‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎255v] (58/192)

BOMBAY ADMINISTBATION BEPOBT.
talukas of the Hyderabad district, in Nawabshah, More, Sakrand NamK i,
and Kandiaro talukas of the Nawabshah district, in Mirpur Sakro’ gCi'
talukas and newly surveyed 77 dehs of the Karachi taluka of the Kar ?
district and in Mirpur Khas, Jamesabad, Digri, Umarkot, Khipro and s, r i
talukas of the Thar Parkar district. The work has been actually
out in Eohri (with the exception of one deh Kartar which was under w n
i Garhi Yasin talukas of the Sukkur district and in the three Mukas of tk
ichi district. The re-writing was postponed in Sukkur taluka owino t
non-observance of the preliminaries and formalities which are necessary bef °
the re-writing is commenced; in Shikarpur, Sakrand and the ' ' ' 016
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the Thar Parkar district owing to the fact that proposals for revision f
settlement were under investigation; in Tando Bago, Nawabshah andMoro
owing to the village establishment being busy with the preparation of electoral
rolls; and in Naushahro and Kandiaro owing to the abnormally large number
of heirship cases remaining undisposed of. In Gruni, Badin and Dero Motbat
the re-writing has been commenced. The re-writing work in Hala and Hyder
abad talukas of the Hyderabad district, in Sehwan, Dadu and Johi talukas of tbe
Larkana district and in Sinjhoro taluka of the Nawabshah district referred to
in the previous year’s report was completed during the year underreport.
3. The work of measuring fresh sub-divisions of survey numbers was
except in the Sukkur district, up to date and it was done by the village establish
ment as a part of their ordinary duty. The total number of cases in which
acquisition of rights was not reported during the year was 2,156 and the fine
imposed amounted roughly to Rs. 3,500.
5.—Wards’ and other Estates.
For details see the Report of the T&lukadari Settlement Officer, the Report on the Administration of Incumbered
Estates in Sind and the Reports on the Administration of Minors’ Estates and of tlie Estates under the
management of the Court of Wards for 1919 - 20 .
I.— Estates in charge of the Ta'lukda'ri Settlement Officee.
1. The Talukdari Settlement Officer is responsible for the collection of
jama and tahdvi of all talukdari estates in the Ahmedabad district and is also
in revenue charge of them. The jama demand of the district including past
arrears was Rs. 7,48,196, out of which Rs. 5,79,659 were recovered and
Rs. 8,440 were written off, leaving a balance of Rs. 1,60,097 for future collection.
The season being favourable, one half of the suspended revenue of. last year,
and in some cases the whole of that revenue, was recovered in addition to tbe
current year’s demand. The sum of Rs. 1,60,097 shown as balance represents
chiefly the remaining half of the suspended revenue of last year, which under
the rules could not be recovered this year. Tahdvi was granted to the extent
of Rs. 1,96,224, while Rs. 5,87,885 were recovered during the year.
2. A list of all estates under the management of the Talukdari Settlement
Officer is given below
Guardians and Wards Act
Civil Procedure Code, Schedule 3 , paragraph 7
Civil Procedure Code, order 40 , rule 5
Gujarat Tdlukdars’ Act, section 26
Do. section 28
Land Revenue Code, section 144
For loan and takdvi debts due to Government—
(i) Formerly managed under Act VI of 1862
(ii) Others.
On behalf of creditors
Miscellaneous
Total
3. The total rental demand of the estates under management, ^ ^
arrears of past years, was Rs. 5,67,708, out of which Rs. 4,43,286 were c ’
and Rs. 17,394 were written off, leaving a balance of Rs. 1,07,028
collection. The large balance is due to the previous year’s suspense g
only one half of which was collected this year. The amount remit e