Govt notifies J&K Abadideh Survey,record ops regulations

The government has notified Jammu and Kashmir Abadideh Survey and Record Operations Regulations, 2022.
The regulations have been put forth by the Revenue Department for the purpose of Survey and Record Operations.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of section 33 of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Svt. 1996, the Government hereby make the following regulations for the purpose of Survey and Record Operations”, reads the order Surjeet Singh, Under Secretary to the Government Revenue Department.
These regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

As per the regulations Abadideh” or “Rural Abadideh” means an area that is recorded as Abadideh in the last settlement or Consolidation Settlement in the Record of Rights/Jamabandi and Map.

The Abadideh number means the Survey Number which is designated for purpose of Abadideh and is recorded as such and maintained in the Records of Rights and Maps, prepared under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Svt. 1996.

As per the regulations, “The work of the Survey Team constituted by the Assistant Record Officer will be supervised by the concerned Nodal Officer nominated for the purpose, the Record Officer, Deputy Record Officer, Assistant Record Officer, Block Development Officer of the Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and the Gram Panchayats on daily basis till the survey process concludes”.

Further, the boundaries of the survey number of the Abadideh area shown in the map of the first settlement or consolidation of the village or the local area will be demarcated by the Survey Team, on the spot with all assistance from Line Departments and Panchayati Raj Institutions.

The boundaries of the Abadideh area will be marked with limestone powder or by any other method as per the requirement of the Technical Agency.

As per the regulations, the Gram Sabha meeting will be held for the Abadideh survey. Gram Sabha or local area meetings will be held in the concerned villages/local area, under the direction of the officers of the concerned departments (Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Revenue Department).

The information/ notice for the Gram Sabha meeting shall be pasted in the Gram Panchayat and at all conspicuous places in the village/ area to be surveyed. iv. In the Gram Sabha or local area meeting, information will be given to the villagers about the survey method, survey activities and procedures, and benefits of the survey jointly by the Departments of Revenue, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and Technical Agency involved, the regulations read.

The regulations in detail talk about the work to be done by the survey team and technical agency, identification of boundaries, the numbering of plots, ground truthing, records of entries of the Abadideh survey form, publication of Abadideh records and hearing of objections.

The regulations also talk about the recording of category and sub-category of Abadideh area, preparation of index, entry and order on disputed plots, preparation of the map, verification of the finalized Ababideh records and preservation of rural Abadideh records.

As per the regulations, the Rural Abadideh Records prepared under these Regulations will be computerized by the Revenue Department.

A portal shall be developed to provide copies of computerized Rural Abadideh Records to the public on payment of fees or in a manner prescribed by the Government.

For the purpose of planned development of the village and collection of taxes, the entries of Rural Abadideh Records shall be updated by the Revenue Department as per the process prescribed by the Government.
The certificate of ownership of the property after completion of survey and Records Operation will be issued to land/property owner(s). Financial assistance may be granted by a Financial Institution to a land/property owner on the production of the Property Card, the regulations read.

“The Financial Institution shall make an entry against the property on the security of which the financial assistance has been granted and the entry so made shall have the effect of creating a charge in favour of the Financial Institution on the property against which the entry has been made and the holder of the property card shall be debarred from alienating the said property until the outstanding amount granted by the Financial Institution has been repealed together with interest due thereon”, the regulations read.

The Financial Institution shall endorse a copy of the relevant entries incorporated in the Property Card to the Revenue Officer as well as the Sub Registrar concerned, it added.