No number to comprise of less than fixed area.

Number of any cultivable land shall not be made of less or greater area than fixed by the Government for each district according to different types of land and a statement showing the area fixed shall, before the commencement of the survey, be displayed at a conspicuous place in each village. These provisions shall not apply to the numbers which have already been made of a lesser area or which have been made under the special order of a superior Survey officer or which may be made, separately demarcated, under the order of the Collector in accordance with the provisions of section 25 for purposes other than agricultural. (3) The provisions of this section shall apply to any order passed under section 158 or section 166B whether before or after the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 1990 and in the case of an application for review from any person interested in respect of such an order passed prior to such commencement, the period of ninety days specified in sub-section (1) shall be computed from the date of such commencement.