CS), Dy. Tahsildar (Revenue) or any Gazetted Officer
of Vigilance & Enft. Dept.,
CI 16(i)
18. Inspection of premises where PDS/Other schemes commodities are stored.
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CI.16(vii)
19. Drawing scheduled commodities by making false entries / Possession of
HHS cards (Bogus/Ghost cards)
CI.17(a)
20. Fictitious entires - diverting stocks
CI.17(b)
21. Diversion of stocks.
CI.17(c)
22. Interruption / Interference in the process of distribution
CI.17(A)
23. Not furnishing particulars of stocks / dealings
CI.18(b)
24. Appellate authority
CI.20
25. Revisional authority
CI.21
26. Shall not retain HHS cards
CI.22(ii)
27. Denying supply
CI.22 (iii)
28. Scale of issue / prices fixed by the Govt.
CI.22(iv)
29. Display of information
CI.22(v)
30. Prescribed timings
CI.22 (vi)
31. All days shall be opened
CI.22(vii)
32. Correct maintenance of accounts.
CI.22(viii)
(IV). ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR OBTAINING WHITE RATION CARD
Family income shall not be more than Rs. 60,000/- per annum in Rural, Areas & Rs.
75,000/- per annum in Urban Areas.
ANNAPURNA SCHEME:
The Eligibility Criteria of the beneficiaries is as follows:
1.
The age of the applicant (male or female) should be 65 years or above.
2.
The applicant should be a destitute in the sense of having little or no
regular means of subsistence from
his/her own source of income or
through financial support from family members or their sources.
3.
The applicant should not be in receipt of pension under National Old Age
Pension or State Pension Scheme.
ANTYODAYA ANNA YOJANA:Identification of the beneficiaries would be from amongst the following priority groups:i.
Landless agriculture labourers, marginal farmers, rural artisans / craftsmen
such as potters, tanners, weavers,
blacksmiths, carpenters, slum
dwellers, and persons earning their livelihood on daily basis in the informal sec
tor.
ii.
Households headed by widows or terminally ill persons / disabled persons
aged 60 years or more with no
assured means of subsistence or societal support.
iii.
Widows or terminally ill persons or disabled persons or persons aged 60
years or more single women or
single men with no family or societal support or assured means of subsistence.
iv.
All primitive tribal households.
v.
The persons shall be poorest of the poor and those who unable to get
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square meal a day.

vi.
The person shall have no purchasing power and unable to buy foodgrains at
BPL rates throughout the year.
(V). MINOR OFFENCES MARGINAL VARIATIONS AT A GLANCE
In respect of the following types of mistakes/lapses/omissions it may not
ordinarily be necessary to launch prosecutions. However, administrative action under EC Act can be taken.
FOR FAIR PRICE SHOPS:
i)
Minor variations in respect of single commodity upto 1.5% taking into consideration on transactions of one
month.
ii)
Mistake in mathematical totaling, clerical and accounting error in the
maintenence of prescribed registers.
iii)
If the shop is not opened during the prescribed hours of business or closed
at the time fixed for closing due
to unavoidable circumstances.
iv)
If the stock register does not show the place from which the stock was
brough or was sent but the information
is available from any other register or document.
v)
If the stock register could not be maintained for any particular day due to
sickness, pressure of work or
unavoidable circumstances on the part of
the FP shop keeper.
vi)
If non-availability of a commodity is not specifically indicated in the stock
register when such commodity is
not available in the stock.
vii)
If the license given to the owner for running the FP Shop is not kept duly
perceivable.
viii)
In the course of normal transcation if the licensee forgets to mention either
the license number or the date on
the bill or memo.
ix)
For violation of Control Order if any by way of failure to submit periodical
returns, non-maintenance of stock
boards.
(Govt. Memo No. 26776/CS-II/91-1 dt 07-05-91)
FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MS & HSD:
Motor Spirit Petrol: Evaporation/handling losses in MOTOR SPIRIT as follows:
0.75% on annual averages sales of 0-600 Kilo liters.
0.60% on annual average sale of above 600 kilo liters.
Note: In case of motor spirit shortage beyond permissible limits, the explanation of
the dealer will be called for before any action is taken under this control order.
HSD: Handling losses in HSD is as follows:
0.25% on annual average sales of 0-600 Kilo liters.
0.20% on annual average sales of above 600 kiloliters.
(Shrinkage losses on Motor Spirit/HSD and temperature variation allowance quantities on HSD to be taken into account wherever the same are applicable)
Shortage in Handling / Leakage for KEROSENE
1)
The provisions of 1% allowance extended to the kerosene wholesale dealer
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in the actual receipts is only to

cover any shortage in Handling / Leakage while receiving supplies and while making deliveries to retailers.
2)
At the time of stock checking, variation in actual stock and book stock is
permissible to the extent of 1% on
recipts, since the last check ie.
from the period when the shortage was last written off to the wholesale
dealers.
3)
The actual quantity due to leakage/handling within the permissible limit of
1% should be duly accounted by
the wholesale dealer periodically on a
month to month basis along with their monthly returns with necessary
remarks.
4)
The storage tanks are not physically calibrated but are the Critically / arithmetically calibrated. Variation in
under ground tanks upto (+ or -) 4% of
actual stock on date of insepction is permissible and 4% (+ or -)
variation is not supposed to be written off / up by the dealers and the same is only an
allowance to be
considered by the inspecting Officials, Keeping in view of
cratic tank behaviour for the purpose of determining
any excess/
short stocks being held by the dealers.
(CCS Ref. E2/800/95 Dt. 10-07-97)
MARGINAL VARIATIONS ALLOWED
Category Producer
Wholesaler
Retailer
FPS dealers Rice Millers
Food grains
5 qts. Or
5 qts or 10%
8% of book
10%of
Ground stock
and Ground
ground stock which ever is less
b a l ance
Edible oil seeds
5% of the stocks
5% of the stocks
0.5%
of
1.5% of
each commodity
Edible oil 4% of the stocks
75 Kgs. or 5% of
the the stock
which ever is less
Pulses
2% of book
5Qts or 10% of
balance and gorund stocks
ground stock and book balance
Kerosene
4% (+or-) of the stocks
in U.G. Tank
(VI). STOCK LIMITS OF SCHEDULED COMMODITIES
PADDY
RICE (Qtls). SUGAR (Qts) PULSES (Qts) E-OIL SEEDS (Qtls)
E-OILS (Qts) Area population
Trading
Non
Whole Retailers Trading
Non-Trading W h o l e
Salers Retailers Whole salers Retailers
Rice MillsTrading
salers
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Rice Mills Rice Mills

Rice Mills
Whole salers Retailers Whole salers Retailers Whole salers Retailers
@1800 Tonnes 1/2 Ton per hour capacity to be calculated No Limits 750 Qtls. 150
Qtls. 4000 or 1 week Milling ca
pacity which ever is higher 2000 - Hyd, VSP, Vijayawada 1 0 0 0
Hyd., Vsp, Vijayawada 100 Urban
2000 50
2000 50 2250
150 900 100 10 Lakhs above
1500 - Dist. Hqrs. 500 - Dist Hqrs.
50 Rural
1000 40 1000
40
1500 113
600 50
3 Lakhs above
1000-Other Places 250 - Others places
1000
40
1000 40 1200
75
375 30
3 Lakhs below
Preferred Variety @90 Tonnes per 1/2 Ton and calculate @ 5% as per the milling
capacity upto 1800 MTs whichever is less. Khandasari any where
2000
50
(VII). LICENCING / APPONTING / APPELLATE AND REVISIONAL AUTHORITIES
Sl.No
Appellate
Control order
Name of the Act /

Revisional
Disciplinary authority
Licensing Appointing /
1. E.C.Act., 1955
(Confiscation)
2. APPP (L&RS)
Order, 1980, (License)
3. APS PDS (control)
Collector
Collector/JC (Sec.6A)
Dist Sessions judge (6-C)

Director of Civil
Supplies (C.31(a))
Collector/Jt. Collector
(C1-2(i)
authority
authority
FP Shops Sub-Collector/RDO DSO CRO/Joint

Dist. Collector
Sub clause 2(i)(ii)
Order, 2008 (Authorisation)
City, VSP Nrs/Hawkers ASO,
of CI.20 Tahsildar
CCS(Cl.21(II)
CI.5(1).DSO/RDO
CI.20(1)
4. Naphtha Order, 2000 (Licence)Dist. Collector & Magistrate
5. Solvants, Raffinate
Dist. Collector & Magistrate
And Slop Order, 2000
6. AP Scheduled Commodities
DSO/ASO/Tahsildar CI.3(ii)
CRO/Joint Collector Government
dealer (L, S & R) Orders, 2008
CI. 15(i) (a,b)
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(VIII). LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE OF VARIOUS LICENCES

A.P. Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licensing, Storage and Regulation)
Order, 2008.
Licence required to dealers who deals:
i. Pulses exceeding 10 qtls., taken together all Pulses at any one time.
ii) Edible oils more than 5 qtls., of any one or all edible oils. Edible oil seeds 30
qtls., of any one or all edible oil seeds.
iii) Foodgrains means Rice (Husked) including broken rice, Paddy at any one time
20 qtls., or put together 50 qtls., of all foodgrains.
iv) Sugar more than 5 qtls.
A.P. Petroleum Products (Licensing Regulation and Supplies) Order, 1980, License
required to dealers who deals:
i)
Kerosene
100 Liters
ii)
HSD/LDO
2500 Liters
iii)
LPC
7 Cylinders of 14.2 Kg or 100 Kgs.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE OF LICENCE UNDER APPP ORDER, 1980
1. Application in Form-A
2. Licence fee through challan.
3. Security deposit - NSC bond.
4. Patnership deed.
5. Consent letter of the concerned oil company.
6. Exposives licence copy.
7. Inspection report of field staff about readiness for commencement of busincess
LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE OF AUTHORISATION UNDER
APS PDS (CONTROL) ORDER, 2008.
1. Application in Form - I.
2. Authorisation fee through challan.
3. Trade deposit - DD in favour of APSCSC Ltd.,
4. Passport size photos 2 Nos.
LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ISSUE OF LICENCE UNDER AP SCHEDULED COMMODITIES DEALER (LICENSING, STORAGE & REGULATION) ORDER, 2008.
1. Application in Form A
2. License - C through Challan
3. Security Deposit - NSC Bond/NDC/Challan
(IX). PARTICULARS OF LICENCE FEE, TRADE AND SECURITY DEPOSITS
1. A.P. Scheduled Commodities Dealers (Licensing, Storage and Regulation), Order, 2008.
Category
Licence fee
Renewal fee
Duplicate Fee Security deposit
Comp. Ws. Ret
Comp. Ws. Ret
Comp. Ws. Ret
Comp. Ws. Ret
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All
3000 1500 750
800
300 200
1700 3000 1500
Foodgrains
600
300
200
100
1500 2000 1000
E.Oil Seeds
600
300
200
100
700
1000 500
/oils
2. A.P. Petroleum Products (L&RS) Order, 1980.
S.No.
Item
Licence fee
fee Duplicate licence
a. LPG
500
200
200
b. Auto LPG
500
200
200
c. MS & HSD or any one
1000
500
d. Kerosene wholesale 500
200
200
e. Sub-Wholesaler
250
100
100
f. Regn. Certificate Form-F
5
2
Security Deposit:
a. Kerosene wholesale
Sub-wholesaler
200
b. Other than Kerosene
500
(LPG, Auto LPG, MS & HSD)
c. Deposit for carries (Form-F) 1000
3. The AP State PDS (Control) Order, 2008
1. Issue of authorisation for 2 years
2. Renewal
Rs. 250
3. Duplicate authorization
Rs. 50
Trade Deposit:
F.P. Shops
Rural
N.R.s.
Rural
(X). HEAD OF ACCOUNT
1. Regular
2. Deposits
3. Withdrawal
Urban
Rs. 3000
Urban
Rs. 1000
1000
500
300
100
200
100
200
Renewal fee
200
200
500
100
75
- 10.
200
250
Rs. 500
Rs. 4000
Rs. 1500
MH. 1456 - Civil Supplies

SH 800 - Other receipts
DH 81 - Other items
MH. 8443 - Civil Deposits
SH 101 - Revenue Deposits
DH 01 - Miscellaneous Deposits
(Bill form - 62)
(in case of Refund) MH 1456 - Civil Deposits
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Late
SH 900 - Deduct refund.

FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEES
S.No. FAC Level
Presiding
Officer of FAC
1. District Level
Collector
2. Municipal corporation level
Monthly (3rd Monday)
3. Mandal Level
R.D.O.
(2nd Monday)
4. Village Level
Sarpanch
Monday)
Convenor Frequency
of FAC
CEO,ZP
Bi-Monthly (4th Monday)
CRO/Joint Collector
DSO
TAHSILDAR
Bi-Monthly
Panchayath
Montly
(1st
Secretary
5. Division in Municipal Corporation
ASO/TAHSILDAR
A S O /
TAHSILDAR
Monthly(1st Monday)
6. Municipality
RDO
TAHSILDAR
Montly (2nd
Monday)
7. Ward in Municipality
TAHSILDAR TAHSILDAR
Montly (1st
Monday)
8. F.P. Shop (Urban)
Corporator/Council
Local Rep.ofCVC
Monthly (1st Monday)
(XI). MODEL FORM OF REPORT UNDER SECTION 6-A (1) OF E.C. ACT, 1955.
1. Refs. No. and Section of Law contravened:
2. Date of inspection:
3. Date of 6-A report:
4. Name of the Inspecting Officer:
5. name of the Respondent:
6. Property seized (give item-wise quantity and value):
7. Whether the seized property has been shifted or Kept at the place of seizure and
the address of the person with
whom it is kept for safe custody:
8. Records seized (give details - list):
9. Name of the witnesses (LW) (give addresses in frull):
10. Facts of the case:
IN THE COURT OF THE COLLECTOR, (CS) _________________________ DISTRICT
Sir,
Facts of the case are that on recipt of reliable information on ___________ that Sri/
Ms ____________________ of __________________ Village __________________
Mandal __________________________ District was storing unauthorisedly and are
hoarding food grains/edible oils/edible oil seeds/sugar ______________ and indulging in clandestine business. On receipt of the proceeded to _____________ at
_________________ hrs. on ______________ and secured mediators i.e. Sarvasri
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______________________ and explained them about the information received and

requested them to act as mediators for which they agreed willingly. I along with
________________ surprised M/s. Sri ____________________ at
_____________________ hrs. In the presence of mediators (Give sequence of events.)
At that time one person was sitting in the shop-/firm and attending business transactions. On introducing our identity and explaining the purpose of our visit to his
shop, the said person revealed his name as Sri ____________________________
S/o _____________________ aged _____________ Yrs ______________ R/o
___________ and that he is Owner/Partner of the said firm. On demand he produced ______________ Wholesaler/ retail licence No ________________ issued
in favour of Sri M/s _________________ of __________________ firm at __________
to do business in Petroleum products / Foodgrains/ in shop premises with Door No.
____________________ of ________________ Village ___________ Mandal
_________________ District with godowns at Door No. _____________ issued by
the __________ it is valid upto ____________ He also produced stock register No.
_________________ issued by the __________ it is valid maintained from
________________ to ______________ (give dates) written pages from I to
_____________ / As per the register the opening balance as on ____________ was
as follows:
S.No.
Commodity
Quantity (in qtl./Kgs./Lts)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The said person also produced way bill book maintained from ____________ to
____________ (give dates) vide S.Nos. __________ to _______ / The said person
did not produce bill book and he confessed before the mediators that he is not
maintaining them. He did not produced Form C return, He produced the C return
which was sent up to the month of ____________.
There after the ground stock available in the shop-cum-and godown premises at
Door No.__________ were verified by physical weighment in the presence of mediators and the said owner/partner by weighing and counting and it was found that
________ Qtls./Ltrs. (in case of Kerosens / HSD) in (2) _________ empty barrels of
________ litres (3) _________ empty tins of ____________ litres (with plastic pipe
and garata (4) ______/bags. i.e. quintals in and _________ bags and said Sri.
_______________ Licensee/partner, confessed before the mediators that when the
ground stocks are compared will that of stock register the following variations in
stocks were noticed.
S.No. Commodity
Quantity as per Register Qty. actually available Difference
1.
2.
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3.
4.
5.
When the owner/patner/licensee Sri. ______________ S/o ____________________
aged __________________ yrs, resident of _________________ was questioned
for storing _________________ kgs. rice / paddy/ wheat/sugar/diesel
________________ without any permission or licence from the Licensing authority
and hoarding of ______________ quintals / liters of _________________ without
obtaining permission or authorisation from the authority concerned and the reasons
for variations in the stock of _____________ quintals, licence/ partner could not give
satisfactory reply and begged pardon (or give the reasons if any given). Thus, it is
clearly established that M/s_______________ Village ________________ mandal
__________________ are indulging in clandestine business in storing unauthorisedly,
hoarding ____________ quintals ______________ contravening the provisions of
law under clause _________ order of the authorisation / licence issued thereunder.
As I have reason to believe that there was contravention, as indicated above, I have
seized the following ground stocks of essential commodities together with Licence,
Stock Register and way Bill Book ____________ (give details of all documents etc.)
S. No.
Commodity
Quantity seized (in Qtls/Kgs/Lts.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The total value of seized properties worked out to Rs. _________________ the
seized stocks have been handed over to _________________ under stamped receipt for safe custody. During the course of investigation, it is fully established that
the respondent M/s/ Sri _________________________ S/o
_________________________ aged ________________ R/o ________________
is regularly storing ___________________ of _________________ (commodity)
without any permission or licence and hoarding in huge quantities apart from variation in of (Commodity) without any permission or licence and hoarding the stocks of
__________________ contravening the provisions of law, mentioned above. Hence,
it is prayed that action U/S. 6-A(1) of E.C. Act, 1955 may Kindly be initiated, as
deemed fit.
Designation of the inspecting Officer.

