G.O. (Ms.) No. 223, Simplification of Land Revenue Collection and Land Revenue Reform Committee, 2009
The Revenue (Land Revenue 1(1)) Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 on 7 July 2009 to simplify agricultural land revenue collection and establish a Land Revenue Reform Committee. From Fasli year 1419 (2009 to 2010), the order removes the other taxes collected with land revenue, including local cess and local cess surcharge, and fixes land revenue at two rupees per acre for dry land and five rupees per acre for wet land.
What the government order does
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223, issued by the Revenue (Land Revenue 1(1)) Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu on 7 July 2009, changes how agricultural land revenue is collected. It also creates a Land Revenue Reform Committee to review the collection system, annual Jamabandi, village accounts and the legal changes required for a new system.
The change follows an announcement made in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly during the 2009 to 2010 financial statement. The stated purpose is to simplify a system under which several amounts were collected together with land revenue.
Land revenue payable
From Fasli year 1419 (2009 to 2010), Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 provides that:
- Land revenue for dry land is two rupees per acre.
- Land revenue for wet land is five rupees per acre.
- Other taxes collected together with land revenue are removed.
- The removed amounts include local cess and local cess surcharge.
- Only land revenue is to be collected under the revised arrangement.
The financial statement quoted in the order explains that land revenue would continue as a nominal payment capable of serving as evidence of agricultural landholding.
Land Revenue Reform Committee
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 establishes a committee chaired by the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Revenue Administration. Its members include the Commissioner of Land Administration, the Chennai Settlement Officer from the Survey and Settlement Department, and the Joint Commissioner for Relief and Rehabilitation as Member Secretary.
The committee must examine:
- Simplification of collections from farmers, including local cess, local cess surcharge, water cess, development tax and land revenue.
- Revision of the annual Jamabandi system.
- Reduction of procedures in village accounts.
- Amendments to relevant laws needed to implement the new collection system.
The committee may invite experienced revenue officials from Thanjavur, Sivaganga, Erode, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coimbatore districts when it meets. It is directed to submit its report to the government quickly.
Who is affected
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 directly affects farmers and agricultural landholders whose dry or wet land is assessed for land revenue. Buyers and owners can use the order to understand the stated land revenue rates from Fasli year 1419 and which associated taxes were removed from collection.
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Common questions
How much land revenue applies to dry agricultural land?
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 fixes land revenue for dry land at two rupees per acre from Fasli year 1419 (2009 to 2010).
How much land revenue applies to wet agricultural land?
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 fixes land revenue for wet land at five rupees per acre from Fasli year 1419 (2009 to 2010).
Are local cess and local cess surcharge still collected with land revenue?
No. Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 removes other taxes collected with land revenue, including local cess and local cess surcharge, and directs that only land revenue be collected.
Does the government order also change Jamabandi and village records?
Government Order (Ms.) Number 223 does not itself set out a completed new Jamabandi or village records system. It directs the Land Revenue Reform Committee to examine revision of annual Jamabandi and reduction of procedures in village accounts.
