G.O.(1D).No.487, Settlement, Revenue follow up work amendment notification
Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, G.O.(1D).No.487, dated 13.07.2022, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, amends the notification issued under G.O.(1D)No.103, Revenue Department, dated 01.03.2007, on revenue follow up work in resurveyed areas and updating revenue records. It changes which officers handle supervision, appeals and administration, removes one ownership decision clause based on 30 years of enjoyment, and directs publication of the amendment in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
What this document is
Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, G.O.(1D).No.487, dated 13.07.2022, is a Government of Tamil Nadu amendment notification about settlement and revenue follow up work in properly notified resurveyed areas for updating revenue records. It amends the earlier notification issued under G.O.(1D)No.103, Revenue Department, dated 01.03.2007.
What it changes
The notification revises the officer structure for this revenue follow up work.
- The preamble is replaced to say that revenue follow up work shall be undertaken by Settlement Tahsildars in Corporations, except Old Chennai City, and Municipal Towns under their jurisdiction.
- That work is to be under the overall supervision of the Assistant Settlement Officer, the Settlement Officer, Chennai, and the Director of Survey and Settlement.
- In paragraph 7, the reference to Assistant Settlement Officer is replaced with Revenue Divisional Officer.
- In paragraph 8, references to Assistant Settlement Officer are replaced with Revenue Divisional Officer.
- In paragraph 8, references to Settlement Officer are replaced with District Revenue Officer in all districts except Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu, and with the Settlement Officer, Chennai for Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts.
- In paragraph 11, the same officer substitutions are made for the authorities named there.
Appeals and control
Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, G.O.(1D).No.487, dated 13.07.2022, also rewrites the appeal path.
- A further appeal against an order of the Revenue Divisional Officer lies to the District Revenue Officer in districts other than Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu.
- For Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts, that further appeal lies to the Settlement Officer, Chennai.
- Any appeal against orders of the District Revenue Officer, or of the Settlement Officer, Chennai for those districts, lies to the Director of Survey and Settlement.
- Appeals mentioned in the substituted text must be made within 60 days of receipt of the order.
- The Settlement Tahsildar, Revenue Divisional Officer, District Revenue Officer and Settlement Officer, Chennai are placed under the administrative control of the Director of Survey and Settlement for work under this notification.
- The Commissioner of Land Administration may suo moto call for and examine any order or proceedings under this notification and pass orders.
Why it may matter to landholders
This amendment matters if your land records are being updated after resurvey in a corporation or municipal town covered by the notification. It tells you which authority will supervise the work, where appeals go, and that one earlier clause allowing the Settlement Tahsildar to decide ownership based on 30 years of enjoyment, where no assignment order had been issued, has been omitted.
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Common questions
Does this document create a new scheme or change an older notification?
It changes an older notification. The text says the Government of Tamil Nadu makes amendments to the notification under G.O.(1D)No.103, Revenue Department, dated 01.03.2007.
Who handles appeals after an order by the Revenue Divisional Officer?
The substituted text says a further appeal lies to the District Revenue Officer in all districts except Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu. For Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts, the further appeal lies to the Settlement Officer, Chennai.
Is there a time limit for appeals mentioned in this notification?
Yes. The substituted appeal provision says the appeal must be made within 60 days of receipt of the order.
Was any ownership decision rule removed?
Yes. The amendment omits the earlier expression that, where no assignment order had been issued by the Revenue Department, the Settlement Tahsildar could decide ownership based on enjoyment for thirty years before publication of the notification, using oral or documentary evidence.
