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PART- SIX
STANDING ORDERS
of the
BOARD OF REVENUE
VOLUME IL-Chapter II
Maintenance of Revenue and Survey Records and
Registration
34-A. Maintenance of revenne and Survey records and registra
tion in the nornal course of reveue administration
Note:-The designation Surveyor" wherever uscd in these Standing Orders
and Appendices includes the Firka Deputy Surveyor' also.
Section-1l,-Explaaatory
following rules refer to the
1. Classification and registry of lands:-The
surveyed and settled ryot
maintenance of revenue records and registration inwhich Government land, as
wari and minor inam lands. The Principal under
Pradesh Act, VIII of 1923, is registercd in the village
defined by Andhra
are minor inams, occupied ryotwari, waste assessed or
permanent registers,
public purposes). Free holds
unassessed forest and poramboke (reserved for
some districts are separately registered as such. Assessed
which exist in
as wet, dry or manavari (or garden
land is further separately registered
Wet land is (separately registered as single or dou
also in some districts). registered where they arc
are further separately
ble crop. Occupied lands are held by separate persons. And
where they
further separately registered same description and in the same holding are
lastly, assessed lands of the different rates of assessment. Allsurveythese
scparately registered if they bear
are such and mapped either as separate
separately registered plots
fields or as scparate sub
divisions of survey fields.
3-1-1929. B. P. 7, dated i-2--1929.
G.O. No. 2, Revenue, dated
a general rule thcodolite stations including
2. Demarcation,-Astrijunctions survey fields and ends of 'G
of
minor circuit stations and them, are demarcated with stoncs; in, addition
lines and coinciding with adjoining proprictary cstatcs poram
villago
bends on the boundaries of survey ficlds and sub-divisions or
belonging
[Link],
bokes survey ficlds lands alienatcd to privatc individuals
private
or vestcd in local bdies,

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institutions frcc of asscssment and minor circuit ficlds arc similarly
demarca-
tcd. In arcas surveycd on tho system of simple triangulation all field
arc demarcatcd with stoncs. bend

B. P. 278, datcd 13-10-1916. B.P. 3. Press, dated 15-1-1936.

B. P. 61, dated 20-3-1918 B. P. 94, Prcss, dated 25-9-1940
B.P. Prcss No. 15, dated 1S-5-1950,
3. The system of Revcnue Rccords und Registration,--The system af
revenue records and registration comprises the maintenance-
(a) of survcy marks on thc ground ;
(b) of an atlas of ficld maps, giving thc measurements to scale
of cach survey number and sub-division.
Note :-In the case of districts surveycd on the “Block Map" system, the
Karnams have been supplicd also with ferro-prussiate copies of
block maps showing all neasurements.
(c) of a villago map which serves as a key to the ficld maps
both in officc and in the field ; and
(d) of village registers giving particulars of the description.
classification and tenure of each survey number and sub-division.
Section-II–Revenue Survey Marks.
4. The duties of Government Officers and ryots in regard to rerene
survey marks.-The dutics of Government
oficers and of the ryots in regard
to the preservation, repair and renewal of survey marks are laid down in the
Andhra Pradesh Survcy and Boundarics Act, VIII of 1923, and in the legal
rules issued under it in this bchalf Relevant sections of the Act and the
legal rules arc printcd in Part 2. Vide Pagcs 40 to 72, The cxecutive
which arc intcnded to amplify and supplement the legal rules are ruls
printed a5
Appendix II.
The general instructions issucd for the guidance
of oficers employca
for maintenancc arc printed as Appendix lII. The instructions
the guidance of the Dircctor of Settlements, Survey isued lor
printed 1s Appondis [V. The rules regulating and Land Records aro
survcy marks nccessitated the planting of further
by charges in the record are given in
. Section ()
below
Scction-IIl-Rerenue Surrey
Maps
5. Supply of coples of Picld Maps,
books besides tho originals whiclh are -Two sets or fcld measuremeDs
prescrved in tho State are
Archicves
prepared in manuscript for cvcry village,
in clharge of tho karnam and onc in One set will be kept in the vilbg
the taluk ofMee. They vill bc
to-date by plotting thercin of all changes kept uP
paration in accordancc witli the sanctioncd subsequcnt to pro
S sets of rules in section (IV) belowy:their
Fèrro-russiate copies Iavo alrcady Whero
beç prepared one of
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thesc scts will bo kept in tho taluk oMcc and onc in the village, both of
which must bo kept up to date. Another sct will be kept in rescrve ín the
taluk ofice to rcplaco any damagcd, defaced or missing shect ín tho Karnam's
sct and in thc maintaincd sct in the Taluk oMcc. Thc remaining two copies
will be available at the Taluk oflice for sale to private partics,

B. P. 404, Sett. dated 27-10-1906, B. P. 4^9, Set., dated 3-12-1906.

B. P. 311, Sett,, dated 27-10-1914., B, P. 278, Sett., dated 13-10-1916.
B. P. 94, Press, dated 25-9-1940.
6. Rules for the preparation and grant of copics of Field Maps (I)
Application for copics of field maps should be made to the taluk tahsildar in
writing and should specify.
(a) the name of the villago and the survey number of the field of
yhich a plan is required; and
to the appli
(b)- the manner in which the copy should be delivered
cant, whether in person or by post.
maps will be registered in the
(2) Applications for copies of field
V.
form prescribed in Appendix
maps should deposit with
(3) Fces-Applicants for copies of field
applications. Two rupees for a map plotted on a sheet of paper of
their
used a page of the ficld measurement/book and TwO rupees for
the size for than a page of the
every additioual sheet required. If a singlo sheet larger
is required the excess in pages or portions of a page
field mcasurement book
as sheets for the purpose of levying fees. The
additional
will be treated
in cash into the taluk treasury or remitted by noney
amount should be paid Other receipts
credited to "029 Land Revenue-(E)
order and should be
"
(vii) Other items.,
dated 24-2-1932., B. P. 12, dated 1-3-1932.
G. 0. Ms. 465, Rev.,
6-12-1948.
B. P. Ms. 1622, dated
Rev., dated 26-7-1966.
G. 0. Ms. No. 884, read at Pages 72, 73.
: Far latest Fees Rules
Plcase Note used. for
copies,-Bank post paper should be
(4) Preparation of Quarters Firka Deputy Surveyor should
The Head the field plan
copies of ficld naps. copy should bc an exact tracing of
prepare the copies. The corrections
maps maintaincd in the taluk office with all upto-date
in the atlas of ficld maps are available, they should be brought
to date. If printed appoar taluk copy of the field atlas.
in the
by plotting all
corrections which maps are available
never be prepared when printed
Manuscript maps should
concerned.
for the fields compared with the original by the
so preparcd will be any
(5) The copy ministerial head will be held responsible for
tauk
Taluk Surveyor.
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ovory copy
must bo signcd by him and
copy andmanner spocificd in tho application. If the
dclay in the
o
grant the
applicant in the should bo scnt to him
officc, intimation
delivered to the at tho taluk
not call
applicant docs dclivery.
copy is ready for other maps,--Tho sanctioned
that the distribution of village
and
t..
7. 'Seale of in Appendix : XVIII, 5-10-1935
villago map is given Prcss, dated
distribution 30-9-1935.,B.P. 129,
[Link]. 2295,
Rev.,dated
2762, datcd 7-10-1909.
5-11-1909., G. 0.
B. P. 3543, datcd B. P. 278, dated 13-1916. 2[-7-1933..
2-2-1905., dated
B. P. 46, dated 28-10-1933., B, P. 59, Press, 1747, dated
B, P. 139, dated 21-8-1951., B. P. Mis,
Rev., dated
G. 0, Ms. 2210, Rev., dated 8-12-64.
O. Ms. 1876,
16-8-1919., G, record of changes
maps and the
supply of village existing
8. Rulcs
regarding the
maps,-Collcctors should sce that thc above
Supply of village to that
in them,--) conforms, as far as practicable,
or a lack of
distribution in their districts a shortage in the supply of maps
Where therc is remedied at the next re-isSue of
laid down. defect will bo under
maps ofa particular kind, the Survey Office. It should further be
up-to-date maps by the
Central
office is intended for issue to
rescrve in the Collector's
stood that the or wornout maps and to mcet unforescen
officials in placce of lost
; is, the
departments of the public service that
demands of the other to the public or to officials for their
to be sold
reserved copies are not ofices. Where however, an application is
taluk
private use like the stock in
copies of which are not
stock, fresh maps
reccived for a village
map, sale time in
amount prescribed from time
payment of tho same time as
will be reprinted on to strike off at the
be taken
advance. Opportunity will thenrequired. (Vide Pages 72 and 73 also)
many copies as aro likely to be