Encl:
1. Scheduled Commodities Dealers licence (give details)
2. Stock register (written from __________ to ________________ )
3. Way Bill (written from _____________ to S.No. _____________ )
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4. Stamped receipt acknowledging of seized properties obtained from Sri.

___________________
5. Panchanama in original.
Copy submitted to ______________________
VILLAGE REVENUE OFFICERS

ABSTRACT
Public Services - Revenue Administration - Designation of Revenue functionary
at Village level as 'Village Revenue Officer'. their job chart and matters connected
therein -Orders-Issued.
REVENUE (VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION (1) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.105
Dated: 31-01-2007
Read the following:
1. From the CCLA Lr.No.A3/24/2004/11 dt.23.12.2006.

2. G.O.Ms.No.1950 Revenue (VA I) Department dated: 30-12-2006.
3. From the CCLA Ref.No.A3/24/2004-I 1 dated: 16-01-2007.
O R D E R:
The Government have proposed to strengthen the Revenue Administration at
Village level. In the G.O. second read above, orders were issued creating Revenue
functionary at Village Level under the exclusive administrative control of the Mandal
Revenue Officer to handle the work relating to Land and Revenue matters at the
Village level. It was ordered therein that, the matters of recruitment, job-chart,
Service Rules and other modalities will be issued separately.
2. In the reference third read above, the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration and Special Chief Secretary to Government reported that, a meeting was
held with all the Joint Collectors on 11.01.2007 to discuss the modalities relating to creation of Revenue functionary at Village level. After the discussions,
he has informed that, 6752 erstwhile Village Administrative Officers are working as Panchayat Secretaries and 2800 erstwhile Village Administrative Officers are working Part-time Assistants under the control of Mandal Parishad
Development Officers of Panchayat Raj Department. He has requested to transfer
them back to the administrative control of Revenue Department and Mandal
Revenue Officers be made responsible for payment of their salaries etc., This
involves transfer of salaries from Panchayat Raj Department head of account to
Revenue Department Head of Account. There will not be any additional financial burden on the State Exchequer.
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3. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration has also proposed that, each
incoming erstwhile Village Administrative Officer irrespective of whether he is
presently working as a Panchayat Secretary or as a Part-time Assistant will be
given charge of one revenue village, mostly the village in which he is already
working as Panchayat Secretary or Part-time Assistant. They will also be
given additional charge of one or more revenue villages, till more permanent
clustering of villages is done in due course. Transfer of these erstwhile Village
Administrative Officers to other revenue villages will be generally avoided except when absolutely necessary and as when such a contingency arises, the
transfer should be only within the Mandal. Only in rare cases, will transfer be
made outside the Revenue Mandal. No transfer shall be made outside respective Revenue division.
4. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration has also stated that, the committee consisting of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Principal secretary (PR) Department, Principal Secretary (Revenue) met to finalize the job
chart for Revenue functionary at Village Level and furnished the report to Government for approval.
5. The Government after careful examination of the matter have accepted the
proposal of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Accordingly, the following orders are issued;
1) 6752 erstwhile Village Administrative Officers working as Panchayat Secretaries and 2800 erstwhile Village Administrative Officers working as Parttime Assistants under the control of Mandal Parishad Development Officers
(MPDOs) in Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department be transferred
and brought under the control of Tahsildars in Revenue Department with effect
from 08.02.2007. The Collectors shall effect the said transfers after obtaining
their option immediately.
2) The said Revenue functionary be called as "Village Revenue Officer".
3) The Village Revenue Officers shall be paid the same Pay & Allowances as
they
are
being
paid
in
Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department.
4) The Tahsildars (Mandal Revenue Officers) shall be the Drawing and Disbursing Officer for the post of
Village Revenue Officer.
5) The Job-Chart of Village Revenue Officer is as specified in the Annexure.
The Panchayat Raj & Rural
Development Department shall recast the
job-Chart of Panchayat Secretary working in Panchayat
R a j
Department.
6) The Village Revenue Officer shall be posted to one of the Revenue Villages
in which he is presently
working now as Panchayat Secretary or
as a Part-time Assistant. He shall be kept in-charge of one or
more
revenue villages till permanent clustering of villages is done in due course.
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7) The District Collector concerned shall be the transferring authority and

disciplinary authority.
8) The Village Revenue Officer should necessarily reside in the village or in
one of the villages under his
charge. Failure to reside in the Village
would result in initiation of disciplinary action which may lead
to dismissal from service.
9) The Service Rules etc., to the post of Village Revenue Officer will be issued separately.
6. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration & Special Chief Secretary to
Government/all District Collectors/Commissioner of Panchayat Raj Department
shall take necessary further action in the matter accordingly.
7. The expenditure on Pay and Allowances to the Village Revenue officers shall
be debited to "2053 District Administration - MH 094 Other Establishments SH (06) Village Establishment - 010 Salaries".
8. This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide their
U.O.No.2459/24/A1/Exp.Rev./07, dt.31-01-2007.
9. This G.O. is available on internet and can be accessed at the address http://
www.aponline.gov.in
PRADESH)
I.V. SUBBA RAO
ABSTRACT
REVENUE DEPARTMENT - Village Administration - Functions relating to the Village Revenue Officers - Issue of revised job chart - Orders - Issued.
REVENUE (VA) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.1059.
Dated: 31-07-2007.
Read the following:1. G.O.Ms.No.1950, Revenue (VA.I)Dept., dated 30-12-2006.
2. G.O.Ms.No.105, Revenue (VA.I) Dept., dated 31-01-2007.
3. Representation of the A.P.VROs Association, dated 01-03-2007.
4. Minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers held on 03-04-2007.
5. G.O.Ms.No.199, PR&RD (Mdl.II) Dept., dated 18-05-2007.
6. Government Memo No.15590/VA.1/2007-2, dated 15-06-2007.
7. From the CCLA, Hyderabad Lr.No.A3/24/2004-II, dated 20.06.2007.
O R D E R:
In the G.O. 1st read above orders were issued creating Revenue functionary at
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Village level under the exclusive administrative control of the Tahsildar (MRO) to
handle the work relating to Land Revenue matters at the Village level. In the
G.O.2nd read above orders were issued creating the post of Village Revenue Officer and the job chart to the Village Revenue Officers is also issued. It was also
ordered to recast the job chart of Panchayat Secretaries working in Panchayat Raj
Department by the PR&RD Department.
2. The Cabinet Sub committee consisting of Minister for Panchayat Raj, Minister
for Revenue and Minister for Home, met on 03.04.2007 have approved the new
job chart of the Panchayat functionary i.e., Panchayat Secretaries of PR&RD
Department as well as the modified job chart of Revenue functionary i.e., Village Revenue Officers.
3. In the G.O. 5th read above, the Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department have issued revised job chart to the Panchayat Secretaries of PR&RD
Department as per the minutes of the meeting of the Group of Ministers held on
03-04-2007.
4. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad in his Letter 7th
read above has requested the Government to issue a notification relating to
allocation of subjects to the Village Revenue Officers as per the minutes of the
meeting of the Group of Ministers held on 03.04.2007.
5. Government after careful examination hereby decided to issue the revised job
chart of the Village Revenue Officers of Revenue Department in modification of
the job chart issued in G.O. 2nd read above, as follows:
General Administrative / Revenue Duties:
i)
Maintenance of Village revenue records and all Village revenue Accounts

promptly and accurately.
ii) Collection of Land Revenue, Cesses, Taxes and other sums pertaining to Revenue department.
iii) Azmoish of crops (100%) inclusive of inspection of survey stones.
iv) Issue of Certificates: The Village Revenue Officers shall issue the following
certificates in their respective
Villages duly following the procedure;
v)
1)
Nativity certificate and Solvency certificate
2)
Residence Certificate
3)
Pahani / Adangal extracts
Provide intimation regarding fire accidents, floods, cyclone and other accidents
and calamities to the higher officials whenever and wherever they occur and
provide assistance to the Revenue Officials in assessing loss sustained because of natural calamities and in providing relief.
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vi) Inform the Railway Station Master of any mishap or unusual occurrence of
floods that might need urgent action to prevent mishap.
vii) Preparation of pay bills of Village Servants.
viii) Maintenances of Village Chavadies.
ix) Protection of Government lands, Government tanks, trees and other Government properties and take effective steps to safeguard the interests of Government.
x) Inform promptly to the higher officials in respect of treasure trove and unclaimed
property and escheat
xi) Intimate the Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar of any intended demolition of
ancient buildings and any inscriptions on any such ancient monuments which
would have archaeological, cultural heritage importance.
xii) Preserve and safeguard Government lands and properties from encroachments,
damage or misuse including the lands available to the public, such as, roads,
streets and open spaces in and near their villages.
xiii) Report encroachments, damage or misuse of Government lands and damage
to Government property promptly to the Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar and
take effective follow-up action.
xiv) Provide assistance to the concerned authorities while issuing the proceedings
under the provisions of Revenue Recovery Act by obtaining property details.
xv) Assist the authorities in serving of legal notices and summons.
xvi) Cause beat of tom-tom and adopt other methods for informing people about
events.
xvii)Assist in loan recoveries.
xviii)
Conduct Panchanama in recovery of un-claimed property.
xix) Keep Government attached property in safe custody.

xx) Assist in preparation, updation of electoral rolls and perform other election
duties as the government may direct.
xxi) Attend the meeting convened by Gram Panchayat in their jurisdiction and on
request to furnish information relating to sanction of pensions, number of ration
cards in circulation, house site pattas distributed and on other matters relating to
Revenue Administration.
xxii)
Assist Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation in its operations at village level and inform about the theft, pilferage of electricity to the concerned authorities.
xxiii)
Act as "Inspector" under Minimum Wages Act, 1948 as and when notified
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by the Competent Authority.

xxiv)
A Village Revenue Officer when called upon to do so, produce the account,
registers and other records, maintained by him or which are in his custody for
inspection of any revenue official or any other officer authorized by the Collector,
RDO or Tahsildar. Except when called upon to produce his accounts and other
records as mentioned above, the Village Revenue Officer shall keep the accounts,
registers and records in his personal custody.
xxv)
In the event of transfer / suspension / removal / dismissal / retirement or
proceeding on leave other than casual leave, he shall hand over all the accounts,
registers, records and the like to the person duly appointed by the competent
authority or authorized to take charge by the Tahsildar.
II.Police functions:
i) Give prompt information to the Police Department regarding murders, suicides,
unnatural deaths and
other important developments which may threaten
peace in the village.
ii) Inform the police of strangers of suspicious appearance who have entered and
taken refuge in the village.
iii) Prevent the commission of any offence or public nuisance.
iv) Take measures to bring the offenders to justice.
v) Search for stolen property and bring to the Police Station.
vi) Preserve in-tact the scene of offence.
vii) Take charge of unclaimed property and send to the Police Station.
III.Community Welfare and Development:
i) Assist the concerned government department in the implementation of important Government programmes such as Indiramma, Indira Prabha, Indira Kranthi
Pathakam, National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme etc.,
ii) Furnish data on income levels of persons in the village prepared on the basis of
government guidelines issued in that regard from time to time.
iii) Do necessary documentation and assist in the implementation of Weaker
Section Housing Programme.
iv) Report on the atrocities against women and children to the authorities concerned and take action within 24 hours.
v) Report cases of atrocities against Schedule Castes & Schedule Tribes to the
authorities concerned & provide assistance to them.
vi) Strive for eradication of untouchability of providing access to Schedule Casts
and Schedule Tribes in temples, and removal of discrimination in all forms
against the scheduled caste population.
vii) Report any outbreak of communicable disease especially Malaria, Japanese
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Encephalitis and Gastroenteritis to the nearest Primary Health Centre immediately.

viii) Attend meetings of Village Tribal Development agencies and assist them in
preparation of micro plans and in implementing them.
ix) Assist the Education department in conducting the literacy classes.
x) Assist in reconciliation of estimates of crop coverage with Azmoish figure for
reconciling the crop areas for crop insurance scheme.
xi) Assist the department of Agriculture in implementing its programmes and disseminating extension information.
xii) Assist in maintenance of agricultural statistics.
xiii) Assist in giving information to the concerned officials about any black market
sales of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
xiv) Assist in maintenance of house hold date of weavers both within and outside
Co-operation fold and their economic status.
xv) Issue Dependency Certificate for handloom weavers if any desired.
xvi) Function as Marriage Officer for the cluster of villages under the Act for the
compulsory registration of marriages in the State (Act No.15 of 2002).
IV. Miscellaneous:
i) Perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Government,
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Collector, Revenue Divisional Officer,
Mandal Revenue Officers/ Tahsildar or any authority authorized in this behalf.
6. The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Hyderabad / all the District
Collector in the State shall take necessary further action in the matter accordingly.
PRADESH)
I.V. SUBBA RAO
ABSTRACT
PUBLIC SERVICES Revenue Department Village Administration Andhra
Pradesh Village Revenue Officers Service Rules Orders Issued.
REVENUE (VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms.No. 39
Dated: 11-1-2008
Read the following
1. G.O. Ms.No.1950, Revenue (VA.I) Dept, dt. 30.12.2006
2. G.O. Ms.No.105, Revenue (VA.I) Dept, dt. 31.1.2007
3. From the CCLA, Hyderabad Lr. No.A3/24/2004-II, dt. 31.3.2007
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Representation of APVROs Association, dt. 18.6.2007

