G.O. Ms. No. 206, Revision of Non-Tax Revenues

What this document is

The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue (SS.II(2)) Department, in G.O. Ms. No. 206 dated 28.05.2002, revised the non-tax charges collected for services rendered to the public through the Survey and Land Records Department. The document says the revision was made after considering the cost of providing services and inflation in input costs over the last three years, especially for survey operations and preparation of maps.

Who it affects

This Government Order matters to people who apply to the Survey and Land Records Department for survey related services or for copies of maps.

It affects:

• land owners asking for boundary pointing or subdivision related survey work
• buyers or professionals needing field measurement book extracts
• applicants filing appeals that require re-measurement or boundary pointing
• anyone purchasing district, taluk, road, city or town maps from the department

What changed

The Government of Tamil Nadu approved revised rates for identified services under the control of the Commissioner and Director of Survey and Settlement.

The services listed in the document include:

• Field Measurement Book extract per page, AS size
• fee for one F line pointing out of field boundaries
• fees for pointing out field boundaries using theodolite
• fees for pointing out field boundaries on appeal against the survey of the Maintenance Field Surveyor
• fees for pointing out the limits of boundaries of land owners in joint holdings prior to subdivision or partition, separately for dry land and wet land
• fees for re-measurement of subdivision on appeal
• surcharge levied on cost of survey marks
• sale of maps, including district maps, taluk maps, road maps, city maps and town maps, in colour, outline, black and white, and tourist guide versions in English and Tamil

When the revised rates apply

The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue (SS.II(2)) Department, in G.O. Ms. No. 206 dated 28.05.2002, states that the revised rates shall take effect from 1.5.2002.

The document also directs the Commissioner and Director of Survey and Settlement to instruct subordinate officers to collect the revised rates for:

• all applications received for the listed services
• applications that were pending as on 1.5.2002

Why this matters in practice

If you applied for a survey service or map covered by the list, the amount payable could be higher under the revised schedule. This is especially relevant if your application was filed before the Government Order was issued but was still pending on 1.5.2002, because the document says the revised rates apply to those pending applications as well.