Hierarchy in

revenue
department
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introduction
The Headquarters Administration of the Department of Revenue looks after matters relating to all administration work
pertaining to the Department, coordination between the two Boards, CBDT and CBEC administration of the Indian Stamp Act,
1899 ( to the extent falling within the jurisdiction of the Union), the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, the Narcotics Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances ( NDPS ) Act, 1985 and SAFEMA ( FOP ) Act, 1976, and matters relating to the following
organizations/offices:

(i) Settlement Commission ( Income Tax)

(ii) Settlement Commission ( Customs & Central Excise )

(iii) Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property ( ATFP )

(iv) Customs, Excise and Gold ( Control ) Appellate Tribunal (CEGAT )

(v) Authority for Advance Rulings for Income-tax

(vi) Authority for Advance Rulings for Customs and Central Excise

(vii) Enforcement Directorate

(viii) Competent Authorities under SAFEM ( FOP) Act

(ix) Central Economic Intelligence Bureau ( CEIB )

(x) Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB )

(xi) Chief controller of Factories (CCF); and

(xii) Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN).

Revenue centre
A responsibility center whose members control
revenues but control neither the manufacturing or
acquisition cost of the product or service they sell nor
the level of investment made in the responsibility
center
Examples include a department in a department store, a regional
sales office of a national or multinational corporation, and a unit in
a large chain of units
Some revenue centers control price, the mix of stock
carried, and promotional activities
Most revenue centers incur sales and marketing costs
and have varying degrees of control over those costs
1 COLLECTION OF LAND REVENUE

This function is performed by the Patwari Halqa under the supervision of the concerned Revenue Officers. The yearly assessment of crops i.e. "Jinswar" prepared by the

REVENUE
Patwari is sent to the Board of Revenue, Punjab. After fixation

of revenue, the same is collected by the Patwari from the land owners and deposited in the treasury. The outstanding amount of general public towards govt. departments
when remains due for long period of time, is declared as Arrears of Land Revenue. The Revenue Department assists in the collection of the same, The detailed
record in respect of all such dues/ revenue is maintained in the Tehsil Office of the concerned Tehsil and in the District Office. The revenue staff is also

deputed by the Civil Courts for collection of monthly expenses in favour of

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females fixed by the courts in family cases.

2 TRANSACTION OF LAND

The daily sale/ purchase of land in rural areas is entered by the Patwari Halqa in a register of mutations and decided by the Revenue Officer Halqa at the time of his visit to
the circle. The govt. dues in respect of each transaction are collected on the basis of market price of land and the percentage fixed by the govt. thereupon. Such dues are
also a major source of revenue collection. In urban areas the registration of sale/ purchase is done through the office of Sub-Registrar. The govt. dues on sale of urban
property are collected as per schedule rate fixed by the govt. each year.

3 MAINTENANCE OF RECORD OF RIGHTS

The record of change in ownership of land resulting from the daily sale/purchase is maintained by the Patwari Halqa. Every four years this record is updated. One copy of
this record lies in the custody of the Patwari and the other in the Tehsil or District Record room.

4 CONDUCT OF GIRDAWARI

This is another main function of the Revenue Department. Besides ownership, the on site possession of land is very important factor for decision of land disputes. Each
year during "Rabi" and "KhariF crops the Patwari visits his Halqa and records the on site possession position and particular crop/ construction present on the land. This
record also lies in the custody of the Patwari.

5 DECISION OF CASES

In each Tehsil the Tehsildar is the Competent Authority to hear and decide the cases for partition of land and cases regarding produce in rural areas. This relates to his
judicial powers.

6 APPOINTMENT AS LOCAL COMMISSION

The Revenue Officials are appointed as Local Commission by the Civil Courts for compilation of site reports in civil suits.
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In the organization of Revenue Department the apex body of administration is the head office of Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration at State Level. But the core administration is carried out at Districts that have direct interface with public. For

Organization
administrative convenience the District is divided into Sub Divisions, which are further divided into Mandals that have jurisdiction
over a few villages. The present set up of revenue administration consists of the following hierarchy of Officials.

1.      Chief Commissionerate at State Level

2.      Collectorates at District Level

3.      Divisional Officers at Revenue Divisional Level

4.      Mandal Revenue Officers at Mandal Level

5.      Panchayat Secretaries at Village Level

At the Mandal level the Mandal Development Officer (MDO) takes care of the development activities.

CHIEF COMMISSIONERATE

Consequent on the abolition of the erstwhile Board of Revenue, the functional Commissioners of Survey, Settlement & Land Records
and Commissioner of Land Reforms & Urban Land Ceiling were created. Subsequently they were replaced. In their place, the post of
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration was created in GO MS No: 59 Revenue (DA) Dated 21.01.1999.

The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) is the chief controlling authority for the revenue administration consisting of
Revenue, Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Urban Land Ceiling Departments. He exercises statutory functions and general
superintendence over all his subordinates. In the case of Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Urban Land Ceiling Departments
he has a supervisory and statutory role. The concerned Commissioner and the Special Officer deal the routine administration
respectively. He is the link between the Government and the administration. He monitors and guides the District Collectors and
advises the Government in all the policy matters.

The post of Commissioner Appeals is created to share some of the responsibilities of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration.
Further one judicial officer in the rank of Commissioner Legal Affairs has been newly created to give his legal advice wherever
necessary.

