MAHARASHTRA LAND AND RECORDS 1966 CODE FOR STUDY MATERIAL

MAHARASHTRA

1. 1
Overview of Revenue Department
& General services
PralhadKachare
Deputy Commissioner,Pune
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2. 2
Welcome All
to
Maharashtra State Civil
Service
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3. Historical Background
•TheofficeofCollectorwascreatedforthe
firsttimebytheGovernmentofWarren
Hastingson14
th
May,1772.
•TheRevenueDepartmentwasformedunder
theordersoftheCourtofDirectorsofthe
EastIndiaCompanyfrom1
st
January,1779.
•TheDivisionalCommissionerswasappointed
forthefirsttimein1829.
•ThecadreofDeputyCollectorswascreated
underRegulationIXof1833byLordWilliam
Bentinck.
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4. Historical Background....
•InitiallytheCollectorwasonlyforcollectionoflandrevenue.Gradually,control
oflawandorderandtaxcollectionwerecombinedbecausethepeasantry
agitatedagainsttheundueburdenoftax.ThiscombinationmadeCollectora
verypowerfulinstitutionasdescribedbyLordMacaulyinhisfamousspeech:
•“SuchapowerasthatwhichCollectorsinIndiahaveoverthepeople
inIndia,isnotfoundinanyotherpartoftheworldpossessedbyany
classoffunctionaries.
•ThetruthisthattheCollectorofRevenuesinmanypartsofIndiais
thesoleconsulofagreatprovince,thedistrictassignedtohimbeing
aboutthesizeofoneofthefourprovincesofIreland,andthe
populationthereinprobablyaboutonemillionofhumanbeings.
•Inallthatdistrict,thereisnotasinglevillage,thereisnotasingle
hut,inwhichthedifferencebetweenagoodandabadCollectormay
notmakethedifferencebetweenhappinessandmisery.”
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5. Post Independence
•TheIndianCivilServiceisreplacedby
Indian
AdministrativeService.
•FreeIndiaadoptedtheconstitutionand
move
towardsawelfarestate.
•ThetransitionfromRegulatorytoWelfare
StatetransformstheroleofRevenue
Department.
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6. Changes in the Functioning of Revenue Dept.
ThechangesinthefunctioningofRevenueDepartmenthavebeen
appropriatelydescribedbyHebleCommitteeonAdministrativeReorganisation
1971-
•“Historically,theCollectorstartedasaRevenueOfficerwhenthe
AdministrationwascentredaroundthecollectionofLandRevenue,the
developmentsthathavesincetakenplacehaveovershadowedhisroleasa
RevenueOfficerandtodayheisprincipallytheofficerinchargeofgeneral
administrationintheDistrict.
•Itwouldinfact,bemoreappropriatetocallhimaDistrictAdministratoror
CollectorandDistrictAdministrator.“ItisnecessarythatGovernmentshould
makeitclearonceforallinun-equivocaltermsthattheCollectorisnot
merelyaDistrictRevenueOfficerbutistheGeneralDistrictAdministrator
forGovernmentwhoseroleasRevenueOfficialissubordinatetohisroleas
DistrictAdministrator.”
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7. 7
RevenueDepartment
•Revenue Administration
•Land Records Department
Relief & Rehabilitation
•Relief & Rehabilitation
•Registration and Stamp Duty
Forest Department
•Land Acquisition
Overview of Revenue Department
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8. The Organisational Structure of Revenue Department
The Divisional Commissioner/ Settlement Commissioner
The Collector (District)
Additional Collector (District)
Assistant and Dy. Collectors (Sub Division)
Tahsildars(Talukalevel)
NaibTahsildar
Circle Officer (For Circles)
Talathi(Saza)
Kotwal(Village Level)
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9. Work distribution between Collector & Additional Collector
•CadreofAdditionalCollectorwascreatedin1992.
•AdditionalCollectorisaseniorofficerfromStateCivil
Service
•Governmentrevisedthelistofsubjectdistributionin2012
videGRdated29.03.2012.
•TheCollectorassigned39subjectsmainlyincluding
GeneralEstablishment,LawandOrder,CivilSupply,Land
Acquisition,Election,Rehabilitation,Disaster
Management,MunicipalAdministrationetc.
•TheAdditionalCollectorassigned39subjectsmainly
includingrecoveryofallGovernmenttaxes,Entertainment
Duty,MinorMinerals,FieldInspection,SoldierWelfare
Board,ExtensionofGaothan,allCourtworketc.
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10. Changes in the functioning of Revenue Dept...
•The Collector is a Chairman of more than 171 Committees.
•The Collector administers more than 170 Acts.
•Out of this acts the following land laws are more important and their
in-depth study is essential:
•-State Legislation
•The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966
•The Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961
•The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948
•The Bombay Entertainment Duty Act, 1923
•The Minor Mineral (Extraction) Rules
•The Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation & Consolidation of
Holdings Act, 1947
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11. Changes in the functioning of Revenue
Dept...
•State Legislation....
•The Bombay Stamp Act, 1958
•The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act, 1966.
•The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Act, 1976 (MHADA)
•The Development Control Regulations, 1991
•Central Legislation
•The Registration Act, 1908
•The Environment Protection Act, 1986: Coastal Regulation Zones
(CRZ)
•The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976
•The Land Acquisition Act, 1984
•The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.
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12. Organisation Chart Of Revenue Department

ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY
REVENUE

Secretary Rehabilitation

Settlement
Commissioner

Inspector General Of
Registration


Divisional
Commissioner
Kokan

Divisional
Commissioner
Pune

Divisional
Commissioner
Nashik


Divisional
Commissioner
Aurangabad

Divisional
Commissioner
Amaravati

Divisional
Commissioner
Nagpur
Disctrict
Collector
Mumbai City


Disctrict
Collector
Pune
Disctrict
Collector
Nashik
Disctrict
Collector
Aurangabad
Disctrict
Collector
Amaravati
Disctrict
Collector
Nagpur
Disctrict
Collector
MSD
Disctrict
Collector
Sholapur
Disctrict
Collector
Ahmednagar
Disctrict
Collector
Jalna
Disctrict
Collector
Akola
Disctrict
Collector
Wardha

Disctrict
Collector
Thane

Disctrict
Collector
Satara

Disctrict
Collector
Dhule



Disctrict
Collector
Nanded

Disctrict
Collector
Washim

Disctrict
Collector
Bhandara


Disctrict
Collector
Raigad


Disctrict
Collector
Sangali



Disctrict
Collector
Latur



Disctrict
Collector
Gondia

Disctrict
Collector
Sindhudurg

Disctrict
Collector
Nadurbar

Disctrict
Collector
Osmanabad


Disctrict
Collector
Buldhana

Disctrict
Collector
Chandrapur


Disctrict
Collector
Kolhapur
Disctrict
Collector
Parbhani

Disctrict
Collector
Ratnagiri

Disctrict
Collector
Jalgaon
Disctrict
Collector
Hingoli
Disctrict
Collector
Yevatmal
Disctrict
Collector
Gadchiroli
Disctrict
Collector
Beed
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13. DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER


ADDITIONAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER


1. DY. COMMISSIONER REVENUE

2. DY. COMMISSIONER GENERAL

3. DY. COMMISSIONER RESETTLEMENT

4. DY. COMMISSIONER EGS

5. DY. COMMISSIONER ENTERETAINMENT

6. DY. COMMISSIONER SUPPLY

7. SPL. ENQUIRY OFFICER

1. ASST. COMMISIONER RESETTLEMENT

2. ASST. COMMISSIONER BACKWAR CLASS CELL

3. PRESENTING OFFICER


4. SUPPORTING STAFF

 Tahasildars – as Chitnis, Head Clerk, LRT, Asstt. Director
Municipal Administration etc.
 Naib Tahasildars as Desk Officers as office staff and Inspecting
Officers
 Stenographers (Higher Grade/Lower Grade)
 Steno Typists
 Aval Karkun as office staff and Inspectors
 Clerk cum Typists
 Drivers
 Peons


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14. DISTRICT COLLECTOR


ADDITIONAL COLLECTOR


COLLECTORATE


FIELD OFFICES

Residential
Dy. Collector


Dy. Dist.
Election Officer

Sub-Divisonal
Officers

Sub-Divisional Officers


District
Supply
Officer

District
Resettlement
Officer


Tahasildars

Tahasildars

Land
Acquisition
Officer


Land
Acquisition
Officer

Naib
Tahasildars

Naib Tahasildars

Land
Acquisition
Officer

Land
Acquisition
Officer


Circle Officers

Circle Officers

1. SUPPORTING STAFF
 Tahasildars – as Chitnis, Head Clerk, LRT, Asstt. Director
Municipal Administration etc.
 Naib Tahasildars as Desk Officers, as Inspecting Officers, and as
office staff
 Stenographers (Higher Grade/Lower Grade)
 Steno Typists
 Aval Karkun as office staff and Inspectors
 Clerk cum Typists 3/5/2024 [email protected]

15. In the District Revenue Administration the orgonogramme
The Collector
(District)

(Assistant and Dy., Collector)
(Sub Division)

Tahsildar (Taluka level)
(Naib- Tahsildar, Addl. Tahsildar)

