REVENUE DEPARTMENT
Malappuram District started functioning with effect from 16.6.1969. This District is consisting of two Revenue Divisions, six Taluks, 135 Villages as follows. The Revenue administration is having four levels as follows.
The functions at each level are explained in brief, below. I. Village OfficesThe primary duty of the village officers is the maintenance of land records and collection of various Taxes. The following certificates are also issued by the Village officers. a) Income CertificatesApplication to be submitted to the Village Officer in the prescribed form. Court fee stamp worth Rs.1 to be affixed (SC/ST exempted). Income Certificate issued by the village officer is sufficient to produce before all state Government Authorities within Kerala State. Income Certificates to be produced outside Kerala state and Central Government Authorities are to be issued by the Tahsildars. There are provisions for filing appeals/revisions against the income certificates issued by the Village Officers and Tahsildars.
b) Community Certificate All Community certificates (except SC/ST Certificates) are being issued by the Village Officer. Application in the prescribed form to be submitted by the Village Officer. Court fee worth Rs.1. Community Certificates in respect of SC/ST Community will be issued by the Tahsildar, on the strength of the enquiry report of the Village officer. A list of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, other backward Communities in Kerala State is given below. List of Scheduled Castes in Kerala State
* (Excluding the areas comprising the Malabar District specified by Sub section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act 1956, (37 of 1956). ** ( in the areas comprising the Malabar District as specified bby subsection (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation on Act, 1956 (37 of 1956). List of Scheduled Tribes in the Kerala State
* ( in the areas comprising the Malabar District as specified by Subsection (2) of section 5 of the states Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956) ** (Excluding the areas comprising the Malabar District as specified by Subsection (2) of section 5 of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956) ***(in Hosdurg and Kadargod Taluks of Cannanore District) # Explanation: Malabar District shall mean the Malabar District referred to in subsection (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956) List of Other Backward classes in Kerala State
* (Kottar Chetties, Parakka Chetties, Elru Chetties, Atingal Chetties, Pudakkada Chetties, Iraniel Chetties, Sri Pandara Chetties, Telugu Chetties, Udayamkulangara Chetties, Wayanadan Chetties & Kalavara Chetties) ** (Arayan, Valan, Nulayan, Mukkuvan, Arayavathi, Valinjiar, Paniakkal, Mukaya, Bovi Mukayar and Mukaveeran) *** including Asari, Chaptegra, Kallasary, Kalthachan, Kammala, Kamsala, Kannan, Karuvan, Kitaran, Kollan, Malayala Kammala, Mossari, Pandikammala, Pandithattan, Perumkollan, Thachan, Thattan, Vilkurup, or Viswabrahamanar and Viswakarmala. **** Kani or Kaniyan (Ganaka) or Kanisan or Kamman *****(Kulala, Kulala Nair Andhra Nair or Anthuru Nair) ******(Hindu Nadar and Nadar included in S.I.U.C) ******* (Excluding Nadars Specified to item 44) ******** (Vanika, Vanika Vaisya, Vanibha Chetty, Vaniya Chetty. Ayiravar Nagarathar and Vaniyan) II. IN MALABAR DISTRICT
III. Through out the State except Malabar District
Through out the state except Kassaragod Taluk, Malabar District 1. Marati Explanation - Malabar District shall mean the Malabar District referred to in subsection (2) of section 5 of the States reorganisation Act 1956. 3. Nativity Certificates Nativity Certificates to the natives of the villages will be issued by the Village Officer. Natives means those who were born in the village including the children of the migrated parents. In all other cases residential certificates will be issued. Nativity Certificates to be produced before the defence authorities are being issued by the Additional District Megistrate. 4. Residence Certificate Application to be submitted to Village Officer. Court fee stamp worth Re.1. 5. Location Certificate Application to be submitted to Village Officer. Court fee stamp worth Re.1. 6. Identification Certificate Application to be submitted to Village Officer. Court fee stamp worth Re.1. 7. Solvency Certificates (Below Rs.5000) Solvency certificates below Rs.5000 will be issued by the Village Officer. Application along with original document of the property and encumbrance certificate for 12 years to be submitted to the Village Officer. 8. Possession Certificates Application with the concerned documents to be submitted to the Village Officer. Certificate will be issued after due enquiry. 9. Relationship Certificate Application with the concerned documents to be submitted to the Village Officer. Certificate will be issued after due enquiry. 10. Family Membership Certificate Application with the concerned documents to be submitted to the Village Officer. Certificate will be issued after due enquiry. 11. Certificates to prove marital relationship Application to be submitted to the Village officer along with marriage certificate and other documents. II. Taluk Office The following certificates are issued by the Tahsildars 1. Income Certificates to be produced before the Cetral Government Authorities and State Government Authorities other than Kerala. 2. Community Certificates in respect of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. 3. Solvency Certificates above Rs. 5000. 4. Possession and Enjoyment Certificate 5. Legal heirship Certificates. 6. Domicile Certificate. 7. Destitution Certificate. 8. Non creamilayer Certificate. In addition to the above the following financial assistances are also been sanctioned by the Tahsildar/District Collector. 1. Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund Financial Assistance is being sanctioned from the CMDRF to the victimes of natural calamity such as fire accident etc. Application to be submitted by the District Collector. 2. Financial Assistance to the Victims of Natural Calamities. Victims of the Natrural Calamity such as flood, drought, lightning, heavy rain etc. are being granted immediate financial assistance, as follows.