In carrying out the different functions 3 Principal Officers in I.A.S Cadre. i.e., Secretary to CCLA, Joint Secretary to CCLA, AND Project
Director (CMRO) Project, assist the Chief Commissioner of land Administration. In the year 2003 another Officer in the cadre of IAS,
designated as Special Commissioner was appointed to assist the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. So the subjects are
divided among these 4 Officers. Further 6 Assistant Secretaries in the Cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors and 6 Additional
Assistant Secretaries in the cadre of Deputy Collectors drawn from Commissionerate services assist them. The Assistant Secretaries
are in charge of different subjects as per their work distribution. Each Assistant Secretary/ Additional Assistant Secretary looks after
3 to 5 sections. A Superintendent heads each section. 4 to 6 Assistants and a typist assist him.
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COLLECTORATES

The Collectorates play a pivotal role in the District administration. There are 23 Collectorates in the State. A Collector in the Cadre of I.A.S heads the District.
He acts as the District Magistrate for maintaining Law and Order in his jurisdiction. He deals mainly with planning and development, law and order, scheduled
areas/agency areas, general elections, arms licensing etc.

The Joint Collector who also belongs to the I.A.S Cadre runs the Revenue administration under various enactments in the District. He is also designated as
Additional District Magistrate. He mainly deals with civil supplies, land matters, mines and minerals, village officers etc.

The District Revenue Officer (DRO) in the Cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors assists the Collector and Joint Collector in discharging their duties. The
District Revenue Officer looks after all the branches of the Collectorate. He deals mainly with general administration and is vested with supervision of day-to-
day functions of theCollectorate.

The administrative Officer in the rank of a Tahsildar is the general assistant to the Collector. He directly supervises all the sections in the Collectorate and most
of the files are routed through him.

The Collectorate is divided into 8 sections as per the administrative reforms taken up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.  An alphabet letter is given to
each section for easy reference.

1.      Section A: Deals with Establishment and Office Procedures.

2.      Section B: Deals with Accounts and audit.

3.      Section C: Deals with Magisterial (Court/Legal) matters.

4.      Section D: Deals with Land Revenue and relief.

5.      Section E: Deals with Land Administration.

6.      Section F: Deals with Land Reforms.

7.      Section G: Deals with Land Acquisition.

8.      Section H: Deals with Protocol, Elections and Residuary work.

 
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SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICES
Each District is divided into Sub divisions for administrative
convenience. A Sub division is headed by a Revenue Divisional
Officer in the rank of a Deputy Collector or a Sub – Collector in
Cadre of IAS. He is the Sub Divisional Magistrate having
jurisdiction over his division. An administrative Officer in the
Cadre of a Tahsildar assists in administration. The Sub
divisional Offices are a replica of Collectorate in the matter of
number of sections and they act as intermediary in the
administrative setup. There are 81 divisions in Andhra
Pradesh. Each division consists of a few Mandals whose
performance is constantly monitored by the concerned
Divisional Office.
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OFFICES
There are 1128 Mandals in the state, each Mandal having population ranging from 35,000 to 1,00,000 people.
The Mandals have been formed in Andhra Pradesh to bring administration to the doorsteps of Citizens and make all the
public services easily available to them. Earlier the Taluks had huge jurisdiction and were divided into Firkas. This 5-tier
district administrative system was unviable for delivering speedy Citizen Services. So against 305 Taluks and 1084 Firkas,
1106 Mandals were formed in 1985. Subsequently 20 more Mandals were added at different intervals of time. So at present
we have a 4-tier district administrative set up with the Mandal playing an important role in administration at the grass root
level. At present there are 1128 Mandals in Andhra Pradesh.

A Gazetted Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) heads the Mandals. The MRO is vested with the same powers and functions
of Tahsildars of erstwhile Taluks including magisterial powers. Mandal Revenue Officer heads the Mandal Revenue Office.
MRO provides the interface between the government and public within his jurisdiction. He initiates welfare measures within
his jurisdiction. The MRO assists the higher authorities in collecting information and conducting inquiries. He provides
feedback to the district administration that helps in decision-making at higher levels of administration.

The Deputy Tahsildar/Superintendent, Mandal Revenue Inspector, Superintendent, Mandal Surveyor, Assistant Statistical
Officer and Other Ministerial Staff.

The Deputy Tahsildar/ Superintendent supervises the day today functions of MRO’s office and deals mainly with general
administration. Most of the files are routed through him. He monitors all the sections in the MRO’s office.

The (Mandal Revenue Inspector) MRI assists the MRO in conducting inquiries and inspections. He supervises the Village
Secretaries. He inspects crop fields (Azmoish), writes Sharas (field inspection details) in Pahani, collects land revenue, non-
agricultural land assessment and other dues and keeps close watch on the villages within his jurisdiction to maintain law and
order,

The Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO), who is under the overall control of Chief Planning Officer at the District and Directorate
of Economics and Statistics at the State Level, maintains data related to rainfall, crops and population. He conducts crop
estimate tests. He inspects crops to submit crop condition details. He prepares periodical reports on births and deaths and
assists the MRO in conduct of livestock census, population census and other surveys taken up by the government from time
to time. MRO sends reports on above items to the District collector. Later these are sent to the department of economics and
statistics and planning department at government level.

The Mandal Surveyor, who belongs to the Survey Settlement and Land Records Department, assists the MRO in survey
operations. Chain Man assists Mandal Surveyor in his duties.
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Second level
● Third level

● Fourth level

● Fifth level