Wikidar
The explanation column — a field reference for the working officer.
103 pages · 240 terms · updated 22 Aug 2026
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Land & Revenue
Records, Bhu Bharati, mutations, disputes, acquisition
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Powers & Duties
Magisterial work, protocol, RTI, elections, disasters
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How Things Work
Step-by-step: how each kind of file actually moves
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People & Offices
Every post from village to Collectorate, and who does what
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Schemes
Current Telangana schemes and your role in them
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Drafting Room
Notings, proceedings, notices, tour diaries — the written register
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File Room
Model orders and documents, annotated line by line
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Case Law
The judgments that get cited at you — in five lines each
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Cheat Sheets
One-screen quick references
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Departmental Tests
The exams of probation — what they cover, how to clear them
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How We Got Here
Nizam to Bhu Bharati — why the system is the way it is
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FILE M · Powers & Duties
Section 163 BNSS: the old 144, and how to use it
The DM, SDM or an empowered Executive Magistrate can, by written order stating the material facts, direct anyone — or the public of an area — to abstain from an act to prevent danger to life, health or public tranquillity. It can issue ex parte, lasts two months (State-extendable to six), now expressly covers electronic communication, and an aggrieved person is entitled to a hearing on an application to rescind or alter it. Beware the number trap: BNSS 144 is maintenance, not this power.
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FILE P · How Things Work
Mutation: how land changes hands in the record
Registered sales mutate automatically at registration (Bhu Bharati s.5). Succession goes to the Tahsildar under s.7, who must give notice, enquire and decide within 30 days — silence means deemed mutation. Court decrees and assignments go to the RDO under s.8. Appeals climb under s.15: Tahsildar/Sub-Registrar → RDO (60 days) → Collector or Land Tribunal (30 days), with CCLA revision under s.16. Fees are per Schedule B of the 2025 Rules.
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FILE Q · Cheat Sheets
CrPC ↔ BNSS quick map
The Executive Magistrate's toolkit, old number to new: 107→126, 133→152, 144→163, 145→164, 176→196. Three traps: CrPC 144A (arms in processions) has no BNSS equivalent, CrPC 153 is gone, and BNSS 144 is maintenance (old 125) — not the curfew section.
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FILE Q · Cheat Sheets
Land records at a glance
Pahani answers 'who holds this survey number'; the 1B answers 'what does this person hold'. Sethwar and khasra pahani are the historical bedrock, the tippan is the parcel's sketch, the faisal patti is the settled demand, the passbook is the owner's title-book, the EC shows registered transactions, and Bhudhaar is the parcel's unique ID. In legacy disputes, trace khasra pahani → sethwar → pahanis → current RoR.
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FILE Q · Cheat Sheets
Revenue hierarchy at a glance
CCLA at the apex, Collector in the district, RDO in the division, Tahsildar in the mandal, RI in the firka, GPO in the village. RoR appeals climb Tahsildar → RDO → Collector; Deputy Collector postings issue as Revenue Department G.O.s with the CCLA as head of department.
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