THE

PUNJAB] LAND REVENUE

RULES, 1968

13th July, 1968

No. 377/68-219-U (1).- With reference to the Board of Revenue, West Pakistan
Notification No. 82/68-43-U (1), dated the 4th March, 1969, published in the Extraordinary
issue of the ‘Gazette of West Pakistan’, dated the 12th March, 1968 and in supersession of all
existing rules on the subject, the Board of Revenue, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it
by sections 4 (9) (iii), 20, 36, 37 (2), 38 (2), 39 (2), 41, 42, 43, 55, 77, 113, 121, 122 (2), 129 (1),
133, 148, 170, 177 and 182 of the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (West Pakistan Act
XVII of 1967), and with the prior approval of Government, and in the case of rules under section
170 of the said Act, with the concurrence of the High Court, is pleased to make the following
rules:--

PART I

Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the West Pakistan
Land Revenue Rules, 1968.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. In these rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context’

(a) ‘Act’ means the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967;

[3][(aa)“computerized record” includes document, record, data, information, communications,
transactions, reports and maps in electronic, digital or computerized form;

(ab) “electronic signatures” means any letter, thumb impressions, numbers, symbols,
images, characters or combination thereof obtained through electrical, digital, magnetic,
optical, biometric, electro-chemical, wireless or electromagnetic technology, applied to,
incorporated in, or associated with, the computerized record, with the intention of
authenticated or approving it, so as to establish authenticity or integrity or both;]
(b) ‘Form’ means a form appended to these rules;

(c) ‘Section’ means a section of the Act; and

(d) ‘Union Committee’, ‘Town committee’ and ‘Union Council’ shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them under the Basic Democracies Order, 1959 (P.O. No. 18 of 1959).

PART II

Procedure of Revenue Officers

3. Statements and pleadings to be brief. - The statements and pleadings made by

or on behalf of parties’ to any proceedings before a Revenue Officer, whether oral or written,
shall be as brief as the nature of the case admits; and shall not be argumentative, but shall be
confined as much as possible to a simple and concise narrative of the facts which the party by
whom or on whose behalf the statement or pleading is made believes to be material to the
case and which he either admits or believes that he will-be able to prove.

4. Verification of applications etc.- Every written application or statement filed by a party

to a proceeding before a Revenue Officer shall be drawn up and verified in the manner
provided by the Civil Procedure Code for written statements in suits.

5. Proceeding not to abate on death or marriage of party. - The death of one of the parties
to a proceeding before a Revenue Officer, or, in a proceeding to which a female is a party, her
marriage, shall not cause the proceeding to abate; and the Revenue Officer before whom the
proceeding is held shall have power to make the successor-in-interest of the deceased person
or of the married female, a party thereto.

6. In fixing dates, etc. Revenue Officer to follow procedure of Revenue Court. - In fixing
dates for the hearing of parties and their witnesses, in adjourning proceedings, and in
dismissing applications for default, or for other sufficient reason, a Revenue Officer shall, so far
as the nature of the case may require or permit, be guided generally by the principles laid down
in the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (Act V of 1908).
6-A. Remand of case. (a) In an appeal under section 164. or in a revision under section 1641
against the final order of a Revenue Officer in a case, no Appellate or Revisional authority other
than the Board or Revenue shall have the power to remand he case:

(b) Subject to clause (a), the Appellate or the Revisional Authority, as the case may be, shall
finally determine the case notwithstanding that the impugned order proceeds upon a ground
other than that on which the Appellate or Revisional Authority precedes:

(c) Where the impugned order has omitted to decide a question of fact which appears to
the Appellate or the Revisional Authority, as the case may be, to be essential for the correct
decision of the case, the said Authority may direct the Revenue Officer who passed the
impugned order to return a finding thereon, after recording additional evidence, if necessary,
the Appellate or the Revisional Authority, as the case may be, shall after considering any
objections which may be preferred against such finding by a party within a time to be fixed by
the said Authority, proceed to decide the case;

(d) The Appellate or the Revisional Authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing,
allow additional evidence to be produced and take such evidence either itself or direct the
Revenue Officer whole passed the impugned order or any other subordinate Revenue Officer to
take such evidence and sent the same to it.

7. Commissions. - The provisions of sections 75 to 78 of the Civil Procedure Code (Act V of

1908) and of Order XXVI in Schedule-1 annexed to the said Code in respect of Commissions
shall apply to proceedings before a Revenue Officer.

8. Expenses of witnesses.- (1) A Revenue Officer may award to a witness attending his
Court or office a sum on account of his expenses, not exceeding the amount admissible to him
in civil suits under the Rules and Orders of the High Court

(2) The sum so awarded shall be the costs in the proceedings.

9. Record of mutation proceedings. - In proceedings under subsection (6) of section 42, a

record of statements of parties and witnesses shall be made by the Revenue Officer with his
own hand, and his order shall state briefly the persons examined by him, the facts to which
they deposed and the grounds of the order.
Explanation.- Where the acquisition of the right is by a registered deed or by or under the order
or decree of a Court, it shall not be necessary to record the statements of the parties, and
witnesses or to enforce their attendance.

10. Record to other proceedings under the Act. -In other proceedings under the Act, not
being proceedings under section 141, the Revenue Officer shall make, with his own hand, a
brief memorandum of the statements of parties and witnesses at the time when each
statement is made.

11. Contents of orders. - In every proceeding in which an order is passed on merits after
inquiry, the Revenue Officer making the order shall also record a brief statement of the reasons
on which it is founded.

12. Appointment and recovery of costs. - (1) In proceedings in which costs have incurred,
the final order shall apportion the costs between the parties to the proceedings.

(2) Costs thus apportioned shall be recoverable by the Revenue Officer by attachment and
sale of the movable property of the person liable for the same in the manner prescribed in
section 83.

13. Execution of orders of ejectment etc.- (1) Orders of ejectment from, and delivery of
possession of immovable property, shall be enforced in the manner provided in the Code of
Civil Procedure and the Rules and order of the High Court, for the time being in force, in respect
of the execution of a decree of a civil Court; and in enforcing these orders, a Revenue Officer
shall have all the powers in regard to contempts, resistance and the like, which a Civil Court
may exercise in the execution of a decree of the description mentioned in sub-rule (1).

14. Charges for service of process through post. - In all cases in which processes are issued
by post, the parties concerned shall be required to pay talbana, at the rate of [Rupee one] per
head.
 PART III
Village Headmen (Lambardars)

15. The rules in this Part and Rules 55, 56, 57 and 58 in sc far as they relate to
headmen (Lambardars), shall not extend to the areas excepted under section 180.

16. Number of headmen.-(l) A sufficient number of headmen shall be appointed to every

estate, and this number when once fixed shall not be increased except by or under the order of
the Commissioner.

(2) Except as provided in Rule 21, if an estate or a considerable portion thereof is owned by
Government, the headmen may be appointed from among the tenants and in other estates he
shall be appointed from among the land-owners.

(3) The lessee of an uncultivated or forest estate owned by Government shall, during the
currency of his lease, be the headman thereof.

17. Matters to be considered in first appointment.- In all first appointments of headmen

regard shall be had among other matters to:-

(a) the hereditary claims of the candidate;

(b) extent of property in the estate, if there are no sub-divisions of the estate, and in case
there be sub-divisions of the estate the extent of the property in the sub-division for which
appointment is to be made, possessed by the candidate;

(c) services rendered to the Government by him or by his family;

(d) his personal influence, character, ability and freedom from indebtedness;

(e) the strength and importance of the community from which selection of a headman is to
be made;

(f) his ability to undergo training in Civil Defence in the case of headmen in Tehsils situated
along the Border.

18. Dismissal of headmen.- (1) A headman shall be dismissed when-

(a) he has been, on conviction for an offence involving moral turpitude, sentence to
imprisonment for a term of not less than six months; or

(b) in an estate owned altogether or chiefly by Government, he ceases to possess the

interest which led to his appointment; or

(c) in any other estate, he ceases to be a land owner in the estate or sub-division of the
estate in respect of which he holds office; or

(d) he has mortgaged his holding and has delivered possession of the holding to the
mortgagee; provided that in special cases the Collector may, with the Commissioner’s sanction,
retain him in his office, if he can furnish adequate security for the payment of the revenue he
has to collect and for the due discharge of his duties; or

(e) his holding has been transferred under section 84, or the assessment thereof has been
annulled under section 86

(2) A headman may be dismissed when-

(a) any criminal proceedings which have been taken against him show that he is unfit to be
entrusted any longer with the duties of a headman; or

(b) he is seriously embarrassed by debt, or if his unencumbered holding is so small as to

disqualify him, in the Collector’s opinion, for the responsibilities of a headman; or

(c) owing to age or physical or mental incapacity, or absence from the estate, he is unable to
discharge his duties; or

(d) there is reason to believe that he has taken part in, or concealed illicit distillation, or the
smuggling of food grains, cocaine, opium or charas; or

(e) he takes part in any unconstitutional agitation against the Government or fails to give his
active support to the Government in the maintenance of law and order; or

(f) he neglects to discharge his duties, or is otherwise shown to be incompetent; or

(g) the estate or sub-division thereof, in respect of which he holds office, or his own holding,
is attached, either for an arrear of land revenue or by order of any Court.

(3) A headman shall not be dismissed unless an opportunity has been afforded to him of
showing cause against the proposed action.
19. Matters to be considered in appointment of successor. - (1) In an estate or sub-division
thereof, owned chiefly or altogether by Government, a successor to the office of headman shall
be selected, with due regard to all the considerations, other than hereditary claims, stated in
Rule 17:

Provided that in such an estate or sub-division thereof, notified for the purpose by the Board of
Revenue, the selection shall, as far as possible, be made in the manner prescribed by sub-rule
(2) if a suitable heir is forthcoming.