From the CCLA, Hyderabad Lr. No. A4/1018/06, dt. 2.7.2007
Representation of the A.P. Revenue Services Association, dt. 5.7.07
Representation of APVROs Association, dt. 10.7.2007
Government Memo.No.16766/VA.1/2007, dt. 18.7.2007
From the CCLA, Hyderabad Lr. No. A3/24/2004-II, dt. 31.7.07
Representation of A.P.Village Servants Association received through CMP
No.9383/2007, dt. 20.8.07
11. Government Memo.No.16766/VA.1/2007-2, dt. 3.11.07
12. Representation of A.P.Village Officers Association received through CMP
No.12431/2007, dt. 13.11.07
13. Record of discussions of the Group of Ministers held on 24.12.2007
O R D E R;
In G.O. ms.No.369, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (Mandal-II) Department
dt.12.12.2001 a full time functionary called as Panchayat Secretary was created
to handle both revenue and developmental works under the over all control of Gram
Panchayat. Thus, both panchayat and Revenue functions were combined and a
single functionary was designated to carry out all the tasks. The government felt
that this system needed to be reviewed and an effective revenue administrative
apparatus at the gross root level is vital if the pro-poor policies of the Government
have to be implemented. Maintenance of land records, resolving land disputes,
timely relief and rehabilitation measures in case of natural calamities are some of
the key functions needed to be discharged efficiently by a dedicated person stationed
in the Village. It has therefore been generally felt that there is a need to have a relook at the entire gamut of issues related to revenue administration.
2. Accordingly, in the G.O 1st read above Government ordered for creation or revenue
functionary at village level under the exclusive administrative control of the
Tahsildars (Mandal Revenue Officers) to handle the work relating to land and
Revenue matters at the village level.
3. In the G.O 2nd read above orders were issued creating the post of Village Revenue
Officer at Village level to strengthen the Village Administration. The erstwhile
Village Administrative officers who are working as Panchayat secretaries in
Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department were brought under the control
of Tahsildars in Revenue Department with effect from 8.2.2007.
4. it is therefore felt that there is a need to have separate Service Rules to govern
the service conditions of the Village Revenue Officers in the State of Andhra
Pradesh.
5. Accordingly, Government have decided to issue the Andhra Pradesh Village
Revenue Officers Service Rules.
The following Notification shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette
dated the 11th January 2008:
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NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution
of India, the Governor of
Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following rules regulating the recruitment and
conditions of service of Village Revenue Officers for the entire State of Andhra
Pradesh.
1. Short Title :
1. These Rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Village Revenue Officers Service
Rules.
2. These rules shall extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh
3. These Rules shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 8th
February 2007
2. Constitution: The service shall consist of the posts of Village Revenue Officers
in the Revenue Department.
3. Method of Appointment:
Appointment to the post of Village Revenue Officer shall be made from the
different categories in the following order of priority;I) Persons who were appointed earlier under the Andhra Pradesh Village Officers
(Andhra Area) Service Rules, 1969 and the Andhra Pradesh Village officers
(Telengana Area) Service Rules, 1978 as Village Officers;
II) Persons who were appointed under rule 25of Andhra Pradesh Village
Administrative Officers Service Rules, 1990;
III) Persons who are presently working as part-time Assistants who have the
requisite qualifications and opt to be posted as Village Revenue Officer;
IV) Persons who are presently working as Village Servants and have put in a
minimum service of five years of Village Servants and have the requisite minimum
qualification
Provided that all persons, being appointed either by absorption or through
promotion by transfer must have the minimum educational qualification and must
have not attained the age of 58 years.
Provided further that such persons in the category (I) and (II) above should have
worked as Village Officers/ Village Administrative Officers prior to the introduction
of the Panchayat Secretaries system in 2002 as per the records of the Tahsildars
of their respective Mandals;
V) The above appointments shall be subject to verification of all required documents
i.e, Pay bill register etc, by the concerned District Collector
VI) The remaining posts shall be filled up by direct recruitment subject to prior
approval of the Government. The direct recruitment shall be at district level
through the District Selection Committee meant for Group-IV services
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VII) The Appellate Authority will be the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration,
Andhdra Pradesh, Hyderabad
4. Qualifications: For all appointments, the minimum educational qualification
shall be Secondary School Certificate (10th Class) Examination
5. Seniority: The seniority of the Village Revenue Officers shall be maintained
from the date of joining as Village Revenue Officer.
6. Other Service conditions: The other service conditions which are not covered
in these rules shall be the same as prescribed in the Andhra Pradesh State &
Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 and also as per the amendments issued from
time to time in the matter.
7. Unit of Appointment: Each District shall be a unit for the purpose of
appointment.
8. Appointing authority: The appointing authority shall be the District Collector
9. Reservation in Appointment: Rule of reservation is applicable in promotions
for SC/ST candidates as per rule 22 of the Andhra Pradesh State & Subordinate
Service Rules, 1996. However, this will not apply to the appointments made
under rule 3 (I) & (II)
10. Disciplinary Authority:
a) The Disciplinary Authority shall be the Collector of the District
b) Disciplinary action on village Revenue Officers shall be taken in accordance
with
the
Andhra
Pradesh
Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1991
c) The Appellate Authority will be the Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Hyderabad
11. Transferring authority : The District Collector shall be the transferring authority
for the post of Village Revenue Officer
12. Training: Every persons appointed to the service shall undergo training as
per the requirements of the duties to be performed by them including field visits
for such duration as prescribed by competent authority from time to time.
13. Probation :
a) Every person appointed by transfer under rule 3 (I) & (II) as Village Revenue
Officer
shall
been
probation for a total period of two (2) years on duty within a continuous
period of three (3) years.
b) Every person appointed by promotion under Rule 3 (iii) & (iv) as Village
Revenue
Officer
shall
be
on
probation for a total period of one (1) year on duty within a continuous
period of two (2) years.
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I.V.SUBBA RAO
G.O.Ms.No. 158 Revenue (VA) Dept. Dated. 13-02-2009
The Government have issued amendment to Village Revenue Officers Service Rules, 2008 as follows :
AMENDMENT
In the said rules, after rule-13 the following rule shall be added, namely :
14. (1) The spouse or dependent son / daughter of deceased Village Revenue
Officer (till such time, the person holding the post of Village Revenue Officer will be
in service up to the age of superannuation of 58 years) will be considered for compassionate appointment for the post of Village Revenue Officer provided they possess the qualification of 10th Class pass. The age limits as stipulated in rule 12 of
the Andhra Pradesh State & Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 shall be followed for
these appointments.
(2)
The spouse or dependent son / daughter of deceased Part-time Assistants
(till such time, the person holding the post of Part-time Assistant will be in service
up to the age of superannuation of 62 years) will be considered for compassionate
appointment for the post of Village Revenue Officer provided they possess the qualification of 10th Class pass. The age limits as stipulated in rule 12 of the Andhra
Pradesh State & Subordinate Service Rules, 1996 shall be followed for these appointments.
Provided that the cases shall be considered only in matters of death while
in service;
Provided further that no voluntary retirement cases shall be considered;
Provided also that in so far as the Part-time Assistants are concerned
retirement on medical grounds shall not be considered.
In view of the above amendment being issued to the Andhra Pradesh Village Revenue Officers Service Rules;
Note : The orders issued in G.O.Ms.No. 446, Revenue (VO) Department, dated
24-7-2002 are hereby rescinded and the cases already disposed off under the said
G.O. shall not be re-opened.
G.O.Ms.No. 660 Revenue (VA) Dept. Dated. 6-7-2009
The Government have issued clarification to Village Revenue Officers Service Rules, 2008 as follows :
The Government have decided to accord permission to consider the cases of the
dependents of Part-time Assistants (former Village Administrative Officers) pending
from 01.01.2002 for compassionate appointment of the spouse / dependent children of the deceased Part-time Assistants for their appointment as Village Revenue
Officer in Revenue Department, subject to the condition that the dependents should
have submitted applications seeking compassionate appointments within the stipulated period of one year from the date of death of the deceased Village Administra-
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tive Officer and must posses the requisite educational qualification, age and subject
to satisfying other conditions of eligibility to Village Administrative Officer post as
per Andhra Pradesh Village Revenue Officers Rules, 2008. It is further ordered that,
the cases already disposed of under G.O.Ms.No. 446, Revenue (VO) Department,
dated 24.7.2002 i.e., where an amount of Rs. 25000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand
only) was paid to the dependents in lieu of compassionate appointments shall not
be re-opened as laid down in the provisions of amendment of Andhra Pradesh Village Revenue Officers Service Rules, 2008 issued in G.O.Ms.No. 158, Revenue
(VA) Department, dated 13.02.2009.
G.O.Ms. No. 2866 Revenue(VA) DEpartment Dt.11-11-2011
The qualification for recruitment of VROs in rule 4 is ammended from SSC(10th
Class) to Intermediate or its equallent examination.
VILLAGE REVENUE ASSISTANTS

The Government have enhanced the honorarinum to Village Servants from
Rs. 1200 to Rs. 1300 per month with effect from 1-4-2007. The Village Servants are
also eligible to draw dearness allowances as per the existing orders of the Government
(G.O.Ms. No. 713 Rev. (VO) Dept. Dt. 30-5-2007)
The Government in G.O.Ms. No. 1849 Revenue (V.O.) department Dt.
28.10.2005 have issued A.P. Village Servants Service Rules, 2005 in supercession
of earlier Rules issued in respect of village servants. These Rules shall be deemed
to have come into force with effect from 1-1-2002.
Salient features of the G.O. are given below :
They shall be appointed for every village or a part of a village or group of
villages as the Commissioner may from time to time consider necessary.
Rule 5(1) : Mandal Revenue Officer shall be the appointing authority
Rule (6) : The appointing authority may appoint a suitable and qualified
person temporarily in a short vacancy where it is in public interest to fill emergently
not exceeding six months wherein the appointing authority may give preference to
those who has been nominated by the holder of the post who granted leave. Every
order of such appointment shall specify the period of appointment and on the expiry
of such period, the appointment shall cease. Continuance of the temporary incumbent beyond two years shall be only with the approval of the Commissioner. The
appointing authority shall be competent to terminate the services of any such appointments before the expiry of the period after giving one months notice.
Rule 8(3) : The spouse/dependent children of a village servant who dies in
harness before attaining the age of 60 years may be appointed as Village Servants
provided that there is no other earning member in the family of such deceased
Village servant and an application is made in this regard within a period of one year
from the date of death of such Village Servant.
Rule 9(1) : The MRO as soon as may be if a permanent vacancy occurring
in village shall issue a notice calling for applications for the post from the intending
candidates to be filled by him before a specified date. The notice shall be published
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in the village Chavadi or any other Public place, by beat of Tom Tom in the village
and by affixing of a copy on the notice board of Mandal Office.
Rule 9(2) : A person for appointment shall be a native of the Village and
have adequate knowledge of the village concerned. No person shall be eligible for
appointment if he
1. has not completed the age of 18 years
2. is not physically and mentally capable of discharging the duties attached
to the office.
3. has been convicted by a criminal court for any offences involving moral
turpitude.
4. has been dismissed from any post under the Government.
5. has already holding any other permanent post of a village servant unless
he resigns from such posts.
6. has completed the age of 35 years on the date on which the permanent
vacancy has arisen, and
7. has not passed the 7th Standard or its equalent examination.
Rule 9(4) : In making appointment in the village situated within the Scheduled areas, preference shall be given to the members of the Scheduled Tribes.
Rule 9(5) : Out of every 3 vacancies of the posts of the village servants
arising in the Mandal the second vacancy shall be filled in from among the qualified
candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes.
Rule 11(2) : The Village Servants shall be treated as part time Govt. Employees and every village servant shall reside in the village under his charge.
Rule (15) : The Village servants shall besides the duties specified in rule
13 and 14 perform such other duties as may be assigned to them from time to time
by the Panchayat Secretary. However, their services shall not be utilized for night
watchman, Attender in offices and for personal work of panchayat Secretary and
other Revenue officials.
Rule(16) : The village servants shall not take part in politics and also not
stand for any elections with out the permission of the MRO.
Rule (17) : The Village servants attending court on summons in their Official capacity shall be deemed to be on duty.
Rule (18) : No criminal prosecution shall be launched for any thing done or
omitted to be done in the discharge of duties without the specific sanction of the
appointing authority.
Rule (19) : Salaries and allowances shall be paid to the Villages Servants,
a fixed monthly honorarium as may from time to time fixed by the Government.
They shall also be paid traveling allowance and daily allowance for such jurnoyes
and such rates as the Government may from time to time specify.
Rule (20) : No villages servant shall be entitled to any emoluments or other
allowances when on leave other than casual leave.
Rule (22) : The emoluments of Village Servants shall be paid from treasury.
The MRO concerned shall maintain service particulars of village basing on the duty
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certificate given by the concerned Panchayat Secretary. The pay bill shall be prepared separately for each Revenue Village in the Charge of Panchayat Secretary.
Rule (37) : The appointing Authoriy may accept the resignation tendered
by a village servant. The resignation tendered by a village servant while on duty shall
normally take effect from the date of his relief in pursuance of its acceptance by the
appointing authorities. The resignation tendered by a Village servant shall not be
rejected unless charges are pending against the incumbent.
Rule (39) : Gratuity shall be paid at the rate of one months honorarium for
every completed year of service subject to maximum of twenty months honorarium
to a village servant on attaining the age of superannuation or in case of death which
ever is earlier.
Rule (40) : The Group insurance Scheme as may be prescribed by Government shall be extended to village servants under which Rs. 10/- may be deducted
from the monthly honorarium.
Disciplinary Committee
Rule (41): The MRO may suo motu or on a complaint make an enquiry and
fine any village servant for good and sufficient reason within such amount as the
commissioner may by a general or special order specify.
Rule (42) : The MRO or any superior authority may suo motu or on complaint conduct an enquiry and suspend, remove or dismiss any village servant for
misconduct or negligence of duty, incapacity or for not residence in the village or for
conviction in a criminal case which in his opinion disqualify him from holding the
office for any other sufficient cause.
Appeals
Rule (47) : In case temporary appointment of village servants an appeal
lies to the RDO within (30) days from the date of the order (where however such an
order is set aside by the RDO and another person is appointed an appeal shall lie to
the collector by the aggrieved person within (30) days from the date of receipt of the
order of the RDO.
Rule (48) : In case of permanent appointment of village servants an appeal
shall lie to the RDO within (30) days from the date of receipt of the orders of appointment and a second appeal shall lie to the collector within thirty days from the date
of receipt of the order of the RDO.
Rule(49) : Against every order passed by a MRO inflicting any of the penalties of fine, suspension, removal or dismissal from service on village servant or
placing such village servant under suspension pending investigation or enquiry into
the charges against him, an appeal shall lie to the RDO within (30) days from the
date of receipt of the such order.
Rule (50) : Against the orders of the RDO dimissing or removing village
servants either in appellate or original proceedings an appeal shall lie to the Collector with in 30 days from the date of receipt of the such order.
Rule (51) : If the officer before whom an appeal is preferred under these
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rules the capacity of RDO happens to be the officer who passed the order appealed
against in another capacity, he shall report the fact to the collector.
Rule (52) : No authority which has passed an order under these rules shall
review its own order.
Rule (53) : The memorandum of appeal shall be accompanied by a copy of
the order furnished to the petitioner or by a certified copy of such order.
Rule (54) : When an appeal is admitted under these rules appellate authority shall fix a date for the hearing of the appeal and shall give due notice there of to
the appellant.
Rule (55) : When an appeal is heard exparte the absence of village servant
and decision given against him he may apply to the appellate authority to re-hear
the appeal, if he proves that the notice was not served upon him or that he was
prevented by sufficient cause from attending when the appeal was called on for
hearing.
Rule (56) : The appellate authority may at its discretion stay the execution
of any orders under these rules appealed against pending final disposal of such
appeal.
Rule (57) : The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration or the Special
Commissioner of Land Revenue may at any time either Suo-motu or on an application made to him, call for and examine the record relating to any decision or order
passed or proceedings taken by any authority or officer subordinate to him for the
purpose of satisfying himself as to legality or propriety of such decision or order of
the regularity of such proceedings and pass such order in reference there to as he
thinks fit.
Review :
Rule (61) : The court may either suo-motu or an application made to them
call for and examine the records relating to any decision or order passed by the
Commissioner under these rules not being a decision or order appealed from or
sought to be revised for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to legality, regularity or propriety there of and pass such order in reference there to as they think fit.
No application for review of any such decision or order shall be entitled after
the expiry of 60 days from the date of such decision or order.
Rule (62) : If the appellate or revisional authority under these rules proposed to enhance the penalty imposed on a village servant to one of suspension,
removal or dismissal from service and an enquiry under rule 45 has not already been
held in the case such appellate revisional authority shall subject to the provisions of
the rule held such enquiry or direct such enquiry be held and there after on consideration of the proceedings of such enquiry and after giving the village servant concerned and opportunity of making representation on the penalty proposed pass
such order as it may deem fit.
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Rule (63) : Where an appeal which was in time on its first presentation is
not admitted on technical grounds or for the correction of an initial error the appellant shall be directed to remedy defects within a specified period which shall ordinarily be thirty days failing which the appeal shall be liable for rejection on the
grounds of limitation.
Rule (64) : An appeal may be admitted by the appellate authority after the
prescribed period if the appellant satisfied the authority that he had sufficient cause
for not filing appeal within such period.
Rule (65) : The provision of AP Civil Services (Conduct) Rules 1964 General rules for State and subordinate services. Fundamental rules and the Pension
code rules shall not apply to the village servants.
Rule (66) : The village servants may take up subsidiary occupation in the
charge village after notifying to the MRO in writing. The MRO may at any time
require a village servant to give up such occupations if he is satisfied that such
occupation is or is likely to be dertimental to his normal duties and the village
servants shall gave up such occupation. The MRO shall not pass an order in this
regard without giving the concerned village servant an opportunity of making his
representation.
G.O.Ms.No. 352 Revenue (VA-I) Dept. Dated. 16-04-2011
The Government have issued orders changing the nomenclature of Village
servants as Village Revenue Assistants.
G.O.Ms.No. 1867 Revenue (VA-I) Dept. Dated. 11-11-2011
The qualification for recruitment of VRAs in rule 9(1) is ammended from 7th Standerd
to SSC(10th Class). In sub rule 5(ii) a provision is made applying rule of reservation
for appointment of VRA
REVISED VILLAGE ACCOUNTS

VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.1:
Register showing Government Lands and Land on

lease, Assignments, Alienations and Area Available
for Assignment [Permanent Register]
Register of Mutations of Change in the Village [Annual

Register]
Statement of Occupation and Cultivation field by field

[5years Register]
Register of holding and Land Revenue Demand

(Asamiwari) (Annual Register)
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.4-A : Statement showing Water charges Levied (annual

Register)
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.4-B :
Statement of Remissions (Annual Register)
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.4-C :
Government Lands Encroachment Register

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(Annual Register)
Demand, Collection and Balance Register

(Assamiwari) (Annual Register)
RegisterofDailyCollections (Chitta) (Annual Register)
IRSALANAMA (Details of amount collected and

remitted in the Treasury)
Register of Irrigation Sources
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.8-A : Abstract of Irrigation Sources Register (annual

