The Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue of (Assessment and Settlement of Land Revenue of Agricultural Lands) Rules, 1969
Published vide Notification No. RD/LRC/245/69-71/18, dated 16th February, 1971
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RD/LRC/245/69-71-XVIII. - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 199 of the Land Revenue Code, 1968 (9 of 1969) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf the Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu is hereby pleased to make the following rules.
- Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue of (Assessment and Settlement of Land Revenue of Agricultural Lands) Rules, 1969.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
- Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context requires otherwise-
(a) "Chavdi" means a local village Panchayat office or other convenient and centrally located public place as the Collector may direct;
(b) "code" means the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968;
(c) "Director" means the Director of Settlement and Land Records;
(d) "Section" means Section of the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968;
- Formation of zones.- For purposes of settlement of agricultural land in any part of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, the Director shall, with the approval of the Government, divide the lands under settlement into zones in accordance with the provisions of clause 41 of section 2.
- Formation of Groups.- In making settlement, the settlement officer shall, with the sanction of the Director, divide the lands in the zone constituted under rule 3 into groups having regard to the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 69 and shall hold an enquiry in the manner prescribed in rule 5.
- Enquiry by the Settlement Officer.- The Settlement Officer shall examine fully the past revenue history of the zone, the impact of development activities undertaken by the Government and assess the general effect of the incidence of assessment on the social and economic conditions of the people in the zone. He shall collect information relating to the zone in respect of the following manner.
(i) Physical Configuration: The Settlement Officer shall base the information on observations made by him personally;
(ii) Climate and rainfall: The Settlement Officer shall base the information as regards climate on personal observations made by him by making local enquiries in the zone. He shall collect statistics of rainfall for thirty years preceding the year in which the settlement enquiry is held from the Director of Agriculture and compile the same in Form 1. He shall also collect information regarding the seasonal conditions of the zone from the Director of Agriculture and verify it by reference to reports relating to the zone, if any, issued by Government.
(iii) Prices: The Settlement Officer shall obtain information about the wholesale prices per quintal and retail prices per kilogram of the principal crops which prevailed at each marketing centre in the zone for the last 10 years or such lesser number of years as the case may be, from the Director of Agriculture and compile it in Form 2. Where more varieties than one of any crops are grown, the prices of such varieties as may be specified by the Director shall be obtained:
Provided that in places where the Director of Agriculture is not able to furnish such information, such prices for agricultural produce at marketing centre used by the producers may be collected by local enquiry:
Provided further that if during the aforesaid period, the prices of crop had been controlled by the Government for any period then in respect of such crop prices shall be collected for the period during which the prices were not so controlled.
The Settlement Officer shall thereupon work out the average of the wholesale prices so collected in respect of each marketing center and compile it in Form 3.
The Settlement Officer shall thereafter calculate on the basis of information collected in Form 3, the average wholesale prices of the crops in respect of the villages in the group selected under clause (iv) and compile it in Form 4. The average price so determined shall be called the Settlement price for the group.
(iv) Yield of principal crops: For the purposes of this clause, the Settlement Officer shall, with the previous sanction of the Director, select such number of villages in the group as may not be less than 25 per cent of the total number of villages in the group. In respect of the villages so selected the Settlement Officer shall collect from the Collector and the Director of Agriculture, the information regarding the result of crop cutting experiments recorded by them for the last ten years or for such lesser number of years, as the case may be. He shall also try to ascertain by crop cutting experiments or by examination of accounts of individual agriculturists, the normal yield per Hectare of the principal crops grown on each class of land not having extra advantages such as wells, alluvial deposits, and irrigation. He shall tabulate the information so collected in Form 5 and 6 in respect of each of the aforesaid villages showing the average yield per Hectare and therefore calculate the average yield per Hectare for all the selected villages which will be the average for the group. He shall then calculate the cash value of such average yield at the settlement price determined under clause (iii).
