(i) Proceedings shall simultaneously be taken for the preparation and publication of the table of revenue rates;
(ii) For the purpose of determining the revenue rates, the area shall be divided into units (hereinafter called assessment units) in accordance with the provisions of section 32 and these rules; and
(iii) Before the attestation mentioned at item (vi) of rule 56 starts, the table of revenue rates shall be finally published and the assessment of each holding shall be calculated in accordance with that table and entered in the draft of the record-of-rights.
Assessment unit 41. Subject to the provisions of section 32—
(a) the assessment unit shall as for as possible—
(i) include a compact area;
(ii) be homogeneous in geographical, agriculture and economic conditions; and
(iii) be coterminous with a block of physical division; and
1. Omitted by T.L.R & L.R (11th Amendment) Rules 1979.
2. Substituted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) (Tripura) Adaptation of laws Order, 1973.
3. Omitted by 13th Amendment dated 29.1.81.
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(b) The assessment unit of land within a municipality or cantonment, area shall be the area comprised within a municipal ward or the cantonment, area shall be the area comprised within a municipal ward or the cantonment as the case may be:
Provided that the survey and Settlement Officer may combine the area under two or more municipal wards into one assessment unit or sub-divide a municipal ward or cantonment area into more than one assessment unit.
42. The revenue rate of any class of land shall not exceed—
(i) in case of agricultural land, one-eight value of the yield of the land.
(ii) In case of other land 3% of the market value of the land.
Form of table of revenue rates.
43. The table of revenue rates of land revenue per acre again different classes of agricultural and non-agriculture land in the unit and shall be in From 5.
Annexure to table of revenue rates.
44. To the table of revenue rates shall be annexed—
(i) a map of the assessment unit showing the village;
(ii) a set of tabular statement, showing the results of crop cutting experiments, costs of cultivation, present and past classification if any, corps grown, and the proposed rates.
Publication table of revenue rates
45. The Survey and settlement Officer or the assistant survey and Settlement Officer shall publish the table of revenue rates under sub-section (1) of section 33 by placing it for public inspection free of charge during a period of thirty days at such convenient place as he may determine and cause at public notice in Form 6 to be given to that effect in each village comprised in the assessment unit to which the table relates, stating the place at which the table will be open to such inspection and inviting objection, if any to be made within thirty days of the days of publication of the notice.
Disposal of objection 46. Any objection to any entry in the table of revenue rates filed within the prescribed period shall be hard in a summary manner and decision recorded.
47. The 1[State Government] may by an order direct alteration of revision of Alteration or revisions of revenue rates Ratio between old and new revenue rates revenue rates under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 37 when in its opinion the circumstances have so Changed as to cause substantial increase or decrease in the yield or prices of crops generally or in a particular area.
48. The revised revenue rates of different classes of land shall bear the same ratio to the old revenue rates of that corresponding class of land as—
(i) in case of agricultural land the average profits of agriculture of that class of land during the preceding three years bear to the average profits of agriculture of that or corresponding class of land at the time of the last determination of revenue rates;
1. Substituted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) (Tripura) Adaptation of laws Order, 1973.
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(ii) in case of non-agricultural land the average market value of that class of land obtaining during the preceding three years bears to the average market value of that or corresponding class of land obtaining at the time of the last determination of revenue rates;
Provided that the revenue payable in respect of any land shall not be increased or enhanced under these rules so as to exceed by more than twelve and a half per cent of the revenue previously payable in respect of that land.
49. (1) As soon as the work of survey and settlement of land revenue has sufficiently advanced to enable the survey and Settlement Officer to state approximately what will be the total cost incurred and the cost leviable from persons holding land or having interest therein and how in his opinion the share to be paid by persons holding land or having interest therein should be borne, he shall submit for orders of the 1[State Government] the principles on which he proposes to make apportionment. The proposals shall be submitted in good time before final publication of records of rights.
50. (1) Liability of individuals for costs shall be fixed on the basis of the area of land held by them or in which they have interest and for this purpose the fraction of an acre shall be deemed to be an acre.
Apportionment of liability of costs and notice thereof
(2) When the area of waste land or unoccupied land is extensive separate rates per acre may be fixed for the land and the other land.
51. When the 1[State Government] has approved the principals of apportionment of the cost, the survey and Settlement Officer shall cause each person to be served with a notice in such manner s the 1[State Government] may from time direct of the amount payable by him and the period within which it should be deposited.
52. (1) A separate settlement register shall be prepared for village.
(2) It shall contain the following particulars:--
(i) Mark list (list of trijunction and boundary and survey marks);
(ii) Index of plot numbers and khasra;
(iii) Assessment of each holding;
(iv) Rent Roll (List of revenue rates for different soil classes in the village);
(v) Classified statement of raiyats and their under raiyats;
(vi) 2[Crop inspection Register in such Form as the State Government may direct];
(vii) Register of lands held by Government and other local bodies;
(viii) Statement showing the classifications of cultivated lands and culturable waste;
1. Substituted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) (Tripura) Adaptation of laws Order, 1973.
2. Substituted by 13th Amendment dated 29.1.81.
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(ix) Revenue free lands;
(x) List of lands in which public hare common right of easement;
(xi) Agricultural stock statement;
(xii) 1[Omitted]
(xiii) Cadastral village map;
(xiv) A village note containing the following:--
(a) Situation and physical features;
(b) Soil classes;
(c) Tehsil, Circle Officer’s, Circle, Sub-division, District, Station, Post & Telegraph Office to which attached);
(d) Human and cattle population;
(e) Customary rights of the villagers;
(f) Main crops;
(g) Method of cultivation;
(h) Drinking water tanks wells and other sources of drinking water;
(i) Schools and college;
(j) Community festivals and religion;
(k) Hospitals and dispensaries;
(l) Pasture land;
(m) Burial and cremation ground;
(n) Natural products and mines, if any,;
(o) Village officer;
(p) Trade, communication and marking facilities;
(q) Crafts and industries;
(r) Temples, mosques and other notable objects;
(s) Rural indebtedness, economic conditions, use of excisable goods;
(t) Rain-fall;
(u) Such other information as may be considered necessary and useful.
1. Omitted by 13th Amendment dated 29.1.81 12 Records of rights
CHAPTER - V LAND RECORDS
53. (1) The record of right shall consist of a statement of rights in from 7, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Khatian’
(a) The Record of rights shall consist of a statement of rights in Form-7, hereinafter referred to as the khatian and it may be linked with the Aadhaar Services of Unique Identification Authority of India ( for short UIDAI).
(2) There shall ordinarily be a separate Khatian for each person interested or group of persons jointly interested in the land and the Khatian shall show the rights and liabilities of each such person.
(3)Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) shall be recorded against each and every cadastral surveyed plot or newly created surveyed plot in Form-7 (Khatian).
Khasra 54. There shall be prepared in Form 8 a Field Index or Khasra’ arranged according to the serial numbers of the plots in the village.
Notification and proclamation Stages of revenue survey and preparation of records of rights Before the preparation of revision of record-of-rights is taken up there shall be the notification and the proclamation as stated in rule 39.