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UTTAR PRADESH REVENUE CODE, 2006
(Last Updated: 05-03-2021) [CONTENTS]
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short title, extent and commencement Aplicability of the Code Extension of the Code Definitions CHAPTER II REVENUE DIVISIONS Division of State into revenue areas Constitution of revenue areas CHAPTER II BOARD AND THE REVENUE OFFICERS Board of Revenue Jurisdiction of the Board Power to distribute business Decisions of the Board Commissioners and Additional Commissioners Collectors and Additional Collectors Sub-Divisional Officers and Additional Sub-Divisional Officers Tahsildars and Tasildars Judicial. Naib-Tahsildars Revenue Inspectors and Lekhpals Combination of Offices Recovery of money, papers and other Government property Other power of Revenue Officers CHAPTER IV BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY MARKS Fixation and demarcation of boundaries Obligation regarding maintenance and repair of boundary marks Destruction etc. of boundary marks. Power to require erection, repair or renewal of boundary marks Disputes regarding boundaries Rights of way and other easements Removal of obstacle Revisional powers of Sub-Divisional Office Order not to debar from establishing any right of easement
CHAPTER V
MAINTENANCE OF VILLAGE RECORDS
- List of villages
- Maintenance of Map and Field Book
- Record of Rights
- Correction of records
- Mutation in cases of succession
- Duty to report in cases of transfer
- Mutation in cases of succession or transfer
- Intimation of transfer and deposit of land revenue
- Bar against certain suits
- Correction of error and omission
- Certain orders of revenue officers not to debar a suit
- Presumption as to entries Al. Kisan Bahi
- Duty to produce information or documents CHAPTER VI REVISION OF VILLAGE RECORDS
- Notification of record and survey operations
- Record Officer and Assistant Record Officer
- Power of Record Officer during record or survey operation
- Revision of records during record operation
- Revision of records during survey operation
- Powers of Record Officer as to erection of boundary marks
- Procedure of revision of map and records
- Finalisation of record of rights
- Preparation of new record of rights
- Procedure for villages where no records are available
- Presumption as to the entries CHAPTER VII OWENERSHIP OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTIES
- Title of State in all lands etc
- Mines and minerals
- Rights in trees
- Fruit bearing trees
- Disputes to be decided by the Collector CHAPTER VIII MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTIES BY GRAM PANCHAYAT OR OTHER LOCAL AUTHORITY
- Entrustment of land etc. to Gram Panchayats and other local authorities
- Superintendence, management and control by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti
- Management of village tanks
- Conduct of suits and legal proceedings
- Land which may be allotted for abadi sites
- Allotment of abadi sites
Transfer in contravention of this Code to be void Consequences of transfer by bhumidhar in contravention of the Code Consequences of transfer made by asami in contravention of this Code
DEVOLUTION Bequest by bhumidhar or asami General order of succession to male bhumidhar, asami or government lessee Succession to woman inheriting interest as a female heir Succession to woman holding otherwise than as a female heir Savings as to religious endowments Interest of co-tenure-holders to pass by survivorship Persons other than Indian citizens and persons of Indian origin not to inherit Other conditions regarding devolution Escheat DIVISION Suit for division of holding Duty of Court in suits for division of holding SURRENDER AND ABANDONMENT Surrender by bhumidhar Surrender by asami Effect of surrender Liability for rent or revenue in case of surrender Abandonment by bhumidhar Consequence of abandonment Delivery of possession to Gram Panchayat
LEASE OF LAND BY GRAM PANCHAYAT Admission by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti to land entrusted to Gram Panchayat Order of preference in admission to land by Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti Consequences of allotment Cancellation of allotment and lease Restoration of possession to allottee or the Government lessee EJECTMENT Bhumidhars not to be ejected Suit for ejectment etc. against asami Right to crops and trees Suit for injunction, compensation etc Ejectment of persons occupying land without title (deleted). Ejectment of trespassers of Gram Panchayat land Remedies for wrongful ejectment RENT Rent payable by an Asami Application for fixation of rent
Remission for calamity by Court decreeing claim for arrears Commutation of rent Recovery of arrears of rent from asami of Gaon Panchayat, etc Power to write off arrears DECLARATORY SUITS Declaratory suits by tenure holders Declaratory suit by Gram Panchayat Provision for injunction CHAPTER X GOVERNMENT LESSEES Definition of Government lessee Government lessee’s right to hold land Ejectment of Government lessee Provisions of U.P. Act No.22 of 1972 to apply Trespass on land held by a Government lessee. Dues recoverable as arrear of land revenue CHAPTER XI ASSESSMENT OF LAND REVENUE Land held by bhumidhar liable to payment of land revenue Land revenue payable by bhumidhar Variation of land revenue Exemption of Land Revenue in certain cases Remission or suspension of land revenue on the occurrence of agricultural calamity Power of State Government to remit rent in certain cases Consequences of suspension of rent Annual enquiry of revenue free land Rounding off the amount of land revenue Finality of orders CHAPTER XII COLLECTION OF LAND REVENUE Land revenue to be the first charge Bhumidhars to be jointly and severally liable Land Revenue when becomes due and payable Arrangements for collection of land revenue Defaulters Certified account to be evidence of arrears Writ of demand Process for recovery of arrears Arrest and detention Attachment and sale of movable property Attachment of bank account and locker of the defaulter Attachment of holding Lease of holding Sale of holding Attachment and sale of other immovable property Appointment of receiver 5
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Right to inspect and obtain copies Computation of areas in certain districts Mode of recovery of fines etc Power to call for statement Protection of action taken in good faith Determination of questions in summary proceeding Lodging of Caveat Constitution of Committee Power of an Assistant Collector of First Class not in charge of a subdivision Powers of Assistant Collector of second class 225-F Consolidation of cases
CHAPTER XV
PENALTIES
Penalty for encroachment etc Damages for destruction etc. of boundary marks Penalty for cutting or removing trees illegally Penalty for not furnishing required statement or information etc CHAPTER XVI REPEAL AND SAVINGS Repeal. Applicability of the Code to pending proceedings Power to remove difficulties Rules Regulations FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD SCHEDULE FOURTH SCHEDULE
UTTAR PRADESH REVENUE CODE, 2006
(U.P. Act No. 8 of 2012) [12 December, 2012] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to land tenures and land revenue in the State of Uttar Pradesh and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto IT IS HEREBY enacted in the 57” Year of Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I (PRELIMINARY) 1.Short title, extent and commencement- (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006. (2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh. (3) It shall come into force on such date’ as the State Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas or for different provisions of this Code.
- Applicability of the Code. - The provisions of this Code, except Chapters VII and IX shall apply to the whole of Uttar Pradesh, and Chapters VIII and IX shall apply to the areas to which any of the enactments specified at serial numbers 19 and 25 of the First Schedule was applicable on the date immediately preceding their repeal by this Code.
- Extension of the Code to new areas.- (1) Where after the commencement of this Code, any area is added to the territory of Uttar Pradesh, the State Government may, by notification, extend the whole or any provision of this Code, to such area. (2) Where any notification is issued under sub-section (1), the provisions of any Act, rule or regulation in force in the area referred to in the said sub-section, which are inconsistent with the provisions so applied, shall be deemed to have been repealed. (3) The State Government may, by a subsequent notification, amend, modify or alter any notification issued under sub-section (1).
4. Definition- In this Code-
(1) ‘abadi’ or ‘village abadi’ means such area in a village which, on the date of commencement of this Code, is being used for the purposes of residence of its inhabitants or for purposes ancillary thereto such as sahan and green trees, wells etc. or which may have been or be hereafter reserved for such use; (2) ‘agriculture’ includes horticulture, animal husbandry, pisciculture, flower farming, bee keeping and poultry farming;
- Vide Noti. No.1879/1-1-2015-15(1)/1998-19 T.C.IIIl, Date 18-12-2015 Sec.1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, 15,16, 17,18, 19, 233 and 234 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 shall come into force on dated 18-12-2015 and remaining provisions of said Act shall into force on dated 11-2-2016. 8
(ii) the construction of works for the drainage of land or for the protection of land from floods, or from erosion or other damage from water; (ili) the planting of trees and the reclaiming, clearing, enclosing, leveling or terracing of land; (iv) the erection of buildings on, or in the vicinity of the holding elsewhere than in an abadi or urban area, required for the convenient or profitable use or occupation of the holding; and (v) the renewal or reconstruction of any of the foregoing works, or alteration therein or additions thereto; (14) ‘land’, except in Chapters VII and VIII and sections 80, 81 and section 136, means land held or occupied for purposes connected with agriculture; (15) ‘land holder’ means the person to whom rent is or but for a contract, express or implied, would be payable; (16) “Revenue Court” means all or any of the following authorities (that is to say) the Board and all members thereof, Commissioners, Additional Commissioners, Collectors, Additional Collectors, Chief Revenue Officers, Assistant Collectors, Settlkement Officers, Assistant Settlement Officers,Record Officers, Assistant Record Officers, Tahsildars, Tahsildars (Judicial) and Naib Tahsildars; (17) “Revenue Officer” means the Commissioner, an Additional Commissioner, the Collector, an Additional Collector, the Chief Revenue Officer, the Sub-Divisional Officer, an Assistant Collector, the Settlement Officer, an Assistant Settlement Officer, the Record Officer, an Assistant Record Officer, the Tahsildar, the Tahsildar (Judicial), the Naib Tahsildar and the Revenue Inspector; (18) ‘Sub-Divisional Officer’ means the Assistant Collector in charge of the Tahsil; (19) ‘taungya plantation’ means the system of afforestation in which the plantation of trees is, in the earlier stages, done simultaneously with the cultivation of agricultural crops which ceases, when trees so planted begin to form a canopy, rendering the cultivation of agricultural crops impossible; (20) ‘village’ means any local area whether compact or otherwise, recorded as a village in the revenue records of the district concerned, and includes an area which the State Government may, by general or special notification, declare to be a village; (21) ‘village artisan’ means a person whose main source of livelihood is manufacture or repair of traditional tools, implements and other articles or things used for agriculture or purposes ancillary thereto, and includes a carpenter, weaver, potter, blacksmith, silversmith, goldsmith, barbar, washerman, cobbler or any other person who normally earns his livelihood by practising a craft either by his own labour or by labour of any member of his family in any village; (22) words and expressions ‘Gaon Fund’, ‘Gram Sabha’ and ‘Gram Panchayat’ shall have the meanings assigned to them in the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947; 10
(23) ‘agricultural year’ means an year which begins from the first day of July and ends on thirtieth day of June of a calendar year. It is also characterised as ‘fasli year’; (24) ‘intermediary’ with reference to any estate means a proprietor, underproprietor,sub- proprietor, thekedar, permanent lessee in Avadh and permanent tenure-holder of such estate or part thereof; (25) ‘lease’ in relation to mines and minerals shall include a sub-lease, a prospecting lease and an agreement to lease or sublet, and ‘lessee’ shall be construed accordingly; (26) ‘decree’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act no.V of 1908); (27) ‘State Government’ means the Government of Uttar Pradesh; (28) ‘Central Government’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Act no.X of 1897); (29) ‘Minjumla number’ means a shajra number denoting a component part of a field which has theoretically been partitioned but physically has not been partitioned.
CHAPTER I
REVENUE DIVISIONS
- Division of State into revenue areas.- For the purposes of this Code, the State shall be divided into revenue areas comprising of divisions which may consist of two or more districts, and each district may consist of two or more Tahsils and each Tahsil may consist of one or more parganas, and each pargana may consist of two or more villages.
- Constitution of revenue areas.- (1) The State Government may, by notification, specify- (i) the districts which constitute a division; (ii) the tahsils which constitute a district; (iii) the villages which constitute a tahsil. (2) The State Government may, by notification, alter the limits of any revenue area referred to in sub-section (1) by amalgamation, re-adjustment, division or in any other manner whatsoever, or abolish any such revenue area and may name and alter the name of any such revenue area, and in any case where any area is renamed, then all references in any law or instrument or other document to the area under its original name shall be deemed to be references to the areas as renamed unless expressly provided otherwise: Provided that before passing any order under this sub-section on any proposal to alter the limits of any revenue area, the State Government shall publish, in the prescribed manner, such proposals for inviting objections, and shall take into consideration any objection to such proposals. (3) The Collector may, by an order, published in the prescribed manner, arrange the 11
10.Decisions of the Board. - (1) Where any proceeding coming under the consideration of the Board on appeal or in revision is heard by a Bench composed of two or more members, the case shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of such members or of the majority, if any, of such members. (2) Where the members of the Board constituting the Bench are equally divided in opinion as to the decision of a case, it shall be heard by a larger Bench to be constituted by the Chairman, and the case shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of the members constituting such Bench or of the majority, if any, of such members. (3) All decisions given by a member sitting singly, or by a Division Bench comprising two members or a larger Bench constituted as aforesaid shall be deemed to be decisions of the Board.
