Section 2: Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(1) "Andhra area" means the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh other than the Telangana area;

(2) "dry land" means the land registered as dry manavari, asmantari, baghat or garden land or special rate dry land or land classified or localized as wet or irrigated dry or land classified as dry but irrigated;

(3) "fasli year" means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of July of every year;

(4) "Government" means the State Government;

(5) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance regulation, order, bye-law, rule; scheme notification or other instrument having the force of law;

(6) "Mandal revenue officer" means the Mandal Revenue Officer in whose jurisdiction the land is situated and includes any officer of the Revenue Department empowered by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Mandal Revenue Officer under this Act;

(7) "notification" means the notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;

(8) "owner" includes every person who holds land directly under the Government under a patta or whose name is registered in the land revenue accounts of the Government as pattadar or as occupant or khatadar and who is liable to pay land revenue;

(9) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;

(10) "Revenue Divisional Officer" means the Revenue Divisional Officer in whose jurisdiction the land is situate and includes any officer of the Revenue Department empowered by the Government to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Revenue Divisional Officer under this Act;

(11) "State" means the State of Telangana;

(12) "Telangana area" means the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956;

(13) "water tax" means tax levied under section 3.