B. P. 34, datcd
13-1-1912,
Note :The Board will fix (a) the number of
villagc maps to be revised and
(c) the
reprinted yearly, (b) the scale and style of the reviseddistribution.
number of copics to be printed, and (d) the
scale of
proper record ol
(ii) Record of changes in village maps:-Rules for the
changes in the village maps will be found in Appendix VI.

b, G.
1,
.
B. P. 199, Sett., dated 1-6-1906
2619, dated 23-9-1909
B.P. 551, Sott., d. 28-10-1910
B. P. 59, Sett., dated 3-3-1908
2. B, P. 367, Sett., dt. 19-10-1909
G. O. 2308, dt. 22-7-1911.
3. B. P. 300, Sett., dated 12-8-1911.
Section y-Demarcation, Mapping and Registration of Changes in the
Revenuo Registers.
[Link] in tho Revcnuc Registers which reouire mensurcmcnt and
mapping offeldsChanges in ho rogistration deseribed in paragraph
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which arc madc in accordancc with the provisions of thc Standing
may aflect cithcr thc wholc, or part only, or a rcgistercd field or Orders,
sub-division,
If thc whole of thc registered survey field or sub-division is aflected, the
changc conccrns thc rcgisters alone and will not involvc any alteration of
the maps or demarcation, cxcept in the following cases.
(1) transfers to porambokes when intensive demarcation is neces
sary, and

(2) acquisition of groups of fields when it willbe unnecessary to

preservc the individual maps rclating to thosc fields, and also their bound
arics inter se in the village map, When an cntire survey field or a registered
sub-division is transferred to poramboke from any other classification and when
in consequence it requires intensive demarcation, a copy of the order sanc
tioning the transfer shouid be communicated to the Survcyor under a current
in a taluk Register No. 7 with instructions to carry out the additional
demarcation if it has not already been carried out, enter the new stones in the
damarcation sketches and stone registers, revise column 2 of the latter so
registers, correct the village account and report the fact of having done
to-the taluk office.
Similarly. when an cntire survey ficld or a rcgistered sub-division
is
a copy of the order
transferred from poramboke to any other classification,
sanctioning the transfer should bc forwarded to the Surveyor with instruc
the stones. which have ceased to be maintainable on
tions to eliminate stone registers,
account of the transfer from the demarcation sketches and haviog done
enter the changes in the village accounts and report the fact of
So to the taluk oficc.
. report the taluk copy of the A register and also B.
On receipt of this with the certif
register wherc necessary will be corrected and the file closed
accounts have been corrected. If part only
cate that the village and taluk new survey field or sub
sub-division is affected, the
of a survey number of mapped as well as entercd in the registers.
division has to bc measurcd and
regulate the registration, mapping and demarcation of
The following rules
sub-divisions.
new survey ficlds and
datcd 10-2-1929. B, P. Mis., 2132, dated
G, 0, Ms. 1380, Rev.,
24-7-1929.
Rev., dated 29-5-1971.
G. O. Ms. 473,
of ncw survcy fields and
registration
bo measured, map
mapping and
10, Measurement, or sub-division should
sub-divisions.-A new survey ficld
ped and registered survey field or sub-division
a registered
(Q) Where a portion of or poramboke is granted for occupation.
unassessed
Whether assessed, or
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(a) under thc Darkhast Rules (Standing Order No., 15)
(b) under the Tank-bed Rules (Standing Order No. J6).
(c) under the Cowl Rules (Standing Order No. 17).
(d) under the Town-sito Rules in Towns surveyed on
survey system (Standing Order No. 21). the towa
(e) under the rules regulating alicnations
to municipalities and
local bodics (Standing Order No. 24).
() under the rules for the issue of mining leases (the Andhra
Pradesh Mining Manual).
(g) in lieu of lands taken up under
acquisition rules (Standing
Orders Nos. 90 and 91 or Inam
of lands washed away (Stand
ing Order No. 63).
(h) under the rules for the grant of
land for private or public topes
(Standing Order No. 19).
(i) under the rules for
the grant of land for cattle or
farms (Standing Order No. dairy
19-A); and
6) under thc rules for the grant
and buildings (Standing Orderof licenses for the use of lands
No. 24-A) not: beiog cases
coming under note 2 thereof.
[Link]. 2245, Rev.,
dated 9-9-1938.
dated 24-9-1938. B.P. 111, Press,
B.P. 75, Press, dated
(2) Where a portion 15-9-1939.
of a registered survey field or
(a) transferred from sub-division is
versa or from oneassessed or unassessed
head of poramboke to poramboke or vice
to another (Standing
Orders Nos. 15
and 21).
(b) acquired for public purposes
and 91). (Standing Orders
Nos. 90
(c) rclinquished
(Standing Order No,
(d) transferrcd 33).
from one holder to
31), another (Standing Order No.
(e) sold for arrcars
of land revenuc
and (Standing Order
() transferrcd N. 41) ;
from inam to ryotwari
G.O,Ms., 145,
Rev., dated 23-1-1934. tenure or vice versa.
(3) Where a joint D.P. 16, dated
2-2-1033
cither on application or holding is sub-divided
suo motu (Standing Order
rules thcrcunder. under splitting up No.. 31)
of Joint Pattas Act and
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(4) Whcrc a portion of survcy
Uwet" or "Dry'" is transferrcd to ficld, or sud-division registered as
"Dry" or
portion ofa rcgistercd wet survcy Meld or "Wct" respcctively, or vhere a
isipglc crop" lo "doublC-crop" or "compoundcd sub-division is transferrcd from
doublc-crop'" or vico vorse.
The portion be thus sub-divided for transfer from
not bo less than 10 Arcs, WIhcn lands arc "Wet" to "Dry" should
converted from "Double-crop" to
siiglc-crop" wet or whcn wct lands arc compounded for doublc-crop
the sub-division should bc mado only if the arca involved is not less charge
than 40
Ares.
WIherc a portion of survcy icld or sub-division (9.g., road por
(5)
ambokc) bclongs to a local board or municipal council and the remaining
portion Mcrcly vests in it.
11, Changes which require thc creation of new ffeld.– (a) Where a
registered survey ficld (whcther assessed waste, unassessed or poramboke) a
portion or portions of which it is proposed to grant for occupation or for
transfor from one hcad to another, is extensive in area, that is, 20 hectares
or morc. such portion or portions, instead of bcing imapped and registered
as sub-divisions of the survey number should be separately demarcated,
mapped and registered as new survey fields, being assigned numbers in
continuation' of tlhc last registered survey number, of the village, the remain
ing portion of the divided survey ficld retaining its original number.
However, in cases of assigament, if the portíon applied for is small,
it
as a sub-division of a new field to be
should be measured wherever possible, wet and
formed out of the big block, the new field being about 2 hectares in
as the state of the ground will admit,
4 hectares in dry or such lesser extent
or as the Board directs having due regard to probable future requirements.