(2) In other estates, the nearest eligible heir, according to the rules of primogeniture shall
be appointed unless some special custom of succession to the office be distinctly proved but
subject, in every case, to the following provisions-

(a) The claim of collateral of the last incumbent to succeed shall not be admitted solely on
the ground of inheritance, unless the claimant is a descendant, in the male line, of the paternal
greatgrand father of the last incumbent.

(b) Where a headman has been dismissed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 18, the
Collector may refuse to appoint any of his heirs-

(i) if the circumstances of the offence, dereliction of duty or disqualification, for which the
headman was dismissed, make it probable that he would be unsuitable as a headman;

(ii) if there is reason to believe that he has connived at the offence or dereliction of duty for
which the headman has been dismissed;

(iii) if any disqualification for which the headman has been dismissed, attaches to him;

(iv) if he may reasonably be supposed to be under the influence of the dismissed headman
or his family to an undesirable extent.

Explanation.- If a dismissed headman’s heir is considered fit to succeed, regard shall be had to
the property which he would inherit.

(c) The Collector may also refuse to appoint a person claiming as an heir, on any ground
which would necessitate or justify the dismissal of that person from the office of the headman.

(d) A female is not ordinarily eligible for appointment to the office of a headman, but may
be appointed, when she is the sole owner of the estate for which the appointment has to be
made, or for special reasons.

(3) Failing the appointment of an heir, a successor to the office shall be appointed in the
manner, and with regard to the considerations, described in Rule 17.
(4) Election shall not, in any case, be restorted to as an aid in making appointments under
this rule or Rule 16.

20. Appointment of revenue farmers and mortgagees as Headman. - (1) Where an office of
headman becomes vacant in consequence of any proceedings taken for the recovery of an
arrear of land revenue, under section 84, 85 or 86, the transferee, agent, or farmer who, under
these proceedings, obtains possession of the land on which the arrears were due may, in the
discretion of the Collector, be appointed a headman.

(2) Where a headman, who is personally responsible for more than half the land-revenue of
an estate or of the sub-division thereof, in respect of which he holds office, has mortgaged his
holding and has delivered possession thereof to the mortgagee, and the office of headman has
become vacant in consequence thereof, the mortgagee may, at th’ discretion of Collector, be
appointed as headman.

(3) On the termination of any such transfer, farm or attachment, as is referred to in sub-rule
(1), or on the release of any such mortgage as is referred to in sub-rule (2), a headman
appointed under this rue shall cease to hold office, and a new headman shall be appointed with
reference to the considerations enumerated in Rule 17.

21. Appointment of officiating headman in place of absentees. - Where a headman has

abandoned the estate, a temporary headman may be appointed by the Collector in place of
absentee headman, till a permanent headman is appointed, keeping in view the following
principles.

(i) In estates wholly abandoned by the proprietors, or in which a major area or the whole of
a patti has been abandoned, appointment shall be made from among the persons who have
been resettled on the land in the estate, preferably from those who have previously been
headmen in the estates vacated by them in India; and if no such persons are available, selection
should be made from among other persons who have been re-settled on the land in the estate
in accordance with the provisions of Rules 16 and 17.

(ii) In estates which are wholly or mostly owned by Government, appointment shall be
made in the manner provided in Rule 16 (2); preference being given to those who have
previously been headmen.

(iii) In estates where only a small portion of land has been abandoned by the proprietors,
the appointment may be made from among the landowners or those resettled in the estate.
Explanation. - A surety for persons appointed as headmen may be taken, in cases where may
be considered appropriate.

22. Duties of headmen.- In addition to the duties imposed upon headmen under any other
law, a headman shall-

(i) collect, by due date, the land-revenue and all sums recoverable as land-revenue, from
the estate or sub-division of an estate in which he holds office, and pay the same personally or
by revenue money-order or by remittance of currency notes through the post or at place where
treasury business is conducted by the State Bank of Pakistan, or any other bank, by cheque, on
a local bank, at the place and time appointed in that behalf, to the Tehsildar concerned;

(ii) collect the rents and other income of the common land, and account for these to the
persons entitled thereto;

(iii) issue receipts in Form I to the landowners, and others, in token of having recovered the
Government dues from them;

Explanation. - The Tehsildar should arrange to supply printed receipt books (Form I) to the
headmen, free of cost, according to their requirements.

(iv) report to the Tehsildar all encroachments on roads (including village roads) or on
Governments waste lands and injuries to, or appropriation of, Government property situated
within the estate;

(v) report any injury to public buildings in the estate;

(vi) implement, to the best of his ability, any orders that he may receive from the Collector,
requiring him to furnish information or to assist in providing, on payment, supplies or means of
transport for troops or for officers of Government on duly;

(vii) assist, in such manner as the Collector may from time to time direct, at all crop
inspection, recording of mutations, surveys, preparation of records of rights or other revenue
business within the estate.

(viii) attend the summons of all authorities having jurisdiction in the estate; assist, when so
required by them, all officers of the Government in the discharge of their duties: furnish all
relevant information in this behalf and generally act for the land-owner, tenants and other
residents of the estate or sub-division of the estate in which he holds office, in regard to their
responsibilities to the Government;
(ix) report to the patwari any outbreak of disease among human beings or cattle in the
estate or subdivision of an estate in which he holds office;

(x) report to the patwari the deaths of any right-borders in the estate, or sub-division of the
estate, in which he holds office.

(xi) report any breach or cut in a Government Irrigation canal or channel, to the nearest
Canal Officer, Zilladar or canal patwari.

(xii) under the general or special directions of the Collector, to use his good offices to assist
all officers of Government and other persons, duly authorized by the Collector, in the
enrollment of military personnel.

23. Collection, control and distribution of village officers cesses.- (1) The Collector may, at
any time, revise the arrangements in an estate regarding the collection, control and distribution
of the village officers cess.

(2) The headman shall be paid the following remunerations for his services:--

(i) for collection of land-revenue (Pachotra, 5% of the amount of land-revenue collected.

(ii) for collection of water rate (abiana), 3% of the amount collected.

(iii) for the collection of:-

(a) Rehabilitation Fee;

(b) Historical Mosque Fund Cess;

(c) Cultivation Commission at the rate of Lease Money and Cash 3% of the amount collected
Rent;

(d) Consolidation Fee;

(e) Development cess; and

(f) Mutation Fee.

Explanation 1. - The remuneration or Lambardari fee shall be calculated on the actual amount
collected and not on the demand.

Explanation 2. - The remuneration for the collection of land-revenue (Pachotra) is a surcharge

and is to be recovered from the land-owners, in addition to the land-revenue.
Explanation 3. - In the case of water-rate (Abiana) and the fees and cesses mentioned in sub-
rule (2), the Commission payable to the Lambardar is not recovered as surcharge, but is
deducted from the amount recovered.

24. Punishments. - Where a headman commits a breach of or neglects, the duties imposed
on him, by or under these rules or by or under any other law for the time being in force, the
Collector may, after giving him an opportunity of showing cause against the proposed action, by
order direct that-

(a) the emoluments of his office be withheld and forfeited to Government, for a term, not
exceeding one year; or

(b) he may be suspended form office, for a term not exceeding one year.

Explanation.- In the case of suspension, the Collector may appoint a substitute.

25. Appointment of substitutes for non-resident headman. - (1) Where an estate is owned
by a non-resident land-owner, he may nominate for Collector’s approval, a substitute (Sarbrah)
from among the residents in the estate to discharge the duties of headman. If the owner fails to
nominate a fit person, the Collector may appoint a substitute from among the resident tenants.

(2) Where, in an estate owned by more land-owners than one, a nonresident headman is
liable for more than half the land-revenue of the estate, a substitute for such headman may be
appointed from among the resident land-owners or tenants. In making such appointment, the
Collector shall consult the wishes of the non-resident headman.

26. Appointment of other substitutes and their position. - (1) Where, by reason of old age,
physical infirmity, or absence from his circle or estate, with the permission of the Collector, or
by reason of his being a minor, or for any other good cause, a headman is unable to perform
the duties of this office in person, a substitute may be appointed for the purpose,

(2) A substitute appointed under this rule or Rule 25 shall be deemed to be the headman
and shall be responsible, equally with the person in whose behalf he is appointed; provided
that the Collector may, in each such case direct, from time to time, whether the duties shall be
performed by the headman (lambardar) himself or by the Sarbarah or by both.
27. Determination of office of substitute. - (1) When the person on whose behalf the
substitute was appointed vacates his office, the tenure of office by the substitute shall also
abate thereon.

(2) In other cases, an order appointing a substitute shall remain in force until it is revoked, or
until the substitute dies or is dismissed or resigns the appointment.

28. Rules governing appointment and removal of substitute. - (1) In appointing a substitute
for a minor headman, the Collector shall select any land-owner resident in the estate, or any
resident tenant, if the case falls under Rule 16 (2).

(2) In making other substitute appointments under Rule 26, the Collector shall consult the
substantive headman (.Lambardar).

(3) Any resident land-owner in the estate or circle, as the case may be, or any resident
tenant in cases falling under Rule 16 (2), shall be eligible for appointment as a substitute under
this sub-rule.

(4) A substitute may be removed at any time by the Collector either on his own motion, at
the request of the person for whom the substitute was

29. Remuneration of substitute.- (1) For special reason to be recorded in the order
appointing a substitute, the person in whose stead a substitute is appointed may be permitted
to enjoy a portion not exceeding one-half of the lambardari fee.

