Amendment of Section 85

For Section 85 of the Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:-"85. Term of assessment of land revenue.-(1) The term of assessment made by the District Survey Officer shall, ordinarily, be of 30 years.(2) In special circumstances, specifying the reason, the State Government, may give directions to the District Survey Officer to change the assessment of land revenue for the whole area or for a particular area even before 30 years, but such instructions can not be given before 15 years of assessment of land revenue.(3) After the expiry of the term of assessment made on any land, the sub-divisional officer shall have the jurisdiction to revise the land revenue of that land.(4) Notwithstanding that the term of assessment of land revenue in a particular area has expired, if a new assessment has not been made in respect of that, it shall be deemed that the rate of land revenue shall remain the same till the upcoming land revenue assessment."