These Questions are very helpful for ADLR Interview,Tehsildar,Revenue Officer

1.The West Pakistan Land revenue Act enforced on

Dec 07,1967
2. The Punjab Land Revenue act is divided in to
chapters. 15
3. The Sections in the Punjab Land Revenue act 1967 are
184
4. The schedules in Punjab Land Revenue act 1967 are
one
5. Lambardar is the most important functionary at level.
Village
6. Lambardar is given ________ percent of Land Revenue which is called Pachotra.
5%
7. The West Pakistan Land revenue Act was passed on
4th November 1967
8. The incom a nation collects from Taxes is called
revenue
9. Holdings of a land Lord is called
Khata
10. A list of Owners holdings is called
Khewat Number.

11. Survey Number is also called

Khasra Number
2.

Village officers are

Kanungo, Patwaries, Kotars, Lambardars,

13. Hereditary Lambardari system was abolished by

Supreme Court of Pakistan
14. Hereditary Lambardari system was abolished by SC in
2002
15. What is the period of limitation an Appeal before Collector
30 days
16. What is the period of limitation an Appeal before Commissioner
60 days

17. What is the period of limitation an Appeal before Board of revenue

90 days
18. The types of revenue officers are
5
19. Revenue Administration of a Tehsil is entrusted to
Tehsildar
20. Inspection of Harvest is called
Girdawri

21. What is Shajra Kishtwar?

The map of a village showing the position and boundary of every field.
22. Under which section of Land Revenue Act 1967 mutation is laid down
Section 42
23. The post next higher to Patwari is
Kanungo
24. The register of crops inspection is called
Khasra Girdawri.
25. What is the vernacular word for mutation?
Intiqal
26. When the period of Khareef Crops starts in Pakistan?
May and June
27. When the period of Khareef Crops ends in Pakistan?
September and October
28. The Assessment of Land revenue remain in force for - years.
25
29. What is Karam?
Unit of Length
30. What is Sarsahi?
unit of Area

31. The un irrigated Land which depends on rainfall for cultivation is called
Barani
32. The un irrigated Lands which are affected by by flooding or moisture of rivers are called
Sailabi

33. The Land which is irrigated by canals is called

Nehri
34. The Land which is irrigated from water of the Wells is called
Chahi
35. The Land which is irrigated from water of the Tube Wells is called
Nul-Chahi
36. The land which is irrigated from two sources;1.from wells & 2. from canals is called
Chahi-Nehri
37. The land which is irrigated from tanks, jhils, streams, springs or kareezes is called
Abi
38. The land which is irrigated from hill torrents is called
Rod-Kohi or Bandeza
39. The Land which remains un-sown for 4 to 11 harvests is called
Banjar Kham
40. The Land which remains un-sown for twelve harvests is called
41. The statement of customs respecting rights or liabilities in the estate is called
Wajib-ul-Arz
42. A village note book is prepared for each
Estate
43. A village note book is also called
Lal Kitab
44. The period of Rabbi crops starts in Pakistan in the months of
October & November
45. Period of Rabbi crops ends in
April & May
46. Low lying land near rivers is called
Khadir
47. A portion of crop which has failed to come to maturity is called
Kharaba
48. A surcharge of 5 % on the revenue paid to village Headman is called
Pachotra
49. The deputy of Tehsildar is known as
Naib Tehsildar
50. What is Parta? The assessment rate for land revenue is called
Parta
Banjar Jadid

1. Land Revenue Act 1967, 7th December, based on Punjab Revenue Act, 1887
2. Punjab Revenue Act 1887, before integration, was applicable to Punjab, N.W.F.P (now KPK) and to
Baluchistan and Bahawalpur state with certain modifications, after integration, it was extended to the
District Kalat , Kharan, Makran and Lasbela.
3. The Land Revenue Act, 1967, define and prescribe the right and relation between the state and the
land-owners.
5. Tenancy Act, defines the relation between landowners and tenants.
6. Revenue courts are bound to follow the rules of C.P.C.
7. Maintenance of Record-of-Rights in cities and town is also a function of Board of Revenue.
8. After Disintegration of One Unit each Province has now its own Board of Revenue.
9. The Board of Revenue is the controlling authority in all matters connected with the administration of
land, collection of Land Revenue, preparation of Land Records and other matters relating to thereto.
10. The Board of Revenue is the highest Court of Appeal and Revision in revenue cases in the Province.
11. It is not permissible for the Revenue Courts to go behind the decision of Civil Courts.
Terms and Definitions
Terms defined in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967, are following:1.Land - The world Land has not been defined in this Act, but under the Punjab Tenancy Act,1887 it
means" any land occupied or let for the agricultural purpose or for the purpose subservient to the
agricultural or for the pasture, and includes the sites or building and other structure on such land "
2. Agricultural Year -the year commencing on the first day of July, or on such other date as the Board of
Revenue, appoint for any specified area.
3. Arrears of Land-Revenue - Land-revenue which remains unpaid after the date on which it becomes
payable.
4. Assessment Circle- Group of estates which in the opinion of the Board of Revenue, sufficiently
homogeneous to admit of a common set of rates being used as a general guide in calculating the landrevenue to be assessed upon them.
5. Board of Revenue - The Board of Revenue established under the Board of Revenue Act, 1957. (West
Pakistan Act XI of 1957)
6.Boundary Mark - Any object or mark, whether natural or artificial, which is set up, employed or
specified by any authorized Revenue Officer to designate the boundary of any portion of land.
7. Commencement - the day/date on which this Act or any provision thereof, comes into operation.
8. Defaulter - Person liable for payment of land-revenue, and includes a person who is responsible as
surety for payment, do not pay it on the date, they become defaulters.
9. Encumbrance Burdens or charges upon or claim against land, arising out of a private grant or
contract.
10. Estate Any area for which a separate record-of-rights has been made; or which has been

