(1) When it appears to the State Government that a record-of-rights for an estate does not exist, or that the existing record-of-rights for an estate requires special revision, it may by notification direct that record-of-rights be made or that the record-of-right be specially revised, as the case may be.
(2) The notification may direct that record-of-rights shall be made or specially revised for all or any estates in any local area.
(3) A record-of-rights made or specially revised for an estate under this section shall be deemed to be the record-of-rights for the estate, but shall not affect any presumption in favour of the State, which has already arisen from any previous record-of-rights.
1[(4) The record-of-rights to be made or specially revised shall be done in the manner prescribed.
(5) When a District or a part thereof for making of special revision or record-of-rights and assessment of land revenue, is in process, the duty of preparing and maintaining of record-of-rights shall be transferred to the Settlement Collector who shall exercise all the powers of the Collector under this Act.
(6) When the record-of-rights are made or specially revised, the same shall be published within the estate in the manner prescribed.
(7) If any party interested to filed objections, against any entry in the records within a period of 30 days, the same shall be decided by the Revenue Officer within a period of one month and after giving effect to the orders of the Revenue Officer, if any, in the record-of-rights of the estate, the record shall be finally published within the estate in the manner prescribed.
(8) After the final publication of the record-of -rights under subsection section (7), the settlement patwari shall supply to every persons a copy of measurement Jamabandi and Tatima of newely measure Khasra numbers of his holding free of cost:
(9) As soon as the work of making or special revision of record-of rights and assessment of land revenue of an estate is over, a notification shall be issued declaring the making or revision of record-of-rights, as the case may be, to be closed.]
2[33-A. Units of measure to be based on metric system.- In case the measurements of any land in the record-of-rights are recorded in non-metric system, there shall, during making record-of-rights or special revision of record-of-rights under section 33 of this Act, be a complete re-measurement of the estate or sub-estate based on the units of metric system in accordance with the provisions of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976.]
1. Sub-sections (4) to (8) inserted vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 2000, amended vide H.P.
Act No. 3 of 2001 and again substituted vide H.P. Act No. 1 of 2004.
2. Section 33-A inserted vide H.P. Act No. 3 of 1996 effective from 23rd September,
1976.
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