CHAPTER XVII

Duties of Tahsildars and Naib- Tahsildars

A· TAHSILDAR

Revised in no. B- ~25/IB 351. In addition to the duties imposed specially by any Act,-1000 (B) XXXI - 51 Ordinance or Regulation or any rules framed thereunder ordated Apri129,1961 orders of the State Government upon a Tahsildar as such, theprincipal duties ofa Tahsildar are:

(1) (a) to collect land revenue, canal revenue, taqavi, cesses and otherGovernment dues and perform other duties connected therewith in accordance withsuch rules as the Government may from time to time prescribe:

(b) to see that the land revenue Jamabandis and Jamabandi of asamis ofGaon sabha, are prepared correctly and in time;

(c) to see that action regarding assesssment, re-imposition or revision ofland revenue wherever necessary is expeditiously initiated;

(d) to see that wherever required by law, timely action for filing suits orinitiating proceeding on behalf of a Gaon Sabha or State Government (which includesCollector) is taken;

(2) to keep in safe custody all Government money and property which maybe placed in his charge;

(3) to supervise and test the land records work: in his Tahsil in accordancewith the rules in the Land Records Manual, particularly those in paragraphs 613 to 627;

(4) to see that the rules in the Land Records Manual prescribing the dutiesof supervisor qanungos and lekhpals are properly carried out;

(5) to collect supplies for troops marching through the tahsil:

(6) to report to the Sub-Divisional Officer;

(a) all cases of alluvion and diluvion which have to be reported under therules:

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(b) all cases in which revenue - free grants, pensions, assignments, etc,are extinguished and lapsed to Government;

(c) all cases in which the condition on which a revenue-free grant, com-pensation or assignment, etc., was made has been broken;

(d) all seasonal calamities affecting the crops, and any outbreak ofepidemic sickness or unusual mortality among either men or cattle;

(e) all cases of serious fluctuations in agricultural prosperity, fallingunder paragraph 546 of the Land Records Manual;

(f) all cases affecting seriously the fertility of the soil:

(g) all escheats through failure of heirs:

(7) to keep the District Officer and the Sub-Divisional Officer in touch withall important, social. economic or political movements in the tahsil:

(8) to act generally as an Executive Officer of Government under the direc-tion of the District Officer and the Sub- Divisional Officer in all matters connectedwith the land revenue and general administration of the Tahsil with particularreference to agrarian situation, law and order and crimes:

(9) to supervise the working of the Land Management Committes in the tah-sil;

(10) to carry out any other duty assigned by Collector or Higher Officials orState Government;

[Para 831]

352. Tahsildars are required to move freely about their tahsils in order to ac-quire the personal knowledge of every portion of their charge that is essential for theefficient performance of their duties. Besides the time he spends in local enquiries atother seasons of the year, every Tahsildar is required to be on tour beyond a radius offour miles from the tahsil headquarters from 45 to 60 days in the cold weather as maybe fixed from time to time.

[Para 8321

353. Every tahsildar shall' submit to the District Officer monthly, fromNovember to March, a tour diary showing the villages he has visited and giving a briefaccount of his local inspections.

[para 8331

OCTIESOF T AHSll.OARS AND NAIB - T AHSll.OARS

B· NAIB·TAHSILDARS

354. The Principal duties of a naib tahsildar are -

(1) to hold charge of the registrar qanungo's office and the land records ofthe tahsil. He will superintend and inspect the work of the registrar qanungo and beresponsible that his registers are maintained in accordance with the rules and that theperiodical returns are duly furnished, He will give particular attention to the mutationsin Khataunis and Khewats;

(2) to test the work of the lelchpals and supervisor quanungos at the tahsiland in the field. He will arrange with the tahsildar to go on tour for the purpose of test-ing lekhpal records, in which connection attention is particularly drawn to paragraphs613 to 618 of the Land Records Manual :

(3) to receive the reports of the Lekhpals and supervisor quanungos, and toreport through the tahsildar on any point connected with land records which requiresthe orders of the Sub-Divisional Officer:

