The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979, Tamil Nadu Act No. 65 of 1979, dated 7 December 1979 and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu, repeals the Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Act, 1956 in the added territories. The repeal is deemed effective from 1 July 1964, but it preserves the Government's ability to levy and collect current assessment rates and to exercise specified assessment powers.
What the Act does
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 removes the Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Act, 1956 from operation in the added territories. Although Tamil Nadu Act No. 65 of 1979 is dated 7 December 1979, it is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 1964.
The repeal is limited to the application of the 1956 Act in the added territories. It does not state that the 1956 Act is repealed everywhere.
Area and people affected
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 defines the added territories as the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.
The law is relevant to:
- Owners or buyers of land in those added territories.
- Land on which standard rates of assessment were levied under the 1956 Act immediately before 1 July 1964.
- Government officers and authorities dealing with the fixation or revision of land assessments in those territories.
Key provisions
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 contains savings that preserve assessment powers and collections despite the repeal:
- The Government may levy the current rates of assessment, as defined in the repealed 1956 Act, on land where standard rates were being levied immediately before the commencement date.
- The repeal does not affect the levy or collection of those current assessment rates.
- The State Government and its subordinate officers or authorities continue to hold the powers they had immediately before the commencement of the 1956 Act.
- Those continuing powers cover the fixation, reduction, enhancement, cancellation and revision of assessments fixed under settlement or re-settlement notifications operating in the added territories.
Practical significance
The Andhra Land Revenue Assessments (Standardization) Repeal Act, 1979 does not automatically remove existing land assessment liabilities in the added territories. A property buyer or owner dealing with land there may still be subject to current assessment rates and to Government decisions concerning the fixation, reduction, enhancement, cancellation or revision of assessments under an applicable settlement or re-settlement notification.
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Common questions
Did the repeal cancel all land revenue assessments in the added territories?
No. The Government may continue to levy and collect current assessment rates on land where standard rates were levied immediately before 1 July 1964.
When did Tamil Nadu Act No. 65 of 1979 come into force?
The Act is dated 7 December 1979, but it is deemed to have come into force on 1 July 1964.
What are the added territories covered by the 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 assessments after the repeal?
Yes. The State Government and its subordinate officers or authorities retain specified powers concerning the fixation, reduction, enhancement, cancellation or revision of assessments under settlement or re-settlement notifications in force in the added territories.