(2) In the absence of any such order, a substitute is entitled to the whole fee.

PART IV

Record-of-rights And Periodical Records

30. Other documents included in the records-of-rights and periodical records. - (1)
In addition to the documents specified in clauses (a) to (c) of subsection (2) of section 39 the
following other documents shall be included in the record-of-rights (Misl-i-Haqiat) under clause
(d) of that subsection: -

(i) Preliminary proceeding (Form II).

(ii) Geneological tree (Form III).

(iii) Index Survey/Khasra Numbers (Form IV).

(iv) Alphabetical index of owners (Form V).

(v) Alphabetical index of mortgagees (Form VI).

(vi) Note of changes in kind of soil (Form VII).

(vii) Register haqdaran nakhlistan (where the nakhlistan is assessed to revenue (Form VIII).

(viii) Statement of rights in wells and tube-wells (Form DC).

(ix) Statement of distribution of water (where the lands are irrigated by means of Kares or
other similar source (Form X).

(x) Statement of rights in water-mills (Form XI).

(xi) Order of the Revenue Officer determining the assessment.

(xii) Order of Revenue Officer distributing the assessment over holding.

(xiii) Field Book (Form XII).

(2) The following documents shall also be included in the periodical record (Chaharsaia),
under the provisions of subsection (2) of subsection 41:-

(i) Title page of register haqdaran zamin (Form XIII).

(ii) Documents referred to in items (ii), (iii) and (vi) to (x) of sub-rule (1).

(iii) Supplementary map (Form XIV).

(iv) Fard Badar (Form XV).

(v) Checking and attestation notes by the Kanungo.

(vi) Checking and attestation notes by the Revenue Officer.

(vii) Final attestation certificate of Register Haqdaran Zamin by the Revenue Officer (Form
XVI).

30. Other documents included in the records-of-rights and periodical records. - (1)
In addition to the documents specified in clauses (a) to (c) of subsection (2) of section 39 the
following other doc
31. Manner in which the Record-of-Rights prepared, signed and attested. - (1) A schedule
shall be approved by the Collector for each Tehsil, prescribing the arrangements for the
preparation of the record referred to in Rule 30 (2) of the estates, and shall be so arranged that
the work of each year shall cover about a fourth of each Kanungo’s whole circle.

(2) Cent per cent entries of the record-of-rights and periodical records shall be checked and
attested on the spot by the Field Kanungo.

(3) The entries and documents included in the record-of-rights (Misl-i-Haqiat) shall be
checked and attested, cent per cent by the Naib-Tehsildar/Head Munshi incharge of the circle
in all respect and at least 25% by the Tehsildar concerned.

(4) The Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar/Head Munshi incharge of the circle, shall check the
periodical records and make his final attestation and shall observe the following procedure:-

(i) 25 per cent Khatauni shall be read out on the spot, in the presence of the right-holders.

(ii) At least 25% of the mutations attached to the Register Haqdaran Zamin shall be
compared with the Khewats concerned.

(iii) At least 25% of the Khata holdings shall be compared with the previous Register
Haqdaran Zamin.

(5) The Assistant Collector of the first grade, Collector, Commissioner, Assistant to the
Director of Land Records and the Director of Land Records shall also check and attest the
record-of-rights and periodical records, from time to time, to ensure that the Kanungo and
Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar (Head Munshi) have carried out the prescribed checking and
attestation and that the other provisions of the act and these rules are being compiled with.

(6) A statement in Form XVII with regard to checking and attestation carried out under sub-
rules (2) to (5), for each month, shall be submitted by the Tehsildar to the Collector through the
Revenue Assistant, Sub-Divisional Officer concerned and the Collector shall submit all such
statements in a consolidated form to the Commissioner and the Director of Land Records.

(7) The original copy of the record-of-rights and periodical records shall be consigned to the
District Revenue Record Room, and the second copy thereof shall be kept by the Patwari:

Provided that in the case of the map of the estate, the second copy shall be consigned to the
Tehsil/Sub-Divisional Revenue Record Room and a copy of the map of the estate, prepared on
cloth, shall be kept by the patwari.
(8) A third copy of the documents listed below, shall be supplied to the Union Committee,
Town Committee or Union Council concerned: -

(i) Register Haqdaran Zamin.

(ii) Register Girdawari.

(iii) Dhal Bachh.

(iv) Map of estate.

32. Gist of the order of mutation. - When a mutation is decided by a Revenue Officer, a gist
of the order shall be sent, in Form XVIII to the Secretary of the Union Committee, Town
Committee or the Union Council, as the case may be, in which the estate is situated, and to the
person whose rights have been transferred.

Explanation. In case of mutation of inheritance, the copy of the gist of the order shall be sent to
the heir(s) of the deceased.

33. Report regarding cause of delay in mutation cases. - In respect of all mutations, pending
over three months, the Revenue Officer shall submit to the Collector, through the Revenue
Assistant or the Sub-Divisional Officer concerned, a report in Form XIX.

34. Roznamcha Waqiati to be maintained by the patwari. - (1) The Roznamcha Waqiati i
Daily Diary) to be maintained by the Patwari under clause (x) of subsection 11) of section 42,
shall be in the Form XX.

(2) The pages of Roznamcha shall be stitched in a volume and each page shall bear the book
number and page number in print.

(3) The patwari shall prefix to every entry in the Roznamcha a separate serial number, in
large and clear figures. Every entry shall be closed by an asterisk, and no blank line shall be left
between two consecutive entries. Such orders and instructions as relate to rules of practice,
shall be entered in red ink. The date of each day’s entries shall be given according to the official
calender.

(4) In addition to the events to be entered in the Roznamcha according to the instructions
which may be issued by the Commissioner from time to time, the following occurrences shall be
entered in the Roznamcha on the day on which they come to the patwari’s notice, and the
manner in which they come to his knowledge:-

(i) Any epidemic disease among human being or livestock, or any calamity affecting crops,
including crop pests.

(ii) All alluvion or diluvion, with approximate areas and details so far as known at that time.

(iii) Falls of rain and their duration, and whether slight, medium or heavy and the damage or
benefit to the standing crops as a result.

(iv) The dates on which canals or rajbahas began or ceased to run, and on which there was
any marked change in the supply of canal water.

(v) Deaths of land-owners, village officers and pensioners.

(vi) The ejectment, absconding, or setting of cultivators or right-holders, and the

relinquishment, change or renewal of any tenure.

(vii) The execution of any decree of Court affecting the land, its rent, or its produce.

(viii) Taccavi advances made by Government and repayments of the same as also notes of
the progress of completion of works for which taccavi has been granted.

(ix) Orders of Revenue Officers or Kanungos received by the Patwari or executed in the
Circle.

(x) Attachment proceedings affecting the land, its cultivation, or its produce, or cattle.

(xi) Any encroachment on or damage to nazul or Government property or roads.

(xii) Any suspensions or remissions of revenue, and any alteration of the rate of cesses.

(xiii) The cultivation of land occupied by groves held free of revenue.

(xiv) The erection, destruction or decay of survey marks or boundary marks and the alteration
of village boundaries.

(xv) The visit of any Government official to the circle.

(xvi) Any fact relating to land or its revenue or rent specially reported to the Patwari by a
person interested therein, with a request that it be entered in his Roznamcha or which the
Patwari may think of importance.
(xvii) Any alteration in the ownership cultivating possession or rent of land, which ^ay have
been recorded in the crop-inspection register.

(xviii) The receipt of any registration memos received in respect of item (xvii).

(xix) Any case of rick-burning, and, when it is suspected that the crime is due to incendiarism,
this should be specified.

(xx) Any cases of increase of mortgage money, with details of the amount, parties and
village.

(xxi) Distribution of Dhal Bachhes to headmen and bills of assessment to landowners.

(5) The signature or thumb-impression of the headman or member of the Union

Committee, Town Committee or Union Council concerned, shall also be obtained at the time of
making the entries, relating to changes in revenue records.

(6) A copy of the report, recorded by the Patwari, in the Roznamcha under subsections (1)
to r (3) of section 42, shall be exhibited at the Patwari’s office for a period of one month, from
the date of its recording and shall, be made available to the public for inspection during office
hours, without any fee.

Court Decisions

Roznamcha Waqiati, Roznamcha Waqiati is a public document and certified copy of the same
is admissible per se---Report recorded therein, however, cannot be relied upon. 1999 Y L R
1979

34-A. Collection of mutation fee in cases of registered deeds. - (1) Where the acquisition of
right or interest in an estate is by a registered deed, the mutation fee at the time fixed under
section 46 shall be collected at the time of registration of such deed by the Registering Officer.

(2) The Registering Officer collecting the fee under sub-rule (1) shall credit 7/10th of the
amount into Government Treasury under the head ‘0.124 Land Revenue-Other-Mutation Fee’
and the remaining 3/10th of the amount of the fee shall be paid by the Registering Officer to
the Circle Revenue Officer for disbursement to the Patwari making the entries in the register of
mutations.’
35. Production of documents or furnishing of information under section 47. - When any
information is furnished to the Revenue Officer or patwari, or any document is produced before
him, under the provisions of section 47, the Revenue Officer or the patwari concerned, as the
case may be, shall give a written acknowledgment thereof, to the person furnishing the
information or producing the document, in Form XXI.

(2) Any document so requisitioned and produced shall be returned in original, after inspection,
to the person who produced it, with an endorsement by the Revenue Officer or the patwari, as
the case may be, under his signature.

