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Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971

Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971

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The Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 establishes a legal framework for recording and maintaining land ownership rights across Andhra Pradesh. It applies to all landowners, buyers, and financial institutions operating within the state. Under this law, authorities update official land records, issue title deed pass books, and assign unique Bhudhaar identifiers to land parcels. Citizens must report any land acquisition through inheritance, purchase, or partition. By linking electronic records to registration offices and banking networks, the Act prevents fraudulent land transactions, secures property ownership, and enables seamless access to agricultural loans.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Preparation and maintenance of record of rights in all lands
  4. 3-A. Generation and updation of Bhudhaar
  5. 4. Acquisition of rights to be intimated
  6. 5. Amendment and up-dating of record of rights
  7. 5-A. Regularisation of certain alienations or other transfers of lands
  8. 5-B. Appeal
  9. 6. Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights
  10. 6A. Application for title deed cum pattadar pass book in respect of agricultural land or Certificate of Ownership for land in Gramakantam or Non-Agricultural land
  11. 6B. No compulsion for title deed cum pass book holder to have entries of alienation etc., recorded in title deed cum pass book
  12. 6C. Recording of grant of loans and encumbrances, etc., in electronically maintained record of rights
  13. 6D. Registering authority to effect registration based on electronically maintained Record of Rights
  14. 6E. Assignment of Bhudhaar to parcels of land
  15. 6F. Generation Of Bhudhaar Card
  16. 7. Inspection and copies of the record of rights
  17. 8. Bar of suits
  18. 9. Revision
  19. 10. Powers of recording and appellate authorities
  20. 10A. Corrections to be incorporated in village revenue records
  21. 11. Power to make rules
  22. 12. Act not to apply to Government lands
  23. 13. Repeal and savings

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