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THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES RULES, 1953

THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES RULES, 1953

THE PUNJAB SECURITY OF LAND TENURES RULES, 1953

Rule - 1. Short title.--

(a)      These rules may be called "The Security of Land Tenures Rules, 1953."

(b)      They shall come into force at once.

Rule - 2. Conversion of ordinary acres into standard acres.--

The equivalent, in standard acres, of one ordinary acre of any class of land in any assessment circle, shall be determined by dividing by 16, the valuation shewn in Annexure 'A' to these rules for such class of land in the said assessment circle :

[1]Provided that the valuation shall be -

(a)      in the case of BanjarQadim land, one-half of the value of the class previously described in the records and in. the absence of any specific class being stated, one-half of the value of the lowest barani land;

(b)      in the case of BanjarJadid land, seven-eighth of the value of the relevant class of land as previously entered in the records, or in the absence of specified class in the records, of the lowest barani land; and

(c)      in the case.of cultivated thur land subject to water- logging, one-eighth of the value of the class of land shown in the records or in the absence of any class, of the lowest barani land.]

Rule - 3. Intimation for reservation.--

A land-owner having land in excess of the permissible area and intending to make a reservation in pursuance of the provisions of sections 3, 4 or sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Act shall notify, in duplicate, his reservation to the Patwari of the Estate in which the land is situated in the form in Annexure 'B' to these rules.

Rule - 4.

The application may be delivered personally to the Patwari, who shall grant a receipt therefor or may be sent to the said Patwari by registered post, acknowledgement due.

Rule - 5.

The reservation by the land-owner shall be deemed to have been effected as soon as the application is received by the Patwari, subject to the verification of all details as hereinafter provided.

Rule - 6. Procedure for dealing with reservation forms.--

The Patwari shall after verifying all the particulars given in the forms, retain one copy and forward the other copy to the Tahsildar with his report as to the correctness of the particulars, referred to. The Tahsildar shall retain such copy received by him and forward a copy only of the report made by the Patwari, with his own remarks, if any, to the Revenue Assistant/Sub-Divisional Officer concerned of the District/Sub-Division, for his information and such further action as may be considered by him necessary in the circumstances of each case.

Rule - 7. A Qabuiiyat or a Patta by a tenant.--

A Qabuliyat or a Patta required to be executed under section [2][9(l)(vii)], of the Act shall be in the form in Annexure 'C to these rules.

Rule - 8. Application for restoration of possession.--

An application for restoration of tenancy, under [3] [***] section 10(1) of the Act shall be made to, and disposed of by, the Assistant Collector of the first grade concerned after notice to the land-owner and such enquiry as he may deemed necessary.

Rule - 9. Mode of determination of 1/3rd share of crop or value thereof.--

(a)      For the purposes of determination of the 1 /3rd share of crop or the value thereof, "crop" means only that part of the produce of the land and harvest concerned which was the subject to division between the landlord and the tenant before the commencement of the Act (X of 1953).

Explanation. - Any part of the produce which before the commencement of the Act, was not divided between the landlord and tenant, shall continue to be so and shall not be included in the term "crop".

(b)      For the purposes of determination of the value of the "crop" as defined in sub-rule (a), the quality, quantity and the prevailing prices shall be taken into account.

Rule - 10. Receipt for rent received by the land-owner.--

A receipt to be given by a landowner, under section 14(1) of the Act for the rent received by him or on his behalf shall be in the form in Annexure 'D' appended to these rules.

Rule - 11. Procedure generally.--

The procedure of Revenue Officers in matters under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, and these rules for which a procedure is not prescribed thereby, shall be regulated as far as may be, by the procedure prescribed for Revenue Officers, by the provisions of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, and the rules there under.

[4]Rule - 12. Conditions for Co-operative Farming Societies.--

For the purposes of clause (ii) of sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Act, a co-operative farming society shall fulfil the conditions of a registered society governed by bye-laws for a co-operative Better Farming Society, Limited, and the rules made under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912.].

