Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Rules, 1976

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Rules, 1976",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Rules, 1976",
    "act_number": "Published vide G.O.Ms.No. 24, Revenue, dated 8-1-1",
    "act_year": 1976,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Rules, 1976",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement:-",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions:-",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905 ;\n(b) \"landless poor person\" means a person who does not own more than two and half acres of wet land, or five acres of dry land, and is also poor ;\n(c) \"Section\" means a section of the Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Rate of assessment of lands in Town:-",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Rate of assessment of lands in Villages:-",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Seasonal remission on wet lands:-",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Grounds for grant of remission, scale of remission and procedure:-",
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            "content": "(a) lack of adequate supply of water from the Government source of irrigation ;\n(b) extensive damage to crop due to pests or pestilence ;\n(c) Submersion of land on account of exercise water or inundation rendering the cultivation of the land impossible;\n(d) any other reason beyond the control of ryot like act of State or of God :\nExplanation:-\nPaddy crop Yield in Kilograms of Paddy per acre\nRemission of Land Revenue\n1\n2\n150 Kgs. and below\nFull land revenue\nAbove 150 Kgs. and below 300 Kgs.\nOne half of land revenue.\n300 Kgs. and above\nNil\nIrrigated crops other than paddy:-\n1/8th and below of the normal yield\nFull land revenue\nabove 1/8th and below 1/4th\nof the normal yield\nOne half of land revenue\n1/4th of the normal yield and above\nNil\nExplanation:\n(ii) Every such application shall be presented on or before a date specified by a notification in the District Gazette by the District Collector, having regard to the harvest time, the local agricultural practices and seasonal conditions in respect of each crop (first crop and second crop). Such notification shall be given wide publicity in the village by beat of tom-tom and by affixture of the same in the village chavadi or any public place of importance in the village.\n(iii) The Tahsildar may refuse remission where an application is not made in accordance with these rules or in any case where the crop has been cut and removed or grazed by cattle before inspection by the competent authority :\n(iv) As soon as may be after an application is received and in any case not later than thirty days from the date of the receipt, the Revenue Inspector shall inspect the crop in all the fields specified in the application and submit his report to the Tahsildar or the Deputy Tahsildar as the case may be who shall inspect a fair percentage of the affected fields, being not less than 10 percent of such fields in each village. As far as possible the Revenue Divisional Officer shall also inspect some fields in each village by adopting random sampling method. The Tahsildar may wherever possible arrange for conducting crop-cutting experiments for the purpose of ascertaining the yield and shall do so in all villages where the area in respect of which applications made for granting remission, exceeds 50 acres.\n(v) The Revenue Inspector or Deputy Tahsildar shall submit his report and recommendation to the Tahsildar for sanction of remission and any order passed in this behalf by the Tahsildar shall be duly communicated to the Village Officers.\n(vi) The Revenue Divisional Officer or the Jamabandi Officer may revise an order of Tahsildar under Clause (v).\n(vii) The Revenue Divisional Officer may consider any case not considered by the Tahsildar and the Jamabandi Officer may consider any case not considered by the Tahsildar or the Revenue Divisional Officer.\nRules made under Section 8\nRules made under Section 8\nOoctacamund, August 30th, 1907\nRules :\nRules :\nRules made under Section 8 (a)\nRules made under Section 8 (a)\nOoctacamund, May 1st, 1906",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "AP167",
        "Act Number": "Published vide G.O.Ms.No. 24, Revenue, dated 8-1-1976",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1976",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Rules, 1976",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}