36. Inspection of Records of Patwaris and grant of certified copies or extracts therefrom. -
(1) The patwari shall allow any one interested to inspect his records and to take notes
therefrom, in pencil, in his presence, during office hours, on all working days. He shall give to
the applicants certified copies or extracts therefrom, and enter in his diary a note of the
inspections allowed and copies or extracts given.

(2) Such copies or extracts shall be given by the patwari, to the applicants, within three days
from the receipt of the application.

(2-A) A person who desires to obtain a certified copy of revenue record in possession of a
patwari may apply to the Collector of the Sub-division on all working days except Sundays giving
necessary particulars of the record of which a copy is required. All such applications will be
entered in a register in Form XXI-A. The applicant shall be given a date to receive the said copy
within a week from the receipt of application.

Provided that if so required the copy shall be provided on payment of urgent fee within 24
hours.

(3) The charges shall be made, as detailed in the Schedule in Appendix B

[4][36-A. Grant of certified copies of record or extracts at the Service Centre:--- (1) Any
person may apply to a Service Centre for supply of certified copy of the computerized record
and the Service Centre shall, on receipt of prescribed fee, immediately supply a certified copy of
the record or extract from the record under signatures of the concerned official and the official
seal.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 36, from the date notified by the Board of
Revenue under sub-section (1-A) of section 42 of the Act, the Patwari of the estate shall not
issue a copy of the computerized record or extract from the record mentioned in sub-rule (1) of
the rule 37-B.

(3) The Board of Revenue shall notify fee for obtaining certified copies of the computerized
record or extracts from the record.]

37. Inspection of maps and land records filed in the tehsil revenue record room or
consigned to the district/sub-divisional revenue record room. - (1) The Officer-Incharge of the
Tehsil, Sub-Division or District Revenue record Room, shall allow any one interested to inspect
the maps and land records prepared under the Act and the documents prepared under the
West Pakistan Consolidation of Holding Ordinance, 1960, and to take notes therefrom, in
pencil, in his presence in the record room, during office hours, on all working days.

(2) An application for the inspection of maps and land records kept in the revenue Records
Room, shall be made in writing and shall distinctly specified the records, inspection of which is
desired. -

(3) The following charges shall be paid for each hour or part thereof on which the
inspection is made:-

(i) Ordinary [Rs. 2/-

(ii) Urgent [Rs. 4/-

When the application does not specify the number, date and nature of the records to be
inspected, or if the description given in such application is incorrect and it shall, in
consequence, be necessary to search the records, a fee at Rupees [two] shall be payable for
such search.

Explanation. - (1) For the purposes of this rule, the District Kanungo and Tehsil Office Kanungo
will be the incharge of the Revenue Record Rooms at District and Tehsil/Sub-Division,
respectively. In the absence of these officials, their Assistants or other officials appointed or
deputed by the Collector, shall perform duties.

(2) A separate application shall be made and separate fee paid, for the inspection of each
record.
(3) The fee shall be paid, by means of court-fee stamp(s), affixed to the original application,
before the record is handed over to the applicant.

37-A. Preparation of produce statements and five yearly abstracts of yield. - (1) Any
interested person may apply to the Court concerned for the preparation of produce statements
required in connection with the disposal of rent cases and five-yearly abstracts of yield required
in cases relating to the temporary alienation of land in satisfaction of a decree of a Civil or
Revenue Court.

(2) The following fees shall be charged for-

(i) Produce statement... Rs. 2 for first 10 Khasra Nos. and 20 paisa for each additional Khasra
No. per harvest subject to a maximum of Rs. 20 in single case.

(ii) Five yearly abstract of yield. 50 paisa for one Khasra No. and 20 paisa for every additional
Khasra No. subject to a maximum of Rs. 20 in a single case.

(3) On receiving the application under sub-rule (1) the Court concerned should:-

(a) Collect from the parties concerned the amount of fee prescribed in sub-rule (2).

(b) Credit three fourth of the fee thus realized into the treasury under the receipt head ‘VII-
Land Revenue-Misc-Copying fee for the preparation of produce statement and five-yearly
abstracts of yield.’

(c) Credit the rest one fourth to the Deposit head ‘Deposit of fees received by Government
servant for work done for private bodies under ‘Civil Deposit’ and

(d) issue the requisition for the preparation for such statement or abstracts, to the Sadar
Kanungo or Tehsildar concerned, who shall thereupon cause such statement or abstracts to be
prepared by the concerned official within ten days from the receipt of such requisition.

(4) (i) Statements or abstracts relating to Civil Court at District Headquarters -shall be
prepared by the Naib-Sadar Kanungo and those relating to the Courts of Assistant
Commissioner, Tehsildar, Naib-Tehsildar and other Courts at Sub-Division Tehsil or Sub-Tehsil
Headquarter shall be prepared by the Tehsil Office Kanungo.

(ii) For the purpose of this rule, the Naib-Sadar Kanungo shall be deemed to include any
official appointment or deputed by the Collector for this purpose.
(5) At the close of each quarter the Court concerned shall send the deposit receipts to the
Tehsildar or Sadar Kanungo concerned who will arrange to draw one fourth of the amount of
fee referred to in clause (c) of sub-rule (3) for payment to the official concerned from the
expenditure head (7) Land Revenue-Land Records-District Charges-Other Allowances and
Honoraria-Fee to Kanungo for preparing produce statement and five yearly abstracts of yield’.

(6) The particular of all such requisitions and the amount of fee chargeable shall be entered,
in the register maintained in the Land Records Office of the District or Tehsil, as the case may
be in

Form XXIII-A.

[5][PART IV-A

PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPUTERIZED RECORD

37-B. Preparation of Computerized Record of Rights and Periodical Records.--- (1) The
record of rights or periodical record, currently under use, shall form the basis of preparation of
computerized record in an estate.

(2) In the process of computerization, computerized record of the following documents

of an estate shall be prepared:---

(a) register Haqdaran Zamin (Form XXXIV) of the estate currently under use including:---

(i) genealogical tree (Shajra Nasab) of owners (Form III);

(ii) register Haqdaran Nakhlistan in estate where Nakhlistan is maintained (Form VIII);

(iii) statement of rights in wells and tube-wells (Form IX); and

(iv) statement of distribution of water (Where the lands are irrigated by means
of Karez or other similar source (Form X);

(b) statement of customs respecting rights and liabilities in the estate (Wajib-ul-Arz)
(Form XXXIV);
(c) register of mutations (Form XXXV) pertaining to the mutations decided during the
currency of the register Haqdaran Zamin (Form XXXIX) mentioned under clause (a) above;

(d) register Fard Badar (Form XV) during the currency of register Haqdaran Zamin (Form
XXXIV) mentioned under clause (a) above;

(e) crop Inspection register (register Girdwari) (Form XXIV) and register Taghayurat-e-
Kasht (Form XXIV-A) during the currency of the register Haqdaran Zamin (Form XXXIV)
mentioned under clause (a) above;

(f) field Book of the estate including all the supplementary field books (Form XII); and
map of the estate including supplementary maps; and

(g) any other Form or record as may be notified by the Board of Revenue.

(3) After the start of preparation of computerized record in an estate, the Board of
Revenue shall issue a notification under sub-section (3) of section 41-A of the Act prohibiting
further preparation of periodical records prescribed under rule 30 and 31 and the periodical
records of the estate henceforth shall be prepared from the computerized records and copies
of the same shall be provided to the Patwaris.

(4) During the preparation of computerized record, the data entry service provider shall
supply a list of errors or inconsistencies in revenue record of the estate to the Circle Revenue
Officer through the Collector of the District and the Circle Revenue Officer shall get the errors
or inconsistencies corrected in prescribed manner.

(5) A copy of the computerized register Haqdaran Zamin, prior to the entry of
mutations, shall be supplied to the Circle Revenue Officer who shall cause it to be compared by
the Patwari of the estate with his copy of manual register Haqdaran Zamin.

(6) The Patwari shall:---

(i) make corrections, if any, in red ink and prepare a list of corrections under his
signature; and

(ii) fill in the remarks column of the copy of computerized register Haqdaran Zamin supplied
to him in accordance with entries in manual register Haqdaran Zamin.

(7) The corrections and entries made under sub-rule (6) shall be verified and signed by
field Kanungo and Circle Revenue Officer and the Circle Revenue Officer shall forward these to
the Circle Centre In-charge who shall cause these to be incorporated in the computerized
record, verify the amended entries, save the amended version in the system and the corrected
copy of the computerized register Haqdaran Zamin received form the Patwari shall be
consigned to the Tehsil record room.

(8) The Collector of the District shall cause to be maintained a list of all the mutations or
fard badr sanctioned after the start of preparation of computerized record in an estate.

(9) After the data entry for preparation of computerized record of an estate under sub-
rule (1) has been completed, the Collector of the District shall supply the list of mutations or
fard badr, along-with all such mutations or fard badr (part sarkar) to the Service Centre In-
charge, who shall cause these mutations or fard badr to be entered in the computerized record.

(10) One copy of the computerized periodical record, after entering the mutations (part
sarkar), shall be consigned to the District record room and another shall be supplied to the
Patwari of the estate and the copies supplied as such shall be the periodical record of the estate
from the date notified by the Board of Revenue under sub-section (2) of section 41-A.

(11) The Patwari of the estate shall examine every entry in the periodical record, supplied
to him for its correctness and get the errors rectified in the prescribed manner and intimate the
Service Centre In-charge regarding correctness made in the record through Field Kanungo and
Circle Revenue Officer and if no such intimation is received at the Service Centre within one
month or the period extended by the Collector of the District, due to reasons to be recorded in
writing it shall be presumed that the record has been checked by the Patwari, Field Kanungo
and Circle Revenue Officer and found correct.

