Land laws

Muhammad Ahmad Waheed

F2017117063
Presentation topic:- Record of rights
What is record of rights?
 The record of right maintained in every
estate. It provide various information about a
particular land. The assessment of land
revenue payable dispute regarding land are
determined in the light of record of rights.
 The primary object of record of rights is the

collection of land revenue from the person

who are liable to pay such amount under the
land revenue at.
Documents included in record of
rights
 Register of the name of land owner and tenant.
 Jama Bandi:-
 is such a register in which the detail of village
land owners and cultivators and land revenues is
given. This is prepared, fresh, after every five
years
 Register regarding liabilities of land owner and
other revenue matters
 Map of the estate
 Statement regarding rights and liabilite ,rights in
well, rights in irrigation
Documents included in record of
rights
 Wajib-ul Arz.
 Shajra nasab , is the field map of an estate,

basically It is the exact location of fields.

Other requirements
 Board of Revenue framed rules in 1969 under
West Pakistan Land Revenue Act. Rule 30(1)
of these rules; prescribe further documents
which have been included in record-of-
rights.
 They are as follows:
 (1) Preliminary proceedings
 (2) Genealogical or pedigree tree
 (3)  Index Survey or Khasra Number
 (4)  Alphabetical index of landowners.
 (5)  Alphabetical index of mortgagees.
 (6) Note of changes in kind of soil.
 (7) Register haqdaran nakhlistan (where) the
nakhlistan is assessed to revenue.
 (8)Statement of rights in wells and tube-wells.
 (9) Statement of distribution of waters.
 (10)Statement of rights in water mills.
 (11)Statements of assessments of Land Revenue.
 (12)Order of the Revenue Officer distributing the
assessment over holdings.
 (13) Field Book.
Relevant provisions are includes;

 THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE ACT, 1967

 Record of rights
 ·  39.       Record-of-rights and documents
included therein.
 ·  40.       Making of special revision of record-
of-rights.
 ·  41.       Periodical records.
 ·  41-A.   Preparation of computerized records.
 ·  41-B.   Computerized periodical records.
Periodical record of rights
 Periodical record of rights is revised edition
of the record of rights and it is prepared by
patwari after every four years under the order
of collector it contains all the information,
updating and changes which is taken place in
a estate.
 For its preparation, the collector shall cause

to be maintained by the patwari of each

estate a register of mutations in prescribed
form or register.
Conclusion
 So according to these documents record of rights
and periodical records is collection of various
revenue papers regarding in any estate and contains
information about revenue matters rent payable,
names of landowner and tenant their rights and
obligation etc.
 Accurate records of rights is important for the

assessment  and in its absence of collection of land

revenue, it would be impossible to determine who is
liable for the payment of the revenue over any
particular land, and it would be difficult to settle any
disputes between various claimants to that land.