(v) Markets: The Settlement Officer shall base the information on personal observations made by him;
(vi) Communications: The Settlement Officer shall base the information on personal observations made by him;
(vii) Standard of husbandry: The Settlement Officer shall base the information on personal observations made by him;
(viii) Population and supply of labour: The Settlement Officer shall collect information about population according to occupation and supply of labour from the last census report and shall compile the information regarding population in Form 7. He shall also ascertain the conditions as regards supply of labour in each of the villages selected by him for purposes of clause (iv);
(ix) Agricultural resources: The Settlement Officer shall obtain information regarding figures of live stock, agricultural implements and other agricultural resources from the Mamlatdar and shall compile it in Form 8;
(x) Variations in the area of occupied and cultivated lands during the last thirty years: The Settlement Officer, shall obtain the information from the Mamlatdar and shall compile it in Form 9 and 10;
(xi) Wages: The Settlement Officer shall obtain the necessary information from the Mamlatdar and verify the information about wages current during the year of enquiry from personal observations. He shall compile the information in Form 11;
(xii) Ordinary expenses of cultivating principal crops, including the value of the labour in cultivating the land in term of wages: The information shall be collected on the basis of crop cutting experiments referred to in clause (iv) or by examining the accounts of individual agriculturists. The result shall be recorded in the form of a statement of income and expenditure showing the net profit per hectare.
- Determination of average yield and fixation of standard rate.- On the basis of the information collected after enquiry under rule 5, the Settlement Officer shall first determine the average yield of crops of lands in each group and fix the standard rate of assessment for each group in accordance with the provisions in clause (32) of Section 2.
- Settlement report.- (1) The Settlement Officer shall incorporate the information collected by him in regard to the matters specified in rule 5 in his settlement report. The report shall contain the reasons for his proposals and a statement in Form 12 showing the effect of his proposals as compared to that of the settlement then in force.
(2) The Settlement Officer shall send three copies of the report submitted by him to the Collector under sub-section (5) of section 71 to the Director who shall arrange for its translation in Marathi and have it printed.
- Report to be published in each village.- The settlement report shall be published by the Collector in each village concerned in Konkani, Marathi and English by posting it alongwith the notice in Form 13 as required by sub-section (2) of section (72) for three months in chavdi or other prominent public place in such village and also at the Taluka office.
- Report to be forwarded to the Government.- After the expiry of the three months from the date of the notice published under sub-section (2) of section 72, the Collector shall (as soon as may be) forward the settlement report and the applications of objections, if any, received by him together with his remarks thereon [................]to the Government.
- Notice of introduction of Settlement.- (1) The notice under Section 75 shall be in Form 14 and shall be published by the Collector in each village concerned in Konkani, Marathi and English by posting it in the chavdi or in the other prominent public place in such village and by beat of drum.
(2) Such notice shall also be published by the Government in the Official Gazette.
- Assessment of individual survey numbers and sub-division.- (1) When standard rates of assessment have been sanctioned by the Government, the assessment to be imposed on each survey number or sub-division shall be determined according to the relative classification value of the land comprised therein, in accordance with the tables of calculations prepared by the Director.
(2) The assessment to be imposed on each survey number or sub-division after a revision settlement shall be worked out by increasing or decreasing the old assessment in the same proportion as there is an increase or decrease in the new standard rates over the existing maximum or standard rates in respect of such lands:
Provided that of the classification value of the land comprised in such survey number of sub-division is changed or there are other good and sufficient reasons, the assessment shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (1).
Form 1
[Rule 5 (ii)]
Rainfall recorded at_________________________ district_______________________ for the years
| Year | Early rain (1stJanuary to 10thApril) | Ante-monsoon (11thApril to 4thJune) | Monsoon Kharif (5thJune to 14thAugust) | Monsoon Rabi (15thAugust to 21stOctober) | Late rains (22ndOctober to 31stDecember) | Total | Remarks | ||||||
| Fall Rainy days | Fall Rainy days | Fall Rainy days | Fall Rainy days | Fall Rainy days | Fall Rainy days | ||||||||
| mm. | No. | mm. | No. | mm. | No. | mm. | No. | mm. | No. | mm. | No. | ||
| Average | |||||||||||||
- B.: The statistics should be collected for the last 30 years.
