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131. In the arrangement of the vernacular records of a district the principle to be followed Arrangement
of vernacular
is to keep together as much as possible all the papers which relate to one estate
records.
(whether it be revenue-paying or revenue-free) and to keep the papers of each estate

separate from those of another estate. The papers relating to revenue-free estates are

kept in a separate place from those for revenue-paying estates, and are arranged on the

shelves according to their serial number in Land Registration Register B. The papers

relating to revenue-paying estates are arranged according to the serial order of their
tauzi numbers. If the papers of an estate are so voluminous as to require subdivision,

they "may be so subdivided according to local convenience.

132. 0n each shelf, or compartment of a shelf, will be clearly and durably written or Tauzi
numbers and
painted in a prominent place the tau»i numbers or Land Registration Register B numbers Register E
numbers to
of the records thereon, e.g., T. Nos. 501—700 or B. Nos. 250 —500
be written on
shelf.

133. Papers of a general nature will have assigned to them a separate shelf or

compartment.

134. It sometimes happens that estates, or, more frequently, portions of estates, are Estate partly
in other
situate in one Collectorate, as defined by section 3, Act VI of 1853, and borne upon the
districts.
revenue-roll of another. In such a case the records should be kept in the record-room

of the district, on the revenue-roll of which the estate is borne, and not in that of the dis-

trict where the lands or some of them lie.

135. This rule should not apply to thakbust and survey maps, which should remain Exceptions.
where they are now deposited. Patni records, i.e., records of the patni sales should be

kept in the district where the sale takes place. The records of all cases finally disposed

of under the Public Demands Recovery Act. or under the Rent Law in force in districts
where rent suits are tried by revenue officers and records of cases under sections 12,

13, 14, 15, 18 and 167 of the Bengal Tenancy Act, should be kept in the district in which

they are so disposed of.

136. Where arrangements upon these principles may be impracticable, such other Exceptional
arrangements
arrangement as is more suited to the condition of landed property in the district may be
allowed.
introduced, with the approval of the Commissioner. The object is that it should Be known

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