B.P. 18I, dated 25-5-1908. 'G.O. 542, Rev., dated 17-3-1934.

B.P. 58, dated 30-4-1934.
ncw survey ficlds arc formed under the-pro
(b) Jn all cases whcrc
this paragrapl, the lormalities prescribed in sections
visions of clausc (a) of
13 of tho Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923, should be
6, 8,9, 10, 11 and
manner laid down in paragraph 13 (b). If any dispute
followed in the surveycd arises, it should be disposed
rogarding the boundaries of the land and
manner down in paragraph 13 (d) the order being recorded
of in thc laid as required by section
communicatcd to the partios
the purport thereof being
10 (2) of the Act.
B.P. 269, dated 4-10-1915.
17-3-1954. B.P. 58, dated 30-4-1934
G,O. 542, Rev., dated
enumerated in paragraph 10, above, the
por
cases
(c) In all other as sub-divisions only.
tions should be measured
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Demarcation of
a ncw survey ficld or sub-division
12,

cost Demarcation --(a) Boundaires of ncW survcy and recOTery

of the of fields should
be demarcated witlh stoncs in accordancc with instructions in paragraph
2.
poramboke boundarics should be dcmarcated
All bends on
survey numbers or sub-divisions. whether
thc poramboke arc wholc
or sub-divisions, When two
porambokes, whcther whole fields belonging
to the Govet
nment, adjoin cach other, bends
the other than tri-junctions and
ends of
"G" lines need not be demarcated or. maintained, except where the or

are in the boundary of a field surveyed on the system of simple

tion.
tris
B, P. 6, dated 15-1-1934 B. P. 270, dated 8-11-1917
G. O. 293, dated 14-2-1933, B, P. 19, dated 14-3-1933.
(b) The cost of demarcation under this paragraph should be
colk
cted from thc registered holders of the ficlds surveyed in accordance with
rules, under section 26 of the Survey and Boundaries
nment bcing treated for thesc purposes as
Act of 1923, Gover
the registered holder of unocc
upied land,
Thus when a waste block is split up for purpose
cost of demarcation should be debited to of assignment the
Government only. The cost of
demarcation may be rccovered under paragraph 17
at the time of assignment. infra from the assignees
B. P. 89, dated 30-1-1923.
(c) Wherc land is acquired under
required by sub-paragraph (a) will be
Act
I of 1894, the demarcation
carried out under the orders the
oflicers appointcd to acquirc the
land, For detailed instructions, vide ol
ing Order No. 90-13 (iii). Stand
B. P. 304, dated 4-12-1905.
B. P. Mis, 1830, dated 27-8-1919.
13. Procedure to
bc followed
registering a new survey ficld or demarcating, measuring, maping sou
already niapped and registered. sulb-division and in demarcating
sub-uts
(a) No olcer should order a
of a survcy
field or sub-division chance in tho registration o p
a sketch unlcss
of thc pro poscd ncw survey thc information before him
ficld or sub-division.
Such a sketch slould
the prcliminary enquiries thercforc be prepurcd coming
in tho oul
in paragruph 10, wherc l cascs under tho Standng Order enumerato
a portion
is in question. of a registercd survoy field or sub-division
Ordinarily the
Firka Deputy
(unless a spccial agency Surveyor or Surveyor as thc case may
is employed) should measure
tho prop
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divisions on tlo ground, But no Aub-divislons
sloull bo mcasured unless
in the cnsc of occupicd sub-divisioba (lho lmits of occupntlon are
indicatcd
byy ridges or other marks nnd in
tho cnso of other sub-dlvisions their boun
darios arc markcd on the gróund by lock splittlhg or in somc other distin
guishable wny.
All the old survey stoies falling witliin tho portions acquired under
the Land Acquisition Act slhould bo removcd and uséd för demarcating the
new poramboke sub-divisios: No frosl mcasurments should be bascd on
lines, if any, running to the original positions of theso stoncs.
G

Frcslh mcasurcmcnt must bo thken to fix tho bends of the new pora
mbokc sub-divisions by taking off-scts preferably on the most convenient
G lines or, F line having maintainablo cnds. In cxccptional cases such
as village sito porambokos or long hnd narrow ficlds, Divisional Deputy
Inspector of Survcy and Land Records mny allow tracings to bc taken of
new sub-division and to
thc portions of the ficld map rcquircd to plot tho
fix the terminal points ol the
F
and lincs on which the new sub-division
G

points aro bascd.

The proposcd sub-division should then bc plottcd in the tracing
and
a statement in the form printed as Appendix-VII prepared. The actual
arca of thc new sub-division should first be computed by mcans of area
squarc papcr and then adjusted in accordance with the instructions given in
8 and the
Appendix VIII, The former extent should bc noted in column
latter in column9 of the sub-division statement (Appendix-VII).
be calculated indepen
The assèssment for each sub-division should to area. The sketch
dently with refercnce to the rate fixed for it and or its
and statement should be submitted to taluk office the Deputy Tahsildar's
every thing is in
office, The taluk tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar should, if
order, sign the sub-division skctch and,statement and sanction
the change
involved in the caso if bo is bimself competent to do so. If
of registration
approval of the
he
is not compet ent, he will submit the records for the
to accord sanction or to the
Revenue Divisional Officer, if he is compctent
Collector in the other cases.
applicable to
When the authority cmpowered by the Standing Order
statement and sanctions the
the casc signs the sub-division sketch and
change of registration, such signature and
sanction will be subject to the
on by the Taluk
conditions that tho measurcments are chccked a the groundby the Assistant
Surveyor and finally approved by the Tahsildar fter
scrutiny
Rccords.
Dircctor of Survey and Land
a copy of the order
The tracing and the statement togcther with
sanctioning the chango should then b0 sent to tho Taluk or
Surveyor. Files
involving new survey field-divisions may bo closed in the taluk the Deputy
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Tahsildar's repisters Nos, 4, 5, and vhen conditional sanctíon has

6 7

nccordel; nnd ne currcnts should he opened in taluk repiter te

the reference made to the Taluk Surveyor as ab0Ye by the Taluk
or Deputy Tahsildar.

B, P. 22, Press, datcd 12-3-1940. G, 0. 542, Rel, dated 17-3-1934.

B. P. 58, dated 30.4-1934 B, P, 33, Press, dated 16-5-1933
B, P, 101, Press, dated 16-9.-1941
(b) On or before his arrival in a village, the Firka Deputy Survee
or Taluk Surveyor should cause to be preparcd
and pubished in the prescr
bed manncr (by affixturc to the village chavadi
and thc announcement of th
fact of publication by heat of tom-tom) the requisite
scction 6 of Act VIIlof 1923 in respect of
notífication unde

(1) new survey fields formed out of cxisting survey ficlds.