Form 2
[Rule 5 (iii)]
Price prevalent in the_____________________________ Taluka, District___________________ from_______________________________to
| Year | Name of the marketing Centre | Retail prices | Wholesale prices | ||||||||
| Rupees per kg. | Rupees per quintal | ||||||||||
| [For crops grown in the Taluka and referred to in Explanation to clause (iv) of Rule 5] | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
N.B.:-Figures for the last 3-10 years should be given
Form 3
[Rule 5 (iii)]
Average of Prices of Principal Crops in Marketing Centres
| Name of the marketing Centre | Year | Average price for each principal crop per quintal | ||||||||||||||
| Juwar | Wheat | Bajri | Bagai | Rice | Tur | Maize | ||||||||||
| Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | |||
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Average price for the centre................... Average price for the centre................... |
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Note: 1) This form is prepared for all market Centres in the Zone for the required crops.
2) The price for each year should be the average of prices during the months specified by Director of Settlement and Land Records.
3) The statements showing how the average of prices for each year have been worked out should be preserved by the Settlement Officers.
Form 4
[Rule 5 (iii)]
Average of Prices of Principal Crops in Selected Villages
Group
| Name of selected village | Name of the Marketing Centre | Price at the marketing Centre | Deductions | Price at the village | |||||||||||||||
| Bajri | Juwar | Rice | Cartage | Octroi | Other deduction | Bajri | Juwar | Rice | |||||||||||
| Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3(a) | 3(b) | 3(c) | 4(a) | 4(b) | 4(c) | 5(a) | 5(b) | 5(c) | |||||||||
| Average price | |||||||||||||||||||
Note:- 1) The marketing centre for each selected village should be ascertained by the Settlement Officer and Column 3 should be filled in for this Centre as worked out in Form 3.
2) The deductions under columns 4(a), 4(b)............... should be ascertained by Settlement Officer after careful enquiry.
3) The figures in column 5(a), 5(b)....... will be added and simple average drawn up.
This form will be prepared for each group.
Form 5
[Rule 5 (iv)]
Statement shaving the actual yield of each principal crop
| Zone | Group | District |
| Crop: - Bajri Mixture (Bajri, Tur, Kulthe) | ||
| Name of the selected village | Year of experiment | Nature of season | Agency | Survey No. | Class of land | Classification value | Area to which the yield relates | ||||
| Dry | Rice | Garden | Good | Medium | Inferior | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6a | 6b | 6c | 7 | 8a | 8b | 8c |
| Actual yield in kgs. | ||||||||
| Good Area | Medium Area | Inferior Area | ||||||
| Bajri | Tur | Kulthe | Bajri | Tur | Kulthe | Bajri | Tur | Kulthe |
| 9a | 9b | 9c | 10a | 10b | 10c | 11a | 11b | 11c |
(1) The above information is to be tabulated for all selected villages in the group arranged alphabetically.
(2) The information is to be collected from the Collector, Agriculture Department and Local inquiry including the experiments performed by the S. O. himself. The local inquiry figures should of specific yields obtained in specific fields and deemed reliable by the Settlement Officer.
(3) The totals arc drawn up for each village, after each year, of column 8a to 11c.
(4) The information in column 7 will be obtained from Land Records and will be blank for unclassified lands.
(5) For purposes of columns 8,9,10 and 11 land bearing classification value of 11 annas and more shall be taken as good, from six annas and below eleven annas as medium and below six annas as inferior. When the lands are not classified, the sub-class shall be determined by local enquiries.
(6) The figures of actual yields, when obtained from crop cutting experiments should be yields after the crops arc allowed to dry or after applying the reduction as per driage factor, obtained from the Agricultural Department.
(7) Similar forms will be prepared for each of the main crops in each class or land, in each group.
(8) In case of mixture crop, mixture crop as such should be taken as a single crop and for each area in column 8a, 8b, 8c, the yields for each of the constituted crops in the field should be ascertained and noted in the appropriate column 9a to 11c. If the crop is a single crop the columns 9b, 9c, 10b, 10c, 11b, 11c, will be blank. If the mixture is of two crops the columns 9c, 10c, 11c, will be blank.
(9) When in case of mixture crops the crops experiment results for the principal cereal are available, the corresponding for the other constituent crops should be filled in by local enquiry.
