THE MOST MIS-UNDERSTOOD AND MIS-INTERPRETED HISTORY OF LAND GRANT IN KARNATAKA

Save as provided in rule 43 as amended by this notifi¬cation, all standing orders and rules in force relating to the grant of unoccupied lands shall stand repealed from 6th August 1953 the date of publication of this notifica-tion, in the Mysore Gazette, provided that nothing in rule 43 as amended shall affect the grant of any land made in conformity with standing orders and rules prior to the said date and provided further that nothing in rule 43 as amended shall affect the grant of land already made or to be made hereafter for the purposes and in accordance with the terms specified in appendices N. P. and Q to the rules under the Land Revenue Code. (Notification No. R. 7594-60—L.R. 266-53-2, dated 4th August 1953).


Note.—Rule 43 of the Rules under the Land Revenue Code was amended by Government in their Order No. R. 7594-6C4—L.R. 266-53-2, dated 4th August 1953, Till then all lands which were the property of Government were being normally disposed of by sale. But in view of the need to see that landless agriculturists were able to obtain easily Government land for cultivation, this rule was amended and according to this rule Government land in future will ordinarily be granted for cultivation for an upset price only to those who are landless or who own less than five acres of dry or two acres of wet land. Sanction of Government will have to be obtained in all cases where land has to be granted" for upset price for persons who own more than five acres of dry land or two acres of wet land. Government however reserve the powers to deligate these powers to subordinate officers. For the guidance of the local officers, the Revenue Commissioner will fix a table of upset price in consultation with the Deputy Commis¬sioners in respect of each taluk .or hobli and report the fact to Government for information. These orders and rules will not affect grants already made in conformity with the Rules and standing orders in force. (G.O. No. R, 7892-901—L.R. 266-53-3, dated 10th August 1953).

RULES FOR THE GRANT OF LAND AS A REWARD FOR MILITARY SERVICE.

(1) The grant of land is in addition to pension, if any, earned by the individual. It must be under¬stood, however, that the grant of land being a bounty from Government, no person can claim it as of right. (No. G. 5292-348— Mily. 53-30-2, dated 17th November 1930).
(2) These concessions will not apply to persons who retired prior to the issue of the Military Settlement Order of 1917, unless they have rendered Field Service during the first world war.
(3) Men who take their discharge voluntarily will not also be entitled to these concessions unless they have rendered field service.
(4) The cases of those who are entitled to land-grant under the order of 1917 but have not yet been granted lands should be dealt with under these rules.
(5) The Commandant of the Regiment may, immediately before or after the retirement of a soldier, or after the death of a soldier or at other time when an application is received and a grant is due under these rules, make a recommendation to the Chief Commandant for the grant of lands to the soldier or his family as the case may be. If the soldier is eligible for the grant of land and the Chief Commandant is of opinion that, in consideration of the soldier's exemplary and distinguished conduct while on field service or an account of the injuries received in action or exemplary or distinguished services in peace time, the concession may be shown to him, the Chief Commandant will submit his recommendation to Government,
(6) In cases under Clause (i) of Rule 8, the recommendation may be sent up as soon as an applicant becomes eligible for the concession without waiting for his retirement. Full information should be given when making the recommendation to enable Government to decide the case on its merits.
(7) Applications for actual allotment of land sanctioned to awardees under the M.C. Rules should reach the Revenue Commissioner in Mysore, Bangalore, within a period of one year from the date of this Govern¬ment Order in respect of all old cases and within one year from the date of the Government Order awarding the land in respect of award passed heareafter, failing which the award will be treated as inoperative with the proviso that Government will, however, reserve the right to relax the rule for any genuine cases of hardship. (G.O. No. H. B. 6924-40—Mily. 8-53-41, dated 4th December 1953).

FIELD AND PEACE SERVICE-EXEMPLARY.

(8) For purposes of these rules the term " Exem¬plary Military Service " shall mean : —
(i) Devotion to duty or other acts of gallantry, conspicuous acts of bravery in the Field and shall include cases of injuries received in action.
(ii) Continuance in service for 15 years with field service.
(iii) Exceptionally distinguished and exemplary service during pease time for a period qualifying for full pension or in special case on retirement after a period of 15 years of completed service.
(iv) Also any other act deserving special notice and worthy of a suitable reward at the pleasure of Govern¬ment. (G.O. No. 9190-2—Mily. 20-50-46, dated 2nd January 1951).