[5]Annexure 'A'

Valuation Statement for Hissar District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Class of Land

Irrigated (Nehri) Irrigated ChahiUnirrigatedSailab

Tehsil Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua

assessmenttion assessment tion assessment tion assessment tion

circlecirclecirclecircle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Hisar All tehsil 15 All tehsil 10 NehriHariana 5 NehriHariana 5

Non-PerenhialBaraniHariana 4 BaraniHariana 4

All tehsil 10 Bagar 3 Bagar 3.

Bhiwani Eastern 15 All tehsil 10 Eastern 6

(includ-HarianaHariana

ing Lo- Rest of the 10 Western 5

haru tehsil Hariana

(State) Rest ofthe 3

tehsil

Sirsa Perennial All tehsil 10 Bagar 4

All tehsil 15 Rest 5

Non-Perennial

All tehsil 10

Hansi Perennial ? All tehsil 10 All tehsil

All tehsil 16

Non-Perennial

All tehsil 10

Fate- All tehsil 15 All tehsil 10 Bagar 4

habad ;Nehri. Barani

Rangoi and

Nali 5

Jungle 6

Note. ?

(1)     Valuation fixed for AmrainBagar assessment circle in Bhiwani Tehsil should be applied to Loharu State, a part of Bhiwani Tehsil.

(2)     [6]al area in Bagar tract shall be evaluated -

(i)       In HissarTahsil at annas 3: and

(ii)      In Sirsa and 1'atehbad Tehsils at anna 5.



[1] Added by Punjab Government Notification No. 4341-ARI-(II)- 58/1568, dated 14th July, 1959.

 

[2] Substituted for the figure?"9(2)(iv)" by Punjab Government Notification No. 687-LR-II-57/260. dated the 8lh June. 1957.

 

[3] The word "Section 5( I) or" omitted bv Punjab Governmenl Notification No. 8368-R-53/415. dated the 12th March. 1954.

[4] Added by Punjab Government Notification No. 8918-R (Ch.) 2531 595. dated the 29th April, 1954. 

 

 

[5] Substituted by Punjab (iovcrncmni Notification No -)M>-.KI<ll>-5WI6<i5. daled the 22nd April, 1959.

[6] Foot note numbered as Note "(1)" and Note (2) added by Punjab Government Notification No. <W2-ARI(IIMi0743l2. dated, ibe 27lli December.

Valuation Statement for Rohtak District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

 Valuation Statement for Gurgaon District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Class of Land

ChahiAbiDehriAlaBaraniBhudNehriSailab

Tahsil Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuatioh Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuat ion Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation

1 , 2 3 4 . 5 6 7 8 9 10 11... 12 13 14 15

. Nuh All tahsilexceptTaoruTaoru 10 12 All tahsil 9 All tahsil 8 All tahsil 7 All tahsilPernnial All tahsil Son-Perennial All tahsil 16 10

Rewari (including Pataudi State) ChahatKhariChahatMithaPaharSahibi 12 14 11 13 All tahsil 8 ChahatKhariandMithaRest Si All tahsil 4 -

Ferozepur-JhirkaBangarBudhor and DaharChiknot 10 12 9 All tahsil 9 All tahsil except DaharDahar. 8 9 All tahsilexceptDaharDahar 7 9 All tahsil except DaharDahar 4 5 Bangar 16

PalwalBangarKhadir 13 9 All tahsil 8 BangarKhadir 8 6 All tahsil 4 BangarKhadir 16 12 All tahsil 8

BallabgarhKhadirBangarDahar 9 13 12 All tahsil 8 All tahsil 8 All tahsilexceptBangarBangar 6 8 All tahsil 4 Perennial AH tahsil 16 Khadir 8

Sohna and Sahibi 12 All Sohna 7 Sahibi 5 All tahsil

Bhud 13 tahsil 8 Gurgaon 8 Sohna. Gurgaon and

Gurgaon and Bahora I Bhud 6

Bahorc 14 Bahara

1 (Chiknot) 7

Bahora other 6

Notes. - (I) Valuation fixed Tor Sahibi assessment circle in RewariTahsil should be applied to pataudi area, a part of RewariTahsil. (2) AlaBarani includes Chiknot. Narmole and Magda.

