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(4) The files shall be marked A, B or C, as in the Court of first instance, according to the

nature of the suit or case.
IV.—(i) In all cases where an application for mutation is unsuccessful the records may
be treated as "C” class papers.

(ii) Where an application for mutation is successful: —
(a) in temporarily-settled estates the records may be preserved till resettlement or for 12

years if the term of settlement expires earlier; and
(b) in the case of permanently-settled estates or revenue-free properties in both
contested and uncontested cases the records may be preserved for 15

years.
V.—The following miscellaneous papers:—
(a) Reports of the destruction of records, and list of papers destroyed..—To be

preserved permanently.
(b) Assessment papers relating to a permanent settlement and the principal assessment
papers as enumerated below relating to temporary settlements.—To be preserved

permanently.
(i) Final, confirmation reports of successive regular settlements.

(ii) Confirmation orders only in eases where proposals in final confirmation reports have
been modified.
(iii) Leases or kabuliats of regular settlements.

(iv) Any order of Government, Board of Revenue or Director of Land Records
and Surveys dealing with a matter of special interest.
(c) Kabuliats executed by proprietors in favour of Government whether at Decennial or

after Permanent Settlement or at any subsequent Mudami Settlement.—To be
preserved permanently.
Those which are showing signs of decay should be copied and both original and copy

should be preserved.
Kabuliats, properly called forms of agreement, executed by the proprietors or settlement-

holders in temporarily-settled private estates.—To be preserved permanently.
Kabuliats executed by Izaradars for a term of years before the permanent settlement.—
Need not be kept.

Kabuliats, executed by Izaradars of fishery mahals for a term of years even if the period
of the lease be over.—Are to be preserved permanently.

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