(1) The State Government shall, by notification, appoint to each taluk a Tahsildar who shall be the Chief Officer entrusted with the land revenue administration of the Taluk. He shall be subordinate to the Assistant Commissioner in-charge of the Taluk and where there is no such Assistant Commissioner, to the Deputy Commissioner of the District.
(2) The duties and powers of a Tahsildar shall be such as may be expressly imposed or conferred upon him by this Act or any other law for the time being in force or as may be imposed by or delegated to him by the Deputy Commissioner under the general or special orders of the State Government.
[(3) The State Government shall prescribe without prejudice to the provisions of the Karnataka State Public Records Act, 2010 (Karnataka Act 09 of 2011) and the rules made there under, the registers, accounts and other records that shall be kept and the manner of storage and retrieval by the Tahsildar.
(4) The Tahsildar shall keep all such registers, accounts and other records as may be prescribed under sub-section (3) and he shall, whenever called upon by any superior revenue officer of the sub-division, district, region or state, prepare or retrieve records connected with the affairs of the district, which are required either for the use of the Central or the State Government or the public in such manner as may be prescribed.]1