(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Code.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may also provide for-
(i) The terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other members of the Board;
(ii) Regulating the distribution of business of the Board and making territorial division of its jurisdiction;
(iii) Guidelines for alteration, abolition or creation of revenue areas;
(iv) The procedure for demarcation of boundaries, the specification, construction and maintenance of boundary marks, levy and recovery of cost thereof;
(iv-A) The procedure for survey operation and record operation including demarcation of abadi by the use of available modern technology and digitalization process;
(v) The procedure of preparation and maintenance of maps, documents, statements, records and registers under this Code, procedure for their inspection and supply of certified copies or extracts thereof;
(vi) The procedure for submission of reports about succession and transfer, by the registering authority to the Tahsildar and for revision of village records, including proceedings for mutation and correction of village records;
(vii) The procedure for preparation, supply and maintenance of Kisan Bahi and matters connected therewith, including fees to be charged therefor;
(viii) The procedure regarding plantation of trees on the sides of public roads, paths or canals and determination of disputes regarding trees in abadi and unoccupied land;
(ix) The protection, preservation and disposal of properties belonging to or vested in the State Government, Gram Panchayat or other local authority, including determination of compensation for damages misappropriation or wrongful occupation thereof;
(x) The principles for assessment of land revenue, including its variation, remission, suspension and apportionment;
(xi) The procedure for collection of land revenue and other public moneys, and the matters connected with the execution of various processes therefor, including the fixation of costs and collection charges;
(xii) The procedure regarding fixation and commutation of rent, including circumstances in which the arrears of rent could be written off;
(xiii) The procedure for appointment of legal practitioners in litigation relating to a Gram Panchayat or a Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti, and the terms and conditions of such appointment;
(xiv) The procedure relating to conduct and prosecution of suits, appeals and other proceedings, including the procedure of conducting various inquiries under the provisions of this Code;
(xv) The procedure for granting lease by the Collector, cancellation of such lease and eviction of unauthorized occupants from the land belonging to the State Government, Gram Panchayat and local authority;
(xvi) The procedure regarding allotment of land entrusted to the Gram Panchayat, restoration of possession to the allottee and cancellation of such allotment;
(xvii) The duties of any officer or authority having jurisdiction under this Code and the procedure to be followed by him;
(xviii) Imposition of limits of time within which any act specified under this Code has to be performed;
(xix) The fees to be paid in respect of suits, appeals, applications and other proceedings under this Code;
(xx) The regulation of fishing in rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks entrusted to a Gram Panchayat or other local authority;
(xxi) The regulation of pasture lands, cremation or burial grounds, and catching,hunting and shooting of animals and birds in villages;
(xxii) Any other matter for which rules are required to be or may be made under this Code.
(3) The rules and orders made by the State Government or the Board before the commencement of this Code, under any of the enactments repealed and in force on the date of such commencement, shall, except to the extent of inconsistency with the provisions thereof, continue to be in force, until they are rescinded, altered or substituted in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(4) It shall be lawful for the State Government, in making rules under this section, to prescribe that any person committing a breach of the same shall in addition to any other consequences that would ensue from such breach, be punishable with such fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees as the officer or authority specified for the purpose may deem fit to impose.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may also provide for-
(i) The terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other members of the Board;
(ii) Regulating the distribution of business of the Board and making territorial division of its jurisdiction;
(iii) Guidelines for alteration, abolition or creation of revenue areas;
(iv) The procedure for demarcation of boundaries, the specification, construction and maintenance of boundary marks, levy and recovery of cost thereof;
(iv-A) The procedure for survey operation and record operation including demarcation of abadi by the use of available modern technology and digitalization process;
(v) The procedure of preparation and maintenance of maps, documents, statements, records and registers under this Code, procedure for their inspection and supply of certified copies or extracts thereof;
(vi) The procedure for submission of reports about succession and transfer, by the registering authority to the Tahsildar and for revision of village records, including proceedings for mutation and correction of village records;
(vii) The procedure for preparation, supply and maintenance of Kisan Bahi and matters connected therewith, including fees to be charged therefor;
(viii) The procedure regarding plantation of trees on the sides of public roads, paths or canals and determination of disputes regarding trees in abadi and unoccupied land;
(ix) The protection, preservation and disposal of properties belonging to or vested in the State Government, Gram Panchayat or other local authority, including determination of compensation for damages misappropriation or wrongful occupation thereof;
(x) The principles for assessment of land revenue, including its variation, remission, suspension and apportionment;
(xi) The procedure for collection of land revenue and other public moneys, and the matters connected with the execution of various processes therefor, including the fixation of costs and collection charges;
(xii) The procedure regarding fixation and commutation of rent, including circumstances in which the arrears of rent could be written off;
(xiii) The procedure for appointment of legal practitioners in litigation relating to a Gram Panchayat or a Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti, and the terms and conditions of such appointment;
(xiv) The procedure relating to conduct and prosecution of suits, appeals and other proceedings, including the procedure of conducting various inquiries under the provisions of this Code;
(xv) The procedure for granting lease by the Collector, cancellation of such lease and eviction of unauthorized occupants from the land belonging to the State Government, Gram Panchayat and local authority;
(xvi) The procedure regarding allotment of land entrusted to the Gram Panchayat, restoration of possession to the allottee and cancellation of such allotment;
(xvii) The duties of any officer or authority having jurisdiction under this Code and the procedure to be followed by him;
(xviii) Imposition of limits of time within which any act specified under this Code has to be performed;
(xix) The fees to be paid in respect of suits, appeals, applications and other proceedings under this Code;
(xx) The regulation of fishing in rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks entrusted to a Gram Panchayat or other local authority;
(xxi) The regulation of pasture lands, cremation or burial grounds, and catching,hunting and shooting of animals and birds in villages;
(xxii) Any other matter for which rules are required to be or may be made under this Code.
(3) The rules and orders made by the State Government or the Board before the commencement of this Code, under any of the enactments repealed and in force on the date of such commencement, shall, except to the extent of inconsistency with the provisions thereof, continue to be in force, until they are rescinded, altered or substituted in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(4) It shall be lawful for the State Government, in making rules under this section, to prescribe that any person committing a breach of the same shall in addition to any other consequences that would ensue from such breach, be punishable with such fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees as the officer or authority specified for the purpose may deem fit to impose.
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