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(1) No agricultural land in the State shall be put to non-agricultural purpose, without the prior permission of the competent authority. 1 [(2) Any person who seeks conversion of the agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes, shall apply through the website prescribed for this purpose along with conversion tax as specified under section 4 and penalty of 50 there upon conversion tax, in case land has already been put to Non Agricultural purpose without obtaining permission as required under sub-section (1), for allotting available date and time to attend before the competent authority. The Competent Authority shall allot the date and time and maintain such particulars in register in prescribed format. (3) The Person shall attend before the Competent Authority along with affidavit in the prescribed form and Pattadar Pass Book-cum-Title Deed on the date and time allotted. The person shall declare in the affidavit that the land for which conversion is sought does not come under the purview and not in violation of the Telangana Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973, the Telangana Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 and the Telangana Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation, 1959. (4) In case the land sought for is in consonance with the entries in the Record of Rights available on Dharani and tax and penalty, if required, paid are adequate, the Competent Authority shall issue Conversion Permission. The Tahsildar shall instantly delete the extent of land from Record of Rights, records being prepared and maintained under the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 2020. (5) Land so converted to Non Agricultural use shall be put to such particular purpose, subject to obtaining all permissions, licenses etc., prescribed under the relevant Acts or Rules or Regulations. (6) The land so converted shall instantly get electronically entered in to Non Agricultural Dharani portal and Non Agricultural immovable Property Pass Book issued, as prescribed.] 2 [(7) The assessment shall be fixed by the concerned Local Body.]