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POLICY NOTE
2009- 2010
I.PERIASAMY
MINISTER FOR REVENUE AND HOUSING
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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
2009
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REVENUE DEPARTMENT
POLICY NOTE
2009-2010
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REVENUE DEPARTMENT
INDEX
CHAPTER
CONTENTS PAGES
NO.
I INTRODUCTION 4-5
REVENUE
II ADMINISTRATION, 6 - 55
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
AND MITIGATION
IV SURVEY AND 75 - 84
SETTLEMENT
INTRODUCTION
Land Tax. At the District level, under the leadership of the District
Administrative Officers.
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CHAPTER – II
Revenue Administration,
Disaster Management and Mitigation
as detailed below:-
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1. Chennai 17. Sivagangai (15.03.1985)
(From Ramanathapuram)
2. Kancheepuram 18. Virudhunagar (15.03.1985)
(01.01.1997) (From Ramanathapuram)
(previously Chengalpattu)
3. Vellore (30.09.1989) 19. Dindigul (15.09.1985)
(previously North Arcot) (From Madurai)
4. Cuddalore (30.09.1993) 20. Thoothukudi (20.10.1986)
(previously South Arcot) (From Tirunelveli)
5. Thanjavur 21. Tiruvannamalai (30.09.1989)
(From North Arcot)
6. Tiruchirapalli 22. Nagapattinam (18.10.1991)
(from Thanjavur)
7. Pudukottai 23. Villupuram (30.09.1993)
(from South Arcot)
8. Madurai 24. Karur (01.10.1995)
(from Tiruchirappalli)
9. Ramanathapuram 25. Perambalur (01.10.1995)
(from Tiruchirappalli)
10. Tirunelveli 26. Tiruvallur (01.01.1997)
(from Chengalpattu)
11. Salem 27. Theni (01.01.1997)
(from Madurai)
12. Dharmapuri 28. Namakkal (01.01.1997)
(from Salem)
13. Coimbatore 29. Tiruvarur (01.01.1997)
(from Thanjavur &
Nagapattinam
14. Erode 30. Krishnagiri (09.02.2004)
(from Dharmapuri)
15. The Nilgiris 31. Ariyalur ( 23.11.2007)
(from Perambalur)
16. Kanniyakumari 32. Tiruppur (22.02.2009)
(from Coimbatore & Erode)
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The above 32 districts are further divided into 74 Revenue
follows:
the selected candidates did not join the post or resigned the job or
who have passed the special test prior to 14.11.1980 and eligible
Administrative Officers.
Department.
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The details of the number of persons benefited under the above
Number of
Sl. No Name of the Scheme
beneficiaries
1 Indira Gandhi National Old Age 8,75,020
Pension
2 Destitute Physically Handicapped 97,586
Pension
3 Destitute Widow Pension 5,75,021
4 Destitute Agricultural Labourer 1,10,710
Pension
5 Destitute/ Deserted Wives 99,870
Pension
6 Pension to Un-married, Poor, 9,158
Incapacitated women of age 50
years and above
Total 17,67,365
(i) 4 Kgs. of fine variety rice per head per month for those who
2.5 Certificates
1. Community Certificate
3. Income Certificate
4. Nationality Certificate
6. Solvency Certificate
employment.
the Schools, obviating the need for the students to visit the Taluk
those students who are studying X or XII Std. and have not
obtained Community Certificates are sent from the Schools with the
the original death certificate and a Court fee stamp of Rs.5/- Based
certificate.
birth and death register being maintained in the Taluk office or with
child, whether the child is really an orphan and whether the child is
by the Tahsildar.
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(ix) Destitute Widow Certificate
by the Government.
the Government.
Government.
by the Government.
Thiruchirappalli District.
There are 211 Taluk Offices in the State of which, 196 Taluk
District Palladam Taluk was bifurcated and Sulur Taluk was newly
Dhoties are distributed free of cost to those living below the poverty
line. During Pongal 2009, and thereafter 159.24 Lakhs Sarees and
of Sarees / Dhoties distributed during the past few year are given
below:-
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Year Number Issued (In lakhs )
Sarees Dhoties
2002 Nil
2003
2004 105.47 104.39
2005 109.75 109.08
2006 100.60 84.56
2007 155.41 155.27
2008 160.23 159.64
2009 159.24 158.78
every month and redress the grievances put forth by the public on
for the petitions received from them. The petitions received from
the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s Special Cell are also acted upon
petitions.
