{ "id": 14828, "slug": "andhra-pradesh-telangana-area-tenancy-and-agricultural-land-rules-1950", "title": "Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.", "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.", "act_number": "Published vide Notification, (Revenue) No. 41, dat", "act_year": 1950, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Andhra Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title and commencement:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Preparation of Preliminary Record of Tenancies of Agricultural Land:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Announcement:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Patwari shall make the Preliminary Record of Tenancies available for reference and inspection by the villagers in the manner prescribed in sub-rule (i) for a period of 15 days from the date of the first announcement under sub-rule (i).\n(iii) At the end of the period of 15 days fixed in sub-rule (ii), the patwari and the Mali Patel of the village shall certify at the foot of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies that the requirements of sub-rules (i) and (ii) have been duly complied with.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Objections by villagers:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Disposal of the objections by the Patwari:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Record to be forwarded to the Tahsil Office through the Revenue Inspector:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Enquiry and check by the Revenue Inspector:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) If any person who is adversely affected by an entry in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies or the Register of Disputed Cases, is present and consents to such an entry being corrected during such check, the Girdawar shall note the fact in Register of Disputed Cases and make the necessary corrections in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies under his signature and delete the former entry from the Register of Disputed Cases under his signature.\n(iii) If any person present who is adversely affected, disputes the correctness of an entry, whether he has filed an application regarding the same before the Patwari under Rule 4 or not, the Girdawar shall correct such error if admitted by all parties, under his signature. If the error is not admitted by all parties, he shall enter the dispute with all particulars in the Register of Disputed Cases, if, such an entry has not already been made by the Patwari.\n(iv) On completion of the check of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and the Register of Disputed Cases under sub-rules (i), (ii) and the Girdawar shall certify at the foot of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies and the Register of Disputed Cases that the entries have been read out to the assembly of the villagers and that the prescribed action has been taken on the objection and shall sign the same on the spot.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Revenue Inspector to forward the Records to the Tahsildar:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Enquiry of disputed cases by Tahsildar:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Tahsildar or the said officer, shall record in the Register of Disputed Cases a brief summary of the evidence at the enquiry and his orders thereon with the grounds for his decision.\n(iii) The Tahsildar or the said officer shall communicate his decision orally to the parties, if they are present at the time of his decision and shall make a note to that effect in the Register of Disputed Cases.6 If the parties are not present, he shall send written intimation of the decision by post to the last known address or addresses of the party or parties, as the case may be, and note in the Register of Disputed Cases, the date of despatch of such intimation.\n(iv) The Tahsildar or the said officer shall under his signature amend the entries in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies in accordance with his orders under sub-rule (ii). He shall send a copy of every amended entry to the Patwari who shall carry out the amendments in his copy of the Preliminary Record of Tenancies under his signature.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Preliminary Record to be declared as Provisional Record of Tenancies:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Tahsildar shall announce that the Preliminary Record of Tenancies has been declared as a Provisional Record of Tenancies under sub-rule (i) by affixing copies of notice to that effect on the notice board in his office and in the Chavadi of the village to which such record relates or if in such village there is no Chavadi, in such place as he may specify.\n(iii) During his next visit to such village after such publication the Girdawar of the area shall check whether all the amendments to entries in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies communicated by the Tahsildar to the Patwari under the provisions of sub-rule (iv) of Rule 9 have been duly incorporated by the Patwari and if all the amendments have been so incorporated or after getting such amendments incorporated in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies, the Girdawar shall append a certificate in the Preliminary Record of Tenancies that all such amendments of entries have been incorporated therein and that the Preliminary Record of Tenancies has been declared by the Tahsildar as Provisional Record of Tenancies. He shall note in his certificate the date of such declaration by the Tahsildar.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Appeal:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Revision:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Amendment of entries in Provisional Record of Tenancies:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Acquisition of rights to be reported:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Patwari shall at once give a written acknowledgement of the report made to him under sub-rule (i) in Form II appended herewith to the person making it.\n(iii) The Patwari shall immediately forward every report made to him under sub-rule (i) to the Tahsildar of the area.\n(iv) If the Patwari has reason to believe that an acquisition of any interest or right in land of description referred to in sub-rule (i) has taken place, of which a report has not been made to him under that sub-rule, he shall immediately report such an acquisition to the Tahsildar of the area.