GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

REVENUE INSPECTORS

Revanue Inspectors.-In order to assist the Tahsildar in exercising proper supervision over the village officers and village servants, Revenue Inspectors are appointed for every Revenue Inspector's circle. Each such Revenue Inspector has under him 25 to 30 talathis. They form a link between the Tahsildar and the village populace.

The main duties of the Revenue Inspector as laid down in various manuals concerning revenue matters and particularly the Revenue Inspectors' Manual are as follows:-

(1) To supervise the work of talathis.

(2) To prepare, maintain and check rashid bahis (Kird books).

(3) To visit each patwari circle in his charge once in three months and each village once in each touring season.

(4) To submit report to Tahsildar and Sub-Divisional Officer with a copy to District Inspector of Land Records regarding condition of crops, rainfall, prices of food grains, fodder and water condition when called upon to do so.

(5) To report the occurrence of any calamity, i.e., outbreak of cattle disease, epidemic or anything unusual affecting the condition of the people, crop or cattle.

(6) To conduct survey or measurement of land survey operations whenever required to do so by the revenue officers.

(7) To make local enquiry in respect of correctness of entries in the village records and collect information relating to land or agriculture when required by any revenue officer.

(8) To make immediate reports regarding damage from hail-storms, locusts, floods, fires, etc., and failure of water-supply, permanent deterioration of land from diluvion, etc.

(9) To attest all entries made by patwaris in record-of-rights relating to any land improvement to ensure the exemption of such improvements from assessment.

(10) To watch the proper utilisation of loans granted under Land Improvement Loans Act and Agriculturists Loans Act and report cases of misappropriation to the Tahsildar for necessary action.

(11) To detect and report the cases of diversion of agricultural lands to non-agricultural purposes.

(12) To maintain a register of survey appliances passed by the talathis and check the instruments once in every three months.

(13) To check and sign the traced maps, copies of record-of-rights and crop statements prepared by the talathis in connection with land acquisition work.

(14) To certify mutation only when they follow from the execution or cancellation of a conditional sale or relate to the imposition or discharge of a mortgage.

(15) To submit the forecast report to Tahsildar.

(16) To certify the mutation in respect of encumbrances.

(17) To prepare boundary marks inspection register.

(18) To issue notices to the defaulting persons for verification of the accounts.

(19) To submit reports in revenue cases as per orders of revenue officers.

(20) To prepare circle note books.

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