Register)
Register of Births During the year
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.10 :
Register of Deaths During the year
VILLAGE ACCOUNT No.11
Receipt for Land Revenue
COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENTS
One of the family members ie., spouse/son/un-married daughter/ widowed
daughter (Provided she is the only legal heir to her parents and left without any
property from her husband side) of a Government servant who dies in harness/on or
after 27-10-73 (while in service or on leave or on deputation or on other duty or on
training or under suspension) there being no other earning member in the family, is
eligible for appointment to Government service to the categories of posts whose pay
is equl or less than that of Junior Assistant based on qualifications and other
conditions prescribed, without the medium of Employment Exchange/ District
Selection Committee or A.P.Public Service Commission (G.O.Ms.No.687, G.A.(Ser.A)
Dept.dt.3-10-77). The Legal Heir certificate in favour of widowed daughter should be
obtained from a Revenue Officer not below the rank of R.D.O.
The applications for appointment of such persons may be entertained within
one year from 3-10-77 (item.No.12).
In the case of compassionate appointments to last grade service, relaxation
in the conditions relating to age, stipulated time limit of two years for application in
the case of minor dependents, educational qualifications prescribed for the post
can be made by the Head of the Department.
The appointing authority is authorised to make purely temporary appointment
pending relaxation of age, educational qualifications etc. The regular appointments
are to be made only after the relevant rules are relaxed in favour of the concerned
individual by the concerned Head of the Dept. (G.O.Ms.No.349 G.A.(Ser.A)
Dept.Dt.12-6-1986).
The spouse/child of a full time contingent employee converted in to a regular
Government Servant and dies in harness will also get the benefit under compassionate
grounds.
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(Govt.Memo.No.834/Ser.A/80-2 Dt.30-7-1980).
Rule of reservation for SCs/STs/BCs. etc. applies, if first vacancy is a reserved
next open competition vacancy.
Persons seeking employment can declare that no other member in the family
is earning. Declarations found to be false at a later date will entail termination of
compassionate besides any legal action.
If the child is a minor or has not attained educational qualification, the
concession can be availed within two years from the date of demise of Government
Servants acquiring the necessary qualifications.
Dependents of deceased Government servants not qualified for appointments
to Government service, but qualified for appointment in various Government
Undertakings. Autonomous Corporation under the concerned Administrative
Department shall be considered for appointment in those institutions (GM.No.380/
Ser.A/82-1 dt. 2-9-1983).
Power to Create Supernumerary Posts:
Compassionate appointment can be made not only in the department where
the employee died, but also in any other Department.
The Collector of the concerned district is the Nodal Authority to allot the
eligible dependents to any department for the issue of appointment orders.
All the District Collectors are empowered to create supernumerory posts not
exceeding five in number in a financial year, when there are no vacancies in anyof
the Government Departments in the concerned districts. (G.O.Ms.427,(Services)
Dept.dt.1-7-1991)
The orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.427 GA(Ser-A)dt.1-7-91 are not applicable
to the scheme of compassionate appointments of the spouse/son/daughter of the
Employee who retires on medical invalidation. (G.M.No./42/Ser-A/6-2-1992)
The Govt. G.O.Ms.No.215 Genl.Admn. (Service-A) Dept. Dt. 8-4-93 have
decided that in normal cases where there are vacancies and the eligible candidates
could be appointed straight away such cases need not be referred to the nodal
authority. The Govt. have issued the following orders.
i)
Where a vacancy is available and all eligible dependent could be appointed in

such a vacancy the appointing authority may appoint him straight away and
intimate the fact to the Collector.
ii)
In cases where there is no vacancy or the dependent cannot be appointed

even if a vacancy is available, the appointing authority shall report the vacancy
while forwarding the applications to the nodal authority.
iii)
There may be few cases where an applications received from an eligible

dependents after the appointing aurhority has notified the vacancy to the
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Collector. In such cases the appointing authority should immediately report

that claim and make such appointment only after obtaining clearance from
the Collector.
In G.O.Ms.No.612 G.A.(Ser-A)Dept.dt30-10-91, the Government have further
liberalised the scheme of compassionate appointments to the dependants of
deceased Government employees which came into force w.e.f. 30-10-91 as follows
:
Liberalisation of Scheme:
1.
The younger brother/sister of the deceased Government Servant who remained

unmarried can be considered for appointment under the scheme, provided
there in no other earning member in the family. The cases which came up for
consideration earlier need not be re-opened.
2.
The adopted son or daughter of the deceased Govt.servant may be considered

for appointment, if the adoption had taken place legally, at least five years
prior to the date of demise of the Government servant.
3.
Where the deceased employee does not have any male child but leaves
behind him a married daughter and an unmarried minor daughter, the choice
of selection one of them for appointment under the Social Security Scheme
shall be left to the mother.
If the dependents of the deceased employees are eligible to be considered
for any category of post whose pay is equal or less than that of Jr.Asst.(LDC)
and if they satisfy the qualifications and physical standards prescribed for
such posts, they can be considered for posts such as Police Constables in
Home Department, Excise Constables in Excise Dept.Helper Gr-1 and 11 in
Forest Dept. Leading Fireman/Fireman in Fire Service Dept. Iowest teaching
post in Education Department etc.
4.
5.
In cases where, Diploma holders who do not possess minimum educational

qualifications for appointment as Junior Assistants and who have sought
appointment as Junior Assistant are exempt from possessing minimum general
educational qualifications, provided. the duration of study to acquire such
qualifications, (ie.Diploma) is equivalent to or longer than that of Intermediate.
6.
Where typewriting in English (Higher) is an essential qualification for

appointment to a post, the candidates who do not possess higher typewriting
qualifying having type writing lower qualification may be considered for
appointment to such categories of posts, subject to the condition that they
should acquire higher qualifications within two years after such appointment.
7.
The minimum qualifications required to hold the post of Junior Assistant in

the office of the Heads of Department/Directorates is degree and in Subordinate
Office Intermediate. The candidates for compassionate appointment who do
not possess the said qualifications can be considered for appointment if they
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possess atleast Intermediate/ Tenth Class qualification respectively, by giving

reasonable time to acquire higher qualification prescribed under rules to hold
such posts.
G.O.Ms.No. 166 G.A.(Ser.G) Department Dated 31-3-2005
(Enhance of exgratia amount in lieu of compassionate appointment to the dependents
of deceased employees)
The Government have decided to enhance the exgratia amount in lieu of
compassionate appointment to the dependents of deceased employees
Class - IV employee
Rs.40,000/Non-Gazetted Officers
Rs.60,000/Gazetted officers
Rs.80,000/-
The above exgratia should be sanctioned only in case of death in harness

and where the family has no other earning member in the family and no suitable
person for appointment under the Scheme of Compassionate appointments is
available.
In Government Memo No. 155498/Ser. G./2004-1 GAD. Dt. 27-11-04 issued
instructions to appoint the depends of the deceased to the post of the Watch man
& Chowkidar etc. in Category (3) in A.P. Last Grade Service
G.O.Ms.No144 G.A.(Ser.D) Department Dated 15-6-2005
(affixing of upper age limit as 45 years to the spouse of deceased Government
servant in compassionate appointments)
The Government have issued instructions that for compassionate appointment to
the spouse of deceased employee, the upper age limit shall be 45 years irrespective
of community.
G.O.Ms.No.151 G.A.(Ser.G) Department Dated 22-6-2004
(Regulation of services of dependents who appointed on compassionate grounds
under conditional basis)
The Government have issued instructions that it is decided to consider the
regularization of services of the persons appointed on compassionate grounds and
subject to acquiring the qualification fully for the post to which they have been
appointed.
Govt.Memo No.116417 / Ser.A/2003-1 G.A.(Ser.A) Dept., Dated 8-10-2003
Revised instructions on providing of employment to the married daughters of deceased
government employees)
The Government have issued instrucitons that the policy of Government is to provide
compassionate appointment to the dependents of deceased employee to help the
family in distress and accordingly if the deceased govrenment employee was having
more than one dependent married daughter and when the spouse of the deceased
government employee is not willing to avail the compassionate appointment, one of
the dependent married daughter may be considered for compassionate, subject to
eligiblity as per the scheme of compassionate appointment.
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AMENDMENT TO FR 53 AND FR 54-A :

Vide G.O.Ms.No. 2 Fin. (FR-II) Depart. Dt. 4-1-2006 the government have issued the
following amendment.
1.
In sub-clause (a) of clause (ii) of sub-rule (1) of rule 53, after item (iii) of the
existing
proviso,
the
following shall be added namely :(iv) The amount of subsistence allowance shall be restricted to 50% in all
cases where prima-facie case
is established on charges of conrruption,
misappropriation and demand or acceptance of illegal gratification
until
finalisation of the disciplinary case.
2.
In sub-rule (3) of rule 54-A, the following proviso shall be added, namely :Provided that back wages to a suspended / dismissed employee can not
be paid as matter of course in
cases where the employee has been
acquitted by the courts on benefit of doubt.
INCREMENTS
Increment shall be drawn as matter of course, unless orders with holding
increment are issued before the normal date of increment, (F. R.24)
Service in a post or in a higher post and all leave, except the following, count
for increment.
1.
Periods of suspension treated as not duty.
2.
If suspension is for misconduct services preceding suspension also will not
count for increment.
3.
Periods of E.O.L. taken for reasons other than a) illness on M.C. b) beyond
the control of Govt. Servent and c) for presenting higher scientific or technical
studies. Specific order of the Head of the Department if the period is six
months and less and the Government in other cases are necessary for counting
of periods of E.O.L. for the above three purposes.
4.
Over stayal of leave not regularised.
5.
Break in service due to discharge.
6.
Service in a lower post.
7.
Periods of leave or deputation during which the employee would not have
continued in that post but for leave or deputation (F.R.26)
Increment will be drawn from first of the month except in the following cases.
a.
If the Employee is on leave on the 1st of that month in which it is due it will be
drawn from the date of joining duty after leave.
b.
If the increment is linked with declaration of probation or last date of
examination in which the test is passed.
c.
Increment with held as a penalty will be drawn from the date following the
date of expiry of penalty.
d.
Increment due during pre-services training will be drawn after the completion
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of the training.
If proceedings declaring satisfactory completion are not issued within one
year from the date of expiry of the period prescribed or extended period of probation,
the probation is deemed to have been satisfactorily completed and increments
sanctioned duly recording the certificate given in rule 5(b) of F.R.24.
The powers of sanction of premature/advance increments under F.R.27 vests with
the Government only except in the cases relating to stepping up of pay of senior
with the pay of the Junior. All employees, who reach the maximum of pay in the
revised pay scales, 1986, are eligible for three annual increments (G.O.Ms.No.288
(F&P) - dated 17-11 -1986).
LEAVE RULES
1.
PROCEDURE FOR CALCULATION OF EARNED LEAVE:
i)
The procedure for calculation of entitlement of Earned leave on full pay of

Govt. employees are simplified in G.O.Ms.No.384 Finance and planning (ER-1)
Dept. Dt.5-11 -77 as amended with G.O.Ms.No.34 Finance and Planning
Dt.27-1-1979.
ii)
The earned leave account of each Govt. employee will be credited in two
instalments, on the first of the January and on the first of July every year as
follows under the simplified procedure.
Sl.No. Status of the Government servant No.of the days to be credited to the
E.L. A/C on
1st January &
1st July of every year
1
2
3
1.
Regular Govt. employees in superior service
15
days per each
instalment
2.
Emergency
(Temporary) Govt. 8
days per each
servants in Superior service
instalment
3.
Regular Govt.employees in Last

grade service, who have put in
15 years of service
15
days per each

instalment
4.
Regular Govt. Employees in

last grade service with less
than 15 years of service
days per each

instalment upto
9-1-1983
5.
Temporary Government employees 8

in last grade service
iii)
The maximum limit of EL at the credit of the Government Servant on the date
of Retirement was enhanced from 240 days to 300 (G.O. Ms. No. 232 dt. 169-2005
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days per each

instalment
iv)
All regular Class IV employees are also allowed earned leave on par with
Govt. employees in superior service.
v)
All the Regular Employees in superior service and regular employees in Last
Grade service are allowed to accumulate maximum of 300 days of E.L., at
their credit from 16-9-2005.
vi)
Emergency (temporary) employees in Superior service and last grade service

are allowed to accumulate maximum of 30 days of Earned leave at their
credit.
vii)
For those permanent Government servants/approved probationers in superior

service who are due to retire or resigned, E.L. shall be credited @ 1 day per
month for first two months and 2 days for the 3rd month in a quarter and so
on.
ix)
If an employee is on E.O.L. during the preceeding half year the advance

credit for the present half year will be reduced by 1/10th of the period of
E.O.L. taken during the preceeding half year subject to a maximum of 15/8
days.
II.
MAXIMUM EARNED LEAVE TO BE GRANTED AT A TIME
The maximum earned leave that may be granted at a time to a Government

servant is as follows :
Sl.No. Status of the Govt. servant
I.
Maximum leave to
be granted at a time
SUPERIOR SERVICE:
1.
Permanent and approved Probationers
2.
Probationers
3.
Temporary including emergency30 days under Rule

employees
22 (c)
II.
120
120
days under rule 11

AP Leave Rule
days under Rule 22 (a)

of A.P. Leave Rules
LAST GRADE SERVICE
1.
Permanent employees in L.G.S.60 days upto 9-1-83

120 days from 10-1 -83
Under Rule 17(3)
2.
Regular employees in LGS who120 days(G.O.Ms.No.

have put in 15 years of service
181Fin.& Plg.
Dt.16-7-83
3.
A probationer in LGS with
50
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days under
less than 15 years service
Rule 22 (b)
4.
Others
30
days under Rule

22(c)
III.
COMPULSORY WAIT FOR ORDERS OF POSTING
When a government servant on return from leave has compulsorily to wait for
orders of postings, such period of waiting should be treated as duty. During such
periods he will be entitled to pay according to rule 20 FR.9(13).
Executive Instructions : The Government delegated the powers to the
administrative departments of the Secretariat to issue orders of treating the period
to the extent of 30 days during which such officers have to wait for posting has
compulsory wait, or excess joining time without reference to finance department. If
however the said period exceeds 30 days the concurrence of finance department
should necessarily be obtained.
IV.
HALF PAY LEAVE FOR REGULAR/GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Half pay leave admissible to a Govt.servant for each completed year of service
including period spent on duty and on leave with or without allowance is 20 days
Regular Government employees belonging to superior and Last Grade Service
who have not completed the period of probation can be sanctioned half-pay leave
subject to the following conditions:
i)
It can be sanctioned on Medical grounds
ii)
Employees in superior service shall put in 2 years of service in regular capacity
iii)
Last grade employees shall put in one year of service in regular capacity.
V. HALF PAY LEAVE TO TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES :
Temporary employees including emergency employees appointed under Rule
10(a) (1) of the State and Subordinate Service Rules, whose services have not been
regularised are not eligible for Half pay leave.
VI.
COMMUTATION OF HALF PAY LEAVE :
A Government employee in superior / last grade service may commute Half-pay
leave into full pay subject to the following eligibility
1)
Commuted leave during the entire service of a Govt. servant in Superior /
last grade service is limited to 240 days (G.O.Ms.No.186 Finance and
Plg.Dt.23-7-1975)
2)
Twice the amount of leave shall be debited against the Half-pay leave due.
3)
The commuted leave should be sanctioned only on Medical Certificate. The
period sanctioned should not exceed half the number of days of Half-pay
leave at credit when the leave is sanctioned.
VII.
LEAVE NOT-DUE:
Leave not due may be granted to a permanent Govt., Servant in Superior/Last
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Grade service subject to the following conditions (Rule 1 5C/1 8C)

1.
The period shall not exceed 180 days during the entire service of Govt. servant.
2.
It should be granted only on production of Medical Certificate.
3.
The period will be debited against the half-pay leave account.
4.
Such leave should not be granted as leave preparatory to retirement.
VIII.
EXTRAORDINARY LEAVE :
When no other leave is admissible a) Upto 3 months on any one

on written request or to condone the
occasion.
period of absence with out leave
b) Upto 6 months on M.C. for those
(Rules-16 and 19)
who completed 3 years of
continuous service.
c) Upto 18 months for treatment of
T.B., Leprosy for those who
completed 1 year of service.
d) Upto 12 months for treatment of
cancer or mental illness.
e) Upto 24 months for f urther studies
in public interest after completing 3
years of service. [Rule 23 (a) (ii)]
Leave not earned by duty and not debited to leave A/c: a) Extraordinary
leave :
This is granted in special circumstances, on loss of pay, when no other kind
of leave is by rule admissible and when other leave being admissible, at the request
of the Government servant concerned applies in writing for the grant of extraordinary
leave. Such leave is not debited against the leave account. No leave salary is
admissible during such leave. (F.R.85 (a) and Rules 16, 19 and 23 of A.P. Ieave
Rules).
IX.
SPECIAL DISABILITY LEAVE :
Government Servant disabled by injury while on duty in consequence of due

performance of official duty may be granted special disability leave on M.C.upto 24
months (F.R.83 and 83-A).
X
STUDY LEAVE :
The leave is granted to pursue to a special course of study of scientific,

technical or similar problems. Maximum period - 2 years in entire service after a
service of 5 years (F.R.84)
XI
HOSPITAL LEAVE (FR 101(B) NOT DEBITABLE TO LEAVE ACCOUNT):

i) The leave is granted for a period not exceeding 6 months in evey 3 years to
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certain classes of Government servants whose duties expose them to Special risk
or accident or illness [F.R.101 (B)].
XII
MATERNITY LEAVE:
ii) Maternity leave to women Government servant is enhanced from 90 days
to 120 days vide G.O.Ms.No.254 Fin.&PIg. Dt.10-11-95.
XIII. PAYMENT OF LEAVE SALARY IN ADVANCE:
Government servants are eligible for advance of leave salary if the leave exceeds
30 days (G.O.Ms.No.527 Fin[Accounts] Department dt.6-1 -63).
XIV. HALF PAY LEAVE-EMOLUMENTS :
According to the orders in existence, the employees will get House Rent
Allowance and other Allowances in full during the period of half pay leave including
Dearness allowance which was restored vide G.O.(Pl No.21 Fin & Plg (FWPC)
Dept., Dt. 19-1-94.
XV. FULL PAY IN LIEU OF HALF PAY LEAVE :
Employees suffering from Leporsy/TB/Cancer/Mental illness/ Kidney [Renal]
failure Heart disease are entitled to full pay in lieu of half pay leave for a total period
of six months in total service.
[G.O.Ms.No268, fin. & Plg.[Fin. F.R.I] Dept. dt.29-10-91]
XVI RETIREMENT DURING COMMUTED LEAVE:
In case commuted leave is granted, and he subseuently intends to retire or
resign during the said leave period, the commuted leave should be converted into
half pay leave and the difference should be recovered. If retirement is due to ill
health, incapacitating for further service or when he dies before resuming duty, no
recovery is to be made.
XVII.SURRENDER OF EARNED LEAVE:
All regular employees including class IV are eligible to surrender earned leave
of 15 days in each financial year and receive cash value. Temporary and contingent
employees are eligible to surrender 15 days of earned leave after completing 24
months of service in the first instance and thereafter 15 days during alternate financial
year.
Asper Memo No. 12377-A/299/FR-1/2007/ dt. 20-6-2007 the following is the schedule
for remender of leave
Sept. & Oct., 2007
Last Grade Employees

Nov. & Dec., 2007
N.G.Os., including Police Personnel and Teachers.