(9). The extent of land to be granted under these rules to a soldier or his family shall not exceed the follow¬ing scale from wet or dry lands :- Commandants 20 or 45 acres, Risaldars and Subedars 12 or 30 acres, Jamedars 8 or 20, Non-Commissioned Officers of and above the rank of Duffedars or Havildars 5 or 15 acres, Other ranks 3 or 8 acres.

Note. (i) The extents noted above are the maximum which should be granted in rare cases. But in cases of extraordinary distinguished service in the field even this maximum extent may be exceeded. In cases of men killed in action their families may be granted lands on a scale which is 50 per cent in excess of what the deceased men would have been entitled to, had they lived to apply for the grant.
(ii) Cases under clauses (ii) and (iii) of Rule 8 will be eligible for the grant of lands up to 50 per cent of the extent mentioned in Rule 9 above. Recommendation rolls furnished under Clause (iii) of Rule 8 should be accompanied with a certifi¬cate from the commandants that the service rendered were distin¬guished and exemplary.
(iii) The Medical Officers, Veterinary Officers and Hospital servants of the several Units still serving who have been on field service for not less than six months and have rendered exemplary service will be eligible to the same extent as is admissible to Military Officers of corresponding rank and to followers, respec¬tively.
(iv) Non-Combatants such as clerks, followers, etc., of the Mysore units who have been to the front and rendered exemplary service for not less than six months may be given the benefit of the land reward under the rules, the extent admissible being half of what is admissible to Combatants under Rule 9. The clerks should be considered equal to that class of combatants drawing similar pay in the field and followers, to other ranks.
(v) Clerks who have rendered exemplary Depot Service during the war will be eligible for the concession. Their service iu the Depot will count as half-war service and the scale is as men¬tioned in Rule 10 below ;

FIELD SERVICE NON-EXEMPLARY.

(10) Retired Officers and men who rendered Held service without any distinction will be entitled to land grants on the following scale : —
For a field service of 5 years and 4 months—Full extent admissible to the respective ranks according to Rule 9 above.

For a field service of 3 .years 'and under 5 years and 4 months.—Three-fourths extent admissible to the respective ranks according to Rule 9 above.

For a field service of one year and under three years : —Half the extent admissible to the respective ranks according to Rule 9 above.

For a field service of less than one year : —One acre of wet or 4 acres dry.

(11) The families of deceased officers and men who rendered field service will be entitled to the same concession as they would have got if the deceased had lived and applied for lands under the above rules.

(12) The preliminary enquiry as to the eligibility of a person for the grant of land shall be conducted in the Military Department or in the Kille Kacheri Palace Band or Body Guard Departments according to the Unit to which the individual belongs. After the recommenda¬tion is sanctioned by Government all further action will rest with the Revenue authorities.

(13) Wet and dry lands granted under these rules will be held free of assessment during the first two years in all cases and at the descretion of the Revenue Com¬missioner at half assessment for a further period not " exceeding three years. Full assessment will be payable from the sixth year onwards in all cases.

(14) The lands granted under these rules shall not be sold, mortgaged or otherwise alienated within a period of fifteen years from the date of grant. This rule will be applicable to individuals who become entitled to grant of lands hereafter. No person already in posses¬sion of lands under the rules in force so far or the heirs or assigns of such person will be deprived of them or of any concession already granted to them so long as the condition of the grants is fulfilled.

(15). Persons who become entitled to the grant of land under these rules may apply for unoccupied assessed and unassessed lands available for cultivation to the extent admissible in any locality selected by them except under the Krishnaraja Sagara and in other areas that may be notified by Government from time to time.

N.B.—The reservation of lands for grants under these rules ordered in Government Orders Nos. G. 3512-15—Mily. 172-15-17 and G. 19630-40—Mily. 274-20-2, dated the 12th September 1917. and 15th April 1921, respectively, has been cancelled.