Petitions to be submitted to the Tahsildar/District Collector. 3. Hut insurance Scheme
Financial assistance will be granted under this scheme whose hut are
distroyed due to fire. The annual family income limit is Rs.15,000. An
amount of Rs.1,000 for the hut and Rs.500 for the utensiles etc. will be
granted. Application in duplicate in the prescribed form along with a copy
of the FIR is to be submitted to the Village Officer. The Sanctioning
authority in this scheme is the Revenue Divisional Officer. 4. Personal accident security scheme (PASS) This scheme is intended for providing financial assistance to the next of kin of the primary bread winner of the family who commits suicide or die in accident. The annual family income should not exceed Rs.7,200. An amount of Rs.3,000 will be granted. 5. Financial Assistance to the Victims of Motor Accidents Immediate relief amounting to Rs.1,000 in case of death and Rs.500 in case of injury will be granted. Application to be granted to the Tahsildar anlong with Police Mahazar and medical Certificate. 6. Solatium Fund Scheme. The victims of Hit and Run motor accidents are granted financial assistance under this scheme. An amount of Rs.25,000 will be granted in case of death and Rs.12,500 in case of injuries. Application in the prescribed form along with copies of FIR, Inquest report, Postmortom Certificate and a certificate obtained from the Police to the effect that the vehicle has not been identified is to be submitted to the District Collector. 7. National Family Benefit Scheme Under this scheme financial assistance will be granted to the legal heir of the deceased whose family is below the poverty line. Financial assistance will be granted only in the case of death of the primary bread winner of the family. The deceased should be in the age group of 18-64 years. Application in the prescribed form in duplicate with copy of death Certificate to be submitted to District Collector. 8. Financial assistance to TB patients TB patients having annual income below Rs.2,400 are eligible for financial assistance under this scheme. Alligation with medical certificate should be submitted to the Tahsildar. 9. Financial assistance to Leprosy patients Eligibility for financial assistance under this scheme is furnished below. a. Applicant should be the resident of Kerala State continuously for two years. b. Annual income below Rs.2,400. c. Applicant should be aged 21 or more. d. Applicant should be a destitute (Not having husband, wife, father, mother or son). Application to be submitted to the Tahsildars. 10. Financial assistance to the Cancer patients Eligibility for financial assistance under this scheme is furnished below. a. Applicant should be the resident of Kerala State continuously for two years. b. Annual income below Rs.2,400. c. Applicant should be aged 21 or more. d. Applicant should be a destitute (Not having husband, wife, father, mother or son). Application to be submitted to the Tahsildars. OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF REVENUE DEPARTMENT Revenue Recovery All amounts due to Government which have fallen arrears are being recovered from the defaulters under the Revenue Recovery Act. For realising the amount the following steps are taken among others a. Attachment and Sale of movable and immovable properties of the defaulter b. Arrest and detention of the defaulter. Building Tax Building Tax is levied on the basis of the plinth area of the building . For this purpose the buildings are classified as residential buildings and other buildings. The existing rates of building Tax is given below. Residential Building
Other Building
Assignment of Government Land Government purampokku lands will be assigned to eligible persons as per the Kerala Land Assignment Act and Rules. The application is to be submitted to the Tahsildar. Assignment of Surplus Land Application should be submitted to the Tahsildar as and when notification is published in the local news papers. Lease Government land will be assisgned on lease as per the provisions of Kerala Land Assignment Act and Rules. Citizenship Registration Application for registration as Indian citizen under the citizenship Act and Rules is to be submitted to the District Collector. Gun licence Application for Gun licence under the Indian Arms and Rules is to be submitted to the District Collector/Additional District Magistrate. Explosive licence Application for various licences under the Explosives Act and Rules are also to be submitted to the Collector/Additional District Magistrate. Magisterial Powers Revenue Officers of and above the Rank of Tahsildars are functioning as Executive Magistrates, under the Criminal Procedure Code. They are responsible for the maintance of law and order, communal harmony etc. They are also empowered to take preventive mesures to maintain law and order. Election Another important item of work attended by the Revenue Department is the Election to the house of people, Legislative Assembly and Local Self Government Institutions. The District Collector is the District Election Officer. The District Election Officer shall Co-ordinate and supervise all works in the District in connection with the preparation and revision of electoral rolls and conduct of election. The Taluk Tahsildars are designated as the Electoral Registration Officers in respect of Parliament and Assembly Elections. The Block Development Officers are the Electoral Registration Officers in respect of election to the Local Self Government Institutions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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