2. In this Act, unless stated otherwise requires,-
(a) "Abadi", means such area of a village which is,-
(i) recorded as abadi in the record of rights of the village maintained according to Section 31 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no. 8 of 2012); or
(ii) privately held agricultural land area which is used as habitation; or
(iii) land allotted for habitation; or
(iv) land which is permissible for habitation under Section 67-A of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no. 8 of 2012);
(b) "Abadi plot " means the parcel of land demarcated as such in the map prepared after survey of the abadi;
(c) "Abadi plot owner" means a person whose name is lawfully and incontrovertibly recorded in the rural abadi record prepared after the Abadi Survey and Record Operations under this Act;
(d) "Abadi Survey Form" means one or more forms appended to the Rules and Regulations of this Act;
(e) "Act" means the Uttar Pradesh Rural Abadi Records Act, 2025;
(f) "Assistant Record Officer" means the Sub Divisional Officer of the concerned Tehsil, unless any other officer is designated as Assistant Record Officer, by the State Government;
(g) "Board" means the Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh;
(h) "Central Government" means the Government of India;
(i) "Code" means the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no.8 of 2012);
(j) "Lekhpal" means the Lekhpal appointed as per the Uttar Pradesh Lekhpal Service Rules, 2006;
(k) "Record Officer" means the Collector of the District;
(l) "Revenue Inspector, Naib Tehsildar, Tehsildar(Judicial) and Tehsildar" means the Revenue Inspector, Naib Tehsildar, Tehsildar(Judicial) and Tehsildar as referred to in sub-section(17) of Section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no. 8 of 2012);
(m) "Section" means a Section of this Act;
(n) "State Government" means the Government of Uttar Pradesh;
(o) "Survey Number" means the recorded survey number of any plot of land as prepared and maintained in the records of rights or maps prepared under Section 30 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no.8 of 2012);
(p) "Technical agency" means any agency nominated by the State Government for survey work;
(q) "Village" means village as defined in sub-section (20) ofSection 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 (U.P. Act no.8 of 2012).