Government in their G.O. (Perm) No.210 Revenue (SS 1(1) Department dated 8.7.2011, have issued instructions for
disposing the Patta Transfer applications in respect of not involving Sub-division and Involving Sub-Division.
Accordingly, cases where not involving sub-division, shall be disposed within 15 days from the date of receipt of
patta transfer application by the Zonal Deputy cases where not involving sub-division, shall be disposed within 15 days Tahsildar concerned.
The cases where involving Sub-division, shall be disposed within 30 days from the date of receipt of patta transfer application by the Tahsildars concerned.
Now, with the Computerisation of basic records ie., A-Register and Chitta was completed using Tamil Nilam Software and
Computer generated extracts of land records could be downloaded from the website under e-service "Anytime Anywhere"
Accordingly, in G.O.Ms.No.303 Revenue (SSII(2)) Department dated 27.12.2016 Government have issued orders for the implementation of Online Patta Transfer System
for Transfer of Registry by superseding the procedure laid down in the earlier G.O.(Perm) No.210 Revenue dated 8.7.2011.
RSO 31 8(A) thus says that “Against the orders of the Tahsildar or Deputy Tahsildar, the affected person may file an appeal to the Divisional Officer and a
revision to the District Revenue officer against the orders of the Divisional Officer. The appeal/revision should be filed within 30 days from the date of
receipt of the order appealed against. A further revision to the Commissioner of Land Administration can be made within 30 days from the date of receipt of
the order and the orders of the Commissioner of Land Administration are final. The Commissioner of Land Administration may, however, exercising the general
powers of the suo-motu revision, call for the records of the District, Divisional and Taluk when representations are made to him about the procedural, material
and legal irregularities in the order passed by the subordinates, examine the case and decide.”
Aggrieved by the orders of the Tahsildar, there is provision of appeal before the Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub Collector and Revision before the District Revenue Officer / Collector.
The Second Revision powers vested with the Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Administration had been withdrawn by the Government vide their orders in G.O (Ms) No. 409 Revenue (SS 1(2))
Department dated 2.7.2008.
