1. Short title, extent and commencement:

2.
(a) " Act " means the Andhra Pradesh [Rights in Land] and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971;
(b) " Section " means a section of the Act;
(c) " Form " means the form appended to these rules;
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(e) " Mortgagee " means the transferee of a mortgage as defined in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882;
[(f) ' Khatadar ' means any person having a khata number or account number to pay Land Revenue. Every person in actual possession of land, other than a tenant or a usufructuary mortgagee shall pay land revenue on it into a khata number assigned to him;]
[(g) ' Record of Rights ' means in respect of owners title of land and m respect of other rights and interests in land] .
(h) ' Amendment and maintenance of record of rights in lands ' means and includes the amendments to the record of rights under [Sections 3(3), 5, 8(2) and 9 of the Act.]
[3. Form of Record of Rights: