At present the revenue administration in the District is based on a five tier system i.e. District, Revenue Division, Taluq, Firka and Village. With a view to having the administration nearer to the people and to place all public services easly available to them, it was considered necessary to replace present five tier administration set up of the Revenue Department at the District level by a four tier system by abolishing taluks and firkas and creating in their place Revenue mandals, consisting of a compact group of villages. (Bill No. 9 of 1985 Pub. in A.P. Gazette Part IVA, (Ext.) Dt. 19-3-1985.)

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S.3 Division of State into districts, formation of new districts and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing districts

(1) The Government may, by notification, from time to time, for the purposes of revenue administration, divide the State into such districts with such limits as may be specified therein; and each district shall consist of such revenue divisions * [and each revenue division shall consist of such mandals and each mandal shall consist of such villages] as the Government may, by notification from time to time, specify in this behalf.

(2) The Government may, in the interests of better administration and development of the areas, by notification, from time to time, and with effect on and from such date as may be specified therein

(a) form a new district, revenue division, * [or mandal] or by separation of area from any district, revenue division, * [or mandal] or by uniting two or more districts, revenue divisions, * [or mandals] or part thereof or by uniting any area to a district, revenue division, * [or mandal] o

S.4 Power to make rules and the laying of notifications before the State Legislature

(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every notification made under this section shall, immediately after it is made, be laid before each House of the State Legislature if it is in session and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following, for a total period of fourteen days, which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification or in the annulment of the notification, the notification shall, from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done u

S.2 Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

* [(a) "Commissioner of Land Revenue" means the Commissioner of Land Revenue for Andhra Pradesh];

(b) "Government" means the State Government;

(c) "notification" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the expressions notify or notified shall be construed accordingly;

(d) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(e) "revenue division, * [Mandal] and village" means respectively any area which is notified as a revenue division, * [mandal] or village under this Act.

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.

S.5 Repeal Act 1 of 1865, Act VIII of 1317 F

The Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Limits Act, 1865 and Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317F. are hereby repealed.