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Register of Mutations:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Tahsildar or the officer authorised by Government in this behalf shall inquire into every acquisition of interest or right in land entered in the Register of Mutations within 30 days of its entry in such register after giving prior notice of the time, date and place of enquiry to all persons who are believed to be interested in the mutation.\n(iii) The Tahsildar or the said officer shall record a brief summary of the evidence at his enquiry and of the ground for his decision in the Register of Mutations.\n(iv) The Tahsildar shall amend the entry made in the Provisional Record of Tenancies in accordance with the orders under sub-rule (iii) under his signature and shall communicate copy of the entry so made to the Patwari who shall thereupon alter the relevant entry in his copy of the Provisional Record of Tenancies accordingly.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. Appeal and Revision:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Second Taluqdar, Board of Revenue or the Government may of their own accord at any time, or within 3 months from the date of an order in appeal under sub-rule (i) of the application of any party, call for and examine the records relating to such appeal and may pass such orders thereon as they deem fit and proper.\n(iii) The Tahsildar shall amend the entries in the Provisional Record of Tenancies in accordance with the orders in appeal under sub-rule (i) under his signature or revision under sub-rule (ii) and shall communicate copies of the entries so amended to the Patwari who shall thereupon alter the relevant entry in his copy of the Provisional Record of Tenancies accordingly.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Obligation to furnish information:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Tahsildar or the said officer shall at once give a written acknowledgement thereof to the person furnishing any information or producing any document under sub-rule (i) and shall note under his signature the date of such production.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Penalty for failing to furnish information:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "72", "title": "19. Refusal of assistance under Section 72 of the Land Revenue Act and Section 32 of the Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "20", "title": "20. Presumption of correctness of entries in the Records of Tenancies and Registers of Mutations:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "21", "title": "21. Inspection of copies:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) For every certified copy of entries in Provisional Register of Tenancies a fee at the rate of 8 annas for each survey number shall be charged.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "22", "title": "22. Certified copy of record to be annexed to a plaint or an application:.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) If the plaintiff or applicant fails to comply with sub-rule (i) for any use which the Court, Tribunal or Officer, before whom the plaint or application, as the case may be, has been filed, deems sufficient, he shall produce such certified copy within such reasonable time as may be fixed by the Court, Tribunal or Officer, as the case may be, and if such certified copy is not so annexed or produced, the plaint or application shall be rejected. But such rejection shall not by itself, preclude the presentation of a fresh plaint in respect of the same cause of action, or a fresh application in respect of the same matter, with a certified copy annexed.\n(iii) After the disposal of any case in which a certified copy of any such entry has been filed, the Court, Tribunal or Officer, as the case may be, shall communicate to the Tahsildar any error appearing in such entry or any alteration therein that may be required by reason of a decree or order of the said Court, Tribunal or Officer and a copy of such communication shall be kept with the record of the proceedings. The provisions of this sub-rule shall apply also to an appellate or revisional decree or order, provided that in the case of an appellate or revisional decree or order passed by the High Court, the communication to the Tahsildar shall be sent by the Court in which the original proceedings were instituted.\n(iv) The Tahsildar shall on receipt of such communication cause the relevant entry in the Provisional Record of Tenancies to be amended in accordance with the decree or the decision of the Court, Tribunal or Officer, as the case may be, so far as it adjudicates upon any right required to be entered in the Record of Tenancies, and shall forward copy of the entry so amended to the Patwari who shall thereupon amend such entry in his copy of the Provisional Record of Tenancies accordingly.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "23", "title": "23. Court Fees:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 }, { "number": "24", "title": "24. Final Record of Tenancies:.", "chapter": null, "content": "24A.\n24B.\n24C.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 23 }, { "number": "25", "title": "25. Certificates to be issued to Protected Tenants:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 24 }, { "number": "26", "title": "26. Applicability of provisions of other rules:.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 25 }, { "number": "27", "title": "27. Revision:.", "chapter": null, "content": "Form No.I\nForm No.I\nPart I\nRecord of Agricultural Tenancies\nName of : 1.Village\nPreliminary", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 26 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Taluk", "chapter": null, "content": "Provisional", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 27 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. District", "chapter": null, "content": "Final\nSurvey No.\nPote No.\nName of field if any\nExtent Acres-Guntas\nClassification of the land if wet, whether single crop or double crop\nAssessment\nThe name and father's name of the land holder\nWhether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered, or a hissadar\nName and father's name of the tenant in possession of the land on the date the Act came into force, i.e., 10.6.1950\nExtent held by the tenant out of the extent shown in Col. 4\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\nPeriod or periods of possession of the land by the tenants\nThe date on which subsisting lease is due to expire\nThe basis of the tenancy (Whether it is by virtue of a registered lease deed, unregistered lease deed or an oral agreement)\nMode of payment or rent (whether payable in cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of a crop or in the shape or service or labour.