- Commissioners and Additional Commissioners.- (1) The State Government shall appoint in each division a Commissioner, who shall, within his division, exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred and imposed on a Commissioner by or under this Code or any other law for the time being in force, and shall exercise authority over all the revenue officers in his division. (2) The State Government may appoint one or more Additional Commissioners in one or more Divisions. (3) An Additional Commissioner shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties of Commissioner in such cases or classes of cases as the State Government or, in the absence of any direction from the State Government, the Commissioner of the division may direct. (4) The provisions of this Code and every other law for the time being applicable to a Commissioner shall apply to the Additional Commissioner when exercising powers or discharging any duties under this section, as if he were the Commissioner of the Division. (5) The State Government may, at the time of making the appointment or at any time subsequent thereto, designate any Additional Commissioner, as Additional Commissioner (Judicial), and any such Additional Commissioner (Judicial) shall be allotted only judicial business. Such an Additional Commissioner (Judicial) shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties of Commissioner in such cases or classes of cases as the State Government, or in the absence of any direction from the State Government, the Commissioner of the Division, may direct.
- Collectors and Additional Collectors. - (1) The State Government shall appoint, in each district, a Collector who shall be in-charge of the revenue administration thereof and shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred and imposed on a Collector by or under this Code or any other law for the time being in force. (2) The State Government may appoint one or more Additional Collectors in a district. (3) An Additional Collector shall, subject to the direction “and control of the State Government or of the Collector’, exercise all powers and discharge all duties of Collector.
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(4) The provisions of this Code and every other law for the time being applicable to the Collector shall apply to the Additional Collector when exercising powers or discharging any duties under this section, as if he were the Collector of the district. (5) The State Government may, at the time of making the appointment or at any time subsequent thereto, designate any Additional Collector, as Additional Collector (Judicial), and any such Additional Collector (Judicial) shall be allotted only judicial business. Such an Additional Collector (Judicial) shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties of Collector in such cases or classes of cases as the State Government, or in the absence of any direction from the State Government, the Collector of the District, may direct.
- Sub-Divisional Officers and Additional Sub-Divisional Officers.-(1) The State Government may appoint in each district as many persons as it thinks fit to be Assistant Collectors of the first or second class. (2) The State Government may place an Assistant Collector first class incharge of one or more sub-divisions of a district, and such an officer shall be called the Assistant Collector first class in- charge of a sub-division or a Sub-Divisional Officer. (3) The officers referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred and imposed upon them by or under this Code or any other law for the time being in force, subject to the control of the Collector. (4) The State Government may designate an Assistant Collector first class appointed to a district to be an Additional Sub-Divisional Officer for one or more tahsils of the district. (5) Subject to the provisions of this Code, the Additional Sub-Divisional Officer shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties of a Sub-Divisional Officer in such cases or classes of cases as the State Government, or in the absence of any direction from the State Government, the Collector may direct. (6) The State Government may, at the time of making the appointment or at any time subsequent thereto, designate any Assistant Collector first class, as Sub-Divisional Officer (Judicial) for one or more tahsils, and any such Sub-Divisional Officer (Judicial) shall be allotted only judicial business. Such a Sub-Divisional Officer (Judicial) shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties of a Sub-Divisional Officer in such cases or classes of cases as the State Government, or in the absence of any direction from the State Government, the Collector, may direct.
- Tahsildars and Tasildars Judicial. - (1) The State Government may appoint in each district as many persons as it thinks fit to be Tahsildars and Tahsildar Judicial. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Code, the Tahsildar and Tahsildar Judicial shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as the State Government or the Board, and in the absence of any directions from the State Government or the Board, the Collector may direct.
- Naib-Tahsildars.- The State Government may appoint in each district as many
Chapter IV BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY MARKS 20.Fixation and demarcation of boundaries. - (1) Boundaries of all villages in the State and of all survey numbers in a village shall be fixed and demarcated by boundary marks. (2) The boundary marks shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained in this Chapter, be of such specifications and shall be constructed and maintained in such manner as may be prescribed.