Valuation Statement for Karnal District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Valuation Statement for Ambala District

(Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Tahsil Class of Land

ChahiChahi and AbiChahiNehri and Abi

Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assesment circle Valuation

1 2 3 | 4 5 6 7

Ambala ! All tahsil 15

Jagadhri All tahsil 15

Rupar All tahsilexceptGhar Bet c cleGhar Bet circle 116 14

Naraingarh All tahsil 15

Kharar All tahsil except | Seoti and II circles 1 Seoti 1 and II circles 15 .6

SailabAbiBarani and BaghBarani

Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or iValuatr Area or assessment j on assessment Circle circle ;Valuation

8 9 10 II 12 13

All tahsil.. 9 All tahsil 10

All tahsil.. 9 j Kandi and NothernJamnaKhadarcirclesj Banger Circle1 Southern JamnaKhadariandSomKhadar circle 8 10 8 II

All tahsil.. 9 Bet and Dhaya circle..Ghar and Ghar Bet circle .. 12 8

AH tahsil.. 9 SeotiGhar.. 16 Seoticircle '4 Ghar circle 94

. All tahsil..j 9 All tahsil.. 14 Seoti 1 circlejSeoti II and Charsacircle .. Dakar and Nili circles Ghar 12 119 8

 Valuation Statement for Simla District (Figures represent value in annas in per acre)

 Area or assessment circle

 Valuation

Area or assessment circle

 Valuation

 Area or assessment circle

 Valuation

 Area or assessment circle

 Valuation

 Area or assessment circle

 Valuation

 All tahsil

All tahsil

KotKhaiKot Guru

 KotKhai

Kot Guru i ,1

 KotKhaiKot Guru

 Valuation Statement for Kangra District (Figures represent value in pnnas per acre)

Class of Land

Tahsil Irrigated Unirrigated

Area or assessment circle Valuat ion Area or assessmen t circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessmen t circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuat ion Area or assessment circle Valuati on Area or assessment circle Valuati on

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15

KangraPalam II Rehlu I0j Kangra II Ramgarh 10 Palam and Rehlu 5 Bargaon.Kangra and Ramgarh 6

Hamir-purMahlMorian 4 DofasliKutleharNadanNandauntaMahlMorian ..TirahRajgiri .13I 6j!47 4 EkfasliKutleharNadanNandaunta .. MahlMorianTirahRajgiri 43 Khareta t

Dehra DadaSibaGangotMangarhandNagrota.. Rest of tahsil..49 10 ChanaurJaswanDhametn 6 84 ChanaurJaswanandNagrotaGangotBalihar.Changar 4 4 Haripur Rest of tahsil 7 6

Pal amour Rajgiri and PalamBangal and Kandi..Changer .. 10 Palam and ChangarRajgiriGadheran 64 4 Gadheran 3 Gadheran, -

 

(2) Kherater class ofland in Kangra District should be considered as BanjarQadim.

 Valuation Statement for Hoshiarpur District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Class of Land

 Ten sil

Abi

Chahi

Valu4Arca or tion [asscssment circle

 Valu: tion

 Barani I

Area or assessmen t circle

 Valu; Area

Valu. Area

Valuation

tion

tion

or

assessmcnt ci rele

ChambChahiAbi i NehriAbi

 Ekfasli I ibkfasli 11

tion

Valu4Area or

assesrp c

ntcirele

 loshKir-pur

SinvalKandiRakkar

 I18 |I2

i&4

 SinvalKandiRakkar

 16 12 15

 jSirwtil j Kandi i Rakkar

SinvalKandiRakkar

 II

6 10

 SinvalKandiRakkar

 Dasuva

 Maira and Bet SinvalRakkarKandi

 '6. 13"

 SinvalMaira and Bet RakkarKandi

 16^

16 13 12

 Maira&KandiSirualBel

Rakkar

 10 14 II 8

 SinvalMaira Bet

RakkarKandi

Sinval

&Maira

Bet

RakkarKandi

All tahsil

All

tahsil

Antahsikexcep l Bel&Dun BetDun

* t r~ ift

U w a. B o O a

1 .* or- I

u ^ ? ffi o m o

 AlltahsilexceptDunDun "t VC f*>

: BelSirwalandRakkarKand

IT* t ? < j

i1iBetand Bit } Kandi 'SirwalRakkar

c> so ? r- j

?3 2 1 i v "2 IS. .? iicfl 9 a: 2 z a!

