The Government of Goa on September 04, 2026, issued the Goa Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to further amend the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968.
The following amendments have been stated:
• For Section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“4. Appointment of revenue, survey and other officers and subordinate employees.—
(1) The Government, or such officer as may be authorized by Government in this behalf, may appoint the following classes of revenue and survey officers, namely:—
(a) Collector, including Additional Collector;
(b) Director of Settlement and Land Records, including Additional Director of Settlement and Land Records;
(c) Assistant Collectors and Deputy Collectors;
(d) Survey and Settlement Officers;
(e) Superintendent of Surveys and Land Records;
(f) Assistant Survey and Settlement Officers;
(g) Inspectors of Surveys and Land Records;
(h) Mamlatdars, including Joint Mamlatdars;
(i) Awal Karkuns;
(j) Revenue Inspectors;
(k) Village Accountants or Talathis; and
(l) such other officers and subordinate employees as may be specified by rules made under this Code.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code or any other State law, the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, in respect of all the Offices under the control of Revenue Department, a common cadre of any of the Officer or subordinate employees specified in subsection (1).
(3) The Revenue Secretary shall be cadre controlling authority for the purpose of seniority list, transfer and promotions of the Officers and subordinate employees specified under Clause (i), (j), (k) and (1) of sub-section (1).”
• In Section 38A of the principal Act, in sub-sections (3) and (7), for the words “six months”, the words “eighteen months” shall be substituted.
5. Amendment of Section 199.— In Section 199 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for Clause (i) the following clause shall be substituted, namely.—
“(i) under Section 4, appointment of other officers and employees;”.
• Validation of certain appeals, orders, and acts under Section 188.—
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree, or order of any Court or Tribunal to the contrary, any first appeal heard, order passed, or proceeding conducted by the Superintendent of Surveys and Land Records under the provisions of Clause (e) of sub-section (1) of Section 188 of this Code, prior to the commencement of the Goa Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 2026, shall be deemed to be, and to have always been, valid and effective as if such appeal had been heard, order passed, or proceeding conducted by an appellate authority duly empowered and notified to be the appellate authority under the provisions of this Code and as if such powers were vested in him at all material times under this Code.
(2) No suit, appeal, or other legal proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any Court or before any authority merely on the ground that the Superintendent of Surveys and Land Records lacked jurisdiction to entertain or decide such appeals.
[Bill No. 50 of 2026]