(2) alterations of existing survey field
boundaries,
(3) Sub-divisions affecting poramboke
boundaries, and
(4) detatiled demarcation nccessitated
or unassCsscd to poramboke by the transfer from assessed
divisions in areas surveycd of
vhole fields and registered sub
under the diagonal and offset system
and of registercd sub-divisions arcas
in surveyed under the trian
gulation system.
G. 0. Ms. 1320, Rev,, dated 23-6-1932., "B,
B. P. 233, datcd 31-8-1915 P. 36,
Press, dated 28-2-1933.
B. P. 259, dated 26-10-1917.
Hc should then at the time
measurements, us also fixcd check on the
thc mcasurcments ground the new
tíon of the terminals of lines neccssary. for the
of "F and 'G lincs on whích
are bascd, and nccessary new sub-divisionverifica
if the points
should scc that that the newdemarcatc the new number of sub-division:
necessary, revise any new sub-divisions have Hc
boundary so as to be in been well formed and, if
tions in paragraph 14 infra. conformitc witk the instruc
the new ficld and sub-divisionsHe should also otherwisc satisfy
rules and that the skctches have becn measurcd hímseif that
in accordance
preparcd. If evcrything and sub-division statements have been corrccuy with the
is in order
porate under his attestation and the area correct.
1he ficld measurenent the new sub-divisions in he should incor
plans in the Ficld
b0o%.. In casc
new fields the Karnam's copy o
Mcasurement Book of he should insert
in their proper places. that.
Wherc ncw fields
also plot thesc new Sieldshavc becn formed out of an
mation of ncw ficlds in the plan for the old number he shoulo
ficlds should be the side numbers in old feld. In all cases tor
corrected. Thc tho ficld maps of
Firka Deputy Surveyor of all adjoinin
[Link] Surveyo
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should then get the changes cnterct in vlllage mcvot No, 3, If they rclato
oldings, They should then be entered in the porIanent A roglstar nnd
emcessary in B. register nlso. Any now slones planted aloukl be rogistercd
in the denarcation sketch nnd also in the stonc register concorned. Slones
which have ceascd to bo maintainable should be oliminntod from tho demur
cation skeches and stone rcgisters,
The Firka Deputy Survcyor or Taluk Surveyor sliould then reviso
oolnmn 2 of the stonc registers in respcct of all stonos on the newly formed
fields or sub-divisions, no matter ngainst what ficld thcy happen to be
numbered. In respcct of the changes () to (4) mentioncd abovo he should
carcy out the formalitics prescribed in scction 9 (2) or 10 (2) of the Survey
nnd Boundaries Act in accordance with the rules issucd under scction 26 of
the Act. Hc should record
on thc face of the tracing the following
:
certificate
44Certified that the measurements have bcen chccked by mc on the
ground and found correct, and
as laid down in
that the registers and maps have been corrected
B. S. O. 34-A para 13 (b)
as thc case may be
The Firka Deputy Surveyor or Taluk Surveyor
or Divisional Deputy
should then submit the records to the Taluk Survcyor
percentage of
Inspector respectively, who, after inspection of the prescribed
the work submits them to the Asst, Director of Survey & Land
Records for
serutiny.
get the
The Asst. Director of Survey and Land Records should
records examined in bis office, with reference to the check memorandum in
as the case may be and get the
the forms given in Appendix IX and IX-A to him
defccts, if any, rectified by the Surveyor by transmitting the rccords
to the taluk
through the Taluk Tahsildar. Ho should then send the records copy of the field
Tahsildar who should get changes incorporated in the taluk once a quar
atlas by the Draftsman who should be sent to cach taluk officc
will be attended
ter for the purpose and whenever the work is too heavy it
to by the Taluk Surveyor also.
copy
The Tabsildar should also havc the changes entercd in the taluk
of the A register and the B register wherever nccessary. A certificate to the
copy of the ficld
effcct that the changes have been incorporated in the taluk
nocessary should
atlas and in the A register and in the B register whorever
be recorded on the tracing by the taluk Tahsildar
or in his absence by tho
Ministerial Head.
accuracy of the mainte
The Taluk Tabsildar is responsible for the
nance registers of the taluk office. The Assistant Director of Survoy and
Land Records or other supcrvising oficers howover, must overcheck are the
plotting of the sub-divisions in the field maps in the taluk ofice and they
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252 MAINTENANCE OF REVENUE &

