Definitions

In this Act, unless the context other wise requires,-

1. (1) “Agricultural Land” means land used or is capable of being used for the purpose of agriculture and allied activities, including raising of crops, garden produce, orchards, horticulture, plantation, sericulture, fisheries, dairy, poultry, vermiculture, pastures, hayricks, and such other uses as may be prescribed;
2. (2) “Bhudhaar" means the land parcel unique identification number assigned to any parcel of land, as contained in the Record of Rights, in such manner as may be prescribed which includes;-
   • (a) “Temporary Bnudhaar” - a Bhudhaar assigned to indicate that the Geo-referencing of the parcel of land or lands appurtenant to the property has not been completed.
   • (b) “Permanent Bhudhaar” - a Bhudhaar assigned to indicate that the Geo-referencing of the parcel of land or lands appurtenant :o the property has been completed.
3. (3) “Bhudhaar Card” means a document prepared or generated and maintained in an electronic form in such format as may be prescribed describing a parcel or parcels of land as contained in the Reco'd of Rights, and specifying the Bhudhaar Number or Numbers assigned to such parcel or parcels;
4. (4) “Certified copy” or “Certified Extract” means a copy or extract, as the case may be, certified in the manner prescribed by section 75 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 and sections 4 and 5 of the Information Technology Act, 2000;
5. (5) “Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration of the State of Telangana and includes the Commissioner/Director (Appeals) exercising the powers as authorised by the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration;
6. (6) “Credit agency” means any banking company as defined under 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;
7. (7) “District Collector” or “Collector” means the Collector of a district and includes “Additional Collector” exercising the powers as authorised by the Government or Chief Commissioner of Land Administration;
8. (8) “Government” means the Government of Telangana;
9. (9) “Gramakantam”, “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;
10. (10) “Land” means all lands, irrespective of its usage including Agricultural land, Non-Agricultural land, Abadi or Gramakantam etc.;
11. (11) “Land Tribunal” means the Land Tribunal constituted under section 14 of the Act;
12. (12) “Mutation” means alteration in the entries in the record of rights on accounl of transfer of right of a person in a holding or a part thereof, by way of any of the following means I instruments:
    • (a) Sale;
    • (b) Gift;
    • (c) Mortgage;
    • (d) Exchange;
    • (e) Partition of Holding;
    • (f) Will;
    • (g) Inheritance I succession intestate or testamentary;
    • (h) Order I Decree of any competent Court of Law;
      • (i) Award of Lok Adalat;
    • (j) Order of Revenue Court under the applicable Revenue laws;
    • (k) Assignment of Government I Ceiling Surplus/ Bhoodhan Land by competent authority;
    • (l) Patta granted to alienee under the Telangana Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977;
    • (m) Grant of Occupancy Rights Certificate under the Telangana Abolition of Inams Act, 1955;
    • (n) Issuance of certificate of ownership to protected tenants under section 38-E of the Telangana Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950;
    • (o) Certificate issued in Form Xlll-B under the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971 or the certificate issued under section 6 of this Act;
    • (p) Sale certificates issued by the competent authorities under the provisions of the Telangana Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950, the Telangana Revenue Recovery Act, 1864, the Telangana Co-operative Societies Act, 1964, the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 or any other Central or State Acts;
    • (q) Land given under various land purchase schemes or compensation given in the form of land under the applicable land acquisition laws or the unutilised land returned under those laws:
    • (r) House site allotment by competent authority or ownership certificate granted under the Telangana Occupants of Homesteads 'Conferment of Ownership) Act, 1976; Through any other means I instrument which the Government may notify from time to time;
13. (13) “Non-Agricultural Land” means the land other than Agricultural Land;
14. (14) “Notification” means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the expression “notify” or “notified” shall be construed accordingly;
15. (15) “Occupant” means a person in actual possession of land and fulfilling conditions as may be prescribed by the Government;
16. (16) “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 patta issued to him as a landless poor person;
17. (17) "Pattadar” includes every person who holds agricultural land directly under the Government under a patta or whose name is re gistered in the Land Revenue accounts of the Government as pattadar;
18. (18) “Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed” means the Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed issued under the provisions of this Act in electronic or manual or in both forms;
19. (19) “Prescribed” msans prescribed by rules made under this Act;
20. (20) “Record of Rights” or “RoR” means records prepared and maintained under the provisions or for the purpose of this Act manually or electronically or in both forms;
21. (21) “Recording Authority" means the Revenue Divisional Officer or Tahsildar vested with the powers of preparing, updating and maintaining Record of Rights;
22. (22) “Registrar” means
    • (i) in case of the Agricultural land, the Tahsildar-cum-Joint Sub-Registrar of the Mandal where in the land is located;
    • (ii) in case of Non-Agricultural Land and abadi, Sub-Registrar in whose jurisdiction land is located or
    • (iii) any other officer as notified by the Government from time to time;
23. (23) “Revenue Division, Mandal and Village” means respectively any area, which is notified as a Revenue Division, Mandal or Village as the case may be;
24. (24) “Revenue Divisional Officer” means the Deputy Collector in charge of Revenue Division and includes a Sub-Collector or an Assistant Collector;
25. (25) “RoR Portal” means the digital platform created and maintained for the purposes of Record of Rights and shall be called as “Bhu Bharati”;
26. (26) “Small or Marginal Farmer” means a farmer having less than 2 1/2 Acres of Wet land or 5 Acres of dry land. For the purpose of this section 1 Acre of wet land is equal to 2 Acres of dry land;
27. (27) “Tahsildar” means the Officer in-charge of Revenue Mandal and includes any officer of the Revenue Department authorized by the Government or the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration to perform the functions of the Tahsildar under this Act;
28. (28) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined therein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Telangana Land Revenue Act, 1317 Fasti and the rules made there under.