\nThe quantum of rent (details)\nOther feature or terms if any of the tenancy\nThe name of the person to whom the rent is paid\nWhether the tenant is Protected Tenant\nRemarks\n(11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\n(15)\n(16)\n(17)\n(18)\n(19)\nN.B.\nForm No.I\nForm No.I\nPart II\nAbstract of Tenancies\nDetails of occupation\nS. No.\nName of the Tenant\nFather's name\nS. No.\nPote No.\nName of the field, if any\nExtent occupated\nClassification of the land, if wet, whether single crop or double crop.\nRent payable\nRemarks\nAcres\nGutas\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\nForm No. II\nForm No. II\nRecord of tenancies\nRecord of tenancies\n( To be retained )\nReceipt\nS.No..... son\n\t\t\t\tof......... has field today an\n\t\t\t\toral/written application for rectification of the entry against\n\t\t\t\tSurvey No./Sub-Division No. .....in the Preliminary\n\t\t\t\tRecord of Tenancies of.......Village\n\t\t\t\t........Taluka.........of\n\t\t\t\t.......Tahsil as per details overleaf. Dated :\nPatwari\nPatwari\nOriginal entry sought to be corrected. Particular\n\t\t\t\tof the Representation.\nForm No. II\nForm No. II\nRecord of tenancies\nRecord of tenancies\n( To be given to the party )\nReceipt\nS.No.......son of\n\t\t\t\t.........has filed today an\n\t\t\t\toral/written application for rectification of the entry against\n\t\t\t\tSurvey No./Sub-Division No......in the\n\t\t\t\tPreliminary Record of Tenancies of\n\t\t\t\t........Village\n\t\t\t\t........Taluka........of\n\t\t\t\t........tehsil as per details overleaf.\nDated:\nPatwari\nPatwari\nOriginal entry sought to be corrected. Particular of the\n\t\t\t\tRepresentation.\nForm No. III\nForm No. III\nRegister of Dispute Cases\n28th August, 1950\nSl. No.\nReference to the number of the entry in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of Tenancies or Register of Mutations\nSurvey No. and Substituted Dn. No.\nArea\nName of the person seeking rectification\nParticulars of the representation\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nDate of the receipt of the representation\nOrders of the Tahsildar with a summary of the evidence at his enquiry and grounds of the decision\nDate and mode of communication of the order to the party and the exact terms of the entry to be made in the Preliminary or Provisional Record of Tenancies\nOrders of the appellate or revising authority in case there is an appeal or revision\nDate when the orders in Col. 9 and 10 are incorporated in the Provisional Record of Tenancies and the designation of the officer making the incorporation\nRemarks\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\nForm No. IV\nForm No. IV\nMutation Register\nSl. No.\nReference to the number of the entry in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of Tenancies\nSurvey No. and Pote No.\nName of the person acquiring the right\nDetails of the rights acquired\nDate and Place of enquiry\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nBrief summary of the evidence at the enquiry and the decision thereon with reasons\nDate of amendment of entries in the Preliminary/Provisional record of Tenancies in accordance with the orders in Col. 7 and the date of communication of the decision in col. 7 to the Patwari\nOrders of the Appellate or revising authority, if any\nThe date of amendment of the entries in the Preliminary/Provisional Record of tenancies in accordance with the orders in Col. 9 and the date of communication of such orders to the Patwari\nRemarks\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\nForm No. V\nForm No. V\nFinal Record of Agricultural Tenancies\nFinal Record of Agricultural Tenancies\n7th June, 1951\nPart I\nAbstract of Protected Tenancies\nSurvey No.\nPote No.\nName of the field if any\nExtent, Acres, Guntas\nClassification of the land if wet, whether single\n\t\t\t\tcrop or double crop.\nAssessment\nThe name and father's name of the land holder\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\nWhether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered, or a hissedar\nName and father's name of the tenant\nExtent held by the tenants out of the extent out of the extent shown in Col. 4\nMode of payment (whether payable In cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of the crop.)\nQuantum of the rent (details)\nName of the person to whom rent is payable (only in case rent is payable to a person other than the one shown in Col. 7)\nRemarks\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\nPart - II\nAbstract of Tenancies of other than Protected Tenancies\nSurvey No.\nPote No.\nName of the field if any\nExtent, Acres, Guntas\nClassification of the land if wet, whether single crop or double crop.\nAssessment\nThe name and father's name of the landholder\nWhether he is a pattadar, inamdar, shikmidar registered or unregistered or hisseadar\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\nName and father's name of the tenants\nExtent held by the tenant out of the extent shown in Col. 4\nThe date on which the subsisting lease was given\nRent payable\nOther features or terms if any of the tenancy\nName of the person to whom rent is payable (only in case rent is payable to a person other than the one shown in Col. 7)\nRemarks\nMode of payment (whether payable In cash or as a fixed quantity of particular grain or as a share of the crop)\nQuantum of the rent (details)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\n(13)\n(14)\n(15)\n(16)\nForm - VI\nForm - VI\n7th June, 1951\nCertificate issued under Sections 35 and 37 of the Andhra Pradesh (T.A.) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950\nVillage......... Taluk..........\n(a) Survey No.\n(b) Pote No.\n(c) Name of the field, if any\n(d) Extent Acres Guntas\n(a)\nMode of payment in cash/kind/Crop share/\n(b)\nQuantum\nRs.\nAs.\nP.\nQuantity in Standard measure\nFraction of Crop share\nTahsildar .", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 28 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "AP196", "Act Number": "Published vide Notification, (Revenue) No. 41, dated the 17.8.1950.Published in Hyderabad Gazette No. 48, Part-1-C, 73, dated 28.8.1950.", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1950", "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Land Rules, 1950.", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Andhra Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }