STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS (Published in A.P.Gazette Part IV A Extraordinary dated 28-3-1977) The question of abolishing the Board of Revenue and replacing it by another set up more suited to the present times has been engaging the attention of the Government for some time past as one of the most important measures of administrative reforms. With this end in view, the Government appointed a "One Man Committee" headed by Sri S.R.Kaiwar, I.C.S. (Retired), to examine the proposal in all its aspects. The Government, after careful examination of the report submitted by the said Committee, have decided to abolish the Board of Revenue and to appoint Commissioners in its place to function as independent heads of department.

An Act to provide for the abolition of the Board of Revenue and to appoint Commissioners in its place in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Twenty eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: