92. Provisions of this Chapter to apply to land in urban areas.—

(1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to land held in urban area, whether for agricultural or non-agricultural purposes.—

(1)      by a Bhumiswami,

(2)     by a Government lessee under a lease granting a right of renewal, and

(3)      by a holder of service land.

(2)    Whenever the land revenue or rent assessed on a plot number falls due for revision the Collector shall assess the plot in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

Explanation.—

For the purposes of this section, the land revenue or rent payable for a plot shall be deemed due for revision—

(i)  if the plot is held on a lease when the lease becomes due for renewal; and

(ii)  in the case of a plot held by a Bhumiswami on the expiry of the original term of ^{[1] [2]}[land revenue assessment].

2. Substituted by C.G. Act No. 6 of 2022, w.e.f. 4-5-2022, for the word "settlement".

93.  Powers of Collector to divide lands into plot numbers.—

Subject to rules made under this Code, the Collector may—

(a)  divide the lands in an urban area into plot numbers; and

(b)  recognize existing survey numbers as plot numbers, reconstitutes plot numbers or form new plot numbers.

94.  Powers of Collector to renumber or sub-divide plot numbers.—

(1) The Collector may either renumber or sub-divide plot numbers into as many sub­divisions as may be required in view of the acquisition of rights in land or for any other reason.

(2) The division of plot numbers into sub-divisions and the apportionment of the assessment of the plot number amongst the sub-divisions shall be carried out in accordance with rules made under this Code and such rules may provide limits either of area or of land revenue or rent, as the case may be, or both .in any local area, below which no sub-division shall be recognised:

Provided that the total amount of assessment of any plot number shall not be enhanced during the terms of ^land revenue assessment] unless such assessment is liable to alteration under the provisions of this Code.

1. Substituted by C.G. Act No. 6 of 2022, w.e.f. 4-5-2022, for the word "settlement".

95.   Area and assessment of plot numbers and sub-divisions to be entered in records.—

The area and assessment of plot number and sub-divisions of plot numbers shall be entered in such records as may be prescribed.

96.   Area in town formed into blocks for assessment.—

For the purposes of assessment, the area in a town shall be formed into blocks and in forming such blocks regard shall be had to use of land for industrial, commercial, residential or such other special purposes as may be prescribed.

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2. Omitted by C.G. Act No. 32 of 2013, w.e.f. 19-8-2013.

³[98. Fair assessment.—

The fair assessment of land used for agricultural purposes shall be calculated and fixed in accordance with the principles and restrictions set-forth in Section 81 and land used for non-agricultural purposes shall be fixed in accordance with the rules made under Section 59.]

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³[100. Fixation of fair assessment at the time of revision.—

In case lands, which are being assessed for a purpose with reference to which they were assessed immediately before the revision, the assessment so arrived at exceeds, in case of agricultural land one and half times the land revenue or rent and in the case of other lands six times the land revenue or rent payable immediately before the revision the assessment shall be fixed at one and a half times such land revenue or rent in the case of agricultural land and at six times such land revenue or rent in the case of other lands :

Provided that, where an improvement has been effected at any time in any holding held for the purpose of agriculture by or at the expense of the holder thereof, the assessment of such holding shall be fixed as if the improvement had not been made.]

101.    Term of tfland revenue assessment].—

The assessment fixed under Section 100 shall remain in force for a period of thirty years or for such longer period as may elapse before re-assessment after that period and such period shall be deemed to be the term of ifland revenue assessment] for all purposes.

102.    Assessment fixed shall be land revenue or rent.—

The assessment fixed under Section 100 shall be the land revenue or rent payable annually on such plot number unless it is modified in accordance with the provisions of this Code or any other law.

103. Land revenue or rent fixed under previous settlement or leases to continue.—

The land revenue or rent fixed for any land in an urban area under a settlement or a lease from Government with rights of renewal made before the 1.     coming into force of this Code shall, notwithstanding the expiry of the term of such settlement or lease, continue in force until the assessment on such land is fixed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.