Hand Book on Survey, Settlements and Land Records in Telangana

For the use of Field Level Workers, Supervisory Personnel and Revenue Officers, Also applicable in Tamil Nadu State, Part of Kerala (Dts. Of Ex-Composite State of Madras) and Part of Karnataka (Dts. Of Ex-Hyderabad State) Revised and Enlarged by Brigadier Jagjit Singh Ahuja, Sri. Chilamakuri Venkata Subba Rao

Table of Contents:

• I. Introduction
• II. Cadastre and Cadastral Surveys
• III. Conventional System of Land Surveying in Telangana
• IV. System of Cadastral Surveys
• V. Up-dating Land Records - Survey/Re-survey
• VI. History and Stages of Settlements
• VII. Maintenance of Land Records
• VIII. Maintenance of Town Survey and Street Survey Records
• IX. Precautions to be taken while Purchasing Land
• X. Legal Formalities under the Telangana Survey & Boundaries Act, 1923
• XI. Land Boundary Disputes
• XII. Duties of Ryots in keeping the Land Records up to date
• XIII. Modernization of Cadastral Surveys and Land Records
• XIV. Dharani (Land Records Management System)
• XV. Geographic Information System
• XVI. Integrated Land Information System (ILIS)
• XVII. Detailed Town Survey of Municipalities and Survey of Streets in Panchayats
• XVIII. Department of Land Administration - Sketches/Maps - Survey Manual Vol.1 - Board of Revenue Standing Orders (BSO's) - Hyderabad Survey and Settlement Manual
• APPENDICES:
  • I. Legal Cases & Useful Links
  • II. Adaptation of Laws
  • III. Abolition of Jagir/Inam Lands
  • IV. Agricultural Land/Holding
  • V. Assigned Lands
  • VI. Delegation of Powers
  • VII. Demarcation of Boundaries
  • VIII. Government Lands
  • IX. Land Acquisition
  • X. Land Revenue
  • XI. Land Transfer
  • XII. Pattadar Pass Books
  • XIII. Record of Rights
  • XIV. Registration Act
  • XV. Right to Information
  • XVI. Tenancy Laws
  • XVII. Town Survey
  • XVIII. Updation of Land Records
  • XIX. Urban Land (Ceiling) Act, 1976 Model Question Papers Glossary of Local Language Terms in English