Hi, All who are preparing for VAO can utilize this notes which I got
from online
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
1. AZMOISH
Azmoish means the inspection of lands and fields to record
the details of crops raised, trees, wells and others in
Village account
No.2(adangal) and to assess the approximate outturn of the
crop. The
Revenue Inspector shall azmoish and the Deputy Tahsildars
shall do over
azmoish to check the correctness thereof.
2. It is the primary duty of the Village Administrative
Officer to
register in the adangal the details of crops raised in the
land, trees
standing on all government lands (whether under tree tax
system or not)
cases of unauthorised occupation of Government lands, cases
of Fasli
Jasthi and Theervai Jasthi, etc. This recording of crops
should be done
every month by the Village Administrative Officer. The
cultivation account
in (Village Account) Form No.1 and 1A shall be prepared
every month.
The Village Administrative Officer should furnish the area
under different
kinds of crops harvested, outturn, etc. This statement must
be collected
from the Village Administrative Officers by the Revenue
Inspector. He
must then prepare a firka report similarly. The reports for
the entire taluk is
to be collected by the Tahsildar. He shall convene a meeting
on 25th of
every month which will be attended to by the Revenue
Inspectors,
Agricultural Officers and Taluk Statistical Inspector. The
area under
various crops for the Taluk shall be discussed and
finalised. He will send a
report to the District Revenue Officer based on this
meeting. Similarly the
District Revenue Officer at the district level shall have
discussions with
Joint Director(Agriculture), Assistant Director(Statistics)
and Tahsildars
and finalise the District figure. The District report shall
then be sent to the
Government. This along with the reports sent by Agriculture
Department
helps to decide the total quantity of paddy and other cereals
produced in
the State and to find out whether it is deficit or buffer.
As such this is an
important item of work.
3. The Revenue Inspector should attend to azmoish in all the
Villages in the Firka every month, especially during the
cultivation season.
By this he would ensure that all the wetlands and atleast
50% of the Dry
lands are inspected. The azmoish should generally begin with
the irrigation
sources in the Villages. He must assess the water position
with reference
to Village Account No.20(Rainfall statement). He should also
find out
whether the tanks require repair. The repair could be of two
kinds,
immediate and long term. He must take up an area for azmoish
on a day,
so that he can complete inspection of all lands within a
reasonable time.
While doing azmoish, the following require his attention.
3
1. Wet including assessed waste a. All the lands inspected
should be
inspected during the period first crop
is raised with the aid of water from
Government source. This may vary.
For area covered under Cauvery
Mettur Project, first crop is Kuruvai
(July to September/October) and the
second crop shall be
October/November January/February.
b. When water is available in the tank
after harvest of the first crop, it is possible
to raise second crop with the aid of tank
water. If water is taken for the second
crop, it should be recorded for levy of fasli
Jasthi. Water need not necessarily be
taken or made available for the entire
crop period. Even if it is taken for a few
days, Fasli Jasthi is leviable. The details
should be recorded by the Revenue
Inspector.
c. Certain lands are classified as Baling
wet lands during settlement and
remission granted every year, since at the
time of settlement the land did not get
direct flow of water and water has to be
baled using human or animal power. It
must be personally verified whether water
is still taken by bailing and water does not
flow direct. If water flows direct, the
remission should be stopped. Specific
remarks of the inspecting officer on this
should be recorded to correct the
accounts. If necessary, at the time of
Jamabandhi.
3. Poramboke a. The occupation in Government lands
should be recorded. The nature of
occupation, name of the occupier, the
period of occupation and whether
objectionable or not should be
recorded.
b. The occupation as mentioned above
may be by way of cultivation. Water for
raising the crops may even be taken from
the Government source or in a well in a
Government land. The source of irrigation
should also be recorded to decide the
levy of Thirvai Jasthi.
4
c. The details of structures like buildings,
Pumpsets, etc. should be noted.
d. (i) . There may be trees both fruit
bearing and non-fruit bearing. The
number of trees under different species
shall be indicated in the Adangal.
(ii) The number of trees covered by 2C
Patta and number alive shall be verified
and entered. Action shall be taken to
delete the trees not available on ground
from the 2C Patta list besides appropriate
action for the loss.
(iii) Auction to sell the usurfructs of trees
should be initiated, if the land is not
vested in Panchayat.
e. Inspect lands held on lease,
transferred and alienated and verify
whether there are violations of conditions.
(ii) The number of trees covered by 2C
Patta and number alive shall be verified
and entered. Action shall be taken to
delete the trees not available on ground
from the 2C Patta list besides appropriate
action for the loss.
(iii) Auction to sell the usurfructs of trees
should be initiated, if the land is not
vested in Panchayat.
e. Inspect lands held on lease,
transferred and alienated and verify
whether there are violations of conditions.
The following information should be gathered and noted
during the inspection of lands.
1.
Details such as young, ripe for harvest, etc. should also be
indicated as
far as food crops are concerned.
2.
If at the time of azmoish, the crops are ripe for harvest,
or in the
advanced stage, the probable yield that is likely to be
should be
indicated.
3.
Enquire into the details of tenant both registered and
unregistered if
any, and enter facts in the respective column of adangal.
4.
Check up in case of lands assigned earlier whether the lands
are held
by the assignee without violating any of the conditions. The
Depressed
Class lands assigned to Scheduled Caste/Schedules Tribes
should
similarly be verified. Reports where violation is noticed
should be sent
to the Tahsildar.
5.
