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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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TALATHI (ASSISTANT GRAM SEVAK)
Consequent upon the enforcement of the Hyderabad Abolition of
Inams and Cash Grants Act, 1954, the system of hereditary
appointment of patwaris prevailing in Marathwada area was
abolished from 1st July, 1960, and the stipendiary talathis
(assistant gram, sevaks) were appointed in their places. In
this district, one talathi is appointed for a group of
villages having a land revenue of about Rs. 10,000. If the
villages are small, 5 to 6 villages are included in a saza
(a group of villages formed for the purpose of appointment of a
talathi is called a saza). The chief duties of the
talathi are: (1) to maintain village accounts relating to the
demand and collection of land revenue, (2) to maintain the record
of rights and other village forms prescribed by government from
time to time, (3) to inspect crops and boundary marks and prepare
agricultural statistics, and (4) to help the patil in the
village administration. He is the primary reporting agency for a
village. Now the services of the talathis have been
transferred to Zilla Parishad, and as a rule one assistant gram
sevak is appointed for each village.
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