Who is a Talathi?
The Talathi is the representative of Government at the village level.
He has usually one to five villages in his charge.
His local knowledge is so extensive that there is hardly any information about the village and its occupants of which he is not aware or of which he cannot make a guess.
As such, he is viewed as the eyes and ears of the Collector.
The role and responsibilities of Talati
- Representative Role:
Talathi is the representative of the Government. He has to work with microscopic vision. He has to perform his duties such as Land Administration, Govt Recovery and Public Relation, as professional and competent officer.
- Executive Role:
This includes enforcement of Govt. rules, regulation and acts. While performing his duties, he also has to keep the public informed about various Govt policies, Schemes, acts and rules, and legal sanctions in case of default.
- Role of a coordinator:
Coordination at village level among various Govt depts. such as police,agri, health, land records, gramsevak by keeping continuous liaison with them and also cooperating to solve particular difficulties, for prompt implementation of various govt development schemes. In fact Talathi is truly the leader of the government at the village level.
- Facilitator and role as a social welfare:
This role of talathi is very important. In that, he is a supporter of the needy and helps the correct beneficiary. He honors the citizen’s rights and facilitates the problems of the general public.
Revenue Department is the oldest dept of the Government administration, and in the agrarian society, role of the talathi as a land administrator is highly important at village level.
However, it does not specify anywhere that he can divide property in favor of any third party without informing the legal heir.But, the heirship case register is prepared by Talathi under
Village Forms VI-Con the basis of the below mentioned factors:
An application to the Tahsildar by one of the
heirs along with his affidavit.The affidavit should contain the below mentioned details:
The name of the deceased occupant or the name of the deceased “other right holder.” (“other right holder” means person whose name is entered in “other right” column of village form VII)
Date of death.
Names of the legal heirs.
Names of the heirs with whom land is in actual possession.(“Occupant”)
Death Certificate
A summary enquiry undertaken by the Tahsildar, through Talathi, to ascertain the legal heirs of the deceased, so far as may be possible.
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