The Andhra Pradesh Dotted Lands (Updation in Re-settlement Register) Act, 2017.

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THE ANDHRA PRADESH DOTTED LANDS 
(UPDATION IN RE-SETTLEMENT REGISTER)  ACT, 2017 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Sections

1.   Short title, extent and commencement.

2.   Definitions.

3.   Updation of Re-Settlement Register.

4.   Updation of Government Porombokes/Assigned/    

              Alienated/Transferred Lands/Other Lands.

5.   District Level Committee.

6.   Filling of claim.

7.   Disposal of claim.

8.   Appeal.

9.   Updation of Re-Settlement Register.

10. Deletion u/s 22-A(1) of the Registration Act, 1908.

11. Protection for acting in good faith.

12. Power to remove difficulty.

13. Power to make Rules.

THE ANDHRA PRADESH DOTTED LANDS 
(UPDATION IN RE-SETTLEMENT REGISTER)  ACT, 2017 

 (ACT No.10 of 2017)

[1st  May, 2017]

AN  ACT  TO  UPDATE  RE-SETTLEMENT  REGISTER  IN  RESPECT  OF 
SURVEY NUMBERS AGAINST WHICH DOTS HAVE BEEN PLACED, ALSO 
CALLED  DOTTED  LANDS  AND  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  MATTERS 
CONNECTED THEREWITH AND INCIDENTIAL THERETO.

Be, it enacted by the Legislature of State of Andhra Pradesh in the 
Sixty-eighth year of republic of India as follows:

1.  Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the 
Andhra  Pradesh  Dotted  Lands  (Updation  in  Re-settlement  Register)  Act, 
2017.



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(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may by 
notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.



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2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) “Documents” means registered documents, entries in 
Register  of  holdings  maintained  by  the  Registration 
department,  10(1)  account  and  Record  of  Rights 
maintained by the Revenue Department and order of 
decree of any court of competent authority.

(b)  “Dotted Lands” means the lands against  which dots 
were marked in the pattadar column No.(16) of the RE-
Settlement,  Register,  during  the  Resurvey  and 
Settlement operations;

(c)  “Government”  means  the  Government  of  Andhra 
Pradesh;

(d) “Notification” means the notification published in the 
Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the Word ‘notified’ shall 
be construed accordingly;

(e) “Person” means and includes individuals, institutions 
and organizations;

(f) “Re-Settlement Register” means the Register prepared 
after completion of resurvey and settlement operations 
around the year 1916 AD.  It is also called A-Register 
or Diglot.

3. Updation of Re-Settlement Register - The Re-Settlement Register shall 
be updated by replacing the Dots in column No.(16) with appropriate entry 
as per section 4  in respect of Dotted Lands.

4.Updation  of  Government  Porombokes/Assigned/Alienated/ 
Transferred Lands/ Other Lands -  (1) The entry in column No.(16) of Re-
Settlement Register in respect of Dotted Lands which have entries  of “P” in 
Column No.(5)  and  related  remarks  in  column No.(17)  which  are  found 
vacant and are not assigned or alienated or transferred or claimed by any 
person shall  be  replaced and updated by making  an entry  “Government 
Porombokes” in terms of the orders issued under section 7 or section 8 as 
the case may be;

(2) The entry in column No.(16) of Re-Settlement Register in respect of 
Dotted  Lands,  which  were  assigned  or  alienated  or  transferred  shall  be 
replaced  and updated by making an entry in the name of the assignee or 
alienee or  transferee,  as the case may be,  in terms of  the orders issued 
under section 7 or section 8 as the case may be,  and in column No.(17) of 
the resettlement  Register the entry “Government Assigned or Alienated or 
Transferred” as the case may be shall be made.

(3) The entry in Column No.(16) of Re-Settlement Register in respect of 
Dotted Lands which are not covered under sub-section (1) and (2) and are in 
possession of any person shall be replaced and updated by making an entry 
in the name of the person, in terms of the orders issued under section 7 or 
section 8 as the case may be;



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Explanation:- Continuous possession for a period of twelve years or more 
prior to the commencement of this Act by a person (present claimant or his 
predecessor in interest), based on documents shall be sufficient for updaton 
of his name in column No.(16) of Re-Settlement Register in respect of Dotted 
Lands covered under sub-section (3).

5. District Level Committee -   A District Level Committee, consisting of 
District  Collector  as  the  Chairperson,  Joint  Collector,  Sub-Collector  or 
Revenue  Divisional  Officer  as  members  and  the  Tahsildar  as  member-
convener, shall be competent to hear and issue orders on the claims filed 
under this Act;

6. Filing of claim -  (1) For updation of column No.(16) of Re-Settlement 
Register in respect of Dotted Lands covered under sub-section(1) and (2) of 
section 4, the Tahsildar shall file a claim, online in electronic form, before 
the District Level Committee.

(2)  For  updation  of  column  No.(16)  of  Re-Settlement  Register  in 
respect  of  Dotted  Lands  covered under  sub-section (3)  of  section 4,  the 
person in possession of  land shall  file  a  claim, online in electronic  form 
before the District Level Committee.

7. Disposal of claim -  The District Level Committee shall dispose of the 
claim on merits and pass a speaking order within six(6) months from the 
date of filing of claim;

8. Appeal - (1) An appeal against the orders of the District Level Committee 
shall lie before the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration within ninety 
(90) days;

(2) The decision of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration on 
such appeal shall be final;

9. Updation of Re-Settlement Register -  The updation of Re-Settlement 
Register  and  consequent  updation  of  other  revenue  records,  including 
digitally  maintained  records,  in  pursuance  of  the  orders  passed  under 
section 7 or  section 8 as the  case  may be,  shall  be  made within one(1) 
month;

10. Deletion u/s 22-A (1)  of the Registration Act,  1908 -  The Dotted 
Lands updated in the name of Person in column No.(16) of Re-Settlement 
Register shall be declared from the list of prohibitory lands notified under 
section 22-A (1) of the Registration Ac, 1908 (Act No.16 of 1908) as amended 
by the Andhra Pradesh Act No.19  of 2007 within one (1) month of the date 
of the order under section 7 or section 8 as the case may be;



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11. Protection for acting in good faith - No suit, prosecution or other legal 
proceedings shall  lie  against  any officer  of  the Government for  anything 
done in good faith under the provisions of this Act or the rules made there 
under;

12.  Power to remove difficulty - If any doubt or difficulty arises in giving 
effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, within a period of 
two (2) years from the date of commencement of this Act, by notification, 
make  such  provision  as  appears  to  it  to  be  necessary  or  expedient  for 
removing the difficulty;

13. Power to make Rules - (1) The Government may, by notification, make 
rules for carrying out all or the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall, immediately after it is made, 
be laid before the Legislature of the State, if it is in session and if it is not in 
session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen 
days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions 
and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is laid or the session 
immediately  following  the  Legislature  of  the  State  agrees  in  making  any 
modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall from 
the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only 
in  such  modified  from or  shall  stand  annulled  as  the  case  may  be,  so 
however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice 
to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

T. NARAYANA REDDY,
Secretary to Government (FAC),

Law Department.