separately assessed to land-revenue; or which the Board of Revenue, declare to be an estate.

11. Holding - A share or portion of an estate held by one land-owner or jointly by two or more landowners.
12. Irrigated Land - Land irrigated by a canal, tube well, well, lift, spring, tank or by any other
artificial means of irrigation
13. Unirrigated Land- land other than irrigated land, and includes land fed by rains, floods, hill
torrents, and uncultivable or waste land.
14.Landlord - a person under whom a tenant holds land, and whom the tenant is, or a lessor.
15. Land Owner a person whom a holding has been is transferred or an estate or holding has been let
in farm, but exclude a tenant.
16.Kanungo - supervising Tapedar.
17. Land-Revenue "Land-revenue assessed or assessable under the Land Revenue Act, or under any
other law for the time being in force relating to land-revenue, and includes any rates imposed on
account of increase in the value of land due to irrigation.
18.Tenant - A person who holds land under another person, and is, or but for a special contract would
be, liable to pay rent for that land to that other person, and includes the predecessors and successorsin-interest of such person, but does not include a mortgagee of the rights of a land-owner.
Or
A person who takes from Government a lease of unoccupied land for the purpose of subletting it.
19.Tenancy - a parcel of land held by a tenant under one lease or one set of conditions.
20. Legal Practitioner - Any legal practitioner within the meaning of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879
(Act XVIII of 1879), except a Mukhtar and Revenue Agents.
21. Net Assets The Profit after all expenses of cultivation (including water rates ) but before payment
of Land Revenue and cesses.
22. Patwari - Tapedar and a Special or Additional Tapedar.
23. Pay - to rent, deliver and render.
24.Prescribed - prescribed by rules made under this Act
25. Rates and Cesses - Primarily payable by land-owners by the authority of Government; village
officers cess ; and any sum payable on account of village expenses.
26. Rent - Whatever is payable to a land-lord in money or kind by a tenant on account of the use, but
shall not include any cess, or other contribution.

27. Revenue Court - Court constituted as such under the law relating to tenancy as in force for the time
being.
28. Revenue Officer -Having authority under this Act to discharge the function of a Revenue Officer.
29. Service Centres - The Computerized Service Centre established by the Board of Revenue.
30. Service Centre Official A Person appointed as the Service Centre Official.
31. Survey Mark - Any mark set up by the Department of Survey of Pakistan.
32 . Survey Number/Khasra Number - A Portion of land of which the area is separately entered under an
indicative number in the record-of-rights.
33. Village Officer - Any person appointed under this Act whose duty it is to collect, or to supervise the
collection of, the revenue of an estate.
Some More Terms and Their Definitions
1. Mussavie (Index Map) : Geographic data is recorded on special kind of paper maps for each
village.These are known as the Mussavies .These are surveyed paper maps at different scales depending
upon village area, normally at a scale of 1=40 Karam .The measuring unit on Mussavies iskaram.
Mussavies are developed at the time of settlement. No changes can be made in this record set till next
settlement.
2. Shajrah Parcha /Latha/Kapra :The reflection mussavie on big cotton cloth map is known as latha
or kapra. This record set is primarily kept by patwari of the village, who makes temporal changes
like splitting or merging of land parcels. (usually with a red pencil)
3.Field Book: It is an alphanumeric representation of Mussavie, which keeps the entire attribute
information related to every land parcel of that particular village .
The Attributes of Field Book includes:
The dimensions of plot in various directions ,
Old Khasra number (Plot ID of last settlement),
New Khasra number (Plot ID of current settlement),
Khatuni number (Farmer ID),
Type of land for every parcel,
Area of each type of every parcel.
Aggregated chart of the village at the end (shows total land types and
their areas in the village, total agricultural land in the village and some
other aggregated information like total number of plots, etc.)
4.Records of Rights (Register Haqdaaraan-e-Zamin or Misl-e-Haqiat): This register contains ownership
records and is developed at the time of settlement along with field book and Mussavie, and owner
information. It indicates the ownership of each parcel .
Records of Rights Book contains
Pedigree sheets (which gives the details of the cultivating and
landowner families of the village and their relationship. This record