? mm. m? Cr

Bet and RakkarMilSirwalKandi

 uuziieii = I 1 f

Una (iarhShanlar

 

Valuation Statement for Jullundur District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

 

Valuation Statement for Ludhiana District (Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Class of Land

tahsil Bet Chahi Bet BaraniChahiNiaiChahiKhalisNehriKhalis Dakar RousiBhudNehriNiaiChahiNehri

Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Valua Area or Va Area or Valua

assessmenttion assessment tion assessment tionassessmention assessment tion assessment tionassessmention assessment luaassessmetion

circlecirclecircle t circle circlecircle t circle circletionnt circle

1 2 ^ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

1 inlliiana All tahsil All tahsil All tahsil All tahsil 16 All tahsil Lower All tahsil Perennial

exceptexceptexceptexceptDhaya and except All tahsil

1 .<m or Eastern Jungal 17 .langalJangal I ,ower 7 except

Dhava 13 Hot 6 Jangul 16 perennial 16 Upper 8 DhayaJangal

j Lower Eastern Non- Dhaya and Lower 6 Jangal 16

'Dhaya 16 Bet 7 perennial Powadh 10 Dhaya Non- 15

Jangal 12 perennial

Parennial 15 All tahsil

? Non- except

perennial II Jangal 15

Jangal II

Samrala All tahsil 13 All tahsil 1 Lower All tahsil 15 8 Lower Lower

Dhaya 16 1A Dhaya 8 Dhaya 6

Upper lu Upper Upper

Dhaya 17 Dhaya 10 Dhaya 7

 1. Added by Punjab Government notification No. 2901-AR1(II) - 59/1989, dated the 9th May, 1959.

2. Added by Punjab Government notification No. 5688-ARI(II) - 59/4244, dated the 29th October, 1959.

 Valuation Statement for Ferozepur District

(Figures represent value in annas per acre)

 (4) filchriJhalari should bo reckoned I with Nehri. The rates of perennial or non-perennial, as the case may be should be charged.

(5) The following perennial villages in ZiraTahsil should be evaluated at annas16 :-

(I) Date (2) BhandarKalan (3) Talwandi Malian (4) Jalalabad (5) KishanpurKalan

 Valuation Statement for Amritsar District

(Figures represent value in annas per acre)

Tahsil. Class of Land

ChahiNehriSailabBaraniAbi

Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessmen t circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or , assessment circle Valuation

1 2 ' 3 5 6 j 7 8 9 10 11

Am-nt-sar All tahsil except Bet Banger andMirankotcirclesBet Banger circle Mirankot circle 1716^16 PerennialAlltahsil Non-perennia) All tahsil 17 14 All tahsil 8 Bet Banger Circle Jandiala Circle Nehri circle Mirankot circle 49 11 10

AjnalaSailab circle Hithar circle Uttar circle Nehricircle ;416^ 17 PerennialAlltahsil Non-perenmial A1J tahsil 17 14 All tahsilexceptSailabcircleSailabcircle 8 9 Sailab circle Hithar circle Uttar circle Nehri circle 7-849 SailabcircleHitharcircleUttarcircleNehricircle 7 849

Tarn Tarn All tahsil except Bet Banger circleBet Banger circle 15^ 15 PerennialAlltahsil Non-perenmial All tahsil 17 14 All tahsil 9 All tahsil except Upper Manjha circle UpperManjha circle 9 10

 

Valuation Statement for Gurdaspur District

Class of Land

ChahiChahi and AbiChahi and ChahiNehriChahi and NehriChahi.NehriNehriZamindariNehri

ZamindariZamindari .Abi

hsil Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuat ion Area or assessment circle Valuat ion Area or assessment circle Valuati on Area or assessment circle Valuatio n Area or assessment circle Valuation Area or assessment circle Valuation.

