Section 153State of Karnataka Act

Section 153: Procedure in certain cases of survey under section 152 and charge of a survey fee

Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964

Procedure in certain cases of survey under section 152 and charge of a survey fee.

(1)

When a survey is ordered under section 152 to any area within the limits of any city or town containing more than five thousand inhabitants,-

(a)

the Survey Officer shall publish a notification in the prescribed manner, inviting all persons having any interest in the land or in the boundaries of which the survey has been ordered, to attend either in person or by agent at a specified place and time and from time to time thereafter, when called upon, for the purpose of pointing out boundaries and supplying information in connection therewith;

(b)

each holder of a building site within such area shall be liable to pay a survey fee assessed on the area of such land by the Deputy Commissioner in the prescribed manner; provided that no survey fee shall be payable,-

(i)by the State Government; or

(ii)in respect of buildings and lands exclusively occupied for public worship or for charitable purposes, which under any law relating to a local authority having jurisdiction over the area are exempt from the levy of a tax on lands and buildings.

(2)

Any survey fee assessed in accordance with sub-section (1) shall be payable within three months from the date of service of a notice by the Deputy Commissioner upon the person liable therefor, after the completion of the survey of the area within the limits of the city or town or of such part thereof as the notice shall refer to. Such survey fee shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.

Sec 152 — Survey of lands and their boundaries within sites of villages or the limits of cities and towns how to be conducted

Sec 154 — Certificate to be granted without extra charge

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