- Obligation regarding maintenance and repair of boundary marks.- (1) Every tenure-holder shall be responsible to maintain and repair at his cost the boundary marks lawfully erected in his holding or on the boundary thereof. (2) The Gram Panchayat shall be responsible to maintain and repair at its cost the boundary marks, other than those mentioned in sub-section (1), lawfully erected in the villages situate within its jurisdiction.
- Destruction etc. of boundary marks. - (1) If any boundary mark lawfully erected in a Lekhpal circle is destroyed, removed or damaged, then the concerned Lekhpal shall be bound promptly to report the matter to the Naib Tahsildar. (2) The Naib Tahsildar shall make an inquiry in respect of such report and shall submit his recommendation to the Sub-Divisional Officer.
- Power to require erection, repair or renewal of boundary marks. - (1) The Sub-Divisional Officer may, on receipt of the recommendations of the Naib Tahsildar under section 22, or otherwise, require a Gram Panchayat in relation to a village and a tenure holder in relation to his holding, to erect or restore proper boundary marks or to repair or replace the same in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Where the Gram Panchayat or a tenure holder fails to erect, restore, repair or replace the boundary marks as required under sub-section (1), the Sub-Divisional Officer may cause such boundary marks to be erected, restored, repaired or replaced, as the case may be, and recover the cost thereof from such Gram Panchayat or the tenure holder in the manner prescribed.
- Disputes regarding boundaries. - (1) The Sub-Divisional Officer may, on his own motion or on an application made in this behalf by a person interested, decide, by summary inquiry, any dispute regarding boundaries on the basis of existing survey maps or, where they have been revised in accordance with the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953, on the basis of such maps, but if this is not possible, the boundaries shall be fixed on the basis of actual possession. (2) If in the course of an inquiry into a dispute under sub-section (1), the Sub-Divisional Officer is unable to satisfy himself as to which party is in possession or if it is shown that
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possession has been obtained by wrongful dispossession of the lawful occupant, the Sub- Divisional Officer shall (a) in the first case, ascertain by summary inquiry who is the person best entitled to the property, and shall put such person in possession; (b) in the second case, put the person so dispossessed in possession, and for that purpose use or cause to be used such force as may be necessary and shall then fix the boundary accordingly. (3) Every proceeding under this section shall, as far as possible, be concluded by the Sub- Divisional Officer within three months from the date of the application. (4) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Sub-Divisional Officer may prefer an appeal before the Commissioner within thirty days of the date of such order. The oder of the Commissioner shall, [ ‘subject to the provisions of section 210], be final.
- Rights of way and other easements.- In the event of any dispute arising as to the route by which a tenure holder or an agricultural labourer shall have access to his land or to the waste or pasture land of the village (other than by the public roads, paths or common land) or as to the source from or course by which he may avail himself of irrigational facilities, the Tahsildar may, after such local inquiry as may be considered necessary, decide the matter with reference to the prevailing custom and with due regard to the convenience of all the parties concerned. He may direct the removal of such obstacle and may, for that purpose, use or cause to be used such force as may be necessary and may recover the cost of such removal from the person concemed in the manner prescribed.
- Removal of obstacle. - If the Tahsildar finds that any obstacle impedes the free use of a public road, path or common land of a village or obstructs the road or water course or source of water, he may direct the removal of such obstacle and may, for that purpose, use or cause to be used such force as may be necessary and may recover the cost of such removal from the person concerned in the manner prescribed.
- Revisional powers of Sub-Divisional Officer.- The Sub-Divisional Officer may call for the record of any case decided by the Tahsildar under section 25 or 26,for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of such decision, and may, after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, pass such orders as he thinks fit: Provided that no application under this section shall be entertained after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date of the order shought to be revised.
- Order not to debar from establishing any right of easement.- No order made under this Chapter shall debar any person from establishing such right of easement or customary right as he may claim by a civil suit.
- Subs. by U.P. Act No. 7 of 2019, sec 2
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(2) No application for correction of error under sub-section (1) where the claim is based solely on possession as well as involving intricate question of title shall be maintainable.