(16) The value of lands given free of cost under these rules shall not exceed Rs. 350 per acre in the case of wet lands and Rs. 150 per acre in the case of dry lands. In cases where the estimated value of the land applied for exceeds the value limit prescribed above, the extent to be granted may be correspondingly reduced, to keep the grant within the money limit prescribed. (P. 405-15—Mily. 260-45-2, dated 29th July 1946).

(17) The Deputy Commissioners of Districts will maintain lists of persons to whom land grants have been sanctioned or may hereafter be sanctioned in their dis¬tricts under these rules. They should also instruct the Amildars that whenever applications for the grant of lands sanctioned are forwarded to them for making the neces¬sary assignment or allotment to the party concerned, they should furnish a report to the effect that the allot¬ment has been made and that the condition of the inaliena¬bility of the land for fifteen years is entered in the Khetwar Patrike (Index of Lands) and in the Saguvali Chits. Applications from Military men for lands are expected to be disposed of promptly. For the speedy disposal of cases of land grants, the Chief Commandant, may depute one of his officers to interview the Deputy Commissioners of Districts periodically for facilitating the disposal of pending applications.

A consolidated list of persons, to whom land grants have been sanctioned under these rules will be maintained in the office of the Revenue Commissioner.

The above scheme is extended to the personnel who join the State Forces of Mysore after 1st April 1950 and to the personnel who have entered the Mysore Forces Services prior to 1st April 1950 but who are to retire after 1st April 1950.

Note. — For further details the original G.O. in extenso may be referred.

(18) Lands in the Irwin Canal area may also be granted to Military applicants entitled to land grants under the Military concession rules, subject to the condi¬tion that the lands should be brought under cultivation immediately after they are granted. (R. 7461-73— L.R. 400-41-3, dated 21st May 1942).



LANDS UNDER THE ABOVE RULES MAY BE GRANTED TO THE PERSONNEL OF THE INDIAN ARMY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS : (H.B. 4383-44-02— Mily. 3-554-46, dated 18th September 1954).

(a) Mysoreans who belong to the Indian Army and who have served in the last war may be granted the concessions now shown to the Mysore Army Personnel, if they have served in the Indian Army for over 3 years and put in a field service for one year or more.

(b) The person to be eligible for concession must have been in Mysore State for at least 10 years prior to enlistment and must be now a permanent resident of Mysore State. The concession given to Indian Army Military Personnel will cease after the present batch is awarded lands as proposed above.


RULES FOR THE GRANT OF LAND TO INDIAN ARMY PERSONNEL.

(1) All applications for grant of land under Government Order dated 18th September 1954 will be received by the Secretary, Bangalore Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Board in the first instance and he will be the recommending authority to this Government.(G.O. No. H.B. 8468-87—Mily. 3-54-68, dated 6th January 1955).
(2) The recommendation of the Secretary, Ban¬galore Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Board to Govern¬ment will be accompanied by a roll containing particulars of individuals as appended to this order.

(3) The concessions extended in the Government Order dated 18th September 1954 will apply to Ex-Indian Army personnel and will not be extended to Ex-Navy and Air Force personnel residing in Mysore State and they will not also apply to Indian Army personnel who are now in service.

(4) The Ex-Indian Army personnel will be entitled to lands as per scale indicated in para 10 of the Govern¬ment Order dated 17th November 1930, with the proviso that the word " Commandant " occurring in Government Order dated 17th November 1930 includes Officers in Indian Army like Lieutenant, Captain, Major, etc.

(5) In the roll of recommendation to be forwarded by the Secretary, only the extent of wet lands or dry lands should be indicated unless the applicant is aware of any particular survey number in which the land is vacant and available for Military personnel.

(6) The Revenue Commissioner in Mysore, Ban¬galore is requested to maintain separate records regarding the grant of lands to Ex-Indian Army personnel as distinct from the grant of land to Ex-Servicemen of the former Mysore Forces and the Non-I.S.F. Units.


(1) The personnel of the Second Battalion, Mysore Infantry who went for the service ex-state at that time would be entitled to free grant of lands counting their service ex-state as equal to half field service. (G.O. No. A.F. 1952-63—Mily. 276-44-3, dated 18th October 1945).