SURVEY RECORDS
(S.0.34-A-3
Cxpccted to check on the ground according to
the
they find the work of any Firka Deputy Survcyor
prcscribcd perccntage.
or
Surveyor unreliable.1f
they sheould not allow it to be incorporated in the ficld maps
but should submit a special report
to tho Collcctor (Survey andandregisters
Records) through the Revenue Divisional Oficcr. Land
The Taluk Tahsildar should sce
up to date and that cases that taluk register No. 8-A
is written
involving. new survey fields or sub-divisione
duly carricd over from taluk
registcrs Nos. 4,5,6 and 7 to that register.
Assistant Director of Survey and
are cxpected to check Land Records and other supervising ofcere
taluk accounts Nos. 4,5,6,7 and 8-A
cases involving new survey
or sub-divisions have and to see that
over to register No. ficlds been duly cariai
8-A in order to enable the Assistant
and Land Records to know the amount Director of Surver.
ing, the Taluk Tahsildar should of work awaiting scrutiny and mann.
extract of the cntries in columns 1 send him by the 10th of cach month an
to 5 of his register No.
sanctioned conditionally during 8-A for all cases
sent for any month in which the previous month, a nill statement being
ther arc no cases.
The Assistant Director of Survey
of these extracts by taluks. watch and Land Records should keep a fle
note the date of reccipt and the receipt of the records by him and
ster against cach casc. the serial number givcen in his sub-division
He should take to the noticc regi
Divisional Oficer, or the Collector of the Revenue
delays exceeding three months in (Survey and Land (Records), if necessary
will also maintain a register the submission of the rccords to him.
He
of
in which he should note the check
sub-divisions in the form given
in Appendix-X
by him and watch their further measured sub-division records as received
pare the abstract for disposal. From this register he should pre
II his his monthly diary;
B. P. 263, datcd 7-12-1917.
B.P. 47, Press, dated(2-8-1932.
G.O. Ms. 1573. Rey., datcd
28-7-1932. B.P. 33, dated 24-6-1932.
[Link]. 1250, ated.15-5-1932
it B.P. 82, dated 28-9-1931.
G. O. Ms, No. 1992, Rev.;
dated 22-9-1931, :
(c) When the Deputy
sion in rcgistcr Nos. 4, 5 or 6 Tahsildar closes file involving
sub-dil
sub-divisions in his &-A rigistermaintaincd in his office. h0 will enter tnd
(only the first 6 columns
maintained) and forward the file of which aro to
ment and to the Taluk Surveyor for measu
submission direct to check
the Divisional Deputy Inspectors.
At the end of the montl
Tahsildar an extract from his thc Deputy Tabsildur
conditionally sanctioncd 8-A register in respcct ofshould
all
send
by lhim and cntercd the sub-dtviS
rcach thc taluk cllice in his 8-A register so
beforc the Sth of thc succceding at
should then gct the nccessary month. The Luusten
cntries made in his
8-A register
ui.
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253
include thc Deputy Tahsildar's sub-division in the list to be sent to the Asi
stant Dircctor of Survcy & Land Rccords--undcr the instructions
containcd in clause (b) abovc.
[Link]. 1573, dated 28-7-1932 B.P. 47; Prcss dated 2-8-1932.
(d) If the Deputy Surveyor/Surveyor should find anything wrong
vith the measurenments or any dispute, ho should, aftcr such cnquiry as may
be necessary, correct the plotting on the tracing and; unless the correction
materially afects the reasons for which the change of registration was sanc
tioncd, should proceed as prescribed above noting in his certificate the nature
of the correction made, and also in the case of a dispute, recording
separately his decision with reasons therefor, and communicating its purport
forthwith to the party as required by Section 10 (2) of the Act.
If the crror or dispute materially affects the sanction conditionally
accorded under clause (a) above, the Deputy Surveyor/Surveyor should
return the papers to the taluk or the Deputy Tahsildar's office with a spccial
report on which the Taluk Tahsildar or the Deputy Tahsildar should take
such action as the circumstances of the case indicate. Should and appeal
be made under section 11 of the Act the appellate authority should cause to
be carried out both in the Karnam's atlas and in the taluk office atlas aoy
icorrection that its decision may involve.
In all cases in, which Section9 (2) or l0(2) notices have been issued
the Tahsildar should, after the expiry of threc months from the dte of
service of the above notices or after the diposal of any appeal fled under sec
tion 13 in the District Gazette, and also publish a copy of the notification in
the village chavidi, if any, of the village to which the sub-division relates.
The sub.-division currents should not be oonsidered to have been dis
poscd of under this clause or clause (b) until the final notification under
scction 13 has been published in the Gazette where nocessary, and the chan
ges have been carricd out in the taluk A register and in the B register wher
ever neccssary, and a certificate to that cffect put up in the file under the
initials of. the taluk Tahsildar or the Ministerial Hcad.
B.P. 87, dated 27-4-1917.
[Link]. 1250, Rev., dated 15-6-1931l. B.P. 33, dated 24-6-1932.
(e) If there is a survey error in thc field in which a new survey
ficld or sub-division has to be surveyed, the survey should not be undertaken
until after the crror has bcen correctod in accordance with the rules in Stan
ding Order No. 34-B.
() Thc proccdure prescribed in clause (b) shoula be followed Muta
tis Mutondis in cascs where sub-divisions already mapped and registercd but
not demarcatcd or ordercd to bo demarcated in accordance with the rules in
force,
B.P. 38S, dated 1-12-1905.
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254 SURVEY RECORDS
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new ficlds
cases of formation of such as, when waste
(s) Iu a preliminary scrutiny of the
up, therc shonld be reCOrÓS
blocks
are split Inspector beforo accordiag of conditional by
Divisionai Deputy well shaped ficlds Ihave been
the
sancüon
with a vicw to sccing
that formed.
cases after conditional
sanction has been accorded the procedure Inscch
out. descibed
(b) supra should be carried
in calusc
14 Tnstructions for the formation of Sub-divisione
boundaries of newly formed sub-divisions should always
(a) The Small bends in field bunds be
as straight and regular as pssible. not forming
the bundarics of wholo fields
should be ignored and the boundaries
of
whole ficlds should be ignored and the boundary should be taken as a
strai.
ght line cutting
across the bunds and making the areas included and
excluded
on cither side approximatey equal. This should be
done so long as the
surveyed boundary does not depart from the natural boundary by
than 10 links in wet land 20 links in dry.
(b) Eacroachments by one ryot on the land of another should be
ignored unless the area involved measures 2 Ares or nore.
(c) When sub-divisions are formed to diferentiate wet land from
dry, or occupied land from unoccupicd or poramboke, small strips of land
covered by bunds, rocks, prickly-pear, trees, etc. should not be excluded
from the wet or occupied sub-division if the portion so excluded does not
form a compact area.
(d) Channels and paths not exceeding 20 links in width (unless they
have been acquired under the Land Acquisition Act or except in special
cases to be determincd by
the Collector), shifting cart-tracks and foot-paths
and roads under the control of the Public Works Department
passing throug
large tracts of reserved forests or other Government land should be
treatcd as details and not as sub-divisions.
B.P. 270.! dated
8-1|-1917. B.P. 69, dated 3-10-1924.
B.P. 6, Press,.dated
24-1-1936 B.P. 77, dated 26-10-1923.
() Revcnue officers who sanction sub-divisions should send
for corrcction all cases in
followed, which theinstructions above havo not
beea
given
How sub-divisions
should be measured
EXAMPLE I.
Please Note : Vido No.63.
Part 7
i.e. A.P. Chain Survey Manual Fig.
.Bunds on ground.
Sub-division
** Encroachment boundarics measured.
of less
than 2 Aros cujoycd registerd
Holder. 4djacent
by th
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Example: I/
Plcasc Note : Vide Part 7 i.c, A.P. Chain Survcy Manual Fig. No. 64
Thc irrigable portion of tho ficld shown in the diagram has been
ordered to be transferrcd to wet. "A" is rocky ground mcasuring. (2 Ares)
"B" is a bund covercd with prickly-pcar. A and part of B should be
included in the wet sub-division 2 and the boundary measured according to
the straight linc and not according to the dottcd linc.
Example: l|
Plcasc Note: Vide Part 7 i.c: A,P. Chain Survey Manual Fig. No. 65
on two sides
Survey No. 15 is a waste field. A strip l0 links wide
consists of a bund and a row of palmyrah trees. The portion Darkhasted
for excludes this strip. In disposing of the Darkhast, the assigning officer
should refuse to exclude such Small strips or paths. Any portion excluded
-must form a completo block convenient for future assignment.
B. P. 24, dated 21-1-1915 B. P. 85, dated 29-3-1915.

15. Method of notation of new sub-divisions :-(a) The notation of

new sub-divisions of registered holdings will depend on the notation of the
survey fields and sub-divisions in the register and should be such as to
indicate the plot from which the new sub-divisions is made.
If in the 'A' register sub-divisions are denoted by numbers, new sub
versa, e. g. (1) new sub
divisions should be denoted by letters and vice as 14-1-A,
divisions in cxisting sub-division No. 14-1 should be denoted No.
sub-division 14-l-A
14-1-B, ctc. (2) new sub-divisions in existing etc. New sub-division in existing
should be denoted as I4-1-A-1, 14-|-A-2,
survey No. 14 should generally be denoted as 14-1, 14-2 ctc. unless the
e.g., 14-A, 14-B, in which
notation in the A register has bcen by letters, indicate clearly
case this practice may continue, the main object being to revenue
preserve continuity of records
the origin of each sub-division. to assurances.
and to facilitate search [Link] identification of registered
new sub-division to be crcated in an old sub-division
Jf the No. of
in continuation of the old exist
cxcecds 26, they will bo assigned numericals
ing numerical sub-division
numbers".
G. 0. Ms. No, 100, dated 27-1-1971.
waste lands and Porambokes
In the case of assessed 'and unassessed
survey numbers will: bo numbercd
the sub-divisions formed out of entire New sub-division in, cxisting sub
serially as sub-divisions, 1, 2, 3, etc.,
bo assigncd numbers serially in continuation of thc last
divisions will survey which it forns part, tho
registered sub-division of the ficld of
the parent sub-divisions retaining its original number,
remaining portion of
19-2-1935,
G. O. Ms. No, 435, Rev., datcd
6-3-1935,
B, P. 24, Prcss, dated
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256 SURVEY RECORDS [S.o. 34-A-6