- Mutation in cases of succession.- (1) Every person obtaining possession of any land by succession shall submit report of such succession to the Revenue Inspector of the circle in which the land is situate in such form as may be prescribed. (2) On receipt of a report under sub-section (1) or on facts otherwise coming to his knowledge, the Revenue Inspector shall- (a) if the case is not disputed, record such succession in the record of rights (Khatauni); (b) in any other case, make such inquiry as may appear to him to be necessary and submit his report to the Tahsildar; (3) Any person whose name has not been recorded by Revenue Inspector or who is aggrieved by the order passed by the Revenue Inspector under clause (a) or (b) of sub-section (2) may move an application before Tahsildar. (4) The provisions of this section shall mutatis mutandis apply to every person admitted as a Bhumidhar with non-transferable rights or as an asami by the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti in accordance with the provisions of this Code or any enactment repealed by it.
- Duty to report in cases of transfer.-(1) Every person obtaining possession of any land by transfer, other than a transfer referred to in sub-section (3) of section 33 shall report such transfer, in the manner prescribed, to the Tahsildar of the Tahsil in which the land is situate. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, the word ‘transfer’ includes a family settlement. (2) State Government may fix a scale of fees for getting entry recorded in the record of rights on the basis of transfer. A fee in respect of any such entry shall be payable by the person in whose favour the entry is to be made.
- Mutation in cases of succession or transfer.-(1) On the receipt of a report under section 33 or section 34, or upon facts otherwise coming to his knowledge, the Tahsildar shall issue a proclamation and make such inquiry as appears to be necessary and- (a) if the case is not disputed, he shall direct the record of rights (Khatauni) to be amended accordingly; (b) (deleted); (c) if the case is disputed, he shall decide the dispute and direct, if necessary, the record of rights (khatauni) to be amended accordingly. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Tahsildar under sub-section (1) may prefer an appeal to the Sub-Divisional Officer within a period of thirty days from the date of such order.
- Intimation of transfer and deposit of land revenue.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 34, where any document purporting to create, assign or extinguish any title to or any charge on land or in respect of which a record of rights (Khatauni) is prepared, is registered under 19
the Registration Act, 1908 the registering authority shall send intimation to the Tahsildar within whose jurisdiction such land is situate in such form and within such time, as may be prescribed. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, no order for correction of records under section 32 and no order for recording succession under section 33 and no amendment of record of rights (khatauni) under section 35 and no correction under section 38 shall be recorded, unless the amount of land revenue due up-todate in respect of the land to which such order relates has been deposited.
- Bar against certain suits.-No suit or other proceeding shall lie in any revenue court at the instance of any person obtaining possession of any land by succession or transfer, until he has made a report under section 33 or section 34, as the case may be.
- Correction of error and omission.- (1) An application for correction of any error or omission in the map, filed-book (Khasra) or record of rights (Khatauni) shall be made to the Tahsildar in the manner prescribed. (2) On receiving an application under sub-section (1) or on any error or omission otherwise coming to his knowledge, the Tahsildar shall make such inquiry as may appear to him to be necessary, and refer the case along with his report to the Collector in the case of map correction and the Sub-Divisional Officer in matter of other correction. (3) The case shall be decided by the Collector or the Sub-Divisional Officer, as the case may be, after considering any objection filed and evidence produced before him or before the Tahsildar. (4) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Collector or the Sub-Divisional Officer, as the case may be, under sub-section (3), may prefer an appeal to the Commissioner within a period of thirty days from the date of such order, and the decision of the Commissioner shall, [‘subject to the provisions of section 210], be final. (5) Any forged or manipulated entry in the map, the khasra or the record of rights (khatauni) may be expunged under this section. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in other provisions of this Code, the Revenue Inspector may correct any undisputed error or omission in the record of rights (khatauni) or khasra in such manner and after making such inquiry, as may be prescribed. Explanation. - The power to correct any error or omission under this section shall not be construed to include the power to decide a dispute involving question of title.
- Certain orders of revenue officers not to debar a suit.-No order passed by a Revenue Inspector under section 33, or by a Tahsildar under sub-section (1) of section 35 or by a Sub- Divisional Officer under sub-section (3) of section 38 or by a Commissioner under sub-section (4) of section 38 shall debar any person from establishing his rights to the land by means of a suit
- Subs. by U.P. Act No. 7 of 2019, sec 3
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