(2) Honorary Jamedars may be granted 6 acres wet or 15 acres of dry land if they have rendered field service or 50 per cent of this scale if they have not rendered such service. (G.O. No. G. 9340-41—Mily. 220-40-4, dated 16th April 1941).

(3) Private gentlemen who rendered exceptional assistance in recruiting to the Mysore Army will be granted a suitable extent of land to be fixed on the merits of each case and their services are also recognised in other suitable manner. (G.O. No. 9500-10-—220-41-11,. dated 14th March 1942).

(4) The following principle should be adopted in regard to the disposal of lands out of released kavals in the State: — 20 per cent be given to applicants belonging to Scheduled castes. 20 per cent to Military applicants. 10 per cent to Political sufferers. 50 per cent to bona fide agriculturists who are cither landless or insufficient holders. (G.O. No. R. 8519-24—L.R. 321-54-4, dated 10—llth September 1954).

(5) The entire personnel of units ex-state are allowed 50 per cent concession of land grant, free of cost as in the case of the personnel of the Second Battalion who served ex-state in terms of Government Order read above, subject to modification in case the role of any unit is changed for active service. (P. 2278-88—Mily. 1-48-2, dated 12th August 1948).

RULES AS TO RELINQUISHMENT OF LANDS IN FORMER STATE OF MYSORE.

Statutory Provisions : —
An occupant may, by giving written notice to the Amildar or Deputy Amildar, relinquish his occupancy, either absolutely or in favour of, a specified person ; provided that such relinquishment apply to the entire occu¬pancy or to whole survey numbers, or recognised shares of survey numbers. An occupancy absolutely relinquished shall be at the disposal of Government, and shall be disposed of by the Deputy Commissioner in accordance with such rules as may, from time to time be framed by Government in that behalf.

An absolute relinquishment "shall, unless otherwise directed by any special or general rules framed by Govern¬ment, be deemed to have effect from the close of the current revenue year, and notice thereof must be given before the 31st March in such year, or before such other date as may be, from time to time, prescribed in this behalf for each district by the Government. A relinq-quishment in favour of a specified person may be made at any time.

When there are more occupants than one, the notice of relinquishment must be given by the registered occu¬pant ; and the person, if any, in whose favour an occu¬pancy is relinquished, or, if such occupancy is relinquished in favour of more persons than one, the principal of such persons, must enter into a written agreement to become the registered occupant, and his name shall thereupon be substituted in the records for that of the previous regis-tered occupant.

When a lump assessment is fixed upon several fields or survey numbers in the aggregate, it shall not be lawful for the occupant to relinquish as aforesaid any one or more of such fields or survey numbers except with the previous consent of the Deputy Commissioner. It shall be competent to the Deputy Commissioner to grant or refuse his consent; if he grants it, the occupancy shall be divided, and the Deputy Commissioner shall determine the proportional amount of land revenue to be paid by each portion of it, and the original occupant and the person, if any, in whose favour he relinquishes a portion of his occupancy, shall be held liable for the revenue severally assessed on their portions.

The provisions of the last two sections shall apply as far as may be, to the holders of alienated land :

Provided :

(a) That it shall not be lawful to relinquish as aforesaid any portion of any land held wholly or partially exempt under the circumstances described in the first paragraph of Section 49 until the commuted assessment payable in respect of such portion of land has been deter¬mined under the provisions of the said section ; and
(b) that if any person relinquishes land on which, under the circumstances described in Section 49, a larger revenue is levied than would ordinarily be leviable on such land, he shall be deemed to have relinquished also the land held with it which is wholly or partially exempt from payment of revenue.
If any person relinquishes land the way to which lies through other land which he retains the right of way through the land so retained shall continue to the future holder of the land relinquished.

Nothing in sections 72 and 73 shall affect :-

(a) the responsibility of any share in a village for the land revenue of which the shares are all, according to law or the custom of the village, jointly responsible or.
(b) the validity of the terms or conditions of any lease or other express instruments under which land is or may hereafter be, held from Government.