In the case of plan marked channel, footpath, etc, ensure
that they
have not been obliterated. If it has been done so, action
under Tamil
Nadu Encroachment Act 1905 should be initiated to evict the
occupation and restore the footpath, channel, etc.
6.
All lands charged Fasli Jasthi/Theervai Jasthi during the
previous fasli
but not brought to account during the current fasli should
be inspected.
5
4. During the period of Drought, intensive azmoish should be
done to decide whether remission is to be granted and if so,
at what
percentage. This can be decided on the basis of the
percentage of yield
when compared to normal years.
5. Apart from these, the following inspection also requires
attention during their Revenue Inspector's visit to the
Village.
a. Birth and Death Register
The Register should be checked and attested after oral
enquiry
and verification.
b. Old Age Pension
Physical verification of the pensioners and enquiry in
regard to the
receipt of pension has to be made.
c. Land Revenue Loans
The progress in collection of Land Revenue loans, etc.
should be
reviewed and collection work attended to. (See also instructions
on Land
Revenue).
d. Patta Transfer Applications
The Patta Transfer Applications pending with the Village
Administrative
Officers should be verified to avoid delay.
ii. Changes effected in the Village account or orders passed
on Patta
Transfer applications should be attested.
e. Stone Depot Register
The register of A & B stones available in the village
depot should be
physically verified and attested.
f. The adverse health condition of the Villagers, if any,
noticed should also
be required to be reported to the Tahsildar.
.BIRTH AND DEATH
The Registration of Births and Deaths is important for both
Government and Public and is made compulsory throughout the State as
per the Registration of Birth and Death Act 1969 (Central Act 18/1969) and
Tamil Nadu Birth and Death Registration Rules 2000 issued in
G.O.Ms.No.528, Health and Family Welfare Department, dated
29.12.1999. The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine is the
Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths for Tamil Nadu, assisted by the Joint
Director (State Bureau of Health intelligence) as Deputy Chief Registrar of
Births and Deaths. At the District Level the District Revenue Officer is the
District Registrar and the Deputy Director of Health Services is the
Additional District Registrar. In Municipalities and Corporation the
concerned local bodies undertake the registration of Births and Deaths.
In Village Panchayats the responsibility for Registration of
births and deaths is with the Revenue Department and the Village
Administrative Officers in the Village Panchayats are the Registrars of
Birth and Death.
The Registrars of Births and deaths must put up a sign-board
showing their office in the Village as "Registrar of Births and Deaths",
along with the office hours and the name of the Registrars (Section 7(4).
The Registrars are empowered to enquire about all the Births and Deaths
that occur within their jurisdiction and take necessary action for registering
the events. (Section 7(2). The Registrars shall register all Births and
Deaths that take place in their area. He must get all the details required for
registration from the Informant on the respective registration cum reporting
Forms namely, Form I for Birth Registration, Form II for Death
Registration, Form 3 for Still Birth Registration, duly signed by the
Informant or with the LTI (Left Hand thumb impression) if the informant is
illiterate.
The Birth, death and still birth should be intimated twenty one
days of occurrence to the Registrar (Section 8 and Rule 5(1). Any Birth or
Death, not registered within the time limit, can be registered upto 30 days
by the Registrar with a late fee of Rs.2/-(Rupees two only). Any Birth or
Death or Still Birth, not registered within thirty days, but within one year of
its occurrence should be registered only with the written permission from
the Panchayat President and on payment of a late fee of Rs.5/-(Rupees
Five only). Registration of Births and Deaths or Still Births, after one year
of occurrence shall be registered only on an order of a Judicial Magistrate
or a Metropolitan Magistrate and on payment of a late fee of Rs.10/(
Rupees ten only) (Section 13 of the Act and Rule 9 of TamilNadu Birth
and Death Registration Rule 2000).
As per the revised system, the Reporting Forms have been
divided into two parts, namely, the legal part and statistical part. The
Registrars will maintain the legal portion as loose leafs and bind them as
16
volumes at the end of the calendar year. The Statistical portion will be
detached and sent to the Deputy Director of Health Services, concerned
for compilation through the Tahsildars.
For the purpose of improving the registration of births and
Deaths and strengthening the co-ordination between Health and Revenue
Departments, all the Block Health Supervisors of health Department have
been instructed by the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths, Tamil Nadu
(Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine) to visit the Taluk
8th
offices on and 18 of every month to watch the receipt of monthly
Reports and scrutinise for any omissions and discrepancy, based on the
Central Registrar, maintained at the Taluk Office in Form 14(Rule 12(4)
and record their observations, in the Scrutiny Registrar for rectification.
The Village Administrative Officer may correct a clerical error or a formal
error in the Register, when it is brought to his notice after due enquiry. The
correction and cancellation, have to be made with the permission of the
competent authority (Section 15 of the Birth and Death Act and Rule
No.11).
The name of the child can be registered within 12 months
from the date of registration without late-fee and within a period of 15
years (Section 14-Rule No.10) with late-fee.
The Village Administrative Officer shall maintain the legal
part of Form 1,2, 3 an Birth Register, Death Register and Still Birth
Register (Form 7,8 and 9). (Section 16 and Rule ). He can keep the
current years and previous year's Registers in his custody and send the
Registers to Taluk Office, for safe custody for one more year (Rule 11)
after which it will be sent to the Sub Registrar of Assurance for permanent
custody.
The revised Birth Extract and Death Extract Forms, as per
Form No.5 and 6 respectively are to be followed, for issue of Birth and
Death Certificate(Section 12/17 and Rule ).
