Activities of Revenue and Disaster Management

The Revenue Department comprising of Revenue, Survey settlement, Registration and Excise Wing provides a myriad of valuable services to the public of the KARAIKAL DISTRICT. The department shoulders the responsibility for rendering a variety of time-bound services as briefly indicated beow :

• Issue of the certificates such as
  Nationality,
  Community,
  Nativity / Residence,
  Solvency,
  Income etc.,
• Patta Transfer / Mutation
• Survey, Measurement and Setlement of Land
• Fixation of Fair Rent
• Implementation of Tenancy Laws
• Distribution of ceiling surplus land
• Assignment of House-site patta / cultivable land.
• Relief under accident / Hut Insurance schemes
• Registration of documents/mariiages/chits
• Verification of Weights & Measures
• Issue of Licence for certain profession:
• License for Cinema Theatres
• Pawn broker’s Licence
• Licence under Arms Act
• Licence / NOC under Explosive Act.
• Money Lender’s Licence
• NOC under petroleum Act, etc.,

Conduct of Elections to parliament and Legislative Assembly:

• Registration of Names in Electoral Roll
• Inclusion or Deletion of Names from the Electoral Roll
• Supply of copies of electoral Roll

Other Functions of the Department :

• Further, the Revenue Department rushes to provide relief / rescue i times of Natural Calamities like drought, flood, cyclone and fire with the following services;
• Evacuation to safe places,
• Feeding of affected people during the period of calamity and
• Financial help in construction of damaged huts, if any.

Nodal Officer for the following Offices :

• O/o. Assistant Director of Survey and Settlement
• O/o. Asistant Controller of Legal Meterology (Weights & Measures)
• O/o. Sub Registries, Karaikal, T.R.Pattinam and Thirunallar.