The registered occupant or the holder of alienated land shall continue liable for the land revenue due on the occupancy or alienated holding and for all other lawful demands of Government in respect of the same, until such time as the occupancy or alienated holding is relinquished or transferred, under any of the provisions of this Act, to the name of any other person ; and the Deputy Commis¬sioner shall not be bound in any case to recognise any person to whom any interest in any portion of an occupancy or alienated holding has been assigned, unless the transfer has been recorded in the revenue records in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

The written notice of absolute relinquishments of an occupancy, required by Section 71 of the Land Revenue Code to be given to the Amildar or Deputy Amildar, shall be in the form of Appendix F, and shall be given before the 31st March in the current revenue year. Such relin¬quishment shall have effect from the 1st April in such year, provided that Vaishaki crops, if any, on lands thus relinquished, may be removed by the owner before the close of such year. In the year of Survey Settlement, however, whether original or revision such relinquishment may be received up to the end of June of the year of such settlement.


The written notice of relinquishment of an occupancy by the registered occupant in favour of one or more persons, and the agreement to be entered into by such persons or the principal of such persons, shall be in the form of
Appendix G.


Except as provided in the next following Rule, every notice and every agreement given under the last two rules shall be endorsed by any two respectable witnesses to the effect prescribed below each of the said forms, and the Amildar or Deputy Amildar who receives any such notice or agreement, will be held responsible for exercising due care in ascertaining the identity of the person who has signed the same notwithstanding that such notice or agreement has been duly endorsed as herein¬before required.

If the land has been transferred to the person in whose favour the relinquishment is made by a registered deed of conveyance or any other kind of instrument transferring the occupancy of the land, both the notice and agreement above referred to may be executed before the Registrar or Sub-Registrar registering the documents, who shall attest and then forward the same to the Amildar or Deputy Amildar in order that may be given effect to at once so far as the particulars of holding are found to be correct. In such a case, they need not be endorsed by any other witness.

All notices and all agreements received under Rule 64 or Rule 65 shall be kept in separate files in the records of the Amildar or Deputy Amildar.

It shall be the duty of every village accountant, if so desired by any occupant in his village or by any person in whose favour land is about to be relinquished by any occupant in his village, to prepare any notice or any agreement that may be necessary under Rule 64 ov Rule 65 without fee or charge of any kind.

A village accountant who prepares any such notice or agreements shall affix his signature beneath the words " written by " on the lower left hand corner thereof.


(1) Rajinama (relinquishment) in favour of another may be withdrawn, before the issue of a patta. that is, before the rajinama is acted upon. (Appeal No. 155 of 1890-91), (Decisions dated 18th April 1891.)

(2) In order to safeguard the interests of persons other than the registered occupant, no absolute relinquish¬ment should be accepted, without notice to the persons interested in the land and who have got their names registered in the Special Notice Register. The mere issue of this notice does not, however, affect any legal rights of other parties, or give any claim ipso facto to the persons receiving notice to have their names substi¬tuted in place of the registered occupant. (GO No. R. 6598-97—L.R. 262-08-1, dated 25th February 1909).

RELINQUISHED COFFEE LANDS.

The case of relinquished coffee lands continues to be governed by rule 6-A of Appendix E. L.R.R., even though the lands may be overgrown with lantana, and the disposal of the same vests with the Revenue Commis¬sioner. (G.O. No. R. 10791-9—L.R. 280-19-2, dated 18th March 1920).

RELINQUISHMENTS OF LANDS ON WHICH ARREARS ARE DUE.

Relinquishment of a land does not exonerate an occupant from the payment of the arrears which have already accrued thereon and may be accepted, if the accepting officer is satisfied that the security of the land possessing a saleable value fo rthe recovery of the arrears is not thereby lost. The relinquisher's other property is liable for the arrears and where he is an insolvent and the land is not valuable, relinquishments may be accepted and the land thrown open to others for cultivation. (G.O. No. 1334—R. 27, dated 12th May 1897).

VARGARAZINAMA (RELINQUISHMENT IN FAVOUR OF ANOTHER).

