How a Setwar Record is Prepared in Telangana.
Setwar Revenue Record Preperation in Telangana Region. The system of Survey and Settlement, now in vogue in the Nizam’s Dominions was first introduced in 1875. It was in the year 1853 that Nawab Sir Salarjung-I on assuming the reins of Government as Prime Minister of the State, with his characteristic foresight, decided to put a stop to the pernicious practice of assessing whole village and Parganas in the lump, which had grown up during the days of the Amani and Sarbasta system of revenue collection. Principles of Survey: For purpose of survey and unit adopted is the survey number which in theory at least is a field capable of being cultivated by one pair of oxen. If within a survey number there are holdings belonging to different persons, each sub division (known as Pot-number in survey parlance) is also demarcated, surveyed and mapped separately in order to keep the rights of individual’s district. Method of Survey: The method of survey generally adopted is the very simple chain a...