Circle Inspector / Officer
(For Circles)
Talathi

(Saza)
Kotwal (Village Level)
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16. RELIEF & REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT
Organisation Chart
•
•At MantralayaLevel
• -One Secretary (Rehabilitation )
• -One Joint Secretary (Rehabilitation of Project Affected
Persons )
• -Four Desks headed by Under Secretary/Desk Officer
•At Divisional Level
•-Divisional Commissioner is assisted by
•-Deputy Commissioner (Rehabilitation) having
supporting staff.
•At District Level :
•-District Collector is assisted by District
-Rehabilitation Officer (Deputy Collector or
-TahsildarCadre Officer ) having supporting staff.
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17. ORGANISATION CHART: REGISTRATION DEPT.
The Registration Department of Maharashtra has its head office
situated at Pune.
•The Inspector General of Registration (IGR) is the head of the
department.
•IGR is also the Chief Controller of Stamps for the state.
•He is assisted by the Dy. IGR HQ. The DIG’s post is a purely
administrative post and he is responsible for smooth functioning
of the department within his division which comprises of a few
districts.
•At district level, the department’s representative is the Joint
District Registrar (JDR) .
•He is also the Collector of Stamps for that district.
•The Sub-registrar (SR) works under the JDR. Office of the Sub-
registrar is the place where all the registration work is done.
•This is the office which has maximum interface with the common
public and obviously the revenue earner for the department.
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18. IGR- Inspector General of Registration
DIG- Deputy Inspector General of Registration
AO- Administrative Office
ADTP- Assistant Director of town planning
JDR- Joint District Registrar
SRO- Sub registrar’s office
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19. 19
SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER & DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS

ADDITIONAL
SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER &
DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS


DY. DIRECTOR LAND RECORDS

All District Collectors also Es-officio-rectors of Land Records

Dy. Director
Land
Records,
Kokan
Divn.,
Dy. Director
Land
Records,
Nashik
Dy. Director
Land
Records,
Pune
Dy. Director
Land
Records,
Aurangabad
Dy. Director
Land
Records,
Amaravati
Dy. Director Land Records,
Kokan Nagpur

SLRs in the
Districts

SLRs in the
Districts

SLRs in the
Districts

SLRs in the
Districts

SLRs in the
Districts

SLRs in the Districts

DySLRs &
City
Survey
Officers in
the district
DySLRs &
City
Survey
Officers in
the district
DySLRs &
City
Survey
Officers in
the district
DySLRs &
City
Survey
Officers in
the district
DySLRs &
City
Survey
Officers in
the district
DySLRs & City Survey
Officers in the district
Survey
staff
Survey
staff
Survey
staff
Survey
staff
Survey
staff
Survey staff
Office staff Office staff Office staff Office staff Office staff Office staff


 SLR – Superintendent of Land Records
 TILR- Taluka Inspector of Land Records
 CTSO- City Survey Officer
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20. Overview of Revenue Department
A transition in process
from
Governing for regulation
to
Governing for results
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21. 21
Revenue Department is changing
•Introduction
•“We cannot become what we need to be
by remaining what we are” (Max
Depree)
•“It is not the strongest of the species
thatsurvive, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change”
(Charles Darwin )
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22. Suvarna Jayanti Rajaswa Abhiyan
•This programme has been described in detail in GR dated 13.04.2011, 04.07.2012
and 18.07.2013.
•The important features of SJRA includes:
•-Organising camps for granting various certificates.
•-Removal of encroachments on farm roads.
•-Ferfar(Mutation) Adalat.
•-Samadhan Yojana
•-eChavdi
•-Chavdi Vachan
•-Updation of Record of Rights.
•-Mahsool Adalat.
•-Convergence of various departments/ programmes in the camps organise by
Revenue Department.
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23. National Land Records Modernisation
Programme. (NLRMP)
•e-Chavdi
•e-Mutation
•e-Mojani
•Scanning of Records
•Degitisation of Cadastral Maps
•Modernisation of record rooms
•Resurvey of land
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24. Other recent important decisions taken by Revenue
Department
•Simplification-Domicile certificate not required for admission to higher
education institutions.
•Reorganisation of sub-divisions-One SDO for Two Talukas.
•Grant of Bhumiswami status to Bhumidhari farmers.
•Return of land to Khandakari farmers.
•Policy regarding renewal of NAZUL Lands.
•Policy regarding renewal of long term leases in Mumbai.
•No prior Permission required for NA use up to 40sq.mtrs (430.56 sq.ft.)
in rural areas (Section 44 of MLRC, 1966) (G.R.dated 13.9.2012)
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25. Other important decisions taken by Revenue Department
during the last 3 years.....
•Nopriorpermissionrequiredtosell/transferlandunderSection43of
BTALAct1958,iftenancyrightgrantedformorethantenyears.(GR
dated7.5.2014)
•Section37ofMLRCamendedtocaptureFSI/TDR,PowerofAttorney,
unearnedincome.However,thisbillisawaitingapprovalofHon’ble
President.
•TheEntertainmentDutyActamendedtobringalongwiththecable
operators,theMultiSystemOperators(MSOs)withinambitofSection
2to5ofEntertainmentDutyAct1923andalsoaccordinglyintherules.
•IfFarmerslandisacquiredforpublicpurpose,hewillretainthestatus
offarmerforhisentirelifeandalsohisheirs.-Section63ofBTALAct
1958.(GRdated30.5.2014)
•AmendmenttoSection150ofMLRC-Noticeisnotrequiredtobegiven
tothepartiessigningaregistereddeedregardingparty,thereby
avoidingduplicationofworkandexpeditingprocessofmutation.This
billsanctionedbyboththehousesoflegislatureandisunderfurther
process.
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26. Revenue Department
The Revenue
Department is
the oldest arm
of the
Governments
existing from
times
immemorial in
the Country.
Prime domain of
the State
The history of
mankind is
intimately
associated
with land
relationship.
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27. History of Land Revenue
System in India