(12) The Board of Revenue may make computerized record available on its website for
general information.

37-C. Making of records at Service Centre after the notified date.--- (1) At the end of
the period specified under sub-section (1-A) of section 42 of the Act, the Circle Revenue Officer
shall ensure that all foils of mutations or fard badr decided during the said period by him or his
predecessor in office are submitted to the Service Centre In-charge and provide a certificate to
this effect to the Service Centre In-charge and shall also supply a list all pending mutations or
fard badr along-with all mutations or fard badr registers to the Service Centre In-charge.

(2) After the date notified by the Board of Revenue under sub-section (1-A) of section
42 of the Act, any person, acquiring right in an estate by inheritance, purchase, mortgage, gift
or otherwise as a landowner or a tenant, for a term exceeding one year, shall report such
acquisition to the Service Centre Official of the estate at the Service Centre, either orally or in
writing on Form XXXV-A who, upon receipt of such report, shall enter it in the computerized
record and request the person making the report to authenticate the same through his
electronic signature.
 (3) If the information contained in the oral or written report does not match the
existing computerized record, the Service Centre Official shall inform the person, making the
report, about the discrepancy and in case the person making the report states that there is an
error in the existing computerized record, the matter shall be referred to the Service Centre in-
charge and:---

(a) the Service Centre In-charge, upon receipt of such report, shall verify the entries
from the scanned copies of record, available in the existing computerized record, and in case of
any error in the data entry, he shall correct the same and electronically forward it to the
Revenue Officer of the Service Centre, who after satisfying himself, shall approve the same
through his electronic signatures; and

(b) in case no discrepancy is found in the existing computerized record and the scanned
copies of the record as mentioned in clause (a), the matter shall be referred to Circle Revenue
Officer for his consideration and decision in accordance with law.

(4) In case the information provided by the person making the report matches the
information available in the existing computerized record and there is no stay order of any
competent forum upon alienation of rights in land reported to be acquired, the Service Centre
Official shall provide the person making the report:---

(i) a bank challan containing the following details:---

(a) name and addresses of the person(s) on whose behalf the amount is to be paid;

(b) amounts of taxes, duties, fees and cesses payable;

(c) heads of accounts under which the taxes, duties, fees, and cesses are to be
deposited;

(d) nature of mutation requested:---

Provided that if the person(s) making the report has any reservation against the assessed taxes,
duties, fees or cesses payable, he may submit representation to the Circle Revenue Officer
against such assessment who may, after on ground inspection of land reported to be acquired,
after the assessed amount;

(ii) a receipt of the report containing the following details:---

(a) the date and time when the person making the report has to appear before the
Revenue Officer at the Service Centre;
(b) the name of person(s) who have to appear before the Revenue Officer on the date
given at clause (a) which shall include:---

(i) the person(s) whose right is being acquired, except in cases of inheritance, transfer
by registered deed or by an order of the court or competent authority or when such person(s)
has executed a power of attorney in favour of another person(s), then the person(s) in whose
favor the power of attorney has been executed, along-with original and latest certified copy of
power of attorney;

(ii) the person(s) who is acquiring the right except when such person has executed a
power of attorney in favour of another person(s), then the person(s) in whose favour the power
of attorney has been executed, along-with original power of attorney and its certified copy; and

(iii) in cases where the person acquiring the right is a minor or lunatic, his guardian, with
the identity documents applicable as given in clause (c) below.

(c) A detail of the documents required for proving the identity of the parties and
witnesses, which shall include:---

(i) in case of a citizen of Pakistan, of the age of eighteen years or above, his original
Computerized Identity Card;

(ii) in case of citizen of Pakistan below the age of eighteen years, the original
Computerized National Identity Card of his guardian and Form B of the minor;

(iii) in case of non-resident Pakistani, his original Computerized National Identity Card for
Overseas Paksitanis;

(iv) in case of foreign citizen, his original passport and permission of competent authority
to acquire land, if required; and

(v) in case of a legal person, proof of legal personality; and

(d) a detail of other documents required in certain cases:---

(i) in case of mutation based on court decree or order of competent forum, recent
certified copy of the decree; and

(ii) in case of mutation based on a registered deed, the original and recent certified
copy of registered deed.
(5) If the Revenue Officer has any doubt regarding the genuineness of any of the documents
presented, as required above, he may, after recording reasons, get it re-verified from the
relevant authority.

(6) If the preparation of a supplementary map (Tatima Shajra) or filed book (Form XIV) for
sanctioning the requested mutation is required, a copy of unapproved mutation shall be
supplied to the Circle Revenue Officer along-with the date on which such supplementary map
or field book is required to be deposited back to the Service Centre In-charge.

(7) The Circle Revenue Officer shall cause the verified by the Field Kanungo on ground and
shall also verify the supplementary map or field book prepared as such and shall be responsible
for its timely submission to the Service Centre In-charge.

(8) The Service Centre Revenue Officer, upon receipt of the supplementary map or field
book, shall cause to scan and save it to the computerized record and pass such order as he may
deem appropriate.

(9) If the requested mutation pertains to inheritance, a copy of unapproved mutation shall
be supplied to the Circle Revenue Officer and he shall also be given a date by which he has to
deposit it back to the Service Centre.

(10) The Circle Revenue Officer shall make a summary enquiry regarding legal heirs of the
right holders of the deceased, determine shares of each legal heir in the property left by the
deceased in accordance with the law of inheritance by which the deceased was governed and
prepare a Shajra Nasab (Form III) of the deceased in prescribed manner.

(11) The Circle Revenue Officer shall be responsible for the timely submission of the results
of the enquiry along-with the Shajra Nasab of the deceased prepared as such and the Service
Centre Revenue Officer, upon receipt of the report of such enquiry, shall cause to scan and save
it to the computerized record and pass such order as he deems appropriate.

(12) No order under sub-section (6) of Section 42-A of the Act shall be passed by the
Revenue Officer at the Service Centre unless:---

(a) the person(s) whose right is being acquired is present before him at the Service Centre,
except in cases where:---

(i) the mutation is a mutation of inheritance;

(ii) the mutation is based on registered deed;

(iii) the mutation is based on decree or an order of the competent court or authority;
(iv) the mutation is based upon registered power of attorney;

(v) the person whose rights are being altered is a legal person;

Provided that in case of (iv) or (v) above, the order shall only be passed in the presence of the
authorized agent of the person(s) whose right is being acquired.

(b) he has ensured that the electronic signatures and digital photographs of the
person(s) whose right is being acquired or his authorized agent (in cases mentioned at clause
(a) above is obtained and stored in the computerized record in his presence;

(c) except the cases of mutation of inheritance or mutation based upon registered
deed or an order or decree of a court or forum, he has examined and satisfied himself about
the genuineness of:---

(i) the documents of identity presented before him;

(ii) the identity of the person(s) whose right is being acquired or his authorized agent.

(iii) the identity of the person(s) acquiring the right or his authorized agent:---

Provided that he shall require two residents of the estate one of whom, preferably Lambardar
of the estate or an elected representative of the local government, to verify the genuineness of
the persons mentioned in (ii) and (iii) above;

Provided further that he shall satisfy himself that the electronic signatures and digital
photographs of the persons mentioned above are saved in the computerized record;

(d) he has caused:---

(i) to store the scanned images of the identity documents in the computerized record; and

(ii) to verify the Computerized National Identity Card numbers of the persons mentioned in
clause (c);

(e) he has caused to save the scanned copy of the challan in the computerized
record;

(f) in case where sanctioning the mutation requires preparation of a supplementary

map or filed book, he has satisfied himself that supplementary map or field book has been
prepared and its scanned copy saved to the computerized record;
 (g) in case of mutation of inheritance, he has satisfied himself that the report of
Circle Revenue Officer including Shajra Nasab (Form III) has been prepared and saved in the
computerized record;

(h) the person, whose right is being acquired, affirms before him that he has
alienated his right and received the consideration thereof; and

(i) the person acquiring the rights affirms before him that he has received the
possession;

(13) If the Service Centre Revenue Officer is satisfied that the above conditions have
been fulfilled, he shall record his order in the computerized record sanction the mutation under
his electronic signatures.

(14) If the Service Centre Revenue Officer is not satisfied, he may either reject the
mutation or give another date for inquiry and in either case he shall give reasons for rejection
or postponement:---

Provided that in case of rejection, he shall record his order in the computerized record,
under his electronic signatures.

(15) The Revenue Officer shall provide, free of cost, to both parties, a copy of the
decided mutation and a certified copy of the updated computerized register Haqdaran Zamin
concerning the mutation.]

PART V

Crop Inspection And Kharaba

38. Date on which inspection of each harvest to be commenced. - (1) The

Commissioner may fix the date on which the inspection of each harvest shall commence,
according to the circumstances of the area. In the absence of such fixation of dates, the
inspection of each harvest shall commence, as follows: -

Kharif.........................................…………………………………. 1stt October

Rabi............................................…………………………………. 1st March
Extra (Zaid Rabi)......................……………………………… 15th April
(2) When for any reason, the ripening of the crop is later than usual, the Collector
may postpone the inspection for a period not exceeding fifteen days.
39. Crop Inspection Register. -(l) For each estate, a crop inspection register (Girdawari) shall
be maintained in Form XXIV.

