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The Telangana Revenue Recovery Act, 1864

The Telangana Revenue Recovery Act, 1864

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The Telangana Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 regulates the collection of unpaid land revenue and irrigation water dues. It applies to all direct landholders, tenants, and the state revenue officials. The law empowers the government to recover arrears by seizing and selling a defaulter’s crops, movable goods, and land, or even through arrest. It matters because it balances state recovery powers with citizen protections. It enforces strict legal processes for property seizure, exempts essential survival items like basic clothing, cooking vessels, and agricultural tools from being taken, and safeguards tenants from losing crops or rent payments due to a landlord’s default.

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  1. 1. Interpretation clause, Landholder.
  2. 2. Security for Revenue.
  3. 3. Landholder when and to whom to pay kist.
  4. 4. Arrear of revenue.
  5. 5. Arrear of revenue how recovered.
  6. 6. Terms of Sanad-i-Milkiyat-istimrar to be observed.
  7. 7. Interest on arrears.
  8. 8. Rules for seizure and sale of movable property.
  9. 9. Procedure when defaulter neglects to pay after notice.
  10. 10. On tender of arrear and expenses prior to sale, distress withdrawn.
  11. 11. Distrained crops how dealt with.
  12. 12. Distrained cattle or goods not to be used.
  13. 13. Recovery of loss from neglect in respect of distrained property.
  14. 14. Distress to be proportionate to the arrear.
  15. 14-A. Articles exempted from distraint.
  16. 15. Time of distress.
  17. 16. Penalty for fraudulent conveyance of property to prevent distress.
  18. 17. Claims to property distrained and sold.
  19. 18. Penalty for forcibly or clandestinely taking away distrained property.
  20. 19. What places distrainer may force open.
  21. 20. Powers of distrainer to force open doors in the presence of a police officer.
  22. 21. Punishment for unlawful entry.
  23. 22. Proclamation of time of sale and of property to be sold.
  24. 23. Sale how conducted.
  25. 23-A. Sale of perishable articles.
  26. 24. Payment on purchase of distrained property.
  27. 25. Demand to be served prior to attachment of land.
  28. 26. Procedure when defaulter neglects to pay.
  29. 27. Mode of attachment.
  30. 28. Management of attached property.
  31. 29. Notice of assumption of management.
  32. 30. Duties of agent.
  33. 31. Liability of agent to suit or prosecution.
  34. 32. Effect of existing agreements between landholder and tenants.
  35. 33. Payments by tenants.
  36. 34. Settlement on withdrawal of attachment.
  37. 35. Persons interested in land may release it from attachment.
  38. 36. Procedure in sale of immovable property.
  39. 36-A. Certain provisions of section 36 not to apply to cases of purchase by Government.
  40. 37. Tender of arrears up to sunset on day before sale.
  41. 37-A. Application to set aside sale of immovable property on deposit.
  42. 38. Application to set aside sale.
  43. 39. Proclamation of sale.
  44. 40. Delivery of possession.
  45. 41. Contracts and payments binding on purchaser.
  46. 42. Sale to be free of all incumbrances.
  47. 43. Recovery of arrears due to defaulter on day of sale.
  48. 44. Sale of land for arrears.
  49. 45. Apportionment of assessment on subdivision.
  50. 46. Repealed.
  51. 47. Sale may be postponed on tender of security.
  52. 48. Powers of arrest in case of willful or fraudulent non-payment of arrears.
  53. 49. Procedure in case of arrest.
  54. 50. Mode of enforcing payment by sureties.
  55. 51. Removal of crops may be prevented where revenue is payable in kind.
  56. 52. Similar process in case of other special of revenue, advances, fees cesses, etc.
  57. 52-A. Recovery of sums due to certain banks and other public bodies as arrears of land revenue.
  58. 52-B. Recovery of dues from persons from whom money is due to the defaulter.
  59. 53. Process servers to be paid batta.
  60. 54. Interest and charges recoverable as arrears.
  61. 55. Who to bear expense of countermanded sale.
  62. 56. Receipts for payment of revenue.
  63. 57. Procedure where defaulter or surety resides out of district.
  64. 57-A. Revision.
  65. 58. Cognizance of questions relating to rate of revenue.
  66. 59. Suits by persons aggrieved by proceedings.
  67. 60. Survival of suits against collector.
  68. 60-A. Power to make rules.
  69. 61. Regulation V of 1822 not to apply to sales.
  70. 62. Regulation XXVIII of 1802, and I and II of 1803, not to apply to arrears.
  71. 63. Saving of Regulations V of 1804 and X of 1831.
  72. 64. Omitted.
  73. 65. Repeal of certain enactments repealed by Central Act XII of 1873.
  74. 66. Commencement of Act repealed by Central Act XIV of 1873.

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