2006, wherein the families that do not own Colour Televisions are
has been in vogue for a long period, Local Cess, Local Cess
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Surcharge and Water Cess are being collected along with the land
average levy of Rs.15 per acre at present and Rs.5 per acre of wet
be levied from the coming Fasli year. Farmers will not be burdened
with any other levy such as Local Cess and Local Cess Surcharge.
Monsoon 2008 paddy and other crops cultivated in 14.25 lakh acres
(i) Monsoon
taking off from the Western Ghats, including the Cauvery get heavy
rains and the large hydel and irrigation reservoirs get filled up. The
rains the large rain fed irrigation tanks get filled up.
prepared for all the districts and regular protective and preventive
departments.
deceased persons
buffalo and bullock, Rs.5000/- per calf for loss of calf of cow
and buffalo and Rs.1000 per animal for loss of sheep and
goat.
affected people.
farmers in the form of subsidy for loss of crops due to flood and
cyclone.
States.
the IMD, instructions are sent from the office of the Commissioner
throughout the State and most of the rain gauge stations are of
received from the Collectors through this web portal. The State
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Relief Commissioner monitors the relief and rehabilitation measures
Fund for Tamil Nadu State the Twelfth Finance Commission for the
(Rs. in Crore)
Year Share of G.O.I. Share of GoTN Total
(75%) (25%)
2005-2006 156.81 52.27 209.08
2006-2007 164.65 54.88 219.53
2007-2008 172.88 57.63 230.51
2008-2009 181.52 60.51 242.03
2009-2010 190.60 63.53 254.13
drought and fire accidents and the funds available under calamity
Relief Fund for the year are insufficient to cover the cost of
Committee:
the money drawn from the Calamity Relief Fund is utilized for
Fund rests with the State Level Committee. The State Level
Scheme.
During the year 2008, the Northeast Monsoon set over the
“Nisha” in the Bay of Bengal, the State received heavy rains from
rains.
the tune of Rs.3789 Crore from the NCCF. The Central Team led by
Total
No. of
amount
families /
Sl. No. Relief Measures sanctioned
persons
(Rs. in
benefitted
Crore)
1 Cash grant of Rs.2000/- to
families whose huts have
11,52,770 231.00
been damaged fully or
partly.
2 Compensation of
Rs.2,000/- & Rs.1000/- to
all houses in rural 28,25,430 406.00
habitations / low income
urban areas.
3 Relief of Rs.7500/- per
hectare for the damage of 619125.74
404.42
paddy crop and eligible Hectare
amount for other crops
4 Rs.2 lakh per deceased
205 4.10
victim
addition to the dhoti and saree that will be given during Pongal
Festival.
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The Government have also ordered that school going boys
and girls who had lost their text books and uniforms on account of
District Collectors.
4152 teachers and 37,200 NSS volunteers have also been trained.
June 2009.
in all the 7 coastal districts at the district level and in 101 blocks at
The Tsunami tragedy that struck the Tamil Nadu Coast on 26th
Housing
31.05.2009.
Fisheries
of nets
Chennai.
who has lost one of the parents in tsunami and totally Rs.8.74 crore
the child.
(both sexes upto 14 years) and for orphaned Adolescent girls (14-
National Relief Fund and Chief Minister Public Relief Fund). The
the year 2006-2007 and Rs.7.79 crore for 1,55,907 families for the
in coastal districts.
Original
Implementing allocation
Activities
Agencies (Rs. in
crore)
Total 1852.74
Allocation
Implementing
Activities (Rs. in Category
Departments
crore)
Restoration of
Livelihood:– Restoration
Directorate of
of livelihood of affected
Municipal
poor and low income
Administration,
households, Formation
Directorate Town
of Self Help Groups both
Panchayats, 218.96 Grant
male and female for
Rural
affected households, for
Development,
restoring livelihood
Tamil Nadu Slum
through micro
Clearance Board
enterprise training and
establishment support.