Form 6
[See Rule 5 (iv)]
Statement thawing the average yield per hectare of the groups
| Name of the selected village | Year | Average area to which yield relates for the year in column 2 | Average yield for the year in Column 2 in respect of the area in column 3 | ||||||||||
| Good | Medium | Inferior | Bajri mixture | Juwar mixture | Rice mixture etc. | ||||||||
| Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3a | 3b | 3c | 4a | 4b | 4c | 5a | 5b | 5c | 6a | 6b | 6c |
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19 - 19 19 - 19 19 - 19 |
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| Average yield per Hectare per village of the village in column 1 | Average yield per Hectare of the group | ||||||||||||||||
| Bajri mixture | Juwar mixture | Rice mixture, etc. | Bajri mixture | Juwar mixture | Rice mixture, etc. | ||||||||||||
| Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior | Good | Medium | Inferior |
| 7a | 7b | 7c | 8a | 8b | 8c | 9a | 9b | 9c | 10a | 10b | 10c | 11a | lib | 11c | 12a | 12b | 12c |
- Yield in column 7a=4a-3a; similarly Column 7b=4b-3b; 7c=4c-3c and so on...........
| II. Yield in Column 10a= | Total of 7a in respect of all selected villages
No. of selected villages |
| III. Yield in Column 10b | Total of 7b in respect of all selected villages......and so on
No. of selected villages |
Form 7
[Rule 5 (viii)]
Details of population according to occupation
| Agricultural population | Total | N.A. population | ||
| Having interest in land | ||||
| Tenants and sub-shares | Other land holders | Labourers | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
N.B.:- The figures at the time of the last settlement should be first be given. Below them the latest figures available should be mentioned.
Form 8
[Rule 5 (ix)]
Agricultural stock of the.......................... Government villages in the Taluka of...... District.................. During the years 19..............
| Number of villages | Cattle | |||||||||
| For plough | For breeding | For other purposes | Milk cattle | Young stock | ||||||
| Oxen | He Buffaloes | Bulls | Bull Buffaloes | Oxen | He Buffaloes | Cows | She Buffalo | Oxen | Buffalo-Calves | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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| Total | Horses and Ponies | Sheep | Goats | Plough | Carts | Other implements | Cropped land per pair of plough cattle Hectare | ||
| Small | Large (i.e. of over 2 cattle) | For Passengers | For produce and goods | ||||||
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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- B.:- Figures at the time of the last settlement should first be given below them the latest figures available should be mentioned.
Form 9
[Rule 5 (x)]
Details of cultivation and crops of the.................Taluka of the................ District.............for the year
| Number of villages in each group | Cultivated and uncultivated area | |||||||||
| Gross area sown | Deduct twice cropped area | Deduct unassessed land sown | Net assessed cropped area | And fallow land | Total area occupied for cultivation | Cultivable waste unoccupied | Not available for cultivation | |||
| Assessed | Unassessed | Forest | Other including uncultivable | |||||||
| 1 | 2(a) | 2(b) | 2(c) | 2(d) | 2(e) | 2(f) | 2(g) | 2(h) | 2(i) | 2(j) |
| Details of column 2 Cereals and Pulses | |||||||||||
| Gross area | Rice | Wheat | Juwar | Bajri | Ragi | Maize | Gran | Mug | Uddid | Math | Val |
| 3 | 4(a) | 4(b) | 4(c) | 4(d) | 4(e) | 4(f) | 4(g) | 4(h) | 4(i) | 4(j) | 4(k) |
| Details of column 2 Cereals and Pulses (Contd.) | Condiments and Spices | ||||||||||
| Chawali | Kulthi | Watana | Masur | Other cereals & Pulses | Total | Onion | Chillis | Ginger | Turmeric | Garlic | Others |
| 4(l) | 4(m) | 4(n) | 4(o) | 4(p) | 4(q) | 5(a) | 5(b) | 5(c) | 5(d) | 5(e) | 5(f) |
| Straches | Sugar | Oil Seeds | Drugs and Narcotics | Fodder | |||||||
| Cane | Palm Trees | Groundnut | Coconut | Others | Total | Betel leave | Betel nut | Cashew | Total | ||
| 5(g) | 5(h) | 5(i) | 6(a) | 6(b) | 6(c) | 6(d) | 7(a) | 7(b) | 7(c) | 7(d) | 8 |
| Fruits and Vegetables including Root crops | Miscellaneous | Grass | Fallow details (as required) | Remarks | |||||
| Gavar | Others | Food | Non-food | Prickly pear & weeds | Salt Efflorescence | True Rotation fallow | Total | ||
| 9(a) | 9(b) | 10(a) | 10(b) | 11 | 12(a) | 12(b) | 12(c) | 12(d) | 13 |
Form 10
[Rule 5 (x)]
Details of occupied, cultivated, fallow, etc., lands in the villages of the...................Taluka, District..................year by year from................ to..............