(3) An Amildar or Deputy Amildar of one taluk may take action on a notice of relinquishment of land presented to, and forwarded by, the Amildar or Deputy Amildar of another taluk within whose jurisdiction the land is situated. The Amildar or Deputy Amildar who is responsible for the disposal of the notice should exercise due care to satisfy himself thoroughly about the identity .of persons giving the notice, before he gives effect to it. (G.O. No. R. 2237-45—L.R. 260-12-2, dated 10th September 1913).

DATE GROVES. OR SHENDI VANA LAND GRANTS AND ITS RULES IN MYSORE STATE

(i) The general rules given elsewhere should be carefully observed in respect of lands situated in date groves. The Excise Commissioner should issue suitable instructions to District Excise Officers to see that refe¬rences from Revenue Officers on this subject are promptly replied to. A time limit not exceeding two months may be fixed within which such references should be disposed of. Delay requiring notice should be reported for the orders of the Deputy Commissioner. The date reserve lists should be prepared with sufficient care and attention; lands not fit to be reserved for excise purposes, on account of the sparsity of the tree growth or other causes, should not be included in the list.

(ii) Uniform rate of annas eight per date tree should be recovered on all trees standing on lands applied for cultivation granted to bona fide agriculturists. (G.O. No. Fl. 302-70—Ex. 70-39-7, dated 13th July 1940).

(iii) Malki at a uniform rate of annas two per date tree of less than 3 feet in height may be recovered, seed¬lings being left out of account. (G.O. No. Fl. 1145-1200—Ex. 144-40-4, dated 20th August 1941).

(iv) Non tappable date trees may be given to depressed class applicants for building purposes at eight annas per tree. (No. S.R. 3316.92—Ex. 69-47-2, dated 29th March 1948).

(v) When lands are sold or granted on Darkhast, date or other trees should not be reserved. The trees may be granted for upset price put on them or sold out¬right with the land on which they are standing. G.0. No. R. 973-81, dated 23rd August 1901).


(VI)RULES
(1) When an application for land included in the Date Reserve list is received and the Amildar is in favour of the grant of the land (in view of the paucity of suitable lands in the neighbourhood of the locality or for other reasons), the Sub-Division Officer and the Dis¬trict Excise Officer should consult each other, inspect the land, and if they are jointly of opinion that the land may be given out for cultivation, the application should be disposed of under the " Darkhast" rules. (G.O. No. Fl. 1829-38—Ex. 27-28-2, dated 23rd August 1928).

(2) When the Sub-Division Officer and the Dis¬trict Excise Officer disagree, the matter should be referred to the Deputy Commissioner, who, if he agrees with the District Excise Officer that the land ought not to be given out for cultivation, may reject the application subject to appeal to the Revenue Commissioner by the applicant. On the other hand, if the Deputy Commissioner over¬rules the opinion of the District Excise Officer, three months' time should be given to the District Excise Officer to bring the case before the Excise Commissioner with a view to his moving the Government to have the Deputy Commissioner's orders revised by Government, if neces¬sary.

(3) In districts where there are no District Excise Officers, the Amildar should refer the matter to the Excise Inspector of the Range concerned for his opinion. The latter should, after inspecting the land, furnish his opinion to the Sub-Divisional Officer. If the Sub-Divi¬sional Officer, after inspecting the land where necessary, agrees with the opinion of the Excise Inspector that the land may not be given out for cultivation he may return the records to the Range Inspector and permit him to inform the Amildar accordingly. If the Amildar is not satisfied with the Inspector's opinion, he may submit the records to the Sub-Divisional Officer with his further opinion in the matter. If the Sub-Divisional Officer is not even then in favour of granting the land for cultivation he may reject the application. It is then open to the party to the appeal to the Deputy Commissioner.


(4) If the Sub-Division Officer disagrees with the Excise Inspector and is of opinion that the land may be granted for cultivation, he should forward the papers to the Deputy Commissioner. Orders passed by the Deputy Commissioner rejecting the darkhast will be subject to appeal to the Revenue Commissioner.