Jan. & Feb., 2008
Gazetted Officers including AIS Officers.

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH FINANCE (FR-I) DEPARTMENT
Cir.Memo.No. 14781-C/278/FR.I/2011
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Dated:22-6-2011
E.L. Surrender of Earned Leave - Encashment during the financial
year 2011-2012 onwards-Instructions-Issued.
Ref :
1. Cir.Memo.No. 10472/C199/FR.I/2009, dt.29-4-2009, Finance
(FR.I) Dept.
2. Cir.Memo.No. 15744-C/324/FR.I/2010, dt.15-6-2010, Finance (FR.I) Dept.
In the reference 1st cited, instructions have been issued dispensing with the
fixing of calendar for surrender leave / encashment of E.L. It is also ordered therein
that the instructions contained in Cir. Memo. No. 50798/1063/FR.I/79-1, Fin. (FR.I)
Dept., dt. 22.11.1979 shall also be followed during the financial year 2010-2011 i.e.,
in the case of employees who surrendered E.L. as on 1st January or 1st July in any
year, the number of days of E.L. so surrendered should, in the first instance, be
deducted from the E.L. account and thereafter the advance credit of EL as per
eligibility due for that half year be added as on 1st January/1st July of the respective
year.
In para 4 of the Cir. Memo. 1st cited, it is ordered that:a) The calendar for surrender of Earned Leave is dispensed with w.e.f. 1-42009 and employees are permitted to surrender earned leave at any time not
exceeding 15/30 days within ablock period of one/two financial years w.e.f. 1-42009. All other conditions prevailing before. 1-4-1989 and other amendments issued
on the subject till now will hold good.
b) Government permit the employees who have a balance of more than 285
days of E.L. as on 30th June, 2009 to surrender EL. without waiting for completion of
12 months.
The above instructions shall also continue from the financial year 2011-2012
onwards for encashment of 15 days of E.L. by Government employees provided if
there is 12 months gap for one surrender to another surrender in one financial year,
and 30 days if there is gap of 24 months for two financial years. The gap of 12/24
months shall be worked out from the 1st day of leave surrendered last time to the 1st
day of leave proposed for surrender now.
In respect of the employees who are having 286 days and above of E.L. to
their credit as on 30th June of every year, they are premitted to surrender without
following the gap of 12 months.
The above orders will be applicable for every year i.e., no orders need be
issued every year for encashment of earned leave, until further orders changing the
above policy are issued by the Government.
The Departments of Secretariat/Heads of departments are requested to keep
these instructions in view while sanctioning the surrender of earned leave for purpose
of encashmet from the Financial Year 2011-2012 onwards.
All the Treasury Officers/State audit authorities, Pay and Accounts Office,
Hyderabad and Deputy Financial Advisor, Projects/Directors of Accounts of Major
Sub :
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Projects are requested to follow these instructions scrupulously while dealing with
the bills for encashment of earned leave from the Financial Year 2011-2012 onwards.
These instructions are available in the internet and can be accessed at the
address http;//aponline.gov.in.
RANJEEV R. ACHARYA
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FP)
XVIII.
ENCASHMENT OF EARNED LEAVE:

Leave at credit shall lapse on the date of retirement, death, resignation or if
interruption in service otehr than leave occures. However, earned leave at credit not
exceeding 300 days can be encashed in case of retirement or death G.O.Ms. No.
232 Fin. Dept. Dt. 16-9-2005.
Leave encashment can be withheld whole or part in the cases of criminal or
disciplinary cases are pending by the authority competent to grant the leave in view
of the posibility of some money becoming recoverable from him. (G.O.Ms.No.11
Fru&PIg (FW.FR-I) Dept. dt. 15.1.97
XIX. SPECIAL CASUAL LEAVE :
1.
i
ii
iii
For family planning operation :

a]
b]
a]
b]
c]
a]
b]
Male vasectomy
-do- 2nd Operation
Female-for Tubectomy
Male-for tubectomy of wife
2nd Operation tubectomy
Salpingactomy after medical
termination of pregnancy
Male-for the operation of wife
6 working days
-do
14 days
7 days
14/7 days
14 days
7 days
G.O.Ms.No.231 Finance (FR.I) Department Dated 16-9-2005

(Paternity leave ot Male Government employees)
The Government have issued instructions that the competent authority may grant
paternity leave on full pay to married male Government employees, temporary or
permanent, for a period of 15 days subject to the condition that it shall be granted to
those with less than two surviving children.
iv.
Incertion of intranterine
1 day
Leave for the 2nd operation is permissible when the Doctor certifices
that the first operation was a failure. Additional special casual leave
beyond above limit can be given, on M.C. on accout of post operation
complications.
v. Rechanalisation [Both]: 21 days or the actual period as per the certificate
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whichever is less+to and fro journey days, if the operation is necessary

as he is having less than 2 children or lost all his male children after
operation.
The special casual leave for F.P. operations can be prefixed or suffixed to
regular leave/C.L.
II.
For service Associations:

Principal office bearers of the regional
associatons and two office bearers from
21 days in a
districts /city represented on the A.P. calendar year.
civil services Joint staff council.
(G.O.Ms.No.470. Dt.1 6-9-94)
XX. COMPENSATORY LEAVE (B.S.0.177) :

i]
An N.G.O. who is called on to attend duty on a holiday shall be granted

compensatory leave on another working day.
ii]
Not more than 10 holidays can be accumulated and taken in a calendar year.
No compensatory holiday
shall be taken after the expiry of 6 months
from the public holiday for which it is substituted.
iii]
These holidays can be combined with C.L. or other authorised public holidays
insuch a way that the total
absence from duty shall not exceed 10
days.
XX1 AMENDMENT TO RULE 18 OF FUNDAMENTAL RULES AND RULE 5 (A)
AP LEAVE RULES 1933
In G.O.Ms.No.128, FINANCE (FR.I) DEPARTMENT Dated:01-06-2007 and
G.O.Ms.No.129, FINANCE (FR.I) DEPARTMENT Dated:01-06-2007 Govt. have
issued amendment to FR Rule 18 (a) Leave Rules 1933 (Amendment to Rule 5(a)
by adding Rule 5(b)) respectively as follows.
A Govt. Servant shall be deemed to have resigned from the service if he..
a)
is absent without authorization for a period exceeding one year, or
b)
remains absent from duty for a continuous period exceeding five years with or
without leave; or
c)
continues on foreign service beyond the period approved by the State
Government;
LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION

1)
Eligibility :
The expenditure incured by Government Servant and his family members to
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travel from headquarters to the Home Town by shortest route within the limits of the
State of A.P. will be reimbursed under these Rules. Family in respect of N.G.0s.
includes dependent parents also. Temporary Government servants who have put in
a continuous service of not less than five years are also eligible for L.T.C. Family
members of a Govt. servant [under suspension] can be permitted to avail L.T.C
[G.M.No.24221A/221 T.A./79-dt.21-5-79].
In G.O.Ms.No.140 Fin. & Plg. (F.W.TA) Department Dated 3-4-96 the
Government have issued orders limiting of LTC only to two dependent children be
implemented from 1-4-96 onwards and any child who will born after 1-4-96 is not
entitled for LTC if such a child is over and above earlier two children.
2) Declaration :
Every Government servant can declare his Home town at any time before he
avails the L.T.C for the first time. The declaration can be changed only once in the
entire service, in exceptional cases.
3)
Availment:
An employee can avil L.T.C. once in the block period of every two years as
follows:
L.T.C. to Home town in the 1st Block period of two calendar years. (ie) 20052006
L.T.C to visit any place in A.P. State in the 2nd Block period during the calendar
years of 2007-2008.
The L.T.C may be availed during any kind of leave including casual leave,
vacation and while in transit on transfer. The period should be sufficient to cover to
and fro journies.
4)
Grant of permission :
Prior permission to avail L.T.C. shall be obtained from the authority competent
to sanction earned leave.
5)
When both wife and husband are employees:

They can avail L.T.C. Independently, but the family members are eligible only
for once either with the father or mother.
6)
T.A. Advance :
Eligible for an advance of 80% of the estimated expenditure permisible under
the rules.
7)
Claim :
The claims should be preferred within one month of the completion of the
journey duly furnishing date of journey, train number, correct numbers of tickets,
and reservation receipts etc. The claims prefered after one month will be allowed
with 15% cut upto one year. Claims prefered after one year will not be admitted.
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8)
Entries in S.R:
The particulars of declaration of Home Town and availement of L.T.C. from

time to time shall be recorded in the service Register.
9)
Fixed Travelling Allowance :
As per the orders issued in the Government Vide G.O.Ms.No.128

Fin.&Plg.(FW-TA) Dept. Dt.24.8.99, the CCLA vide Progs.No.N1/907/2000 dt.
4.10.2000 Fixed the FTA as follows :
Cadre Scale of
Min.No.of
Within
Within
Rev.
pay in
days
the
Three
Divisions
RPS 2005
required
Mandal Mandals
to be
out one
Toured
division
in a
Month
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Sr. Asst.6195-13945
20
550/600/650/
(Rev.
Inspector)
GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND

I. Enrollment:
The Government Employees in superior service including temporary
Employees, who have compelted one year service are eligible to subscribe for the
fund at the following minimum rates and not more than their pay per month.
Pay range
Upto
Rs.600/1-2-65
Rs.600/- to Rs.1000/Above Rs.1000/-
Rates of subscription
If insured with
if not insured
APGLI/PLI/LIC
3% of pay
4% of pay
6% of pay
9%
w.e.f.
10% w.e.f. 1-2-66

12% w.e.f. 1-2-66
[G.O.Ms.No.339-F&P (FW.PC) dated 16-12-74]

Last grade employees after completion of 5 years continuous service and
whose date of retirement is atleast 10 years ahead shall be eligible to subscribe to
this fund compulsorly @ 4% of their pay (G.0.3627 dated 20-2-69).
IMP: The G.P.F. accumulations are not liabale to be attached under any decree /
order (Sec.3 of G.P.F. Act, 1925 (XIX of 1925).
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II. Allotment of Account Numbers:

Each Head of office should send a statement, in duplicate, to the Accountant
General in the prescribed form, on the 1 5th of every month showing the particulars
of employees in his office as will be required to compulsorily subscribe to G.P.F.
The A.G. will return one copy of the statement duly allotting Account Numbers to
each employee. Each employee should submit prescribed application and nomination
infavour of his family which is defined in Rule 2(1) (O) (i) and (ii) as amended in
G.O.Ms.No.297-F&P [PW.Pen II) Dept. dated 18-9-89.
III. Missing credits- Precautions & Procedure:
Whenever there is transfer or change in head of account from which the
emoluments of a subscriber are payable, the Accountant General should be informed
about changed Head of Account etc., to which the GPF deductions are to be credited.
In case of missing credits, immediately on receipt of the GPF slip a statement
showing the gross and net particulars of the Bills in which the G.P.F. deductions are
made should be prepared duly noting in it the Huzur Voucher numbers, dates of
encashment and sent to Accountant General, Hyderabad, through the Head of the
Office, after obtaining verification Certificate from the DTO concerned. The Accountant
General will then issue revised GPF slip duly accounting for the missing credits.
IV. Temporary Advances: [Rule 14 (i) (a)]
The subscribers are eligible for temporary advances from their GPF
accumulations for specified purposes,
as follows:
a]
Not exceeding 3 months pay or half the amount at credit, whichever is less.
b]
For special reasons to be recorded in writing-in excess of the above limit or
until repayment of last instalment of previous advance.
c]
When one advance or part of it is pending, it will be consolidated when another

advance is sanctioned.
Head of Account:
G.P.F. advances are debitable to 8005 State Provident
Fund -101 other Funds 01 G.P.F
V. Period of repayment:
Not more than 36 monthly instalments and not iess than 12 monthly instalments.
Vl. Part- Final withdrawals: [Rule 15 (A)]
Employees who have rendered not less than 20 years of service or who have
less than 10 years of service to attain the age of superannuation, whichever is
earlier, are eligible for 6 months pay or one half of the amount at credit and in special
cases, not more than 10 months pay. For the marriage of sons or daughters, the
eligibility is three months pay or half of the amount at credit, whichever is less, and
in special cases not more than 6 months pay.
In special cases, the amount drawn as loan under the Andhra Pradesh House
Building Loan Rules and part-final withdrawal from provident fund shoud not exceed
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one lakh or five years pay, whichever is less. In ordinary cases, it shall not exceed
one half of such amount of the actual cost of the house including in the cost of the
site or repayment of the loan in that behalf, whichever is less.
Authorisation ot the Accountant General is not necessary for part-final
withdrawal of GPF Advance.
Vll. Conversion of advances into Part-final withdrawal:
Advances drawn for illness, marriage, betrothal and higher education under
GPF rules can be converted into part-final withdrawal at the written request of the
subscriber. The balance of the said advance can be converted after satisfying the
conditions for part-final withdrawal. In the case of part-final withdrawal for meeting
the expenses in connection with illness, the amount should be limited to 6 months
pay or one half of the amount of credit. However, the sanctioning authority may
sanction upto 3/4ths of the balance at credit, in speciai circumstances.
Vll. Sanctioning Authority:
According to Vth schedule of Rule 14 of GPF rules an Advance/ Part Final
withdrawal under normal/special rules may be sanctioned by an Authority who shall
always be not less than two levels above the person to whom the Advance/Part
Final withdrawal is to be sanctioned. The following authorities competent to sanction
Temp./Part Final withdrawls.
CADRE
1.
Upto Sr. Asst. in the

respective Offices.
Authority competent to sanction

Temporary/part final withdrawal
DRO/Special Deputy Collector/
Speciai Tahsildar/Tahsildar/MRO.
2.
Dy. Tahsildar in the

respective Offices.
DRO/Divisional Officer/Special
Dy. Collector.
3.
Tahsildar/MRO/
Dy. Collector
Joint Collector/District Collector.
A.P. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE SCHEME

All Government servants shall compulsorily insure their lives with the Andhra
Pradesh Government Life Insurance Department as per G.O.Ms.No.162 Finance
dt.21-2-1963. The minimm monthly premium rate is Rs.4/- per every Rs.100/- or
part thereof, on the basic pay of the employee. The maximum acceptable is 12% of
the maximum of the pay scale substantively held by the employee.
[G.O.Ms.No.43 F&P [FW Admn.111) Dept.dt.28-1-89].
The following types of Government employees are exempted from the scheme.
1.
Employees who have crossed 48 years of age or aged 20 years only and put
in less than one year of service.
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[Govt.Memo No.1040151A11620/P RC 11/76-2 dt.17-11 -77].

