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Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department

Name: Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department
Address: Shimla, IN
Rating: 4.00

State government office

35HM+435, Chotta Shimla to Kusumpti Rd, Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171009, India

Shimla Himachal Pradesh

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Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department is a state government office located in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The average rating of this place is 4.00 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews. The street address of this place is 35HM+435, Chotta Shimla to Kusumpti Rd, Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171009, India. It is about 1.95 kilometers away from the Shimla railway station.

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Where is Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department located?: Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department is located at 35HM+435, Chotta Shimla to Kusumpti Rd, Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171009, India.
What is the nearest railway station from Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department?: Shimla railway station is the nearest railway station to Settlement Office Shimla, Revenue Department. It is nearly 1.95 kilometers away from it.

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Vikram Jeet Singh 30 months ago

The Settlement of land and Assessment of Land revenue dates back to the Mughal period followed by the Britishers. Britishers adopted systematic and traditional methods of survey of land. After Independence there was a small unit of Settlement in Himachal Pradesh which was temporary department. Initially, it was a temporary department and was declared as permanent department on 31-7-1970.

Settlement was a single unit till 1977 and thereafter it was bifurcated into two Divisions i.e. Kangra Division and Shimla Division. Kangra Division comprising Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu & Una districts where as Shimla Division comprising Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Bilaspur, Kinnaur Districts and Spiti Tehsil of District Lahaul Spiti.

Settlement is done under section-33 of Himachal Pradesh land Revenue Act. This section provides for two types of settlement i.e., Regular Settlement and Revised Settlement.
Regular settlement is done where no record of rights is available and revised settlement is done where some record is available which requires special revision.

The settlement is ordered by the State Government. The procedure for settlement is available in Punjab Settlement Manual which is also applicable in Himachal Pradesh.

Settlement Department is responsible for the following:

a) Survey of land and complete measurement of land in metric system.

b) Preparation of revenue records.

c) Assessment of land revenue.

There are two settlement divisions in Himachal Pradesh having its Headquarters in Shimla and Kangra respectively. At each division, following staff is available:

1. Settlement Officer.
2. Assistant Settlement Officer(s).
3. Settlement Tehsildars.
4. Settlement Naib Tehsildars.
5. Kanungo Settlement.
6. Patwari.
7. Chainmen.
Besides above department consists of Ministerial staff.