1 2 r 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

urdaspurMairaKirn Bet Ravi 16 17 All tahsilNehri. Banger and Dhaya Bet BeasChahiNehriMairaKirn and Bet Ravi 16 16 NehriZamindariMairaKirn 14 All tahsilNehriPerenniaNehri Non-perennial 17 14

Uala All tahsil All tahsil 17 ChahiNehri All tahsil 17 NehriZamindari All tahsil 14 Nehri perennial Non-perennial All tahsil 17 146

ithankot All tahsil 12 All tahsil 12 All tahsil 12 All tahsil 12

 [Valuation statement for Lahaul and Spiti District

(Figures represent value in annas per acre)] Class of land

ABPASHI DANG

Area or Assessment circle ""Valuation Area or Assessment circle Valuation

Lahaul 12 Lahaul 3

Spiti 10

 

1. Added by Punjab Government notification No. 1407-ARI-(II)-60/1189. dated the 14th May, 1960.

 The Collector

 District (through the Patwari of the estate

 Sir

As required by section 3/4/5(1) of the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953.1 furnish below the particulars ofthe land held by me as landowner in the State of Punjab and selected by me for reservation :-

Details of Area Selected for Reservation in the whole of the Slate of Punjab in Respect of which the Landowner Receives Rent Direct!) from the Tenants in Actual Cultivation ofthe land

 Serial No.

 Name with description and

address of -landowner

District

and

tehsil

wherein

land is

situate

Name of estate in which land held is situate with patti or taraf-

 Field Nos.

Area in ordinary acres(d)

Land held as mortgagee w ith possession

Artfa in

ordinance) acres

 Land held as allottee

 Area in

ordinary

acres

(0

Field

Nos. (g)

Land held as lessee

 Area in

ordinary acres (h)

 

' Total of items (b). (d). (0- (h) and (k)

Field Nos. (j)

Land held as landowner in an_ other capacity not herein before specified

Area in

Nature of interest in land(l)

ordinar'acres

(I)

acresIk)

JL

 Total area in column 5(1)

converted into

standard acres

 Remarks

K.M.

 Dated

 19

 Signature

 Certificate

 Dated

I solemnly affirm that the particulars given by me in the above form are correct.

19 Signature_

 Annexure *C'

[Rule 7 ofthe Punjab Security ofLand Tenures Rules, 1953 and Section 9(2)(vi) of the Punjab Security ofLand Tenures Act, 1953]

Qabuliyat or Patta

I5 j son of , of village ?

_5 Tehsil , district , hereby take for

cultivation land owned by , son of , comprising

khasra Nos. , measuring , acres , kanals -

x s marlas in village ? -, tehsil , district

, at a rent of (not exceeding l/3rd of the crop of such

land or the value thereof as determined in the prescribed manner or equal to the customary rent if such customary rent is less than l/3rd of the crop of such land) per harvest/per agricultural year.

and promise to pay it regularly in time.

I give an undertaking that I shall not -

(i) fail, without sufficient cause, to cultivate the land comprised in my tenancy,

in the manner or to the extent customary in the locality in which the land is

situate;

(ii) use the land comprised in my tenancy in a manner which may render it unfit

for the purpose for which 1 hold it; and

(iii) sublet the tenancy or a part thereof.

Witnesses :

1. .

Signature

 Dated the 19 .

Son of -

 Village

 Dated the 19 .

Tehsil

District

Dated the -19 .

Note:- This qabuliyat or patta should be executed by the tenants in duplicate, who will give one copy to the land-owner concerned and retain the other.

Annexure 'D'

[Rule 10 of the Punjab Security ofLand Tenures Rules, 1953 and Section 14(1) of the Punjab Security ofLand Tenures Act, 1953]

Received rent in Cash (Rs.)/Kinds (a) (in words) Rupees

, annas , pies ), for Kharif(b)/Rabi (a) , from

, son of , of village ?, tehsil , district

, in respect of land in my ownership in the ownership of

. : son of ?-??, of village , tehsil ,

district , comprising khasra No./mentioned in qabuliyat/patta

Area Acres ,Kanals. --------- Marias held under

tenancy.

Dated the '-

Signature

son of

Land-owner/on behalf of

Village ?T

Tehsil

District

Dated the

(a) Give names of commodities received and their weight in maunds and seers.

(b) Enter year here.