Land Revenue LawsLand Revenue Terms

Land Revenue Terms

1. Land & Revenue Records Terms used in Pakistan
2. Aabi – Land irrigated with means other than canal or well.
3. Abadi Deh – Inhabited Area of a village.
4. Ad-Rahin – Mortgaged without possession.
5. Aks Shajra – Copy of Shajra.
6. Awwal/ Doyam/ Soyam – Suppose A took loan from B and mortgaged the land to B then B is known as Mortgagee ’Awwal’. If B further takes loan from ’C’ after keeping the same mortgaged land as security, then C will be known as Mortgagee ’Doyam’. If C further mortgages the land taken from B to D then D will be referred to as Mortgagee ’Soyam’.
7. Ba Hukam Adalat – By order of court.
8. Badastur – Unaltered, as it is.
9. Bahissa Barabar – Equal division.
10. Bai – Whenever a person sells his land either completely or partially, to another person, this type of mutation is known as Bai or Sale.
11. Bandobast – Bandobast or Settlement is a comprehensive term that covers all aspects of land survey & measurement, preparation of revenue records and assessment of land revenue.
12. Banjar – Uncultivable land.
13. Banjar Jadid – New fallow. Land not cultivated for continuous four harvests though it was cultivated earlier.
14. Banjar Kadim – Old fallow. Land not cultivated for continuous eight harvests though it was cultivated earlier.
15. Barani – Dependent on rainfall.
16. Batai – Part/ Portion of harvest.
17. Baya – Seller of land.
18. Bewa – Widow.
19. Billa – Devoid of, without.
20. Chaharam – One-fourth portion of harvest.
21. Chahi – Irrigated from well.
22. Chahi Mustar – Irrigated from purchased water.
23. Chahi Nahri – Irrigated partly from a well and partly from canal.
24. Chak Tashkhish – Land classification in a broader sense..
25. Chakautha – Land Revenue (Lagaan) in cash.
26. Dehinda – Gift Giver.
27. Do Fasali – Land which produces two crops per annum.
28. Dukhtar – Daughter.
29. Fak-Ul-Rahin (Redemption deed of Mortgage) – This type of mutation is reverse process of Rahin. Whenever a person who has mortgaged his land wants to get it back after paying dues to the mortgagee, the type of mutation is called Fak-ul-Rahin. It can be of two sub types. Verbal (through Roznamcha) or through Registry.
30. Fard – Jamabandi Nakal. A copy of land records of an individual or family containing name of owners, area of land, shares of owners and indicates cultivation, rent and revenue and other cesses payable on land.
31. Fard Badr – To correct a mistake in the Revenue Records.
32. Field Book – A book containing details of measurement of each field eg. Its length, breadth, diagonal detail and worked out total area.
33. Gair Marusi– Unauthorised/ temporary tenant cultivator.
34. Gair Mumkin – Uncultivable land.
35. Garv – West direction.
36. Gerinda – Gift Taker.
37. Girdawar/ Kanungo – Supervisor of Patwaris.
38. Girdawari – Harvest Inspection.
39. Gora Deh Bhumi – Land adjacent to a village.
40. Gosha – Corner.
41. Goth – Gotra of family.
42. Haal – Current, at present.
43. Hadbast – Serial Number of a village in a Tehsil.
44. Hamsheera – Sister.
45. Haqdar – Owner of land.
46. Hibba – A Gift, Present. Whenever a part of complete land is gifted to some person, the mutation is called Hibba or Gift.
47. Ikrarnama – Mutual Agreement.
48. Intkal – Mutation, recording change in ownership of land due to transfer by registered deed, inheritance, survivorship, bequest or lease, in the records of rights register of landholders as sanctioned by the revenue officer under his order or decision on a particular date.
49. Jadid (Completely Revised) Settlement – Under this type of Settlement operation complete re-measurement is carried out with the help of survey equipment keeping in view the old Shajra and record.
50. Jadid – New.
51. Jalsa aam– A community gathering.
52. Jamaan – Land Tax.
53. Jamabandi – Record of Rights (ROR) of a village. Jamabandi Register contains name of owners, area of land, shares of owners and other Rights. It also indicates cultivation, rent and revenue and other cesses payable on land.
54. Janib – Towards.
55. Janub – South direction.
56. Jinsavar – A headman’s list of the crops of a village.
57. Jwar – A kind of millet – Sorghum Vulgare.
58. Kalan – Big.
59. Kalar – Barren Land (Sour Clay).
60. Kankoot/ Kan – Estimation of harvest produce.
61. Kanooni (Regular) Settlement – The Regular Settlement is taken up where no previous record exists. On this Settlement, the complete measurement is done with the help of survey equipment and new record-of-rights is prepared for the first time.
62. Kanungo – Supervisor of Patwaris.
63. Karguzari – Progress Report.
64. Kashtkar – Cultivator.
65. Khaka – Layout, Sketch.
66. Khaka Dasti – Hand Sketch
67. Khali Saal Tamam – Land not cultivated for whole year.
68. Kharaba – Portion of crop which has failed to come.
69. Kharif – Autumn harvest.
70. Khasra – An area of land determined by a number called as survey number or khasra number in Land Records. Sometimes, Khasra Girdawari is also referred to as Khasra in short.
71. Khasra Girdawari Harvest Inspection Register that mentions land ownership, soil and crop details.
72. Khata – All land holdings that belong to an individual/ family.
73. Khatauni – A document mentioning details of all land holdings of an individual/ family which cultivates the land.
74. Khatauni Paimaish – New Record of Right of land after bandobast/ chakbandi measurements.
75. Khewat – A list of an owner’s land holdings.
76. Khewat–Khatauni – A combined Khewat & Khatauni.
77. Khud Kasht – Cultivated by the owner himself.
78. Khurd Small.
79. Khush Hasiyat – In good shape.
80. Kilabandi – Rectangular Measurement of land.
81. Kism Zameen – Type of land.
82. Kurki – Impounding a property.
83. Lagaan – Revenue/ Tax collected from the Tenant Cultivator.
84. Lagaan-e-Bilmukta Saal Tamam – Pre-determined Net Annual Land Tax/ Revenue.
85. Lal Kitab – Village Notebook, prepared at the time of settlement. The kitab has valuable information regarding crops grown in the estate, soil classification, area under different crops, land use, transfers in land, wells and other means of irrigation in the village and abstract of the livestock and cattle census in the village.
86. Lambardar – Village Headman.
87. Latha Girdawari – Cloth copy of the Patwari’s field Map.
88. Lavald – having no son
89. Mahaal – Village.
90. Majkoor – Current.
91. Malguzari – Tax/ Levy on Land.
92. Malik – Land Owner.
93. Marusi – Permanent Tenant Cultivator who pays revenue to the land owner.
94. Mauza – Village.
95. Mauza Bechirag – Unpopulated Village.
96. Mend – Field Boundary.
97. Min – Portion / Part.
98. Misal Haqiyat – Record-of-Right.
99. Mufasal Jamabandi – Descriptive Jamabandi.
100. Mujaara – Tenant Cultivator who pays revenue/ tax to the land owner.
101. Mukhtiarnama – License, Warrant.
102. Mukhtiarnama Aam – General License.
103. Mukhtiarnama Khaas – Special License.
104. Mundraza – As written above, Ditto.
105. Murtahin – Mortgagee, loan provider for mortgaged land.
106. Musavi – Original map, prepared for every revenue village at the time of settlement, showing position and boundaries of all fields.
107. Mustari – Buyer of land.
108. Mutation – Transfer or change of title in the land records of the revenue department for the concerned property.
109. Nahri – Irrigated from canal.
110. Naib-Tehsildar– The Deputy or Assistant of Tehsildar.
111. Nakal– A copy of land records of an individual or family containing name of owners, area of land, shares of owners and indicates cultivation, rent and revenue and other cesses payable on land.
112. Nautaud – Making uncultivable land cultivable.
113. Neelaam – To sell through auction.
114. Nisafi – One-half portion of harvest.
115. Nambardar – Village Headman.
116. Paimaish – Land Measurement.
117. Paimana Pital – Brass Scale used to draw Musavi.
118. Panj Duvanji – Two-fifth portion of harvest.
119. Parat Patwar – Patwari copy of the new settlement record.
120. Parat Sarkar – Government Copy of the new settlement record.
121. Pattanama – Lease Deed. Whenever a piece of land is given on lease for a long period, the mutation is known as Pattanama.
