The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979, Tamil Nadu Act No. 65 of 1979
The Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu enacted the Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979, Tamil Nadu Act No. 65 of 1979, dated 7 December 1979. It repeals the Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Act, 1956, in its application to the added territories, while preserving the Government's power to levy and collect current assessment rates and deal with certain existing assessments.
What the Act does
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 repeals the Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Act, 1956, but only as it applied to the added territories. Although dated 7 December 1979, the repeal Act is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 1964.
The Act defines the added territories as the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.
Who may be affected
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 may be relevant to owners, buyers and professionals dealing with land in the added territories, particularly where standard rates of assessment had been levied under the repealed 1956 Act immediately before 1 July 1964.
The document does not identify individual properties. Whether a particular parcel is affected depends on whether it is within the added territories and whether the earlier assessment arrangements applied to it.
Key provisions
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 provides that:
- The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Act, 1956 is repealed in its application to the added territories.
- The Government remains entitled to levy the current rates of assessment on lands where standard rates had been levied under the repealed Act immediately before commencement.
- Repeal does not stop the levy or collection of those current assessment rates.
- The State Government, its officers and subordinate authorities continue to have their earlier powers concerning the fixation, reduction, enhancement, cancellation or revision of assessments.
- Those continuing powers apply to assessments fixed under settlement or re-settlement notifications in force in the added territories.
Practical significance for land records
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 does not erase assessment liabilities preserved by its savings provisions. A repeal alone therefore does not establish that land in the added territories is free from revenue assessment or that an existing assessment cannot be revised, reduced, enhanced or cancelled by the competent government authority.
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Common questions
Did the Act remove all land revenue assessments in the added territories?
No. The Government may continue to levy and collect current assessment rates on lands where standard rates were levied under the repealed 1956 Act immediately before commencement.
When did the repeal take effect?
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 1964.
What are the added territories under this Act?
They are the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.
Can the Government still revise an assessment covered by the savings provision?
Yes. The State Government and its subordinate officers or authorities retain their earlier powers over fixation, reduction, enhancement, cancellation and revision of assessments under applicable settlement or re-settlement notifications.