(b) Further sub-divisions of post scttlcment sub-divisionsshould

bc denoted by numbers or lcttors, according as the post settlcment sub-
divisions arc denotcd by lctters
or numbers respectivcly.
B. P. 86, dated 20-3-1907.
a
(c) Whcnever a new sub-division has to bo made in
fcld, the Karnam should report whether there aro any sub-divisions in
any obiect
field fit for clubbing and, if so whether the holder thereof has
to ther being clubbed. The Surveyor should take the opportunity to club
all the sub-divisions in that field which are of the same description of soi
and taram and which have come into tho possession of one and the same
individual and should alter the registry accordingly.
But sub-divisions in inam fields covered by different title- deeds shold
not be clubbed. Sub-divisions should not be clubbed if the ryot objects,
When sub-divisions are clubbed either on account of identity of ownership
or for other reasons, the clubbed sub-division should be denoted by the
lowest number of the sub-division clubbed,

Remarks should bo made against each such sub-division in the ffeld

measurement book and in the A' register to thc cffect that the sub-division
has been clubbed with the sub-division having the revised number. The sub
divisions comprised in the clubbed sub-division should also be noted in the
Settlement Register against the number denotiog the clubbed sub-division,
If all the sub-divisions in the field are clubbed the field should be simply
denoted by the original survey number of tho ficld.
Copies of the remarks made in the field measurement book
and in the
'A' register including particulars of the old sub-divisions corresponding to
the clubbed sub-division should be entered in the Statement
furnished to the Registration Department.
of Sub-divisions

B.P. 96, dated 8-5-1917., G. 0. Ms. No. 800, Rev.,

B, P. 20, Press, dated 15-4-1932.,B.P..100, dated 9.4-1932.
Press, dated 16-9-1941.
B. P. 28, Press, 14-10-1943.

16. Instructions for the straightening

Where the boundaries of existing survey of corrugated boundaries.
fields or sub-divisions are corruga
ted, tho parties shoud be encouragcd to:straighten out
the maintained records should be revised such bonndaries and
accordingly.
The straightening of the boundary betweeri
poramboke and ryotwari
land slhould be carried out In accordanco with
paragraph (8) (c) of Standing Order No, th instructions laid down in
26.
As regards the straightening .of the common
adjaccnt ryotwari lands, the partios concorned boundary between two
slhould mark thcir proposed
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boundnry on thc ground nnd should apply to
the
of tho records. If the pplicntion is rcccivcd Taluk
by
Tahsildar for revision
the Taluk Tahsildar he
should have it rcgistercd in Taluk Register
No, 8-A and forward it to the
Surveyor.
The Survevor willdenl with it as a casc involving
boundary of a survcy ficld or sub-division, havc a obliteration of the
tracing of thc cxisting
and the proposcd boundarics prcpared by thc Karnam, remeasurc
on the ground, taking carc to obScrve the land
all thu formalities prescribed in para
graph 13 (b) and 15 above for the preparation and completion
and submit to tlhc Asst. Director of Survey & Land Records of the records,
the completed
sketch and the statement with the prescribed certificate appends
to them.
The Surveyor should take particular care to see that the signatures
of all thc partics conccrned arc aflived to the sketch as well as to the state
ment. The Asst, Director of Survey & Land Records should
then follow
the procedurc laid down in paragraph 13 (b) above for the scrutiny and
corporation of the records.
in
G. O. 1200, Rev., dated 17-5-1919: B. P. 118, dated 11-7-1919.
17. Employment of Spccial Staff and Recovery of Cost of Survey
and
Demarcation.-Where the work of measuring and mapping changes in too
extensive or too difficult to be carried out in a reasonable time by the District
Land Records staff, a spccial temporary'staff may be applied
for by
Collectors.

ri. WWhen such a special staff is employedi"or the work is entrüsted to a

SurveyParty when a regular ·resurycy -of the village concetned is not in
.
progress, the cost of. survcy, (including
the cost of establishment) and'demar
„cation,should,be apportiondon [Link], jnd recovered rateaby
from. the appliçants, a çondition; of, the, :grant;in cAses (a),to (C)
and (h)cand
(i) enumerated in paragraph 10 () above.
When the worklisiuñdërtäken býtheDistrict Land Records
staff no
charge on account of survey. necd. be made,,, but the value of such of the
stones on the lands as are not already maintainable by private-parties should
be recovered'provided that when any such stone is on the coimon boundary
or-two or more fields which are assignod at'the same timen'its:cost.
in:Be
recovèred in cqnal portions from the grantees. of the fields conceréd'
Even when full fields or registered sub-divisions are concerned,
the
.ost are
ofdemärcationi as cálculated aböve
'should 'beirecovered' belöre final
ordêrs pssed! The value of stones will be calèulated' ät the urreat
rates chargèd for'stönies sold 'at the village depotsfor pürposes of miaih
tenance, i
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238 SURVEY RECORDS [S.0-34-A-20.

lovicd whcther the land has becn previously

This chargc should be no spccinl stafr has bccn employcd
occupicd or not. In cascs wlherc
opcn assigning oliccr to remit thc cost of demarcation for special
be to tlhc
assignment thc grantces wil become
rcasons to be corded in writing After
of the stones on thc lands
in
responsiblc for thc maintenancc accordance
rules framed under section
26 of the Survcy and Boundaries
with thè
Act of 1923.
These rules do not apply to grants of
land made under the rules
containcd in the Mining Manual.
B. P. 42, ated 20-3-1936.