122. Patti/ Taraf/ Thola/ Panna – A community of Villagers based on clans, caste, sect, area etc.
123. Patwari – A Village Accountant or Registrar responsible for preparation of revenue records. He measures land on the ground and prepares all the prescribed record, which is checked, verified and made final by higher officials.
124. Pisar Mutbanna – Adopted Son.
125. Pisar/ Wald – Son.
126. Rabi – Spring Harvest.
127. Rahin – Mortgagor, one who mortgages his land. Whenever a land is mortgaged, completely or partially, to another person or party, mutation is of Rahin type. The deal can be either verbal or through Registry. The land can be mortgaged with or without possession.
128. Rahin Bakabza – Mortgaged with possession.
129. Rapat – Mutation. Any entry regarding sale purchase or transfer of land.

129-A Sehat intikal. correction of mutation

130. Saalana – Annual.
131. Sabik – Former, previous.
132. Sakunat – Place of Residence.
133. Salam – Completely
134. Settlement – Settlement is a comprehensive term that covers all aspects of land survey & measurement, preparation of revenue records and assessment of land revenue.
135. Shajra – A Detailed Village Map that shows all fields with their khasra numbers and boundaries.
136. Shajra Kishtwar – An updated version of Musavi is called as Shajra Kishtwar. It is drawn up on a tracing cloth or tracing paper and is used by Patwari on day-to-day basis to update all changes in field boundaries occurring due to partition, sale etc.
137. Shajra Nasab – A pedigree genealogical table showing succession to ownership rights occurring from time to time in an estate.
138. Shajra Parcha – A piece of cloth on which the village map is drawn showing the position and boundaries of every field.
139. Shamlat – Shamlat land that belongs to a thola in a Village.
140. Shamlat – A land that belongs to a group or a community.
141. Shamlat Deh – Shamlat land that belongs to the Village.
142. Shamlat Panna – Shamlat land that belongs to a Panna in a Village.
143. Shamlat Patti – Shamlat land that belongs to a Patti in a Village.
144. Shark – East direction.
145. Shumal – North Direction.
146. Sub-Division – A sub division of a district.
147. Sub-Divisional Magistrate – In-charge of a Sub-Division in a district.
148. Summary Settlement – This type of Settlement is resorted to a temporary measure for a short period without the help of survey equipment. Only a KHAKA DASTI (Hand Sketch) is prepared till the regular Settlement is carried out. No presumption of truth is attached to a summary Settlement.
149. Tabadala – Tabadla or mutation of exchange is the mutation, when two owners decide to exchange their lands. It can Again be either verbal (through Roznamcha Waqaiti) or through Registry.
150. Tabdeel Malkiat – This type of mutation is carried out after the settlement of dispute by some court. This is also known as decree by court (Ba Hukam Adalat).
151. Taccavi – Loan granted by a Government to landowner for agriculture purposes.
152. Takseem – Whenever there is a division of land in a joint holding, the mutation is known as Takseem or Mutation of Partition. The partition can be verbal among landowners or when court directs the partition.
153. Takseem Khanagi – Partition of land by the family.
154. Taksim Ba Hukam Adalat – Partition of land by order of court.
155. Tarmeem (Revised) Settlement – Under this type of Settlement only amendments are carried out without resorting to any measurement.
156. Tarmeem – Amendment, Revision.
157. Tatima – Division of Plots.
158. Tatima Shajra – Map prepared after division of plots, showing separate plots.
159. Teen Chaharam – Three-fourth portion of harvest.
160. Tehsildar – In-charge of a tehsil.
161. Tihai – One-third portion of harvest.
162. Varsal – A type of Mutation caused by either death or will of a person.
163. Virasat – Inheritance.
164. Waldiyat – Father’s Name.
165. Walid – Father.
166. Walida – Mother.
167. Waris – Heir.
168. Wasil Baqi Nawis – Revenue Accountant in the Tehsil.
169. Wattar – Diagonal Line.
170. Zamindar – Land Owner.