(5) If on appeal preferred under paras (2) and (4) the Revenue Commissioner is unable to agree with the Deputy Commissioner, the matter should be referred to Government who after consulting the Excise Commis¬sioner, if necessary, will dispose of the case in the best interest of both the Departments.
(6) Ordinarily, in deciding cases under the fore¬going rules, the proved requirements of bona fide culti¬vators shall have precedence over those of Excise Revenue in the case of all assessed lands and vice verm in the case of all unassessed lands.

(7) When a darkhast for land is finally rejected under the foregoing rules, a note to that effect shall be made in the " Index of lands " and all subsequent dar-khasts for the same land shall be summarily rejected for a period of three successive years from the date of rejec¬tion.

GRAZING AND CULTIVATION IN DATE GROVES.

(VII.) (i)' Where there is spontaneous growth of date, in any special tract, cattle grazing must cease and the natural reproduction promoted by the best practicable means. All tract reserved as date groves, should be excluded from hulbanni sales ; but, applications for cut¬ting and removing grass therefrom may be entertained.

(ii) Appreciable empty spaces fit for cultivation available in date groves or tracts may be sub-divided and given out for cultivation when there is a demand for the same. When any grove has been given away for perma¬nent assessment, the Revenue and Excise Officials should see thai the terms of the grant are not in any manner violated.

(VIII.) (a) All the surrendered areas should be inspected. If they contain a very large number of date trees steps may be taken to reserve them as date groves ; if they are portions of tank beds, State Forests, gomal, etc., action may be taken to reserve them as such and the remaining areas classified into arable and unarable. Particulars of unarable areas available in compact blocks not less than 500 acres in extent may be communicated to the Chief Conservator of Forests with a view to an investigation being made as to whether any Forest Plantation is possible in these blocks. As regards the other unarable areas action may be taken wherever pos¬sible to form Village Forests and in other cases the areas may be treated as Kharab. As regards arable areas, the local Revenue Officers may take immediate action for their disposal for cultivation. (G.O. No. R. 1705-16—L.R. 424-28-3, dated 30th August 1929).
(b) With a view to have the date groves thus examined Special Revenue Inspectors may be appointed wherever the areas to be examined are very large.

(c) The Date Reserve lists prepared by the Excise Department should be revised by substituting the revi¬sion survey numbers in place of the old survey numbers mentioned therein. The Revenue Department should intimate to the Excise Department a list of date reserves which are required for cultivation, so that the District Excise Officer and Sub-Division Officer might jointly inspect them and take steps to throw them open for culti-vations, if possible.

HOW LIST OF LANDLESS AND INSUFFICIENT HOLDERS PREPARED BEFORE 1960

The Amildars of Taluks should prepare a list of landless and insufficient landholders villagewise and make it readily available for inspection by the various superior officers of the Revenue Department. Oil the information so made available the Amildar should make an effort to see that arrangements are made to grant land to the landless out of the list maintained in the taluk offices as per this office circular No. Cl-1072—53-54, dated 18th March 1954 and see that every one in his area becomes sufficient holders in 6 months. The same principle may be followed in respect of insufficient holders. When the land that is available is just sufficient to the landless according to the scale of 2 acres of wet or garden or 5 acres of dry land, suitable allotment may be made when the number of insufficient holders and their require¬ments are more than the land available. The Sub-Divi¬sion Officer should visit the village and darw lots and grant land to the maximum number of landless and in¬sufficient holders. When the list of landless and insuffi¬cient land-holders contemplated as above is ready, the Amildar should visit each village, entertain applications for grant of land from the landless and make on the spot grant and thus make an all-out effort to reduce the num¬ber of landless and insufficient holders in his area. A quarterly progress report may be sent for the action so taken, the first quarterly report being sent on the 1st January 1955, allowing the first quarter, viz., months of August, September and October 1954 for preparing the list.

The quarterly report may be sent in the following form :-
(1) Name of the village..
(2) Extent of dry and wet lands available.
(3) Number of landless persons.
(4) Number of insufficient holders.
(5) Extent granted.
(6) Number of landless and insufficient holders after the lands are granted.
(7) Remarks.

(R.C.'s Circular No. R. Dis. Mis. 2—Cl. 338—54-55, dated 7th August 1954).