Employees who have insured their lives with the LIC, PLI etc. prior to 1-3-1963
and kept the policies in force, if they are paying the premium at the minimum
prescribed rate.
The application for insurance shall be made to the Head of the Office in the
prescribed form who will forward the same to the Directorate Insurance.
No medical examination is required if the monthly premium is Rs.30/- or
below. Soon after the premium for the first month is recovered and the recovery
schedule is sent,the policy will be issued by the Directorate of Insurance. The
insured amount will be repayable after completion of 58 years of age along with the
profit as an endowment insurance.
The Government in G.O.(P).No.231 Fin. (Admn.II) Dept. dt. 28.06.2010 revised
the rates of monthly premiums as follows :
Pay Slab
Monthly Premium
Rs.
Upto Rs. 8440/250/Rs. 8441/- to Rs. 10900/350/Rs. 10901/- to Rs.14860/450/Rs. 14861/- to Rs. 18030/600/Rs. 18031/- to Rs.25600/750/Rs. 25601 /- and above
1000/2.
Note: The above rates are effective from 01.07.2010
EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND RULES, 1980

The Government have constituted A.P. Government Employees Welfare Fund,
the interst on which could be utilised for various weifare activities of the employees
and for interest free loans. The fund would be administered by a committee comprising
of various Service Associations under the charimanship of the District Collector, at
the District level.
The membership of the fund shall be compulsory to all employees other than
persons appointed under purely emergency provisions.
Every member of the fund should contribute Rs.10/- per annum which shall
be recovered from their pay for March payable in April each year.
The District Treasury Officer who is the Member-Secretarycum-Treasurer and
also convener of the Dist. Committee shall be responsible to convene the meetings
of the committee atleast once in every quarter. Every member or the family of the
dependent of a deceased member, who seek assistance from the fund shall apply
to the Member Secretary (D.T.O.) through the DDO, who shall scrutinise the
applications.
Assistance in the shape of loan upto a maximum of Rs.5000/- will be given to
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the members, recoverable in not more than 5 years, for 1) Marriages 2) Education of
children and 3) Medical aid for sickness.
GRANTS:
a)
Outright grants can be sanctioned not exceeding Rs.1000/- in any one case
keeping in view the circumstances each case.
b)
The assistance shall be strictly on the basis of merits of each memebr and
the actue distress in which he may find himself and after taking into account
the assistance available to him from other known sources such as Provident
fund, Government Ioan etc.,
The Govt. vide G.O. No. 404 dated 3-7-2001 modified the Accounting procedure
for sanction and recovery of loan and interest to the employees. As per the revised
orders, the District Level Committee / Twin Cities committee may sanction loans
to the employees and the amount shall be drawn and paid as loans by way of Bank
Drafts to the members through the DDOs duly presenting bills in the District Treasury.
The DTO/Dy. PAO shall inform the DDO and the STO concerned, of the details
office individuals to whom loans are sanctioned and also the amount to be recovered
month-wise from the salary bills of the employees. The DDO concerned shall recover
the instalments of the loans or interets as the case may be from the pay bill and
enclose the schedule of recovery to the pay bill submitted to the Treasury. The loan
amount recovered from the employees shall be credited to the following head of
account:
8342
Other Deposit
120
Miscellaneous Deposits
SH(08) Deposits of interest on Employees Welfare Fund and matching

contribution equivalent to the interest earned on the Employee Welfare
Fund.
001
Loans to Govt. Employees
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SANCTION OF A.P. WELFARE FUND

1. Name
2. Fathers Name
3. Permenant Address :
4. Post Held
5. Scale of Pay and Pay Drawn :

6. Date of Retirement :
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7. Nature of assistance Sought for

8. A. Loan
B. Grant
9. Purpose
10.Elgible for similar from Govt. :

11. Whether he was sanctioned this
loan or not
:
12.Any Loan Balance out Standing:
13.Remarks of the Drawing officer:
14.Designation of the Drawing officer:
Signature of the applicant
PENSION RULES
i) Retirement on Superannuation:
All Government employees in superior service attaining age of 58 years and
all class IV employees on attaining age of 60 years shall retire form service on
superannuation [Rule 42].
Cir.Memo No. 25806-A/592/F.R.I/2004, Dated 13-10-2004:
(Regulation of age of Superannuation Act, 1984)
The Government have issued instructions that, one who continues in service beyond
superannuation by mistake is not entitled to any payment including Salary etc.
ii) Voluntary Retirement:
Government servant shall have the option to retire from service voluntarily
after putting not less than 20 years of qualifying service by giving at least 3 months
notice in advance to the competent authority. The notice of less than 3 months may
also be accepted by the competent authority subject to approval of Govt. Extra
ordinary leave availed on any ground including on M.C. shall not count as qualifying
service of 20 years [Rule-43]. He shall be eligible for addition of maximum of five
years of service to his qualifying service but shall not count as qualifying service of
20 years [Rule-43]. He shall be eligible for addition of maximum of five years of
service to his qualifying service but shall not be eligible for weightage under [rule
29].
Contingent Service: Contingent employee cannot be allowed to count the
earlier non-qualifying service of full time contingent employee for purpose of voluntary
retirement on the ground that it counts for pension [G.M.No.3016/104 Pen 1/
85-Fin-dated 25-6-85].
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The Government servant after completion of 33 years qualifying service but

before attaining 58 years of age may retire from service after 3 months notice. The
appointing authority may require a Govt. employee to be retired, in public interest,after
3 months notice or salary in lieu thereof [rule 44].
The day on which the Govt. employee retires or discharged/ resigns/voluntarily
retires will be treated as non-working day. The date of death shall be treated as
working day, [Rule 5-B of A.P. revised Pension Rules, 1980).
ii (a) Maximum Leave preparatory to Retirement:
The maximum period of absence from duty on leave preparatory to retirement
should not exceed 28 months (FR-81[d] ).
iii) Leave:
Any leave for which leave salary is payable and extraordinary leave on Medical
Certificate shall count for pension. Extraordinary leave due to inability to join on
account of civil commotion or for higher scientific and technical studies shall be
allowed by the appointing authority to count for pension. In all other cases,
extraordinary leave upto a maximum of 36 months in the entire service shall count
for pension [Rule 21].
iv) Suspension:
The entire period of suspension will count for pension, if the employee is fully
exonerated. In other cases, the period will not count unless the competent authority
expressly declares it tobe counted for pension [Rule 23].
v) Condition of interruption in Service:
The interruption between two or more (Spells of Govt. Service or) between
non government service (as service under Municipalities, District Boards etc) and
government service or between two spells of non government service shall be treated
as automatically condoned without any formal order of the sanctioning authority
without restrictions as regards periods of interuption as well as the length of period
preceding interruptions excluding, however, the periods of interruption themselves.
Note: The provisions of the above rule do not apply to interruptions between
non regular military (Purely temporary) Service and Civil Service.
vi) Emoluments:
For the purpose fo pensionary benefits, emoluments as defined in Rule 9(21)
(a) (i) from 28-6-88 onwards, shall be taken into account. [G.O.Ms.177-F&P
dt.28-6-88).
The amount of D.A. admissible as on the date of retirement / on the date of
death of employee while in service be treated as emoluments in addition to the
basic pay for the purpose of arriving at the amount of retirement gratuity as per
G.O.Ms.No. 101, dt. 6.4.2010.
vii) Average Emoluments:
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Govt. in G.O.Ms.No. 87 Fin. & Plg (FW Pen I) Dept. dt. 25.5.98 issued
orders to the effect that
(a)
the last pay drawn shall be treated as emoluments for fixation of pension
under rule 45(2) (b) of APRP Rules 80 - instead of average of 10 months
emoluments as per rule 32 of Revised pension Rules80. Provided officiation
in a promoted post during last 2 months preceding the retirement, is in a
regular vacancy.
(b)
Any amount treated as Personal Pay to protect the emoulments to be

observed in future increments shall be recorded towards emoluments for the
purpose of pension.
viii) Pension:
The quantum of pension will be 33/66ths of last pay drawn for a service of 33
years or more. when the qualifying service is less than 33 years, the pension
admissible is number of years service devided by 66 [Rule 45]. If the qualifying
service falls short of 33 years, an addition of qualifying service upto a maximum of 5
years is allowed (G.O.Ms.No.100 Dt. 6-4-2010 ). The minimum pension is Rs.1925/
- per month. This has been enhanced to Rs. 3350/- per month in the Revised pay
scales of 2010. vide G.O.No. 100 dt. 6-4-2010 w.e.f. 1-2-2010.
Financial Asst. of Rs. 1500/- per month is enhanced to Rs. 3350/- per month
w.e.f. 1-2-2010.
Additional quantum of pension / Family pension be allowed to those pensioners
/ Family pensioners on attaining the age of 75 years and above as indicaed in the
table here under;
Age of Pensioners
Additional quantum of pension
From 75 years to less than 80 years
15% of basic pension
100 years or more
ix) Invalid Pension:
Employee declared by appropriate medical authority as permanently
incapaciated for further service shall be granted invalid pension [Rule 37]. One of the
family members i.e. wife/son/daughter/ adopted son or adopted daughter of an
employee retired on compassionate grounds (Medical invalidation), five years prior
to date of superannuation, is eligible for appointment to Government service, out
side the purview to the A.P.Public Service Commission. If there is no vacancy,
Supernumery post has to be created.
x) Anticipatory Pension: (U/R 51A) and Gratuity
Anticipatory Pension can be sanctioned to the retired employees irrespective
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of the fact whether the pension papers have been sent to A.G., or not.
As per rule 51 (C) of the AP Revised Pension Rules, 1980, where there is
likely to be delay in releasing the pensionary benifits due to the pensioner, anticipatory
gratuity to the extent of 90% of the amount worked out by the departmental authorities
can be sanctioned. (G.O.Ms.No.186 F&P (FW.I) Dept., Dt.24.05.2010)
No anticipatory pension/gratuity shall be granted if there are any departmental
proceedings pending against the pensioner. (G.O.Ms.No.230 F&P (FW Pen-I) Dept.,
Dt.18.06.1985 and Govt. Cir.Memo.No.18.09.82-A/183/PCP/88-1, dt.23.07.1989.
xi) (a) Family Pension (One year continuous service Not necessary):
The Govt. in their G.O.Ms.No. 215 Fin &PIg. [FW.Pen,1) Dept. dt.20-8-79
have ordered that the condition of one years continuous service stipulated in Sub-rule
(1) (B) of Rule 4 of the A.P. Govt. Servants Family Pension rules 1964 shall not
apply henceforth,for grant of family pension to the family of a Govt. servant governed
by the said rules provided the Govt. servant had been medically examined and
found fit for appointment under the Govt. For this purpose, the appointing authority
must obtain invariably physical fitness certificate even from the temporary appointees
also. These orders were given effect from 20-8-1979.
b) Family pension is admissible @ 30% of the last pay drawn without any
maximum limit. If dies while in service after completion of not less than 7 years
service or after retirement, 50% of the last drawn pay shall be paid from the date of
death for 7 years of till the date on which the Government servant would have attained
65 years, whichever is earlier (Rule 50).
The amount of family pension shall not exceed the amount of service pension.
If the amount of pension is less than the family pension admissible, the amount of
family pension shall be limited to the amount of pension.
The family pension shall be paid to the widow till the date of her death or
remarriage which-ever is earlier.
i)
In the case of a son, until he attains the age of 25 years or started earning
livelihood whichever is earlier.
ii)
In the case of unmarried daughter, until she attains the age of 30 years or
until she gets married or started earning her livelihood whichever is earlier.
iii)
In case of son/daughter who is suffering from any disorder or disability of
mind or is physically crippled or disabled even after obtaining the age, the
family pension shall be payable for life (G.O.Ms.No.315 dt.7.10.2010)
iv)
Unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter, not covered by above i to iii, upto the
date of marriage/remarriage or till the date she starts earning or upto the date
of death which ever is the earliest. (G.O.Ms.No.315 Finance (Pension-I)
dept.,dt.7.10.2010.)
Parents who are wholly dependent on the Government servant when he/she
was alive, provided the deceased employee has left behind neither a widow
nor a child. (G.O.Ms.No.315 dt.7.10.2010)
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v)
If the claimant is unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter falling under categoryII of family, a self declaration to the effect that she is wholly dependent on the
employee/pension has to be enclosed (G.O.Ms.No.353,dt.4.12.2010)
vi)
If the claimant is a widowed daughter, the death certificate of her husband
together with a certificate from the concerned Tahsildar to the effect that the
person specified in the Death certificate was her husband also have to be
enclosed (G.O.Ms.No.315, dt.4.12.2010)
xii) Anticipatory family Pension:
Amount not exceeding 75% of the family pension shall be paid as anticipatory
family pension. D.A. at the same rate as applicable to pensioners shall be allowed
on the quantum of anticipatory pension sanctioned. [G.O.Ms.No.273
Fin&Plg.(P.W.Pension I) Department dt. 22-9-83].
xiii) Provisional Pension:
The Government servants on whom departmental or judicial proceedings are
pending are entitled for provisional pension not exceeding the maximum pension
admissible on the basis of qualifying service.
xiv) Commutation of Pension:
A pensioner can commute for a lumpsum payment of any portion not exceeding
40% of the pension granted to him. He shall furnish necessary application in the
prescribed form within one year from the date of retirement Commutation is
permissible after one year, on medical certificate. Commutation shall not be allowed
to employees whose pension is Rs.370/- or less per month [G.O.Ms.No.158 F&P
[FW Pen-l] Dept. dt.16-9-99]. The commuted pension will be restored after 15 years,
if the pensioner is alive. There is no upper ceiling limit. (40% of Last Pay Drawn) x
8.371x12=Cummulative.
xv) Gratuity:
On retirement last basic pay drawn + D.A. X No. of years of qualifying service
/ 4 of the last drawn pay for every six monthly periods of service subject to a maximum
of 20 months pay or Rs.8,00,000/- (w.e.f.1-4-2011) whichever is less, will be paid as
gratuity. This is admissible to all Goverment Employees who have completed 5
years qualifying service. If dies while in service after completion of five years service,
the gratuity shall not be less than 16:5 times his emoluments [Rule 46].
If an employee dies in 1st year of service, two times of his emoluments will
be paid as gratuity. If he dies after completion of one year and before 5 years of
service, an amount equal to 6 times of his emoluments shall be paid as gratuity.
The gratuity, of the deceased employee shall be paid to the person nominated by
him and if there is no nomination, it shall be paid to surviving members of family, in
equal shares [Rule 46 and 47].
Funeral Charges :- Funeral ChargesTo the pensioners was enhanced from Rs.
5000/- to 10000/- vide G.O. No. 102 dt. 6-4-2010.
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xvi) Grant of Family Pension and Gratuity to the second living wife:
All Govt. servants irrespective of the religion shall not marry a second wife
wihout the prior permission of the Govt. as per Rule 25 of APCS (conduct) Rules
1964 and such second wife shall not be eligible for pensionary benefits viz. family
pension and retirement gratuity and pension sanction authorities have to ignore
such widows for purpose of family pension and retirement gratuity and no family
pension and retirement gratuity be divided between the two widows. [Govt.Circuir
Memo No. 11027-B/26/Pen.1/87, Fin.&Plg.(FW Pen.l) Dept. dt.20-8-91].
xvii) Pension to Class IV Employees:
Issue of P.P.O. and G.P.O.s and family P.O. was entrusted to the Dy.Directors
and Audit Officers of Local Fund Audit in [F.O.MsNo.102F&P (Fin.Wing) P.S.C IV]
Dept. dated 5-4-1979 inrespect of all Class IV employees of Govt. Departments.
Issue of authorisatin of commuted value of pensions was also entrusted to the Audit
Officers of L.F. audit [G.O.Ms.No.134-F&P - dated 2-5-1986.
xviii) Payment of Pension through Banks:
Payment of pensionary benefits can be arranged through Nationalised Banks
located any where in India [G.O.(P) No.299 -F&Pdt.22-8-85; G.O.(P) No.37-F&P
dt.18-2-87; G.O.Ms.No.51- F&P (FW-PSC Dept. dt.4-2-89 and G.O.Ms.No.32 - F&P
(FW-PSC) Dept.dt.23-1-89].
xix) Procedure for Processing of Pension Case:
Every Governemnt servant shall submit a formal application for pension [part-1]
to the Head of the Office/Head of the Department at least 18 months in advance of
the date of his actual or anticipated retirement. In cases in which the date of retirement
cannot be foreseen 18 months in advance the application shall be submitted
immediately after the date of retirement Is settled.
xx) Preparation of Pension Papers:
It is the responsibility of the departmental authorities to prepare the pension
papers of an employee due to retire from service. The responsibility of the employee
is restricted only to submission of formal application for pension and submission of
descriptive rolls, list of family members and any other declarations/certificates etc.,
that may be prescribed from time to time.
xxi) Death Relief:- Death relief is enhanced from Rs.5000/- to 10,000/- vide
G.o.Ms.No.102, dt.6.4.2010.
Every head of office shall undertake the work of preparing pension papers in
part-l, 6 months before the date on which a Government servant is due to retire on
superannuation, after verifying the service particulars, dues position etc., during the
Preceeding 12 months. Even in cases, where formal application for pension along
with the discriptive rolls is not received from the retiring Government servant, the
other pension papers will be prepared and finalised by the concerned Head of Office
and forward to the pension sanctioning authority, when he is not himself the authority
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competent to sanction pension.