Transportation:-
i) Ports and Harbours -
Providing
infrastructure Tamil Nadu
facilities to Maritime Board, 77.53 Loan
Nagapattinam and Fisheries
Cuddalore minor
ports and other
fishing harbours
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ii) Roads and Bridges:-
Rehabilitation and
Highways
restoration of roads, 39.86 Loan
(NABARD)
drainage structures
and bridge
Rural and Municipal Directorate of
infrastructure:- Town
Restoration of sanitation Panchayats,
and other infrastructure Rural
178.49 Loan
facilities in the tsunami Development,
affected rural and Commissioner of
municipal areas Municipal
Administration
Water Supply and
Sanitation:- Restoration
of damaged water
supply and drainage
systems and upgrading
TWAD 100.74 Grant
of affected water supply
systems into multi-
village systems with
more reliable source
development
Capacity building and
implementation
Assistance:- Highways
i) Design and (NABARD), 4.38
Construction Fisheries Grant
Supervision and
technical support
ii) Incremental All 9.68
Administration Departments
Total 629.64
Raj Department. The service charges for this scheme will be 0.75%
2010.
CHAPTER-III
LAND ADMINISTRATION
Lands are assigned both for house site and agricultural purpose.
fulfilling the basic need of providing shelter to the poor. House site
the date of assignment and they shall not sell or alienate the house
site with the Nationalized Banks for availing loan under Credit-
and if they are eligible. This period has been reduced to 5 years
Hon'ble Chief Minister had fixed the target of 3 lakhs house site
(ii) House site pattas upto 4 cents in Rural areas, 2 1/2 cents in
(iii) The land cost already paid by the beneficiaries for obtaining
launched under regular scheme, about 6.70 lakh house site pattas
Category Beneficiaries
Scheduled Caste 1,74,952
Scheduled Tribes 13,313
Most Backward classes 1,96,520
Backward classes 2,54,795
Others 30,473
Total 6,70,053
urban areas. The order of preference and the monetary powers, for
site assignment.
agricultural families at the rate of two acres per family. Also, on the
request of private land owners their own waste lands are also
encroachment.
Grama Sabhas were evolved. Apart from this, the land is distributed
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to the landless only after necessary land development and
Departments.
are as follows:-
which they were transferred, such lands are resumed and re-
Panchayats concerned.
per the conditions laid down under Revenue Standing Order 24-A.
where the lease lands are not utilised within the time limit for the
purpose for which lease was granted and where lease conditions
under RSO 24. For the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, lands are
others, the officials have been vested with adequate powers under
to the eligible persons who can take care of the trees. The rights
over the trees as well as the land, however continue to vest with
rural landless poor women below the poverty line are exclusively
years. Depending upon the survival of plants and two years after
the grant of permit and after verification, tree pattas are granted to
Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Schemes Act 1978 and
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Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act 1997 for
Acquisition Act. 1894 (Central Act 1/1894). Under this Act, the time
clause Under Section 17(1) and 17(2) of the above Act, lands can
acquisition process.
As per the said G.O.'s, where the negotiated value of the land
is below Rs.20 lakh and below 150% of GLR / Market value, the
CHAPTER - IV
records.
sale and partition and sub division, etc., is also done by the
taluks.
follows:
department.
• The data of ‘A’ Register and Chitta of all rural villages in 206
database.
Coimbatore district.
Unit is in progress.
departments.
undertaking resurvey.
4.2 Settlement
court cases.
and 30/1963.
1976.
lands, orders have been challenged before Tribunal and four cases
below:
LAND REFORMS
Act, 1961 (Tamil Nadu Act 58/1961) was enacted to achieve the
ceiling area as surplus for distributing the same to the landless poor
people and thus uplift their economic condition and social status in
the society.
Land) Act, 1961, the land ceiling for a family consisting of five
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members was initially fixed at 30 standard acres and five standard
sridhana land for each female member. The ceiling on land and also
Land) Act, 1970 [Tamil Nadu Act No.17/1970] the ceiling for the
standard acres through the Tamil Nadu Act No. 39/1972. The
The lands held in excess of the ceiling limit are being declared
the Court cases from the inception of Act upto 31.03.2009 are
shown below:
Lands
Lands
Declared as No. of
Year Assigned
Surplus Beneficiaries
(In Acres)
(In Acres)
1961-1970 19,028 14,074 7,978
1970-1980 1,08,132 70,730 51,244
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1980-1990 50,834 59,647 53,494
1990-1996 15,093 34,953 21,297
1996-2001 7,156 10,459 8,334
2001-2006 6,603 8,371 6,439
2006-2007 1,160 1,011 773
2007-2008 201 659 600
2008-2009
(from
176 284 257
1.4.2008 to
31.3.2009)
Total 2,08,383 (*) 2,00,188 1,50,416
public purposes i.e. for the benefit of the public under Rule 13 of
1965.
