Completion Report of the Talcher State Revision Settlement Season 1928-29

Formation of the soil is due largely to the action of the trees roots in breaking up the surface layers of the rock and to the deposit of leaf mould together with broken surface layers and on the slopes on the other hand the trees put a stop to this process and tends to go out of cultivation as surface layers are gradually washed away. [...] Titles to hold land rent-free are of varying degrees of completeness and these could be found in the entry of the renfree register and old records of Nathies in which they were confirmed as the owners were in possession of them and the entry being the conclusive proof that the land was held free of rent before the previous settlements. [...] In cases of village Debottar in particular which are beyond the operation of the Debottar Manager it has been frequently found that the Sebayat the persons who receive the income from the land and has the right to devote it to the worship of the eyeity treats it as his private property and create incumbrance over it. [...] 1 161-0-2 52 158.52 11 631.70 195.26 Possession of the Possession of the Possession of the Possession of the Possession of the Possession of the -royats of the. [...] The present duties of the Paiks consists of only watching and miscellaneous other duties and there is a Paik Sardar or Headman of them who arranges for their duties ; most of `the police administration of the State is left to the hands of these Paiks and they were held responsible for the prevention of theft and docoity the apprehension of criminals and restoration of stolen property of the villa