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Section 18: Appointment, superintendence and control of Revenue Officers.

The Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 17 of 1976

[(1) here shall be the following class of officers for the purposes of this Act who shall be appointed by the Government, by notification in the Government Gazette, namely :––

(a) Commissioner Agrarian Reforms and Joint Commissioner Agrarian Reforms ;

(b) Collector ;

(c) Assistant Commissioner ;

(d) Tehsildar ; and

(e) Nab-Tehsildar.

Every officer appointed by the Government under this sub-section shall be deemed to be a Revenue Officer within the meaning of section 6 of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Samvat 1996 and shall exercise such powers within such jurisdiction as the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, specify].

(2) The general superintendence and control over such Revenue Officers shall vest with the Government.

(3) Subject to the control of the Government, the Collectors, Assistant Commissioners, Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars shall be subordinate to and under the control of the Commissioner.

(4) Subject as aforesaid and to the control of the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner, the Tehsildar and Naib-Tehsildar shall be subordinate to and under control of the Collector.

(5) Subject as aforesaid and to the control of the Collector, the Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars shall be subordinate to and under the control of the Assistant Commissioner.

(6) Subject as aforesaid and to the control of the Assistant Commissioner, the Naib-Tehsildar shall be subordinate to and under the control of the Tehsildar.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976
Section18
Marginal noteAppointment, superintendence and control of Revenue Officers.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act No. IV of 1989. Substituted by Act No. IV of 1989, s. 4.

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