In
exercise of the powers conferred by Section 197 of the Karnataka Land Revenue
Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964), the Government of Karnataka, hereby makes
the following rules further to amend
the Karnataka Land Revenue Rules, 1966, the draft of the same having been
previously published as required by sub-section (1) of the said section in
Notification No. GSR 20 (RD 61 SYS 64-I), dated 28th December, 1968 in Part IV,
Section 2C(i) of the Karnataka Gazette, dated 16th January, 1969, namely. (1) These rules may be
called the Karnataka Land Revenue (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 1969. (2) They shall come into
force at once. For
Rule 79 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Rules, 1966, the following rule shall be
substituted, namely. "79. General programme for repair of
boundary marks". (1) After the
introduction of survey settlement in a district a decennial programme of
repairs to boundary marks shall be prepared by the Deputy Commissioner of the
district, in consultation with the Superintendent of Land Records. The Deputy
Commissioner shall send a copy of the programme to the Commissioner for Survey,
Settlement and Land Records. The Deputy Commissioner shall select the villages
for the programme by circles so that each Revenue Inspector will have three or
four villages in his charges for this work every year. He shall also send a
report on the completion of the execution of the programme to the Commissioner
for Survey, Settlement and Land Records, every year. (2) In respect of the
villages selected for the programme, prepared under sub-rule (1) the Deputy
Commissioner shall issue notice under sub-section (2) of Section 143 before the
First November of each year specifying the names of the villages in which
boundary marks are due for repairs and the authorised boundary marks, calling
upon the land holders in such villages to complete the repairs by the First
December of such year. Such notice shall be affixed before First November of
such year in the Chavadi of each such village and in the Office of the
Tahsildar of the Taluk in which the village is situated. (3) If the boundary marks
are not so repaired by the First December, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause
action to be taken under sub-section (3) of Section 143."KARNATAKA
LAND REVENUE (FIFTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 1969
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