Official guidance, Tamil Nadu land law
G.O. (Ms.) No. 1177, Special Survey and Record Maintenance Schemes, 1987
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Commercial Taxes and Religious Endowments Department, issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 on 30 October 1987 to authorise six land survey, record maintenance and public grievance schemes from 1 November 1987. It partly modifies Government Order (Ms.) No. 805, dated 15 July 1987, by temporarily continuing specified posts for these schemes for one year or for as long as required, whichever is earlier.
Purpose and background
Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 of the Commercial Taxes and Religious Endowments Department follows the completion of the accelerated Land Ownership Record Improvement Scheme on 30 September 1987. The Government decided to use personnel from that completed scheme for six further survey and land administration programmes beginning on 1 November 1987.
The programmes are relevant to owners and buyers where land is being surveyed, records are being maintained after earlier survey work, or grievances concerning resurveyed villages are being addressed.
Approved programmes
Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 authorises the following work:
- Survey of natham land and agricultural land being used for non-agricultural purposes.
- Survey of the hill villages identified in Attachment 2. The attachment lists villages in areas including Jawadhu Hills, Yelagiri Hills, Kolli Hills and other hill areas.
- Public grievance day programmes in 15 taluks that had already been resurveyed.
- Proper maintenance of records in 100 taluks where the first phase of the Land Ownership Record Improvement Scheme had been completed.
- Survey work in municipalities, towns other than the former Chennai city, and municipal corporations.
- Acceleration of revenue follow-up work in resurveyed areas.
Staffing and administration
Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 permits the temporary continuation of posts listed in Attachment 1 from 1 November 1987. The continuation lasts for one year or until the posts are no longer needed, whichever occurs first.
Attachment 1 gives a total of 7,134 personnel in several survey, technical, administrative and support categories. It also provides for 2,025 section writers working on a daily wage basis. Officers and employees working in these posts are eligible for allowances under the government orders then applicable.
The Director of Survey and Settlement is instructed to begin the approved schemes immediately and submit operating instructions needed to assign category codes for the special scheme work. The Director is also responsible for estimates, verification of claims and overall accountability for expenditure.
Practical relevance
Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 concerns government survey operations and maintenance of land and revenue records. A person owning or considering property in a listed hill village, a resurveyed area, a municipality or one of the covered taluks may encounter survey activity, record updating, revenue follow-up work or a public grievance day programme under these schemes.
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Common questions
Does Government Order (Ms.) No. 1177 create six separate land administration programmes?
Yes. It authorises six programmes covering natham and other surveys, hill villages, grievance days, record maintenance, urban surveys and revenue follow-up work.
When were the approved survey programmes to begin?
The six programmes were to begin on 1 November 1987.
Does the order cover every hill village in Tamil Nadu?
The hill village survey applies to the villages identified in Attachment 2. The attachment lists specified villages in named hill areas rather than stating that every hill village is covered.
How long were the temporary survey posts authorised to continue?
The listed posts were authorised from 1 November 1987 for one year or for as long as they were required, whichever was earlier.