| Year | Total | Occupied area of which | Government waste | Forest | Other | Gross area | Remarks | |
| Cultivated | Fallow | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
- B.- Figures for the last 30 years should be given.
Form 11
[Rule 5 (xi)]
Statement showing agricultural wages prevalent in...................... Taluka................... District...................... from..................... to................
| Year | Agricultural wages |
| Rs. P. |
- B.- Figures for the last 30 years should be given.
Form 12
(Rule 7)
Effect of Revision Settlement proposals on Government occupied land in the taluka of____________ in the District
| Sr. No. | Name of village | No. of group | By former Settlement | |||||||||
| Standard rates | Dry crop | Rice | ||||||||||
| Dry crop | Rice | Garden | Warkas | Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| By former Settlement | ||||||||
| Garden | Warkas | Total | ||||||
| Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| By Revision Settlement | ||||||||||||
| Standard rate | Dry crop | Rice | Garden | |||||||||
| Dry Crop | Rice | Garden | Warkas | Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| By Revision Settlement | Percentage increase or decrease | Name of the Village | Sr. No. | |||||
| Warkas | Total | |||||||
| Area | Assessment | Average | Area | Assessment | Average | |||
| 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
Form '13'
(Rule 8)
Notice under Section 72(2) of the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968.
Notice about the standard rates proposed by the Settlement Officer.
It is hereby made known to the people of the under mentioned villages* of Taluka District that the revision of the assessment of the lands of the said villages* used for agriculture is about to be effected and that it is proposed to divide the said villages* into the following groups the existing and proposed standard rates in each group being as shown against it in the following list:-
| Name of villages in the group | Standard rates according to existing settlement per acre | Standard rates proposed by revision settlement per acre | ||||||||||||
| Dry crop | Rice | Garden | Dry | Rice | Garden | Warkas | ||||||||
| Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | Rs. | P. | |
| Group I
Group II Group III |
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Reasons for alteration in the rates:
| The result so far as the village of ............. is concerned is that the assessment in the village is | raised
lowered |
by.................. paise in the rupee. |
A copy of the Settlement Officer's report together with its appendices is also posted along with this notice in the
| Village chavdi
Other public place |
and at the Taluka office and is open to the inspection of any person interested. |
Any person may submit to the Collector objections in writing to the proposals contained in the settlement report within three months from the date of this notice.
Dated :
Collector
Form '14'
(Rule 10)
Notice under Section 75 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968.
Whereas the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu has been pleased to sanction, under sub-section (1) of section 73 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968, the revised settlement of assessment of such lands as are now original.
Actually used for the purposes of agriculture alone and of unoccupied cultivable lands (but excepting lands classed as pot kaharab) in the
| village
below mentioned villages |
of the Taluka notice is hereby given under Section 75 of the said Code that the said assessments |
| calculated according to the standard rates as noted | below
[in the accompanying Akarband] |
shall be levied from ................ and remain in force |
for a term of........... years from............. to...........
| Class of land | Standard rate | Approximate increase, or decrease in the rupee of the existing assessment |
| Dry crop......................................
Rice............................................. Bagayat....................................... Others.......................................... |
Rs. P. | Rs. P. |
- Government hereby reserves to itself the power to assess under section 80 any land to additional land revenue during the terms of this settlement for additional advantage accruing to it from water received on account of the construction of new irrigation works of improvements in existing irrigation works completed after the Government directed the settlement under Section 68 but not effected by or at the expense of the holder of the land.
- In addition to the assessment, a cess not exceeding such rates as may be allowed by law shall be levied for the purpose of providing funds for expenditure on objects of local public utility and improvement.