set contains several indexes such as: Owner ID vs Parcel ID List

(Khaivet number vs Khasra number),Alphabetical index of owners
(Index Radeef war Malkaan) etc.
Owner ID ,
Participants in the Ownership,
Land parcels comes under their Ownership,
Share of each owner names of farmers who plough this field,
Types and areas
Information of levy and taxes .
5. Mutation Register (Register Intaqaal): This register dynamically changes as mutation in land records
happen. This register contains all transitional land ownership record. At the time of new settlement it
replaces the name of old owner with new owner. This is a very important register that contains the sale
purchase value of mutation.
6.Khasra Girdawari: It is the crop inspection register, wherein entry of every crop cultivated in every
Khasra number (per acre) is made after spot visit by the Patwari in presence of Lambardar (Village
headman) and other interested persons. It also indicates ownership, person cultivating and the crop
sown on the land. It is made twice in a year i.e. for crops of Kharif (October) and Rabi (March).
7. Roaznamchah (Diary): It is a daily report register in which all important daily events are written like
crop health, pesticide attack on crop, land transfer or mutation, village boundary
benchmark(SehHadda) status and other similar activities.
Some Other Terms:
Batai:- Crop product sharing between landowner and peasant
Benami :- Alienation of land to anonymous persons
Bhaichara Village :-Village where all claimants of landholdings were perceived to be the joint holders
of the village
Deh:- Smallest Administrative Division of land (in sindh) for Land Revenue purposes
Doabs :- Territory between two rivers
Goth:- Village in Sindh
Haari:- Sharecropper in Sindh
Jagirdari:-Possession of 'Jagir'
Jagirs:-Land awarded by colonial officers on which Revenue was not due
Kammis:- Pejorative term used for menial workers
Katchi Abadi:- Irregular Settlement

Khasra Girdavri:- Village Revenue Record

Laapo:- Share of crop belonging to 'Zamindar', equivalent To 1/16th of Total Crop Produce
Lambardar:- Honorary Government-appointed person for Revenue Collection and control of Village
affairs
Mahal:- Smallest Administrative Division of Land (In Punjab And Nwfp) for Land Revenue Purposes;
Village
Mahalwari:-Land Revenue System In Punjab And Nwfp, based on recognizing the village as the Basic unit
of Land Administration
Mukhtiarkar:- Town level Land Revenue Government Official in Sindh
Nambardar:-Landowner in villages in Punjab, appointed by The Revenue Department as its Honorary
representative; responsible for collecting Land Revenue.
Nambardari:- Having The Status Of A 'Nambardar'
Nawab:- Chief of 'Jagir' Or State
Pattidari:-Land on Claim
Patwar:-Low tier (lower than 'Tehsildar') Revenue Government Employee In Punjab
Rakh:-High Land Away From The Riverine Tracts
Ryot/ Raiyat:-Cultivator
Ryotwari :-Cultivator-based land settlement
Sardar:-Chief of Tribe
Sardari:- Pertaining to Chief of Tribe
Shaamilat:-Land not individually owned, Communal Land or Common Property
Tehsildar:- Town level Land Revenue Government Official in Punjab
Zamindar:-Landlord
Zamindari:- Land held by a 'Zamindar'
According To the Land Revenue Act , 1967,Ordinary Expenses of Cultivation - include payments, if any,
which the land-owner customarily bears, whether in kind or in cash, and in whole or in part, in respect
of:-

(a) Water Rates,

(b) Maintenance of Means of Irrigation,
(c) Maintenance of Embankments,
(d) Supply of Seed,
(e) Supply of Manure,
(f) Improved Implements of Husbandry,
(g) Concessions with Regard to Fodder,
(h) Special Abatement Made for Fallow or Bad Harvest,
(i) Cost of Collection of Rent,
(j) Allowance for Shortage in Collection of Rent,
(k) Interest Charges Payable in Respect of Advances made in Cash, Free of
interest, to tenants for the purpose of cultivation,
(l) Wages or Customary dues Paid to Village Auxiliaries whose Products or Labour
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