28. Evolution of Revenue System
•RevenueAdministrationwasstartedbySher
ShahSuri(1540-45).
•Itwascontinuedandimproveduponunderthe
reignoftheMughalEmperorAkber(1556-
1605).
•TodarMal-greatestrevenueexpertwho
startedhiscareerunderSherShahSurijoined
intheserviceofAkbar,isrememberedevento
thisdayforevolvingasystemofrevenue
assessmentandsurvey,
•asystemwhichdrewabalancebetweenthe
demandsoftheStateandneedsofthesubjects.

29. Revenue Administration of Sher
Shah Suri
Classified the lands into three
categories on the basis of their yield
and assessed the land revenue on the
basis of measurement of land.
Thevillage accountant(variously
known
asPatwari,Talati,Patel,Karnam,
Adhikari,Shanbogaru, etc.)
Drew up a schedule of rates to fix up land
revenue in terms of cash
He issued 'Pattas' to the peasants and
received 'Qabuliyats' from the latter
Established a famine relief fund and
collected two and half seers per bigha from
the peasants, for maintaining this relief fund.
Talati, thevillage accountant(variously known as Kulkarni, Patwari, Karnam
,Patel,Karnam,Adhikari,Shanbogaru, etc.)
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30. System of Land Revenue in British
India
Three major systems of land revenue collection existed
in India
Zaminidari
1793 -BeBi
57%
Ryotwari
38% MBA
Mahalwari
5%
NW-CP-PunjabGangetic
Valley
1840 and 1850
in Madras Presidency in
1792 and in Bombay
Presidency in 1817-18.
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31. ZamindariSystem
Introduced by Cornwallis in 1793 through
Permanent Settlement Act in provinces of
Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi. Also
known asPermanent Settlement System.
zamindars,taluqdars,jagirdars or feudal lords were a
distinct class --(mansabs) (mansabdar) (Jagir)
•Zamindars were recognized as owner of
thelands.
•Zamindars were given the rights to collect
the rent from the peasants.
Therealizedamountwouldbedividedinto
11parts.1/11ofthesharebelongsto
Zamindarsand10/11ofthesharebelongs
toEastIndiaCompany.
Lord Cornwallis comes with a novel idea: just ‘outsource’ the tax collection
work to desi-middlemen: Zamindars, Jagirdar, Inamdars, Lambardar etc.
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32. Ryotwari System
System was introduced by Thomas Munro
in 1820initially in Madras, Bombay, parts
of Assam and Coorgh provinces of British
India.
•Ownership rights were
handed over to the
peasants.
•British Government
collected taxes directly
from the peasants.
Therevenueratesof
RyotwariSystemwere
50%wherethelands
weredryand60%in
irrigatedland.
Major-generalSir Thomas Munro
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33. Mahalwari System
Introduced during the period of
William Bentickin 1833 in
Central Province, North-West
Frontier, Agra, Punjab, Gangetic
Valley, etc of British India..
Mahalwari system had many provisions of both the
ZamindariSystem and Ryotwari System
Land divided
into Mahals.
Each Mahal
comprised one
or more
villages.
Ownership
rights were
vested with
the peasants.
The villages
committee was
held responsible
for collection of
the taxes.
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34. Tehsildar
Tehsildaris a revenue officer inIndia, Pakistan &
Bangladesh as being an offierresponsible for
collecting land revenue.
The term is ofMughalorigin made of 2 different words
"Tehsil+Dar".
•"Tehsil",anIslamicwordderivedfromArabic,means
"Revenuecollection"and
•"Dar",Persianmeans"holderofaposition",
•togetherthese2wordsmakethewordTehsildarwhichsimply
meansaTaxCollector.
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