(4) to distribute lekhpals' pay and allowances on the dates fixed under therules for registrar qanungos in the Land Records Manual unless he is unavoidably ab-sent from tahsil headquarters on those dates;

(5) to see that the defects pointed out by the inspecting officers at their in-spection of the registrar qanungo ' s office are promptly removed:

(6) to supervise the work of amins and be responsible that the registers andreceipt books are properly kept up. For this purpose he will test and compare the amins'accounts and check their proceedings while on tour;

(7) to measure the rainfall of rainguage under his charge, maintain the registerand report on the prescribed dates all falls if rain to the District Officer through thetahsildar;

(8) to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by or under any otherrules or orders of the State Government, or as the tahsildar with the general or specialsanction of the District Officer, may entrust to him;

(9) to prepare narratives in cases in which the Government is a party;

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[Para 835]

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(10) to carry out any other duty assi gned by Collector or higher official orState Government.

[Para 834]

355. During the absence of the tahsildar from his headquarters. the naib-tah-sildar will be in charge of the tahsil office and treasury. In tahsils where no naib- tah-sildar is posted, the revenue accountant will hold such charge in the absence of thetahsildar.

356. The District Officers shall ensure that the work between the tahsildarand naib-tahsildars is S9 distributed that the latter get a proper share in the executivework of the tahsil without detriment to the control of the Tahsildar and <theCommis-sioners shall, during the course of their inspection of tahsils. see that the compliancewith the provisions of this rule has been made.

[Para 836]

CHAPTER XVIII

QUARTERS FOR TAHSILDARS AND NAIB-TAHSILDARS

G.O.So. 10471 - IB 357. Standard plans have been approved by Government for the-1000 (B) /XXXIV-54, construction of Quarters for Tahsildars and Naib- Tahsildars, eitherdated February 10, 1958. inside or in close proximity to the tahsil enclosure,and their cons-

truction will be governed by the instructions issued from time to time by Governmentin the Revenue Department

[para 906]

358.(a) Where there are Government quarters at a tahsil, they shall be oc-cupied rent free by the Tahsildar and Naib- Tahsildars, and where there is only oneGovernment quarter.it shall be occupied rent free either by the Tahsildar or by theNaib- Tahsildar, as ordered by the Collector. It is essential that either the Tahsildar.orthe Naib Tahsildar, preferably both, should reside in the Tahsil for the purposes ofgeneral supervision.

[para 907(a)]

(b) Where Government quarters for both the Tahsildar and Naib-Tahsildardo not exist, and one of them has to live outside the tahsil.he must reside as near aspossible to the Tahsil.

[para 907(b)]

(c) When the Tahsildar or Naib-Tahsildar or both have to live outside theTahsil, owing to there being no Government quarters available, they will be paid houserent allowance at the rates prescribed from time to time for Government servants whoare entitled to free residence in terms of their service conditions. The present rates ad-missible for various categories of places are as under:

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Pay Slabs Rent Rates atKanpur.Allaha-bad, Varanasi,Agra,Lucknow,Ghaziabad,Nainital,Meerut

Rent rates at Morad- Rent rates atabad,Saharanpur,Aligarh places otherGoralchpur,Jhansi, Dehra- than thosedun, Rampur, Mathura, given inShahjahanpur .Mirzapur, columnsFaizabad,Muzaffamagar 2 and 3Furrakhabad andFirozabad

1. 42 3

ip to Rs. 340.00Rs. 341- 600.00Rs.64l- 900.00Rs.901- 1200.00Rs.1201-1400.00Rs.1401- 1700.00Rs.1701- 2000.00Rs.2001- 2400.00

Above Rs. 2400.00

(In Rs.)

40 ..0075.00

115.00150.00180.00250.00300.00350.00400.00

(In Rs.)

25.0045.0070.0090.00

115.00150.00200.00250.00300.00

(In Rs)

20.0035.0055.0070.0090.00

120.00160.00200.00250.00

Note - If any Tahsildar or Naib-Tahsildar refuses to take Governmentresidence allotted to him, he shall not be entitled to house rent allowance.