(2) For each estate, a register of changes in cultivations, possession and rent to be known as
the ‘Register Taghayyurat-e-Kasht’ shall also be maintained by the Patiwari in Form XXIV-A in
which he will enter such harvest-wise changes as are not disputed and will incorporate the
same in the Register Girdawari after the checking and attestation thereof by the Field Kanungo
and the Circle Revenue Officer.
[6][(3) After the date specified by the Board of Revenue under sub-seciton (2) of section 41-A
of the Act, the Patwari shall, within fifteen calendar days of completion of girdwari of
Rabi/Khareef each year, submit the register Taghyyurat-e-Kashit (Form XXIV-A), duly verified by
the field Kanungo and the Circle Revenue Officer to the Service Centre In-charge of the estate
who shall cause it to be immediately scanned, saved in the computerized record and returned
to the Patwari.

(4) The Service Centre In-charge shall cause the Service Centre Official to update the
computerized record of the estate on the basis of variations recorded in the
register Taghyyurat-e-Kashit and the entries made as such shall be presented to the Service
Centre Revenue Officer for his approval through his electronic signatures, and after his
approval, the changes shall become a part of the computerized register Haqdawan Zamin of the
estate.]

39-A. Fard Raftar Girdawari. - (1) The schedule of programme for Crop Inspection (Fard Raftar
Girdawari) shall be so arranged that at the time of Kharif and Rabi Girdawaris, the Patwari
should first take up the estate for which the periodical record is to be prepared.

A copy of the Fard Raftar Girdawari shall be sent by the Patwari in advance to the Chairman of
the respective Union Council who may depute one of the Members of the Union Council to be
present at the time of harvest inspection by the Patwari.

40. Correction of entries in the Crop Inspection Register. - No alteration shall be made in
the Register Girdawari after the dhal bachh of respective harvest has been drawn up, except
with the sanction of the Collector. If at the time of preparation of Register Haqdaran Zamin, an
entry in the Register Girdawari is found to be incorrect, it shall nevertheless be retained
unaltered and the correct entry shall be noted, in red ink, in the remarks column and shall be
attested by the Kanungo.

41. Failure of crop to be entered in the Register Girdawari. - (1) When a crop fails to
germinate or dries up, or is destroyed by calamity of season or the yield falls short of the
normal out-turn a corresponding entry of the failure of crop (Kharaba), shall be made in the
Register Girdawari (Form XXIV), at the time of harvest inspections.

(2) In areas in which land-revenue is assessed in the form of prescribed rates, under clause
(b) of subsection (3) of section 56, a statement of Kharaba shall be prepared in Form XXV.

(3) The entries in the statement of Kharaba shall be checked, on the spot, cent per cent by
the Kanungo; 50% by the Naib Tehsildar/Head Munshi or Tehsildar and 25% by the Assistant
Collector of the first Grade.

(4) The checking of statements of Kharaba shall be carried out within fifteen days following
the day on which the crop inspection by the Patwari is concluded.

42. Scale on which relief to be given.- Deductions for Kharaba shall be entered
in/accordance with the following scale (taking 100 paisa as the average yield of crop):-

(a) Yield more than 75 paisa No deduction.

(b) Yield more than 50 paisa Deduct 1/4 of the sown

but not more than 75 paisa area

(c) Yield more than 25 paisa Deduct 1/2 of the sown

but not more than 50 paisa. area

(d) Yield not more than 25 Deduct whole sown area

paisa.

Explanation 1. - When the crop has been cut before the field is inspected, the crop shall be
presumed to have matured and no deductions for Kharaba under this rule shall be allowed.

Explanation 2.- In case a land-owner has objection to the Kharaba allotted by the Patwari or
Kanungo, his objection shall be noted in the remarks column of Form XXV and the Tehsildar,
Naib-Tehsildar (Head Munshi) shall pass orders after personally inspecting the survey/Khasra
numbers concerned.

43. Circumstances under which no Kharaba Statement is to be prepared.- In the vent of

widespread calamity, such as floods or hailstorms or locust, the Collector may dispense with the
preparation of statements of Kharaba, prescribed under Rule 41 (2).

PART VI

Demand Statements (Dhal Bachh)

44. Bachh Papers.- (1) In each estate, a distribution of revenue (dhal bachh), of fixed
Malia Mustaqil or in the form of prescribed rates (Ghair Mustaqil), shall be prepared by the
Patwari, Khewat-wise in Form XXVI or Form XXVII, as the case may be.

(2) In the areas where collection of revenue is made by Tapedars, the Tapedar (Patwari)
shall prepare a bill of assessment, in respect of each landowner in Form XXVIII and deliver the
same to him.

(3) In the areas where collection of revenue is made through headmen (Lambardars), the
Patwari shall prepare a copy of Dhal bachh, headman-wise, showing the particulars of each
land-owner and deliver the same to the headman (Lambardar).

PART VII

A - Collection Of Land-revenue By Lambardars

45. Place of payment.- Land-revenue shall be paid at the office of the Tehsil to which
the estate belongs, except in the following cases:---

(a) Where the Tehsil treasury at the District headquarters has been incorporated with the
District treasury, the payment shall be made into the District treasury.
Explanation I.- The headman shall present the Arz Irsal (Form XXIX) to the Tehsil revenue
accountant (wasil baqi nawis) at the Tehsil, who shall verify the correctness and proper
distribution of the amount tendered, by reference to the demand statement (village khatauni)
and shall prepare receipts (dakhilas) (Form XXX), in triplicate, shall sign them and shall obtain
the signature of the Tehsildar or the Naib-Tehsildar/Head Munshi thereon. The headman, shall
then take the money and three copies of the receipt to the treasury and deposit the amount in
the treasury.

Explanation II.- The headman may pay land-revenue, rates and cesses, etc., by means of-

(i) a crossed cheque, in favour of the Tehsildar concerned,- alongwith the arz irsal referred
to in Explanation I; or

(ii) revenue money order in favour of Tehsildar concerned, in which case the entries of arz
irsal shall be copied on the coupon of the money order form.

Explanation III.- If the land-revenue cesses, etc. are paid by means of a cheque or revenue
money order, the Tehsildar concerned shall arrange for the deposit of the same into the
treasury, in the manner referred to in Explanation I-

(b) Where a special arrangement has been made, with the sanction of the Collector,
authorizing any person, to pay land-revenue direct into the District treasury, the payment shall
be made as provided in clause (a).

(c) Where special permission of the Commissioner has been given, authorizing any person,
to pay land-revenue into the headquarters treasury of another District, within his Division or,
with the concurrence of the Commissioner concerned, into the headquarters treasury of any
District, in another Division of West Pakistan, the payment shall be made at the place so
approved.

Explanation.- The continuance of such special arrangement shall depend on the punctual
payment of the revenue and, on any arrear falling due, the Collector or the Commissioner, as
the case may be, shall make an order cancelling that arrangement.

B - Collection Of Land-revenue By Tapedars

46. Payment of land-revenue and rates and cesses.- (1) All payment of land-revenue,
rates and cesses shall be made to the Tapedar concerned, who shall issue receipts in Form I to
the land-owners in token of having received the Government dues, from them. The Tapedar
shall deposit the amount in the Treasury on Form XXX, which shall be checked and signed by
the Revenue Accountant and the Mukhtiarkar or Head Munshi.

(2) Where a special arrangement has been made, with the sanction of the Collector,
authorizing any person, to pay land-revenue direct into the Government treasury, the payment
shall be made in Form XXX, which shall be checked and signed by the Revenue Accountant and
the Mukhtiarkar or Head Munshi.

(3) The land-owner may remit the amount of land-revenue or other dues by means
of-

(a) a crossed cheque in favour of the Mukhtiarkar concerned alongwith a copy of the bill
of assessment; or

(b) revenue money-order in favour of the Mukhtiarkar concerned, in which case the entries
of bill of assessment shall be copied on the coupon of the money-order form.

In the aforesaid cases, the Mukhtiarkar concerned shall arrange for the deposit of the amount
in the Treasury in Form XXX.

47. Security to be furnished by Mukhtiarkar, Head Munshi, Supervising Tapedar and

Tapedar.- (1) All Mukhtiarkars, Head Munshis, Supervising Tapedars and Tapedars shall, before
entering upon their office, furnish security in the amounts respectively shown hereunder
against them, either by deposit of securities of the Central Government duly endorsed,
accompanied by a power to sell or in Form XXXI:-

(i) Mukhtiarkar......................................…….Rs. ten thousand

(ii) Head Munshis...................................….Rs. five thousand
(iii) Supervising Tapedars ......................Rs. five thousand
(iv) Tapedars............................................…….Rs. five thousand
(2) The securities shall be deposited with the Collector.

48. Surety to be liable in the same manner as principal. - The surety or sureties of the
officers referred to in Rule 47 shall be liable to be proceeded against jointly and severally, in the
same manner as his or their Principal is liable to be proceeded against, in case of default, and
notwithstanding such Principal may be so proceeded against:
Provided that in any case of failure to discharge or make good any sum of money due to
Government, no greater sum than is sufficient to cover any loss which the Government may
actually sustain by the default of the Principal, shall be recovered from the surety or sureties, as
the amount which may be due from such surety or sureties, under the terms of the security
bond executed by him or them.

49. Liability of surety not affected by death of Principal or by his taking a different
appointment.- The liability of the surety or sureties shall not be affected by the death of
principal, or by his appointment to a post different from that which he held when the bond was
executed, but shall continue so long as the Principal occupies any post in which security is
required and until his bond is cancelled.

50. How surety may withdraw from further liability. - Any surety, whether under a separate
or joint bond, may withdraw from his suretyship, at any time, on his stating in writing, to the
officer to whom the bond has been given, that he desire so to withdraw; and his responsibility
under the bond shall cease, after sixty days from the date on which he gives such writing, as to
all demands upon his Principal concerning money, for which his Principal may become
chargeable after the expiration of such period of sixty days, but shall not cease as to any
demands for which his Principal may have become liable before the expiration of such period,
even though the facts establishing such liability may not be discovered till afterwards.

