Duties and functions of the Collector.

For the purpose of this Act, the following shall be the duties and functions to be performed by the Collector, namely:— a) to decide whether a person is a proprietor, grantee or title-holder;

1. (b) to decide whether a person is an agricultural labourer;
2. (c) to decide whether a person is a cultivating tenant;
3. (d) to decide the amount of rent recoverable from the proprietor under section 3;
4. (e) to decide the homesteads, buildings and structures together with land appurtenant thereto and the lands under personal cultivation which are deemed to be re-granted to the proprietor under section 4;
5. (f) to determine the land in respect of which occupancy rights are conferred under section 8 and the person on whom they are conferred;
6. (g) to take measures for restoration of land to the cultivating tenant under section 7 and to recover compensation from the proprietor payable by him under sub-section (3) of that section; and
7. (h) to decide such other matters as may be referred to him by or under this Act;
   • (i) to carry out the directions and orders of the Government.