18: Quarterly Lists of Ncw Ficlds and Sub-Divisions to be forwarded

to the Sub-Registrar,-A list of alt new survey fields and sub-divisione
of all sub-divisions clubbed; showing in each case their extents and corres.
ponding old survey numbers and sub-divisions together with the names of
their registered holders or their discription, as the case may be, should be
prepared in the taluk office in the course of cach quarter as the changes are
entered in the permanent, A register after incorporation in the taluk copy of
the Field Measurcment Book. On the last day of the quarter the list should
be forwarded to the Sub-Registrar.
B.P. 96, dated 18-5-1917.
Section VSurvey Instruments
19: Supply of Survey Instruments,--In order tht karams and other
ofiicers may be able to carry out the survey operations detailed in this cha
pter, it is necessary that they should possess a full and accurate set of survey
instruments. List of the instruments that should be supplied to cach class
of officers and details and of the methods of supply-and renewals are given
in Appendix--XI.
G.0. 1965, Rev., dated 8-7-1914.
Section VI–Miscellaneous.
20. (a) Applications from Prityae parties to point out Boundaries o
Fields,-Applications from Private parties to point out the boundaries ox
their fields in accordance with the survey records may be received by
Taluk Tahsildar. ta
The Party making the application should deposit with it a sum of KS.
3/- for each F Iine of the field to be pointed out by
the Govt. Ofüce
On receipt of the application with the deposit. the Tahsildar
it to the Surveyor/Firka Deputy Survoyor who should, should torw
during his Visit to
village, comply with the request made in the application.
party applies for pointing out the boundaries If howeven
of ields by any higher;graga
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MISCELLANUOUS 239
S.O. 34-A-20]
t nny be ndertaken, pro.
officer, other than the Firka Deputy Survcyor,
fee.
vided the party deposits the prescribed
slhonld b eredited to "M,11. 029,
The fee reived on this nccount in connecton with survey
Land RevenuE. other recpts. I. Receipts
revol
scttlement operations, A soparate register of' upplications thus
and in the (orn given in Appendis
ved should be maintained iu the taluk oie
Surveyor/Firka Dputy Surveyor should, after pointing out upp the
XII. The
boundary to the ryot, obtain his siguature to that elect in the by
required the boundary
was pointed out
lication and should himsclt thereon that
measurement* noted in the survey rccords.
him in accordance with the
kcpt filcl
all action has been taken the applications should be
After may be destroycd after a year.
in the order of thcir nunmbers and
B, P. 130, Press, dt.
17-12-1940.
the revcnue offMccr
prirate parties or orders of
(b) Application from Pattas Act and rulcs framed thercunder
up Joint
acting under the splitting of
respect
sub-divisions. or Survey Ficlds.--() In para
for sab-division of registered out itenn (d) of sub-para 2 and sub-para 3 of i.c.,
arising of until the fce prescribsd,
of sub-divisions should bc done
10 above, no sub-division
work
remitted by the party into the treasury
sub-division has been RevenuE. other Recei
Rs. 5/- for each 029. Land
the credit of "I.H.
through challan to connection survey and 'scttlement "operations". A
with App
pts- 1. Receipts in maintained in the fornr given'in
shoulJ be 8-A in the''taluk
register of sub-division fee maintaining the register No.
endix XIX by the clerk
Lañd
office. :betreatedias:subsidiary chitta likè thd
This'[Link] two sections, one scctionycar, for the
will. be maintained in official the
Revenue chitta. It each-town. At the end of the nccessary
[Link]. wherever..
rural tracts and the apportioned and adjusted
amount collected should be the Municipality in the ratio of l:2.
between the Goverament and a current nunmber andmay
fotwatdU
will be assigaed be for
(ti) The application Surveyor as the case
Surveyor or, the Town sketch and statement as
to the Firka Deputy resubmission witha
enjoyment and
report regarding Appendices III & XII. On reçeipt of the report of the
sub-division'recod and
per instructions in Surveyor, the
Deputy Surveyor or the Town the Tahsildar under a new
Firka sanctioned by
the statement will be tentativèly.
No 8-A and sent for 'chebk-measure
Register .
curreat opened in Taluk
instructions in B.S.O. 34-A 13(b)./.-+. ab0 2aib2
ment as per the splitting
is$ued by the Revenuc OfMcer iundéf
of ihe orders ássigned currenttnúmbers inthe
*The copies ruleswill (b scheme,.and
up of Joint Pattas Act and opened for the purposesof the Sub-division
of sub-divisions
speial registertheFirka Deputy Surveyor, aftercollection of
the
sub-division
forwarded'to work add. .submission:of
fees, for attending
to the sub-division
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260 SURVEY RECORDS [S.O.34-BS
thesc sub-divisions will
Further nction in respect of betaken
rcords. up of Joint Pattas Act. asDet
Splitting
rulcs framed under
Tuhsildaur rcfuscs to permit a sub-division,
(iüi) Refunds,-If the
paid, and the sub-division is not measured by the atter
the fee lbas been Surveyot,
cntitlcd tu a refund of the sub-division fe. When
the applicant is afeeis
to that cffect in the remarks column
refunded an entrý should be made
the sub-division fec registcr
with parliculars of the voucher nut ot

Ref. No. N. 1770/38-12, dated

4-9-1940.
Board's
B.P. Rt. 1879, dated 7-5-1942.
B.P. Press. 276, M. dated 13-8-1942.
B.P. 33, Press, dated 17-10-1945.
G. Ms. No. 948, Rev.,lated 30-6-1965.
0.
G. 0. Mis. 1054, Rev., datcd 1S-10-1968.
G.O. Ms. No. 1212, Rev., dated 16-12-1969.
Secition VII--Maintenance of Town and Panchayat Survey
21, Rules for the maintenance of surveys in municpal, to Wns are laia
down in Appendix XIIl and rules for the maintenance of surveys in Panch.
ayat are laid down in Appendix : XIII-A.
B.P. Mis. 24, dated 24-1-1930.
G, 0. 2374 Rev., dated 26-1]-1932,
G.O, 645, Rev., dated. 15-3-1921.
B.P. 3, Press, dated 6-1-1933.
B.P. 55, dated 27-4-1921.
34-B. Correction of errors in survey and demarcation
Explanatory-The preceding Standing Ordes dealswith the maintenance
of revenue records and registration and the record of changes therein effected
the normal course of revenue administration. The present order explains
how the errors and defects which may be detected in the records are to be
remedied.
[Link] to be corrected,-The records to be corrected are.
(1) The records of the Traverse Survey. These are kept io the
Central,Survey Office at Hyderabad.
(2) The two sets of the field maps maintained. the one in the villag:
charge of the Karnam and the other in the taluk ofice
under paragrapu
Standing Order No. 34-A.
(3) The set of village maps Oicein
accordance with the rules in maintained in the Collector's
Appendix VI.
(4) The village permanent registers Kard
ams and 'A
and B maintained by'
in taluk offices under the instructions'contained Geperal. and
in the
Special Manuals of Village
Accounts.
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3. Agcncy authoriscd to corrcct,-Undcr paragraph 9 (4) of Appendi.

II alterations in thc travcrsc survcy rccords will be carricd out by the Dircctor
of Survey and Land Rccords. Altcrations in the other records will be carricd
out in accordance with the rules below,
4. Custody of manuscript original records of Pield Measurement.
No correction or alteration will be made in any manuscript records of feld
measurement, original or duplicate, in areas for which printed field maps
have been issued for maintenance and sale. The originals of ield measure
ment books will be preserved in the (State Archieves M.R.0.). The records
to be preserved in the Cen!ral Survey Ofice are dascribed ia Appendix XXV
of the Survey Manual.
5. Limits of crror,-A discsepancy between two recorded measure
ments or between a recorded raeasurement and a measuremeat newly taken
on the ground should not be trea ted as an error unless it exceeds the limit
of measurement error allowed. This limit is
(a) in plane table, block map and the older diagonal and offset
resurveys, 10 links in distances of.5 chains and under, and not more than 2
links per chain for distances of over 5 chains and
;