xxii) Commercial Appointment after Retirement:
Gazetted Government Servants who wish to accept any commercial
employment (Defined in Rule 10) before the expiry of two years from the date of
retirement shall obtain permission from the Government. [Rule 10 read with
G.O.Ms.No.372 - F&P [FW Pen-l] Dept. Dt.2- 1 2-85].
Pension Sanctioning Authority:
As per the orders issued by the Govt. Vide G.O.Ms.No.262 Fin & Plg.
(FWPSC) Dept. dt. 23.11.1998, the pension sanctioning authority is the head of the
office in respect of all Non-gazetted officers including class-lV employees. And
head of the department in respect of Gazetted Officers in various departments.
CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (NPS)
1.
In the budget for 2001-02 the Government of India have announced a New
Pension Scheme.
2.
The Employees appointed on or after 1-9-2004 are eligible for Contributory
Pension Scheme as introduced
by Govt. of A.P. vide G.O.Ms.No. 653, dt.
22-9-2004, G.O.Ms.No.654, dt. 22-9-2004, and G.O.Ms.No. 655,
dt. 229-2004 of Finance (Pen-I) Dept.
3.
As per G.O.Ms.No. 654, Finance (Pen-I) Dept., dt. 22-9-2004 the existing
GPF (AP) Scheme will not be
applicable to the newly recruited employees who are covered under Contributory Pension Scheme introduced
w.e.f. 1-9-2004.
4.
An Employee shall contribute 10% of the Basic Pay and DA towards CPS.
5.
The amount recovered from the Pay Bill shall be credited to the revised Head
of Account 8342-117-04001 as per G.O.Ms.No. 151, Fin(Pen-I) Dept. dt.
2-7-2007.
6.
The DDO should send proposals to the AG, AP, Hyderabad for allotment of
Index Number in the Pro
forma prescribed as per said
G.O.Ms.No.655, dt. 22-9-2004 for superior service employees.
7.
The Index Number for the Class IV employees will be allotted by the concerned Deputy Director of Dist.
Treasuries, in the Districts. In twin cities
the DD, DTO, Hyd. (U) will allot the Index Number to the
Local
Bodies employees. In case of Class-IV of HoDs of Twin Cities, the PAO, Hyd. will
allot the Index
Number as per DTAs Memo. No. D2/4036/2006,
dt. 31-7-2007.
8.
The arrears of Subscription to Contributory Pension Scheme. (One subscription for current month and
one additional for arrears of subscription)
9.
The DA Arrears of the said employees should be credited to the M.H. 800901-101-03-CSS till to date of
allotment of Index Number.
10.
The Index Number should invariably noted in the first page of individual S.R.
11.
The Employees who are in-service before 1-9-2004 joins another Organiza177
tion/Dept., after submitting

technical resignation, where same rules
applicable, such employees will not come under the purview of
N e w
CPS. In other words they would continue to remain under earlier pension rules.
12. As per DTA orders hereafter the Employees I.D. Number will be CPS A/c No.
13. The CPS Application Forms are to be obtained from Website:
www.npscra.nsdl.co.in
14. Govt. released matching grant to CPS.
Family Benefits (if expired while in Service) After introduction of CPS from
1-9-2004.
1. Compassionate Appointment
2. Encashment of Earned Leave
3. Payment of GIS (Saving Fund)
4. Payment of GIS (Insurance Fund)
5. Payment of APGLIF
6. The Family Pension & DCRG will be sanctioned under APRPR 1980 as
per Govt Cir.MEMO.No.30857/
422/A1/PEN.I/2010, Dt: 8.3.2010
Provisionally.
PAYMENTS AND CONCESSIONS TO THE FAMILY

OF
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO DIE IN
HARNESS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The family should be paid transport charges ranging from Rs.50/- to 300/- to
send the body of the deceased Govt. employee to his native or other place.
(G.O.Ms.No.1669 -GA (Ser-F) Dept dated 15-9-1985).
The family should be paid obsequies charges of Rs.10000/
(G.O.Ms.No.192 GA (Servises 1) Deportment 24-4-2010
Family pension and DCRG as per pension Rules.
Dearness relief announced from time to time shall be payable to the pensioners
who are employed under the scheme of compassionate appointment
(G.O.Ms.No.89 Fin & Plg dept.25.5.98.
T.A from the last station of deceased employee to the place of settlement
within the State with mileages eligible for the family + 1 (if they desire, they
can draw in advance). [T.A.Rule 106 read with G.O.Ms.No.153, Fin&PIg
Dept.dt.23-6-87] ( ) @ 11% of ( ) who retire as 1.6.98 (GOLP) No. 118 Fin. &
Plg ( ) dt 3.7.98
Encashment of earned leave was enhanced from 240 days to 300 days vide
G.O.Ms. No. 232 dt. 16-9-2005
If an employee dies while under suspension, the period of suspension till the
date of death shall be treated as duty and the family be paid full pay and
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allownces for that period.

Refund of Family benefit fund. (G.O.Ms.No.307, dated 9-11 -74 and
G.O.Ms.No.55F&P (PW Accounts II) Dept. dated 27-4-83).
9.
Payment of Group Insurance amount. Families of Drivers met with accident
and died while actively performing their duty shall be paid Group Insurance at
double the normal insured amount [G.O.Ms.No.314 F&P (FW.TA) Dept.dated
28-9-89].
10. Addl. amount equal to GPF amount to his credit at the time of death subject
to a maximum of Rs.10,000/- will be paid (vide booster scheme) provided the
following minimum balances are available for continuous period of three years
in the GPF account of the deceased (G.O.Ms.No.302, dated 28-4-74 read
with G.O.Ms.No.425, dated 28-9-76).
Minimum Balance - Rs.4000/- for Gazetted Officers Rs.3000/- for
Non-Gazetted Officers Rs.1000/- for others.
Outstanding balance of loans and advances Bicycle advance, Marriage
advance and Festival advance of the
deceased employee can be
written off by the Head of the Department (G.O.Ms.No.212, dated 24-5-1977).
8.
11.
If the employee is killed by extreamists / Anti social elements while on election
duty during the elections to
HOP/APLA, the deceased employee
family will get Rs. 10 lakhs of exqratia from the Govt. (G.O.Ms.No. 317
GDA ELS) dated 7-7-2006.
12.
Payment of ex-gratia amount of Rs.1.00 lakhs to the lagal heirs of Government
employees who met with accidental deaths while performing their official duties
(G.OMs.No.248 Finance (Admn.II) Dept, Dated 12.10.2007.
SERVICE REGISTERS
Service registers shall be maintained for all Government employees (including
full time contingent employees converted as class IV); showing the events from the
date of appointment to the date of retirement. The following entries shall be recorded
in the service registers, from time to time, by the Head of the office authorised for
the purpose.
1) Qualifications; 2) Date of Birth; 3) Date of first appointment; 4) Regularisation
of service; 5) Declaration of probation; 6) Departmental tests passed/training
underwent or exempted; 7) increments; 8) Options exercised and pay fixations; 9)
Surrender leave/availment; 10) breaks in service; 11) suspension; 12) subsistance
allowances paid; 13) all leaves/ regularisations of leaves except C.L; 14) recovery of
over payment; 15) willful absence treated as dies-non; 16) Promotions/dates of
relief and joining in new posts; 17) transfers/availment of transit/participation in strikes
etc., 18) punishments awarded; 19) Home town declaration/ availment; 20)
Nomination under Group Insurance scheme /G.P.F/ pensionary benefits etc., 21)
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upto dating of leave account every half year; and 22) deputation and recovery
particulars of leave salary and pension contributions with challan Nos. etc., Service
verification entry, Retirement/Death entry.
Note: The entries recorded in his own service register by the attestation officer are
to be got counter signed by another Gazetted Officer.
NB : In case of a last grade Govt. servant the year of whose birth is known, but not
the date, the 1st of July should be treated as the date of birth. When both the
year and the month of birth are known but not the exact date, 16th of the
month should be treated as the date of birth (Subsidary Rule 6 under
F.R.74[a][iii]).
CERTIFICATES OF PERMANENT AND

INTEGRATED COMMUNITY, NATIVITY AND DATE
OF BIRTH
In their G.O.No. 272 Revenue (Ser. III) Department, dt. 14-3-96, Government
have issued orders introducing the system of issuance of Permanent and Integrated
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to SCs, STs and BCs in the Form
prescribed (i.e.,) in Form-III by the Competent Authorities viz., Dist. Collector, Revenue
Divisional Officer / Mandal Revenue Officer as the case may be from the academic
Year 1996-97. The printed forms of Permanent and Integrated Community, Nativity
and Date of Birth Certificates and the Registers to be maintained by the village
Administrative Officers and Mandal Revenue Officers were already supplied to the
Mandal Revenue Officers and Revenue Divisional Officers in the District.
An Act (Act. No. 16 of 1993) to Regulate the issue of Community Certificate
relating to the persons belonging to the SCs, STs and matters connected there with
or incidental there to was passed and the same was come in to force w.e.f. 15-5-97.
Government have also framed the Rules vide G.O.Ms.No. 58 SW(J)
Department dt. 12-5-97 viz., the A.P. (Scs, STs and BCs) issue of Community,
Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate Rules, 1997 regulating the procedure of issuance
of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to the SCs, STs and BCs and
also for verification of social status claims of the individuals. These rules came into
force with effect from 16-5-1997.
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES:
Government have notified the authorities in Column(2) of the Annexure-l of
the Rules within their territorial jurisdiction as Competent Authorities for issue of
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate declaring the persons as belonging
either to SCs and STs and as per notification of the Government of India and to BCs
in accordance with the notification of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, issued
from time to time.
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FORMAT OF APPLICATION:
Application for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate for
STs shall be in Form-l and in respect of SCs and BCs in Form-ll of the Rules.
NOTICE FOR VERIFICATION AND ENQUIRY BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY:
Notice to the applicant for verification shall be issued in FormIV of the Rules
by the Competent Authority (ie.,) Mandal Revenue Officer/ Revenue Divisional Officer
and Collector as the case may be.
VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE:
The Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate issued by the Competent
Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Rules, shall be a permanent
one as per Rule 16 of the Rules, 1997.
PROCEDURE FOR VERIFICATION AND ISSUE OF COMMUNITY, NATIVITY AND
DATE OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES:
The Salient points of procedure envisaged in the Rules of verification and
issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate to the applicants are as
follow:
1.
Application for issue of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate shall
be submitted in the prescribed Form-l/ll to the MRO/RDO (Competent
Authority) as the case may be well in advance (i.e.) six months, as far as
possible particularly for seeking admission to the educational institution or
appointment to a post as per Rule 4(a).
2.
In case of minor. the Parent/Guardian shall submit application form as
mentioned above as per Rule 4(b).
3.
After ensuring that the application is in order, the Competent Authority shall
give the acknowledgement slip appended to Form-l/ll to the applicant as per
Rule 5(a).
4.
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates shall be issued in Form-III
within 30 days of the receipt of the applications in FormI/ll by the Mandal
Revenue Officer/R.D.O, if he is satisfied with the correctness of the information/
documents/evidence furnished by the applicant as per Rule 5(a).
5.
If the MRO/RDO feels that further enquiries are necessary, he shall conduct
such enquiry after issuing notice in Form-lV to the Parent/ Guardian/Applicant
and examine following persons and records as per Rule 5(b).
a) School Records
b) Birth Registration Certificate, if any.
c) In the case of tribals their Anthropological and ethrological Traits, deity,
rituals, customs, mode of marriage, death ceremonies/method of burial of
dead-bodies etc.,
d) Examination of Parent/Guardian or Applicant in relation to their community.
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e) The notice in Form-lV should be given clear interval 15 days, from the date
of the receipt of the notice by the Parent/Applicant/Guardian to attend the
enquiry.
f) If the person who received notice fails to respond on the date of enquiry
fixed, the MRO/RDO may reject or confirm the claim of the person based
on the document/evidence available with the MRO/RDO as per Rule 5(d).
g) MRO/RDO should give reasonable opportunity to the Applicant/Parent/
Guardian to produce evidence in support of their claim as per Rule 5(e).
h) A Public notice by beat of drum or any other convenience may have to be
published in the village or locality of the Applicant/Parent/Guardian and
the objections if any received from any person or association may have to
be considered by the MRO/ RDO as per Rule 5(e).
i) The MRO/RDO shall refer the cases of doubtful claims to the Joint Collector
& Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee formed at the District level u/r 8 of
the recommendations of the Committee with regard to the issue of the
Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificates as applied for by the
applicants. On receipt of recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee,
the MRO/RDO shall accordingly confirm or reject the claims of the
applicants.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AT DISTRICT LEVEL:
The powers and functions of scrutiny Committee in respect of cases of doubfful
claims are enumerated under Rule 8(d) (1) to (7) and 8(e) of the Rules, 1997. The
cases of fraudulent claims shall be disposed off as per the procedure laid down
under Rule 9(1) to (7) of the Rules, 1997. Complaints are to be dealt with Rule 10 of
the Rules.
As per Rule 19, if the last date for admission to an Educational Institution or
appointment to an officer/post is getting expired, and there is delay in finalising the
enquiry and issuing of Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate by the
MRO/RDO, then the MRO/RDO may have to be informed to the concerned to admit/
appoint the candidate on the basis of declaration given by the Candidate/Parent/
Guardian before the MRO/RDO, while applying in Form-l/ll as per Rule 5 for the
issuance of the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate. Such admission
or appointment shall only be provisional and valid for three months from the date of
the communication by the MRO/RDO to the concerned and shall cease to be valid
after issuance of the Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate by the MRO/
RDO.
GO.Ms.No.91 Social Welfare (C1) Department, Dated 23-12-2004:
(Cancellation of A,B,C,D, Categorisation in Scheduled Castes)
The A.P. Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2000 (Act 20 of
2000) has been enacted to provide Rationalisation of Reservations to Scheduled
Casted in the State of A.P.
In pursuance of the aforesaid Act, the A.P.
Secheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Rules, 2002, have been in
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G.O.Ms.No.47 S.W. (CVI) Dept., Dated 31-5-2000.

The Government have
cancelled the Rules issued in G.O.Ms.No.47 S.W. (CVI) Dept., Dated 31-5-2005.
G.O.Ms.No.5 Social Welfare (SW ROR1) Department, Dated 14-2-2003:
(Govt. policy of Providing Rule of Reservation in promotions to SCs/STs )
The Government have implemented Rule of Reservation in promotions to ensure
adequate representation of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees
ie., 15% AND 6% respectively in all categories of posts in all departments.
AUTHORITY FOR CANCELLATION OF FALSE/BOGUS COMMUNITY
CERTIFICATE:
U/s 5 of the Act read with Rule 9(9) of the Rules, the Collector is competent
to cancel the false/bogus community certificate except in respect of Bariki(SC)
Community certificate after following due procedure envisaged in the Act. and Rules.
In respect of false/bogus Bariki S.C. Community, Government are competent to
cancel such certificate.
APPEALS:
Under Rule 10 of the Rules, 1997 an appeal shall lie to the District Collector
within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of rejection orders on the application
for Community, Nativity and Date of Birth Certificate passed by the Competent
Authority. In case of Bariki Caste, the appeal shall lie to the Government against the
orders of the District Collector.
REVIEW AGAINST THE CANCELLATION ORDERS PASSED BY THE DISTRICT
COLLECTOR U/S 5(1) OF THE ACT 16 OF 1993:
Review u/r 10 of the Rules shall be taken up by the Government on an
application filed by any person aggrieved by an order passed by the District Collector
U/s 5(1) of the Act, within 30 (thirty) days of receipt of that order, if it was passed by
the District Collector under any mistake, whether of fact or law or ignorance of any
material fact.
REVISION :
U/r 12 of the Rules, 1997, Government shall entertain Revision either suo-moto
or on an application filed by any person aggrieved by the orders issued by the
Authority authorised under Rules, 1997 as a Revison Petition, within 60 days of the
communication of the order passed under these Rules and pass appropriate orders
in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 8 of the Act 16 of 1993.
BAR OF JURISDICTION OF CIVIL COURTS:
As per Rule 13 of the Rules, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of
any order passed by any Officer or authority under the Act and no stay or injunction
shall be granted by a court in respect of any action taken or to be taken by such
Officer or authority under the Act in pursuance of any power conferred by or under
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the Act as provided in Section 17 of the Act.

