The Telangana Board of Revenue (Replacement by Commissioners) Act, 1977
The Telangana Board of Revenue (Replacement by Commissioners) Act, 1977
This Act reorganizes the administration of Telangana by replacing the centralized Board of Revenue with individual Commissioners appointed by the government. It applies to state revenue authorities, local administrations, and all citizens dealing directly with land and tax issues. This reform matters because it modernized state governance, shifting broad bureaucratic powers directly to regional or specific officials. By decentralizing decisions, the law aimed to increase efficiency, resolve local disputes faster, and make the revenue department far more responsive to the unique needs of different districts, ensuring that administrative duties are executed closer to the communities they affect every single day.
- 1. Short title and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Divesting of the powers of the Board and vesting them in the Commissioner.
- 4. Appointment of Commissioners.
- 5. Vesting of additional powers in Commissioners.
- 6. Act to override other laws.
- 7. Powers to make rules.
- 8. Construction of references to Board members.
- 9. Power to remove difficulties.
- 10. Repeal of Ordinance 3 of 1977.
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