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The Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020

The Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020

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This Act regulates the digital registration, updating, and maintenance of agricultural land records through a centralized electronic platform called Dharani in the state of Telangana. It applies to agricultural landowners, buyers, heirs, and credit agencies, while excluding government and non agricultural properties. The legislation matters because it digitizes land titles, allowing immediate ownership updates during sales or inheritances. It also establishes the official passbook and title deed as legal proof of ownership, simplifying the process for farmers to secure bank loans while deterring fraud by imposing severe criminal penalties on public officials who willfully tamper with these secure electronic databases.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Preparation, maintenance and updating of record of rights.
  4. 4. Protection to the State and Central Government Lands etc.
  5. 5. Registration and effecting Change in Record of Rights when right over the land acquired by way of sale, gift, mortgage or exchange.
  6. 6. Effecting Change in Record of Rights when acquired the right over the land through succession, survivorship, inheritance.
  7. 7. Effecting Change in Record of Rights when acquired through court decree.
  8. 8. Fraudulent issue of Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed for Government Lands.
  9. 9. Bar of Suit.
  10. 10. Issue of Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed in pending Cases.
  11. 11. Evidentiary value of Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed.
  12. 12. Grant of Loans and Encumbrance.
  13. 13. Powers under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
  14. 14. Punishment for contravention.
  15. 15. Repeal.
  16. 16. Constitution of Special Tribunals.
  17. 17. Power to make Rules.
  18. 18. Power to remove difficulties.

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