Extension of benefits of the Children born of Inter - Caste Marriages:
Government sanctioned incentives and non-Statutory educational concessions
like Scholarships, Hostel facilities, fee concessions etc., to the Children born of
inter-caste marriages on the basis of the caste of either of the parent which is
beneficial to the child [G.O.Ms.No.371 EMP & SW B2/Dept. dated 13-4-76].
Status of Children born to the Inter-caste married couple one of whom
belongs to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe.
The crucial test to determine the caste of a child born out of wedlock in which
one of the spouse belongs to SC/ST comunity as a member of their community and
has been brought up in that surroundings and the community of class/Caste is a
real test irrespective of the fact whether the accommodating Class Caste or
Community is SC/ST or Caste Hindu community. Even if a mother of the child is a
SC/ST community member, it is possible that the child is accpepted by the community
of his father and brought up in the surroundigs of his fathers relations. In that case
such child cannot be treated as a member of SC/ST community. Similarly when the
mother belongs to higher caste and the father is a member of SC/ST comunity
member. In the alternative, where the child, irrespective of the fact whether the
mother or father is a member of SC/ ST, is brought up in the SC/ST community as
a member of such comunity then he has to be treated as a member of SC/ST
community and would be entitled to receive benefits as such.
[Guide-lines issued by the government of India, Ministry of Home affairsND in its letter
No.39/37/73/SCT I, dated 4-3-1975).
OBC CERTIFICATES:
The Govt. have provided reservation of 27% of the vacancies in Civil Posts
and Services in the Govt. of India to be filled up through direct recruitment for persons
belonging to the Other Backward Classes, subject to the exclusion of the socially
advanced persons/sections known as the Creamy Layer Candidates belonging to
the OBCs recruited on the basis of merit shall not be adjusted against the reservation
quota. Reservation would apply to all vacancies for which recruitment is commenced
from September 8, 1993. Please see detailed instructions laid down in
Govt.Lr.No.36012/22/93 Estt.(SCT) Govt. of India Ministry of personnel, Public
Grievances and pensions Dept., of Personnel & Training, New Delhi dt.8-9-93.
Creamy Layer:
The rule of exclusion of Creamy Layer is applicable to the Son(s) and
Daughter(s) of the persons as mentioned in the Schedule of G.O.Lr.No.36012/22/93
Estt.(SCT) dt.8-9-93.
1. Persons holding Constitutional Positions.
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2. Parents either of whom is a Class-l Officer.

3. Parents both of whom are Class-ll Officers.
4. Parents either or both of whom is or are in the rank of Colonel and above in the
Army or hold equivalent position in the Navy, Air force and the Para Military
Forces.
5. Families owning irrigated land which is equal two or more than 85% of the ceiling
interms of irrigated area as laid down by the State Land Ceiling laws.
6. Persons having gross annual income of Rs.1.00 lakh or above or possessing
wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the wealth Tax Act for a period
of 3 consequetive years. Income from Salaries or agricultural land shall not be
clubbed.
The benefit of reservation is extended in the first phase, to the castes and
communities which are common to the lists of the Mandal Commission report as
well as the State Govt.lists. The list of OBCs of AP have been published in Gazette
of India, extraordinary dated 13-9-93.
Competent Authorities:
The following are the Competent Authorities for issuing certificates of eligibility
in terms of Caste Community and Creamy layer : Collector & District Magistrate,
Add.District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner/Addl.Dy.Commissioner/Deputy
Collector/1 st Class Stipendary Magistrate/Sub Divisional Magistrate / Taluk
Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/Extra Asst.Commissioner (not below the rank of
1st Class stipendary Magistrate).
Chief Presidency Magistrate / Addl.Chief Presidency Magistrate /Presidency
Magistrate.
Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar/Mandal Revenue Officer.
Sub Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally
resides.
Revision of income criteria to exclude socially advanced persons/
sections (Creamy Layer) from other Backward Classes (OBCs).
As per the recommendations of the National Commission for Backward Classes
(MCBC), the income limit for determining the creamy layer among other Backward
Classes (OBCs) is raised from Rs. 2.50 Lakhs to Rs. 4.50 Lakhs. (Director Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education Govt. of India
New Delhi Lr. No. 1-1/2008-U.IA Dated 13-10-2008 communicated in Govt.of Andhra
Pradesh Backward Classes Welfare (C2 Dept. Memo No. 734/C2/2000 Dated 2510-2008).
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ANDHRA PRADEH REVENUE SUBORDINATE

SERVICE RULES
GOVERNMENT OF ANHDRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
PUBLIC SERVANTS - Sub-Ordinate Services - Andhra Pradesh Revenue Sub-ordinate
Service
Special
Rules
Re - issued.
REVENUE (SER.111) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.990
Dated 24-9-1992
Read the following :
1. G.O.Ms.No.1279, G.A., (Rules) Dept., Dated 12-10-1961.
2. From the One Man Commissioner Lr.No.114/OMC/SPF/Ser.II//87-3, Dt.
28.1.88.
3. Govt. Lr.No.2548/Ser.III.2/88-13, Rev. dt. 11.5.90.
4. Govt. Lr.No.53875/Ser.III.2/91-16 Rev. Dt. 18.12.91.
5. From the Secy. A.P.P.S.. Lr.No.809/RR/3/91, Dated 20.2.92 and 19.6.92.
ORDER :
The following notification shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazettee.
T. Gopala Rao
Secretary to Government.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution
of India, and in super session of the rules issued in G.O.Ms.No.1279, General
Administration (Rules) Department, dated the 12th October 1981 the Governor of
Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the the following Special Rules for the Andhra Pradesh
Revenue Sub-ordinate Service Rules.
RULES
1. SHORT TITLE :
These Rules may be called the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Sub-Ordinate service
Rules.
2. CONSTITUTION :
This service shall consist of the category of Deputy Tahsildars including Huzur
Head Clerks, Magisterial Head Clerks in the Collectorates, Special Deputy Tahsildars
on Settlement duty, Naib Tahsildars, Superintendent in the office of the Collectors
and Revenue Divisional Offices in the rank of Deputy Tahasildars and Special Deputy
Tahsildars on other special duties.
3. METHOD OF APNOINTMENT AND APPOINTING AUTHORITY :
(a) Subject to other provisions in these rules, the method of appointment shall be :
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(i) By direct recruitment ;

(ii) By appointment by transfer from the category of Senior Assistants of the Andhra
Pradesh Ministeial Service employed in the Revenue Departmet including the officers
of the Commissioner of Land Revenue, Commissioner of Land Reforms and Urban
Land Ceillings, Commissioner of Relief and Commissioner of Settlements, Survery
and Land Records and the Director of Settlements, Survey and Land Records.
(iii) By appointment by transfer from category of Assistant Section Officers in the
Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Services except Law, and Finance and Planning
(Finance, Wing) Departments.
(b) The appointing authority shall be the Collector of the District Concerned.
Note 1: Thirty percent of the number of substantive vacancies shall be filled by
direct recruitment.
Note 2: Not more than twelve appointments as Deputy Tahsildars shall be made in
any year by transfer from among the category of Assistant Section Officers of the
Departments of Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, except Law and Finance and Planning
(Fin.Wing) Departments or and from among the caegory of Senior Assistants of
the Adhra Prdesh Miniterial service employed in the offices of the Commissioner of
Land Revenue, Commissioner of Survey, Settlements and Land Records,
Commissioner of Land Reforms and Urban Land Ceilings and the office of the
Director of Survey, Settlements and Land Records. The list of candidates approved
for appointment by this method shall be called the city list.
Note 3 :- The list of approved candidates, other than the city list and those selected
for appointment as Deputy Tahsildars by direct recruitment shall be prepared by
the Commissioner of Land Revenue for appointment as Deputy Tahsildar separately
for each district.
The list of approved candidates for apointment by trnsfer as Deputy Tahsildars
shall ordinarily be prepared in the month of September in every year with 1st
September of thhe year as thhe qualifying datte and tthe list so prepared shall
cease tto be inforce on the 31st of August of the succeeding year.
Note 4 : The city list of approved candidates for appointment as Deputy Tahsildars
by transfers shall be prepared by the Commissioner of Land Revenue. The
Commissioner of Land Revenue shall, as and when necessary allot candidates
from the city list to the relevant districts. A candidates so allottted to a District
shall be appointed as Deputy Tahsildar in the first vacancy arising in that district
after his allotment, other thhan that reserved for a direct recruit.
Note 5: Direct recruitment of Deputy Tahsildars shall be made from tthe list of
apprroved candidates, drawn up by the Andhra Pradesh public services Commission for each unit of appointments, and sent by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service
Commission to the Commissioner of Land Revenue. The Commissioner of Land
Revenue shall allot candidates from this list to particular districts, in the order
specified in rule4. A candidate so allotted to a district shall be regarded as
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permanently allotted to the district.

Not with standing anything contained in this rule, the seniority of a person apointed
as Deputy Tahsildar shall be govemed by General Rule 33 in Part/III of the Andhra
Pradesh State and Subordinate service rules.
4. RESERVATION OF APPOINTMENTS :
(a) The rule of Special Representation (Rule-22 of the General Rules in Part-II of the
Andhra Pradesh State and sub-ordinate service Rules) shall, except in so far as itt
relattes a physically handicapped persons, apply to appointtment to the category of
Deputy Tahsildars in each district.
(b) In the mattter of direct recrruitment, to the post of Deputy Tahsildars, otther
things being equal, preference shall be given to women and they shall be selected,
to an extent of at least 30% of the posts in each category of O.C., B.C.(A), B.C.(B),
B.C.(C) B.C.(D), S.C. and S.T. quota.
5. QUALIFICATIONS AND AGE :
(a) Every candidate for appointment by drect recrruitment as Deputy Tahsildar shall
possess a degree of any University in India established or incorrporated by or under
a Central Act, State Act or an institution recognized by the University Grants
Commission.
(b) No person shall be eligible for appointtmentt as Deputy Tahsildar, by direct
recruitment, if he has completed the 28 years of age on the first day of July of the
year in which the notification for selection is made.
(c) Every candidate for appointment by transfer as Deputy Tahsildar from the category
of Senior Assistant in the Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Service and the Assistant
Section Officers in the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat Service, should have passed the
following test in addition to passing of the examination in the maintenance of revenue
records and registration.
(i) The Revenue Test, Parts-I, II and III
(ii) Civil Judicial Test, Part-II
(iii) Criminal Judicial Test.
(iv) Indian Evidence Act.
(v) Accounts Test for sub-ordinate officers Part - I.
Note :- A candidte who obtained the L.L.B., or B.L., Degree or who passed L.L.B.
(Previous) or B.L., (Previous) or the First Law Examination of any University
established or incorporated by a Central Act, State Act or a provisional Act or an
Institution recognized by University Grants Commission or passed the Bar Council
Examination conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Bar Council, shall be exempted
from appearing for the subject/subjects prescribed in any departmental Tests, which
are included in the syllabus of the said188
L.L.B., or B.L., Examination (Previous or
final) or the first Law Examination or the Bar Council examination conducted by the
I N D E X
Sl.No.
Name of the SubjectPage No.
1. Alienation
1
2. Assignment
3
3. Creation of Land Bank-Guidelines for allotment of House Sites to Govt.
Employees
8
4. Homesteads
15
5. The A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act 1977
16
6. POT ACT No.8 of 2008
22
7. Encroachments/Regularisation
25
8. Inams (A&C in to R)Act 1956
36
9. Estates (Abolition and conversion into Ryotwari) Act 1948
37
10. Correction of Land Classification Error
41
11. Record of Rights
41
12. The A.P. Agrl. Land (Conversion for NA Purpose)
46
13. Revenue Recovery Act
50
14. The A.P. Revenue Summons Act
53
15. Leases
54
16. Land Acquisition Act
56
17. The A.P. Mines Mineral concession Rules 1966
62
18. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 1982
63
19. Land Reforms
64
20. Water Rates
67
21. Remissions
69
22. A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act. & Rules 2002
70
23. Adjustment of Land cess
74
24. Evacuee Property (Repealed)
75
25. Pauper Stamp Duty
75
26. Urban Land Ceilings
76
27. Survey and Land Records
79
28. Different Types of Measures
81
29. A.P. (Andhra Area) Tenancy (Amendment) Act 1974
82
30. Treasure Trove Acts
82
31. Notional Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
84
1) National old Age Pension Scheme
2) National Family Benefit Scheme
3) National Maternity Benefit Scheme
32. Apathbandhu - Scheme for Below Pvoerty Line
85
33. Natural calamities and Fire Accidents
88
34. Birth and Death Registration & Name change
89
35. Magisterial Functions
96
36. Agency Civil Cases
101
37. Arms Act, 1959 - Arms rules 1962
101
38. Legal Aid to poor
102
39. Civil Supplies
103
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40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
Village Revenue Officers Rules

116
Village Revenue Assistants
125
Revised Village Accounts
128
Compassionate Appointments
129
Amendment to FR 53 and FR 54-A
132
Increments
133
Leave Rules :133
i) Calculation of earned leave
ii) Maximum earned leave to be granted at a time
iii) Half pay leave for Regular government employees
iv) Half pay leave for Temporary employees
v) Commutation of Half pay leave
vi) Leave not due
vii) Extraordinary leave
viii) Special disability leave
ix) Study leave
x) Hospital leave
xi) Maternity leave
xii) Payment of leave salary in advance
xiii) Half pay leave ~ Emoluments
xiv) Full pay in lieu of half pay leave
xv) Retirement during commuted leave
xvi) Surrender of Earned leave
xvii) Encashment of Earned leave
xviii) Encashment of Half pay leave
xix) Special casual leave for family planning Operation
xx) Compensatory Leave
47. Leave Travel Concession Rules
141
48. General Provident Fund
142
49. A.P. Govt. Life Insurance Scheme
144
50. Employees Welfare Fund Rules 1980 Application Form
145
51. Pension Rules - Contributing Pension
147
52. Payments and concessions to the family of Govt. Employees who die in
harness
and on election duty
153
53. Service Registers
154
54. Certificates of permanent and integrated community, Nativity and date of
birth
155
55. OBC Certificate
159
56. A.P. Revenue Sub-ordinate Service Rules
160
57. Clarification on Automatic Advancement Scheme
166
58. Revised Pay Scales 2008-09 Revenue Department
169
59. CCA Rules 1991
172
60. Declaration of Personal Cash - Limit on Purchase of property
174
61. Disciplinary Authorities and Authority competent to suspend or impose
penalty
175
62. Right to Information Act - 2005
178
63. Issue of Family Member Certificate
179
64. A.P. Land Licensed Cultivators Rules
180
65. Job Charts of Tahsildars & Revenue
182
190 Inspectors
66. Details of Divisions & Mandals
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ALIENATION

G.O.Ms.No. 216, Rev.Q Dept 19-2-76

Market Value Rs. 25000 or 1. For individuals Market Value

3. Government : All other cases

Tank beds, foreshore of tank beds, cattle stand, burial grounds,

Watercourse porambokes, lands in the vicinity of reserved forests, lands

Govt. lands in towns, municipalities, Dist.Hqrs. And within periphery of one

Assignment / Alienation of Govt. lands free of cost to State undertakings /

The ban on assignment of Govt. lands at mandal headquarters within 2 Kms

The exiting concession of granting land free of cost to Gram Panchayats,

Land less poor :

The resolution of Gram panchayat should be obtained.

Period of occupation of atleast 5 years;

Area in excess of 140 Sq Yards should be regularised on payment of Market

Occupiers of residential huts only in objectionable areas, are eligible for

CREATION OF LAND BANK

demand for the land.

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

In the Municipal Corporations of the State, Viz., Hyderabad, Warangal,

If the Society allots open spaces available in the layout or changes

G.O.Ms. No. 244

An employee should be a member of a Housing Society or Group. The

she was a member of any society to which concessional land was

THE A.P. ASSIGNED LANDS

Whosoever acquires any assigned lands in contravention of Sec 3 (2) of the

THE ANDHRA PRADESH

sub-section(1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act;

Declaration under section 7 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of

SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

NOTIFICATION UNDER CLAUSE ( C ) OF SUB SECTION (1) SECTION 4 OF

Name of the Mandal

Name of the Village

THE POT ACT 1977 HAS BEEN AMENDED BY THE ACT OF 8 OF

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assobly of the Stato of Andhra Pradesh in the

In section 7 of the principal Act.

Comparision of Old and New Act at aglaince.

unobjectionable Encroachments (BSO 15 (7) 15 (36) and 21).

is intended to provide a comprehensive set of guidelines regarding Transfer of Rights

g. Telephone connection document

b) Constructions which have come up in open spaces of approved

c) Constructions made an alignment of Nalas, Sikhams, Water

501 TO 1000 1.5 B

Note; i. The amount will be calculated on telescopic principle.

iii. Transfer of Rights in case of encroachment shall be done only in the

of unassigned Government lands in the context of longstanding occupation of smaller

DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE :

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NAME OF THE MANDAL

NAME OF THE VILLAGE

A.P. INAMS (A&C INTO R) ACT, 1956

An Inamdar other than an institution, of any unenfranchised Inam has sold or

ESTATES (ABOLITION AND CONVERSION INTO

landholder, by inheritance or succession under a will provided that the landholder

CORRECTION OF LAND CLASSIFICATION ERRORS

To facilitate issue of Title Deed to the Pattadar- Owners to enable them to

Accordingly, the Record of Rights in Form 1 was prepared by the Recording

ii) Record of Rights in Form 1 B :

iii) Rectification of entries in ROR :

Maintenance of Record of Rights :

i) Intimation of acquisition of rights :

ii) Maintenance of the Registers in Form VII :

No order refusing to make an amendment in accordance with the amendment

A Notice in Form VIII shall be issued

REGULARISATION OF CERTAIN ALIENATIONS OR OTHER TRANSFER