The Telangana Revenue Summonses Act, 1869
The Telangana Revenue Summonses Act, 1869
The Telangana Revenue Summonses Act, 1869, empowers state revenue officers, including collectors and tahsildars, to summon individuals to give oral evidence or present documents for official inquiries. It applies to any person whose testimony or records are needed, detailing formal delivery procedures and exemption rights for sick or disabled residents. Giving these officials civil court powers to compel attendance and administer oaths matters because it ensures local authorities can thoroughly investigate administrative issues. Concurrently, it protects the public by standardizing legal notices, process fees, and travel allowances, ensuring bureaucratic investigations remain structured, transparent, and fair for all affected citizens involved.
- 1. Revenue officers empowered to summon persons to appear or to produce documents.
- 2. Terms of summons.
- 3. Service of summons.
- 4. Persons summoned to produce may send documents by third party.
- 5. When personal attendance or witnesses dispensed with.
- 6. Officers to have powers of a civil court in certain matters.
- 7. Power to make rules.
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