PROFILE OF LAND CELL CENTRE OF AMR-APARD

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A.P. RECORD OF RIGHTS IN LAND PATTADAR PASS BOOKS
ACT - 1971
B. VENKATESWARA RAO, District Revenue Officer
(Retd.) CONSULTANT, AMR-APARD, Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad-500 030.
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• It came into force w.e.f. 15-08-1978
• It contains 13 Sections
• Rules made in 1989
• Implementation Commenced from
  9-6-1989

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• OBJECTIVES
• To enable farmers to secure loans from credit
  agencies basing on entries in Pattadar Pass
  Books. (Sec. 3) (1).
• Rectification of Record of Rights (Sec. 3)
• Regulation of un-registered transfers and
  alienations Sec. 5(A) and Rule 22.
• Maintenance and amendment of Record of Rights
  Sec. 5 Rule 2(g) and (h) and 18

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• Right acquiring
• Succession
• Inheritance
• Partition
• Gift
• Sale
• Decree of Court etc.,

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• DEFINITIONS
• Village means any local area which is
  recognized as a Village in the Revenue Accounts
  of the Government.
• Land means Land being used for agricultural
  purpose.
• Occupant means a person in actual possession of
  land other than a tenant.
• Owner means a person who has permanent and
  heritable rights of possession on land and
  includes the holder of a patta issued as a
  landless poor person.
• Pattadar means includes every person who holds
  land directly under the Government, under a Patta
  whose name is registered in land revenue accounts
  as Pattadar and who is liable to pay land
  revenue.

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• Khatadar means any person having a Khata number
  or account to pay land revenue.
• Mortgagee means the transferee of a mortgage as
  defined in transfer of property act.
• Tenant means a lessee under a tenancy agreement
  express or implied or a person who is or is
  deemed to be a tenant under any law
• Recording Authority means such officer of the
  Department notified by the Collector.
• Credit Agency means Banking Company,
• Cooperative Banks, Credit Societies etc.,

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• PROCEDURE
• Every owner, pattadar, mortgagee or tenant to
  apply Tahsildar for issue of PPB/TD
• Tahsildar may also suo-motu issue.
• Title Deeds to be issued only in respect of
  Pattadar and owner.
• Entries in Pass Book to be treated as sufficient
  evidence to grant loans without production of
  copies of village revenue records.
• Pass Books and Title Deeds to contain other
  required information like loans, mortgage etc.,

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• Furnishing of Photos etc.,
• One to be affixed on Pass Book
• One to be affixed on Title Deed
• One to be pasted in Form I B
• One to be filed.
• Photo to be attested and affixing of seal by
  Tahsildar
• RDO to attest and seal front page of Title
  Deed.
• Xerox copy of FMB/Tippan to be attached to Title
  Deed/Pass Book for identification of land.
• Rate of Pass Book/TD is Rs.15/-(per set)

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• Maintenance of Record of Rights
• Intimation of acquisition of rights to be made to
  Tahsildar within 90 days in Form VI-A. Sec.
  4(1) and Rule 18(2)
• Acknowledgement to the individual to be in Form
  VI(C)
• Tahsildar to give opportunity to the concerned
  before passing orders. Section 5(1)
• Before carrying out any amendment, Tahsildar to
  issue notice to persons affected and after making
  enquiry to pass orders.
• Notice to be in Form VIII. Section 5(3)
• Orders on all intimations to be passed within
  six months.

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• Regularization of Alienations
• Occupants of lands, alienated or transferred
  otherwise than by a registered document to apply
  to Tahsildar within prescribed period for a
  certificate that the alienation is valid.
  Section 5-A(1) and Rule 22(1)
• Alienee or transferee to file application in
  Form-X (before 31-12-2005) Rule 22(2)
• Tahsildar to issue notices in Form XI and XII to
  all persons interested including alienor or
  transferor and conduct enquiry. Rule 22(3) (4)

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• After enquiry Tahsildar to require the alienee or
  transferee to deposit registration fee and stamp
  duty that would have been payable had the
  alienation been effected by a registered
  document, as fixed by the Registering Officer.
  Section 5-A(2) and Rule 22(5)
• On deposit of the amount Tahsildar to issue
  certificate in Form XIII-B.
• Copy of Certificate to be communicated to
  Sub-Registrar in Form XIII-A.
• Sec.5-A(4) Rule 22(5)(1)

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• Recording Authority on production of certificate
  to make entries in Form I and IB. Thereafter
  Title Deed and Pass Book to be issued.
  Sec. 5-A (5) and Rule 22(6) and (7)
• Appeal lies to RDO on Tahsildar orders U/s 5-A
  (4) within 30 days. Sec. 5-B and Rule 22-A
• Appeal to be disposed of within 6 months. Rule
  22-A(4)

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• Loss and Mutilation of Title Deed
• To file an application to RDO along with
  mutilated Title Deed on the challan for Rs. 100/-
  for issue of duplicated Title Deed.
• Concerned person to notify loss to the Tahsildar,
  RDO, Police, Credit Agencies and paper
  publication.
• Applicant submit representation to RDO with
  above acknowledgments on payment of Rs.1000/- by
  way of challan.
• Furnishing of Indemnity Bond
• RDO issue proceedings to Tahsildar for
  preparation of duplicate Title Deed and carry
  amendments in Form I B.
• RDO is competent to issue Title Deed.

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• Loss and Mutilation of Pass Book
• Similarly Tahsildar can issue Pattadar Pass Book
  to the applicant on payment of Rs.15/- by way of
  challan.
• Loss of Pass Book/Title Deed to be noted in Form
  I B Register, soon after receipt of the
  information from the concerned.

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• Names of persons having adverse possession
  irrespective of the No.of years of possession
  cannot be recorded as owner or pattadar.
• However the occupants should go to Court and get
  their title by adverse possession declared /
  decreed.

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• Time limit for disposal of cases
• Tahsildar has to dispose of all applications for
  rectification within 60 days.
• Information of acquisition of right to be made to
  MRO within 90 days.
• Appeal lies to RDO on Tahsildar orders within 60
  days.
• Bar of Suits
• No Suit shall lie against the Government or any
  officer of the Government in respect of a claim
  to have an entry made in any record. (Section 8)

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• Important Forms
• Form I S.No. wise Patta wise details
  (owners occupants)
• Form I-A Proforma for filing claims by the
  claimant.
• Form I-B Details of eligible pattadars
  survey number wise.
• Form V Notice for enquiry for rectification
• Form VI-B Intimation by the Registration
  Dept., to Tahsildar within a week of the date of
  registration.

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• Form XVI Maintaining of a Register showing
  the registered document or intimation received in
  Tahsildars office from Sub-Registrars office.
• Form XIV
• Part-I Pattadar Pass Book, Photo
• of Pattadar (White)
• Part-II Title Deed, Ownership
• cultivation (Green)
• Part-III Tenant cultivation
• Mortgagee (Red), Photo of
• cultivator.
• Part-IV Inam lands - Encroacher.

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Documents Require Registration

• Gift Deed
• Transfer of Right in Land
• Lease of Immovable Property
• Transfer on account of a decree of a court or any
  award
• Documents do not require Registration
• Will
• Succession by heirship
• Partition Deed
• D. Form Patta

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