51. Register of securities. - The Collector shall keep a register in Form XXXII of all securities
furnished by each officer, in his Department.

COLLECTION OF RATES AND CESSES

52. Number of instalments and amount. - (1) Where the annual land-revenue of an
estate is payable at one harvest, the demand of each year from that estate on account of rates
an cesses shall be paid at the same harvest.

(2) In all other cases, the demand of each year from an estate on account of rates and
cesses shall be paid in two instalments, viz. one at the kharif harvest and the other at the Rabi
harvest, and each instalment shall bear the same proportion to the total demand of the year as
the instalment or instalments of land-revenue due on the same state for the same harvest bear
to the total land revenue payable by the estate for the same year.

53. Rates and cesses paid alongwith first instalment of land-revenue. - Rates and cesses
due at each harvest shall be payable on the date on which the first instalment of land revenue
due from the same estate, on account of the same harvest, is payable, and except as by these
rules is otherwise provided, at the revenue office appointed for the receipt of land-revenue due
to Government in the same Tehsil.

54. Rules in the case of estates in which no land-revenue is payable.- Where no land-
revenue is payable by an estate, the rates and cesses due therefrom shall be payable by the
same instalments and dates by which the rates and cesses of the adjacent estates are payable;
and the Collector shall, by order, determine the instalments and the dates which are applicable
under this rule.

55. Portion of rates and cesses not payable to Government.- A headman, when paying an
instalment of rates and cesses as required by Rule 53 shall subject to the provisions of clause (a)
of Rule 24, be entitled to withhold the Lambardari fee.

RECOVERY OF ARREARS

56. Application by Headmen for recovery of arrears from defaulters. When headman
wants to make recovery of land-revenue or any sum recoverable as an arrear of land-revenue
under section 113, he shall make an application to the Revenue Officer stating herein-

(a) the name and description of the defaulter;

(b) the arrear of which recovery is desired;

(c) the circumstances which have made the application necessary.

(2) Any number of defaulters residing in the same estate may, at the discretion of the
Revenue Officer, to whom the application is made, be included in the same application, but the
arrear due from each defaulter shall be separately specified.
57. Defaulter to be summoned.- (1) If the application is in proper form and the arrear of
which recovery is desired has not been due for more than six months, the Revenue Officer shall
fix a date for the hearing of the case and shall serve a notice of demand in Form XXXIII on the
defaulter, together, with a notice requiring him to appear on the date so fixed, if the demand
has not, in the meantime, been paid.

(2) If the arrear has been due for more than six months the application shall be rejected,
unless the applicant satisfies the Revenue Officer that the delay in realizing the arrear is not due
to his neglect; and, if he is so satisfied, the Revenue Officer shall proceed as in sub-rule (1).

58. Recovery of arrears from defaulters. - On the date fixed for the attendance of the
defaulter, or any subsequent date to which the matter may be adjourned, the Revenue Officer
shall make an inquiry into the existence of the arrear; and if it is proved, he shall record an
order stating the amount of the arrear and the person who is defaulter, shall and thereafter
proceed to recover the same.

59. Sale under section 88 or section 90 to be proceeded by attachment.- (1) When it is

proposed to sell a holding or any other immovable property under section 88 or section 90,
such holding or immovable property shall, in the first place, be attached in the manner
provided in section 85.

(2) The sale of immovable property shall be conducted by a Revenue Officer not below the
rank of a Tehsildar.

PROCESS FEES

60. Charge for service of process.- For the service of every notice of demand, warrant
or other process, for the collection of revenue, under Chapters VIII and DC of the Act, 63[the
following charges shall be made:

(i) where the revenue involved is Rs. 10/- or less Rs.1.50

(ii) where the revenue involved is more than

Rs. 10/- and less than Rs. 100/- Rs.5.00

(iii) where the revenue involved is Rs. 1000/- or above. Rs. 10.00

PART VIII

Remission Of Land Revenue

61. Power to sanction remission.- The Delegation of powers, in respect of the

remission of land-revenue as under:-

(a) Remission of land-revenue on (i) Board of Full

account of failure of crop. Revenue powers

(ii) Commissioners Full

powers

(b) Remission of land-revenue (i) Board Full

during calamities of Revenue powers

(ii) Commissioners Rs. 10,000.

per Distt

(iii) Deputy Upto Rs.

Commissioners 1,000

PART IX

Survey And Boundaries

62. Demarcated areas of forest land, etc., owned by Government to be considered

estates. - All demarcated areas of uncultivated and forest land owned by Government are
declared to be estates within the meaning of the Act.
63. Survey marks. - The survey marks denned in clause (24) of section 4, set up by the
Survey of Pakistan, include-

(i) Great Trigonometerical Stations.

(ii) Base line stones, placed in the course of riverain surveys.

(iii) Traverse Stations (in estates not surveyed on the square system).

(iv) Other traverse data (such as corner stones, indicating blocks in the rectangulation).

(v) International boundary pillars.

64. Boundary Marks.- The following boundary marks shall be erected by or under the orders
of Revenue Officer.

A - Tri-junction Pillars (Sihadas)

At every point, where the boundaries of more than two estates meet and, at such other
places on the boundary line, as may be necessary for the convenient determination of the
boundary of an estate, a tri-junction pillar of the following specification shall be constructed:

Material- A single block of stone, or masonary of stone or burnt brick with lime mortar; if
mansonary, upper surface to be plastered with pacca lime plaster.

Shape- If a stone block, in length and breadth not less than 18 inches and in depth, not less
than 3 feet. If mansonary cubic, each edge or the cube not less than three feet long.

Position- The lowest side of the pillar to be accurately bedded upon a levelled surface, and only
half the pillar to be above ground.

B – Burjis

(i) At every angle on the boundary line between two sihadas, a burji mound or dari (mud
pillar or stone slab) shall be set up.

(ii) At every corner of the survey squares or rectangles, a masonary or stone pillar, shall be
set up.
65. Land measurement or survey.- The land measurement or survey may be-

(a) on square system; or

(b) on rectangulation system; or

(c) on Kishtwari system (measurement in original shape of the Survey Khasra Number) in
the hilly tracts or riverain areas or similar lands where the measurement or survey is not
practicable in accordance with the square or rectangulation systems.

66. Size of area of Survey/Khasra Number.- Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection

(1) of section 133, Survey/Khasra numbers which have already been made of less than one acre
in area or which may be so made under the order of the Collector in this behalf, and any
Survey/Khasra number separately entered in the record-of-rights or the periodical record, shall,
irrespective of its area, be deemed to have been made under the Act.

67. Conditions for and restrictions upon subdivision of Survey Khasra numbers.- (1)
Survey/Khasra numbers may be divided into so many sub-divisions-

(a) as may be required in connection with the acquisition of rights referred to in subsection
(1) of section 42; or

(b) for any other reasons with the sanction of the Collector.

(2) The area and land-revenue of such sub-divisions shall be entered in columns 11 and 13,
respectively, of the Mutation Register (Form XXXV). The supplementary map (tatmma shajra) of
the respective Survey /Khasra number shall be drawn on the back of the mutation sheet giving
the particulars contained in Form XIV.

PUNJAB AMENDMENT

PART IX- A “Demarcation Of Land And Eviction Of Unauthorized Land-owners” added by

Notification dated 23-11-1973.
PART IX A

Demarcation Of Land And Eviction Of

Unauthorized Land-owners

67-A. Demarcation of land.- (1) An application under section 177[7] for defining the limits of an
estate, a holding, field or any portion thereof, shall contain the following particulars:

(a) Designation of the Revenue Officer to whom it is addressed.

(b) Name, parentage and address of the applicant and if the appellant is minor, or a person
of unsound mind, the name, parentage and address of his guardian or of male member of his
family.

(c) Name, parentage and address of the person or persons against whom the application is
made, and if he or any one of them is a minor or of unsound mind, the name, parentage and
address of his guardian or of a male member of his family.

(d) Location and full description of the land to be demarcated.

(e) A brief statement of facts and reasons necessitating the making of application.

(f) Signature or thumb-impression of the applicant.

(g) Any other matter which is necessary for the proper disposal of application.

(2) An application under sub-rule (1) shall bear the court-fee stamp of rupee one and shall
be accompanied by:-

(a) an attested copy of the latest entry in Register Haqdaran-e-Zamin or Jamabandi relating
to the land mentioned in the application; and

(b) an attested copy of the portion of the map of the estate showing field numbers
mentioned in the application.

(3) The application shall be presented to:-

(a) Revenue Officer-in-charge of the Circle in case the land to be demarcated is situated
within a Tehsil; and

(b) the Revenue Officer-in-charge of a Sub-Division in case the limits of the land to be
demarcated extend to an adjoining Sub-Division or District.

(4) On the receipt of such application duly accompanied by the attested copies mentioned
in sub-rule (2), the Revenue Officer concerned shall:-

(a) cause the application to be registered in the relevant column of the Register to be
mentioned in this office in the Form XXXIII-A;

(b) fix time and date for demarcation of boundaries, and

(c) Cause a notice in form XXX-III-B to be issued in duplicate

to :--

(i) the parties to the application;

(ii) Lambardar of the village in which the land mentioned in the application is situated.

(iii) Field Kanungo of the Circle;

(iv) Revenue Patwari of the village if the notice is not to be served through him; and

(v) any other person whose presence at the time of demarcation of boundaries is
considered necessary or expedient by the Revenue Officer.