(b) in all other surveys 5 links for distances of 5 chains and under,
over 5 chains, subject to
and not morc than one link pèr chain for distances
maximum of 10 links in wet and 20 in dry lands.
Within these limits the. measurement will :nót be corrected unless for
any reason the lines concerncd have to be measured. If the difference exce
eds these Iimits the .line will be remeasured and the villag: copy of the
field measurement book corrected, provided the aroa [Link] of the
revenuc
fields concerned is not altered by more than 5 pr cent:.Sketches illustrá
tinz the correstions sho sld be seat to the Asst. Dirzotog,of Survey & Land
Records who will have the taluk copy of thi figld meauremen book
corrected.
l Gerrèctions made in 'either copy of the field mcasürement book
should be initialled by the Súrveyor or th Divišional Deputy Inspector and.
the date correction cntered the margin thus
*two corrections
Initials/date.
Errors in plotting will not be corrected unless thc area of the revenue field
concerned is affected by more than 5 per cent.
6. Verification of positions of Survey marks on ground,-In investigat
ing survey errors, the survey officers should not asume tha a survey mark
seen by them on the ground is in its correct place unless its position has been
verified by measuring at least two or if possible three liacs converging onit.
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OF REVENUP e
SURVIEY RECORDS
1 (6,0,34-4y
Thc rccordel and thc aetual distanccs of
netunl distanccs of tliesc lines thesc on it. The
slould be entcred in the recordedand
referred to in paragraph 5 above. illustrative tte
7,
rocedure to be
followed correcting
tlon in arcn -Vlhen thc correctioninof an crror sirvey errors Snvolving
of mesurcnent or altrz
involve 0n alleration in the arca revenuc
the Survcyor or Firka Deputy Surveyor of1 fisld by morcthan plotting
5 per
nent, prepare and submit to will, after completing the reme cet,
the Talsildar reviscd ficld rnaps
nd draf notices in 1lhe fron in Appendix-XIV, The Taheitd3rin dusliet.
the noticcs on thc narties wil wos
wlhicl auy objections were
onccrncd, note on the duplicate copy the dateon
hcard by him and an abstract
forward all the conncctcd of his orders and
Records, Thc Jatter shoulkl
[Link] to the sst.,Director Survey& Land
of

scrutinisc thc maps and

memorandum of ulterations in rccords, prepare a
file to thc Collecior. the form in Appendix-XV and submit the
Aftcr approval by ihe Collcctor,
cnlercd in thc rcgister of survcy errors the case shouid be
ilho Asst. Dircctor corrcctcd whích will bc maintained by
of Survcy & Land Records in the Form
Tho rccords slhould thcn bo returncd to in Appendíx-XVL
thc reviscd ficld maps inserted the Taluk Tahsildar who will have
measurcment books and in the village and taiuk copies the field
corrcctions madc in thc permanent of
Thc fle should then bo given a, disposal A registers.
ofMce after intimation to number and rccorded in the talok
the Asst. Dircctor of Survey &
of tha dato of inscrtion copy of the map in Land Records
of the the taluk field measurement
book. 1 Thc corrcction of an crror
in calculation of arca which involves
altcration in thc arca of a revenuc field:by more ad
dealt with. in [Link] manner with than five per cent should be
the cxception that reviscd field maps
necdrnot. bo prepared.
B. P. MÍs, 241. dated
24-1-30.
G.
0, Mis. 2097, Rev, datcd 3-11-1930, B. P. 90, dated L1930.
8,Cascs wherc there is no [Link]:the Survey Records. bat the
on
darics the ground disagrce with the record,-Wherc bop
rCcord but thc boundarics on the there is [Link], in, the
ground,, disagreo .with the record, the, field
must be resurveycd in accordance with
the actual facts of cojoyment atter
obtaining the orders of thc Collcctor, Survey and
casc of porambokcs wliero Land Records except in the
cach casc will be dealt with on its
Disputcs about boundarics should bc meris.
dealt with strictly in accordance witn
tbc provislons of the Survey and Boundarics
it. Act and the rules issued uncer

9, Alteratlons to bo renortcd Ptò thol Directorof. Surrcy and

Land
Records,-Besidecs tlie traversc nlterntlons roferred to In paragraph 3 above,
all alterations mnde under ttais Standing Order in villago
-boundaries ofsuch
magnltude as to bo nerceptibl on the mnap of scalo 2cm JK.M. iiould b0
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reported by the Collector (Survey and Land Rccords) for tho lnformntion
of
the Dircctor of Survcy and Land Rocords.
10, Corrections In permancnt 'A' ReglstorsCollcctors may
carry out minor corrcctions in thc scltlcmcnt registers without previous rcfe
rencc to the Board of Rcvenuc, cxccpt in respot of the column licadcd "ryot
of thc Board should
wari (Government) or Inam" Thc provious sanction
to columns showing (1) old
also be obtaincd in carrying out corrcclionsund the namo of registercd holder of
No. and letter if any" and (2)"Number in the permanont A
Inamdar"" in respcct of Inam lands.. All corrcctions
made under this Standing Order should bo printed as they are
registers
to all ofMccrs to whom copics of the
finally approved and communicatcd copy of all corrcctions in the Settlement.
registers are supplicd. A printed
Revenuc.
Register should be sent to the Board of
B.P. Press 24, dated 26-2-1939.
Deleted
34-C
changes in the Revenue Accounts as a
34-D-Ejecting survey without restricting to
result of resurvey, supplemental
settlement""
which were originally surveyod under simple
1. (i) Certain areas' &&
O system. Resúrvoy
system will be resurveyed under the D
Triangulation
when changes in the occupation and in the bound
is normally undertaken with by the Revenuc Staff
or
arc too numerous to be death resurvey will result ia
aries of ficlds survey is found defective. Tho
when thc previous based upon the State of things
on ground.
changes in the survey frame work,
cases -where lands registered originally as porambokes
There may also be cultivation for a numbcr of years and
are found to be actually under fégular to be used for communal
pur
accounts found
patta lands as per original only limited change, i. change in
e.
poses. In such cases, there will be not of
from' poramboko to patta or vico-versa and
classification of lands will result only in tho
changos in
assessment, This in turn
taram of rate of the assesments payable by the
of holdings and the quantum of
the extents
hence thete would not be'atiy'necessity foi tesettle
pattadars concerned and .
:
zin,2
ment to carry out limited changes.
cases resurvey is ' undertaken, tie Revenue Oicers
4(ü) In all where
cffect in the Revenuo Records, neces
shall
not below the rank of Tahsildar,resurvey, the matter of' survey fumbers,
in
ary changes arising out of such one to another or from ono head to another
class
classification of lands from the quantum of the assessment
assessment and also
area of the lands, rate of
land.
payable by the holder of the to clause (l) or
the .changes referred
Provided that before effectingconcernod; shall coimuniateto overy
this clause the Revenue Oicer,
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264 MAINTENANCE OR REVNUE &

SURVEY RECORDS [S.O. 34-A~)
pattadar affccted by the Resurvey, :gdtails [Link],:affected,
andthe
changes proposcd to be cffectcd in respect öf such lands, hcre the objections,
if any, raised by him a jplacc and ofi'a date fxcd'by 'sifdh Revenuc OMcer
t
for the said purpose, þass appropriate orders thercon and communicate
same to the pittadar concerncd. Ih cvery cas affcdtod by the
irrespcctive of whether'any objections are filed or not thorevenue
the rcsurvey
officer
conccrned shall communicate to the pattadár concerned the details of
changes cffectèd by him.

(iii), Aperiod of at least 30: days shall

tions, if any, by the agrecd-páttadarS:
be provided for filing objec:
}200:
tiv) An appsal shall e Revenyg. Diviional mcer
,[Link]
jurisdiction against the orders passed
changes effected by him, within 3) days fromi
having
or against the
the date ófcorimünicatiön of
the orders or changs effected. A second
Collector against the ordes of Revenue appeal shall be to the District
Divisional Oficer within 30 days
from the date of Communication of
the: 'ordêrs of thè Reveue Divisiona!
Oficer. The orders of the District
Còllector shall be final;,i12,9
2. The above procedure 273:
pect of cases of lands affected shall be followed mutatis mutàhdis in't'res
by, Supplemental
Suryey. also,,
G.0. Ms. No. 597 Rev., dated 1-6-1976 4:
ii. :
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