Standing Order No. 4336/2024 of the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Puducherry dated 20th March, 2024 on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper [C14-5VB]

Standing Order No. 4336/2024

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Puducherry

Puducherry, dated the 20th March, 2024

STANDING ORDER

To

All Deputy Tahsildars,

Subject: The cultivation of land as a sharecropper by sharecroppers under the Puducherry Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1973, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Puducherry Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1973 (Puducherry Act 9 of 1973), the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Puducherry hereby issues the following Standing Order for the guidance of all officers subordinate to it:

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 9 applies to the cultivation of land as a sharecropper by sharecroppers.

2. The matter has been examined. Every sharecropper carrying on the cultivation of land as a sharecropper shall make an application in Form 8 to the Sub-Divisional Officer within seven days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.

3. The Deputy Tahsildar shall ensure that survey number is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the Sub-Divisional Officer within seven days.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this standing order may be brought to the notice of the Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Puducherry.

(Secretary to Government)