Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) Agricultural land” means land used for the purpose of agriculture including raising of crops, garden produce, orchards, horticulture, plantation, sericulture, pastures, hayricks, and such other uses as may be prescribed. (1-a) .”Bhudhaar”means the unique indentification number assigned to any parcel of land, as contained in the Rcord of Rights, in such manner as may be prescribed; (1-aa).”Bhudhaar Card” means a document prepared in such format as may be prescribed describing a parcel or parcels of land as contained in the Record of Rights, and specifying the Bhudhaar Number or Numbers assigned to such parcel or parcels, along with the stam of date and time at which such card has been prepared, and, includes e-Bhudhaar Card and m-Bhudhaar Card; (1-b). “e-Bhudhaar Card” means a Bhudhaar Card which is generated and maintained in an electronic form; (1-c). “m-Bhudhaar Card” means a Bhudhaar Card which is generated and maintained in an electronic form and which can be cownloaded and used on a mobile device; (1-d). “Permanent Bhudhaar” means a Bhudhaar Number assigned from a district series to indicate that the Geo-referencing of the parcel of land or lands appurtenant to the property has been completed; (1-e). “Temporary Bhudhaar” means a Bhudhaar Number assigned from a distinct series to indicate that the Geo-referencing of the parcel of land or lands appurtenant to the property has not been completed. (1-f) “certified copy” or “certified extract” means a copy or extract, as the case may be, certified in the manner prescribed by section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Central Act 1 of 1872) and sections 4 and 5 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. (1-g) “Certificate of ownership” means Certificate of ownership issued under section 6-A for the lands located in the Gramakantam and Non-Agricultural lands in the village. (2) “Collector” means the Collector of a district and includes “Joint Collector”; (2-a) ‘Commissioner’ means the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration; (2-aa) ‘credit agency’ means any banking company as defined n the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the State Bank of India and its subsidiaries, a corresponding new Bank, or credit society by whatever name called, Agricultural Development Bank and includes any other agency or individual the main object of which is to lend money; (2-aaa) ‘Electronically maintained’ means ‘Digitally signed Detabase”as defined in rule 2(h) of the Andhra Pradesh Information Technology (electronic Service Delivery) Rules, 2011; (3) “Government” means the State Government; (4) "Land” means all lands, irrespective of its usage, falling within a Village, including Agricultural land, Non-Agricultural land, Grmakantametc. (4-a) “Tahsildar” means the Officer incharge of Revenue Mandal and includes any officer of the Revenue Department authorized by the Commissioner to perform the functions of the Tahsildar under this Act; (5) “notification” means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette District Gazette; and the word "notified" shall be construed accordingly; (5-a) on Agricultural land” means the land other than Agricultural Land. (6) “occupant” means a person in actual possession of land, other than a tenant or a usufructuary mortgagee; (6-a) ‘”owner” means a person who has permanent and heritable rights of possession on the land which can be alienated and includes the holder of a pattas issued to him as a landless poor person; (6-b) “title deed cum pass book” means the title deed cum pass book issued under section 6-A; (7) “pattadar” includes every person who holds agricultural land directly under the Government under a patta or whose name is registered in the land revenue accounts of the Government as pattadar and who is liable to pay land revenue; (8) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (9) ‘Record of Rights’ means records prepared and maintained under the provisions, or for the purpose of this Act manually or electronically maintained. (10) ‘Recording authority’ means such officer of the Revenue Department as may be notified by the Collector to be the recording authority for the purposes of this Act or such officer of the Registration Department as may be specified for the purpose of causing provisional mutation in Revenue records electronically or any officer of the Government, for a specified purpose, as prescribed by Government 2021. (10 a) ‘Revenue Divisional Officer’ means the Deputy Collector incharge of Revenue Division and includes a Sub-Collector or an Assistant Collector; (11) “tenant” means- (i) a lessee under a tenancy agreement, express or implied; or (ii) a person who is or is deemed to be a tenant under any law for the time being in force; (12) “village” means any local area which is recognised as a village in the revenue accounts of the Government. (12-a) Gramakantam, Gramanatham, Abadi, Village Site or any other name in local parlance having same meaning, means the land set apart in a Village, for dwelling and incidental purposes. Explanation:- A Village can have one or more than one Gramakantam.