(5) The notice issued under section (c) of the preceding sub-rule shall be served on the
persons mentioned therein, in the following modes, at least one week before the date fixed for
demarcation of the land:

(a) By delivering a copy thereof to the person mentioned therein and obtaining his
signatures or thumb-impression on duplicate copy in token of his having received the same.

(b) In case of refusal to receive the notice or absence of such person, by affixing a copy
thereof on the outer-door of his house or place of residence, in the presence of at least one
witness and also by beat of drum at the expense of the applicant

(c) If any person to be served is residing at a place, other than the village in which the land
is situated, notice shall be served on him by means of registered post ‘Acknowledgment Due’,
or by any other means as the Revenue Officer deem fit. The expenses for such service shall be
borne by the applicant
(6) At the time and on the date fixed for demarcation of boundaries, the Revenue Officer
shall, in the presence of the parties and other persons mentioned in clause (c) of sub-rule (4) as
may be present in response to the notice served on them, cause the measurement of the land
to be taken under his personal supervision, strictly in accordance with instructions and standing
orders on the subject issued by the Financial Commissioner and the Board of Revenue from
time to time.

(7) (a) Soon after taking necessary measurements, the Revenue Officer, on the basis of
data so collected, shall draw up a plan of the encroached area, if any and shall prepare report
‘inter alia’ containing the following details:-

(i) Time, date and place of demarcation of boundaries.

(ii) Full description of the land measured and demarcated.

(iii) Mode and details of the measurements taken.

(iv) Persons in whose presence such measurements were taken and other demarcation
proceedings took place and the objection, if any, raised by any one or more of them during that
time.

(v) Limits of the existing possession including the exact dimensions of the encroached area,
if any, and the names of the persons found in possession thereof.

(b) The Revenue Officer, after preparing the report, shall read out the same to the parties
and record the statements as to whether they have understood the proceedings or any part
thereof and have any objection against any portion of his report.

(c) After recording such statements and his opinion thereon, the Revenue Officers, on
return to his Headquarter, shall place the report, together with the plan of encroached area
and statement of the parties, on the file and cause the particulars of the proceedings entered in
the relevant columns of Register maintained in office in Form XXXIII-A.

67-B Eviction of UNAUTHORIZED land-owners. - (1) An application under

section 122 for the eviction of a land-owner found in wrongful possession of a land as a result
of demarcation proceedings taken under section 117 read with rule 67-A, shall contain the
following particulars:

(a) Name, parentage and address of the person who has been found in wrongful possession
of the land (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) and if he happens to be a minor or a
person of unsound mind, the name, parentage and address of his guardian or of any male
member of the family.

(b) Location and description of the land, the possession of which is required

(c) Brief statement of demarcation proceedings, its result and reasons for the application.

(d) Any other fact which may be necessary for the fair disposal of the application.

(2) The application shall bear the court-fee stamp of rupee one and shall be accompanied
by:-

(a) a certified copy of the report, including copy of the plan of encroached area, prepared
by the Revenue Officer in the demarcation proceedings conducted by him under rule 67-A; and

(b) as many copies of the application as the number.

(3) The application shall be addressed and submitted to the Collector in charge of the Sub-
Division in which the land in dispute is situated:

Provided that where the demarcation proceedings are conducted by the Revenue Officer
incharge of the Sub-Division, the application shall be addressed and submitted to the Collector
of the District.

(4) On the receipt of the application, the Collector shall fix a date for its hearing and cause
its notice in Form XXXIII-C, together with a copy of the application, to be served on the
respondent in the manner prescribed in sub-rule (5) of Rule 67-A.

(5) On the date fixed for hearing, the respondent may put up his appearance either in
person or through an authorized agent and may file his reply to the application. The Collector,
on the same date of hearing or on any subsequent date to which the proceedings may be
adjourned, after hearing the parties and examining the record, including the file of demarcation
proceedings, may:-

(a) direct fresh demarcation proceedings to be taken by the same or any other Revenue
Officer, if he is satisfied that the land-owner whose eviction from the land has been sought, had
no knowledge of the demarcation proceeding as there was some material irregularity
committed by the Revenue Officer in such proceedings; or

(b) accept the application and order eviction of the respondents or any one or more of them
who have been found in wrongful possession of the land or any portion thereof:
Provided that where the proceedings substantially involve a question of title or of an intricate
question of law, the Collector shall not pass any order on the merits of application and shall
refer the parties to the Civil Court.

(6) If the Collector orders fresh demarcation proceedings to be taken by the same or any
other Revenue Officer, such Revenue Officer shall follow the procedure laid down in rule 67-A,
to the extent and from the stage it becomes applicable.

(7) On the acceptance of the application, the Collector shall afford the respondent an
opportunity of delivering possession of the disputed land to the applicant within a period not
exceeding one month and if he fails to do so, the Collector, on an application made by the
applicant, shall issue a warrant of eviction in Form XXXIII-D which shall be executed by an
official not below the rank of a Kanungo, with or without police assistance, according to the
circumstances of each case’.

PART X

Execution Of Certain Orders Of Civil And Criminal

Courts Through Revenue Officers

68. Appraisement of value of produce before sale.- When the produce of any land
has been attached in pursuance of an order for its attachment and sale addressed to the
collector by a Civil or Criminal Court the Collector shall direct that an appraisement of the
attached produce be made by & Revenue Officer or by the Kanungo of Circle in which the land
is situated, within a month of the date of receipt of such direction. The produce shall not be
sold until the appraisement has been approved by the Collector or by a Revenue Officer
appointed by him in this behalf:

Provided that if the appraisement is not made within the prescribed period the sale of the
produce shall not be delayed merely on this account.

69. Agency to be used in conducting sale.- Sale of the produce of land shall be made by a
Revenue Officer or by the Field Kanungo of the Circle in which the land is situated. The sale shall
be conducted in the presence of the Headman or a Member of the Union Committee, Town
Committee, or Union Council, within the jurisdiction of which the land is situated.
70. Date on which possession is to be given to decree-holder of Civil Court.- When an order
of a civil Court is sent to the Collector for the execution of a decree for the possession of lands,
the Collector shall give possession to the decree-holder on the date specified in the decree or in
the direction issued by the Civil Court executing the decree or by the Civil Court and the land of
which possession is to be given is in the cultivating possession of the judgment debtor, the
Collector shall at once refer to the Civil Court for instructions as to whether or not he is to delay
execution until any crop which may have been sown by the judgment-debtor and is standing on
the land, has been removed.

PART XI

Miscellaneous

71. Village Note Book.’ (1) A village note book (Lal Kitab) shall be prepared, for each
estate, comprising the following statements: -

(i) Annual Area.

(ii) Annual Kharif crop.

(iii) Annual Rabi crop.

(iv) Annual Revenue Account.

(v) Annual Transfers of Land by Owners, etc.

(v-a) Annual Sales and Mortgages of Ownership by classes of land.

(vi) Quadrennial Abstract of Ownership and Mortgages.

(vii) Quadrennial Abstract of Cultivation by Owners and Tenants.

(viii) Quadrennial Abstract of Cash paid by Tenants.

(ix) Quinquennial Return of Cattle, Carts, etc.

(x) Assessment.

(2) A note book comprising the statements mentioned in subrule (1), in a consolidated
form, shall also be maintained in respect of each Assessment Circle Tehsil and District.
72. Forms. - In addition to the Forms specified in the foregoing rules the following forms are
also prescribed:-

(i) Register Haqdaran Zamin (Form XXXIV).

(ii) Mutation Register (Form XXXVI).

(iii) Statement of Customs (Form XXXVI).

(iv) Requisition of information/documents (Form XXXVII).

(v) Holding Slip (Form XXXVIII).

(vi) Interrogatory (Form XXXIX).

(vii) Register of Miscellaneous Land-Revenue (Form XL).

(viii) Warrant of Arrest (Form XLI).

(ix) Warrant of Committal of Defaulter to Civil Jail (Form XLII).

(x) Order for the Release of the Defaulter (Form XLIII).

(xi) Warrant of Distraint (Form XLIV).

(xii) Warrant of Sale of Immovable Property (Form XLV).

(xiii) Warrant of Transfer of Holding (Form XLVI).

(xiv) Warrant of Attachment (Form XLVII).

(xv) Proclamation of Sale (Form XLVIII).

(xvi) Certificate of Sale (Form XLIX).

(xvii) Instrument of Partition (Form L).

(xviii) Register showing the amount of fee realized by Patwari; for inspection of records and
grant of certified copies therefrom (Form LI).

(xix) Register showing survey equipments (Form LII).

(xx) Register of Records in the custody of Patwari (Form LIII).

(xxi) Statement showing the condition of Survey and Boundary Marks (Form LIV).
(xxii) Register of Patwari Circles (Form LV).

(xxiii) Work-book for Patwaris (Form LVI).

(xxiv) Work-book for Kanungos (Form LVII).

(xxv) Work-book for Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars/Head Munshis (Form LVIII).

(xxvi) List of Mortgages with possession (Form LIX).

(xxvii) List of Rents (Form LX).

(xxviii) List of Khatauni Totals (Form LXI).

(xxix) Day Book (Form LXII).

(xxx) Ledger of Demands and Collection (Form LXIII).

(xxxi) Balance Sheet (Form LXIV).

(xxxii) Register of Demands and recoveries of Water Course Expenses (Form LXV).

(xxxiii) Register of Area and Assessment of cultivation in unsurveyed Land (Form LXVI).
[8][(xviii-A) Register showing the amount of fee realized at the Service Centre for grant of
certified copies of computerized record (Form LI-A)]

[Form XXXV

(see rule 72)