Categories of Extent
Number of
persons assigned
persons
benefited (In Acres)
Scheduled Castes 66,401 71,262
Scheduled Tribes 236 320
Others 83,779 1,18,421
Total 1,50,416 1,90,003
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Lands reserved
under public 10,185
purpose
Grand Total 2,00,188
Sl.No In Acres
1. Extent notified as surplus 2,08,383
2. Land assigned to landless poor 1,90,003
3. Extent allotted for public purposes under
rule 13 of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms 10,185
(DSL) Rules, 1965
4. Balance 8,195
5. Extent covered by stay granted by various
courts (Supreme Court, High Court, Land
8,044
Commissioner and
Sub-Courts).
6. Balance 151
cultivating tenants from eviction from the lands except for non-
land or crops thereon, failure to cultivate the land, using the land
denial of the title of the land owner to the land. In the case of
like floods, the cultivating tenants were given relief from time to
The disputes between the land owners and tenants are settled by
This Act provides for the fixation of fair rent payable by the
cultivation and the landowner pays the land revenue and other
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dues on lands. The disputes between the land owners and tenants
extent has to be let on lease. This Act also regulates the relation of
pubic trusts and their cultivating tenants. Their disputes are also
limit was extended under both the Acts upto 01.04.1990 by Act
day for men labourers for six hours of work and Rs.45/- per day for
Security and Welfare) Act, 2006 has been published in the Tamil
level.
members, as under;
Amount
S.No. Relief or Assistance
(In Rupees)
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1. Accident Relief
a) Death due to accident 1,00,000
b) Loss of both hands 1,00,000
c) Loss of both legs 1,00,000
d) Loss of one hand and 1,00,000
one leg
e) Total and irrecoverable 1,00,000
loss of sight in both
eyes
f) Loss of one hand or 50,000
one leg
g) Loss of limbs from 20,000
grievous injuries other
than those specified
above
2. Natural Death: 10,000
3. Funeral Expenses: 2,500
4. Educational Assistance
Day
to son and daughter of Hosteller
Scholar
the members
Boys Girls Boys Girls
a) 10th Std pass 1250 1500
b) 12th Std pass 1750 2000
c) I.T.I or Polytechnic 1250 1750 1450 1950
(per year)
d) Bachelor Degree 1750 2250 2000 2500
(per year)
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e) Post Graduate 2250 2750 3250 3750
(per year)
f) Professional Courses 2250 2750 4250 4750
(Law, Engineering etc)
(Per year)
g) Post Graduate 4250 4750 6250 6750
Professional Courses
(per year)
5. Marriage Assistance:
a) Marriage of Member
(i) Male 3000
(ii) Female 5000
b) Marriage of son or
daughter of the
Member
(i) Male 3000
(ii) Female 5000
6. Delivery or miscarriage
of pregnancy or
termination of
pregnancy
(i) Delivery 6000
(@ Rs.1000/- per
month for six months)
been registered.
The Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1978
03.08.1976 to 15.06.1999.
Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999
(Tamil Nadu Act 20/99). The repeal Act provides saving clause to
the lands which were acquired and taken possession under the
undertakings.
were acquired under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Urban Land
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(Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1978, Government have issued orders
be collected.
collected from those who are having land from 11/2 grounds to 3
grounds.
and Urban Land Tax. The power to regularise such lands exceeding
the hands of few. Under this Act, all urban lands were assessed to
urban land tax at a flat rate of 0.4 percent of its market value.
In all these areas tax was levied with effect from 01.07.1991
based on the market value as on 01.07.1981.
The slab rate for levy of Urban Land Tax are as follows:-
(7) Lands used for Public Parks, Public Libraries and Museums
following categories:-
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i) 50% tax concession is granted for ownership occupation in the
the land.
industries.
levied as Urban Land Tax in 1,83,012 cases all over the State as on
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