ANNEXURE ‘C’

Syllabus and criteria for qualifying Entrance Examination for Fard Kendra Executive

Total Marks: 100 Paper – I

S.No	Chapter	Subject
1.	Arithmetic	Upto Middle Standard with special reference to Percentages, Average, Ratio proportion and Proportional Parts, Vulgar Fractions and Square Roots
2.	Chapter 1	Mensuration (Patwaris Mensuration manual)
3.	Chapter 2	Basic duties of Patwaris
4.	Chapter 3	Inspection of records of Patwari and grant of certified extracts therefrom (Land revenue rule 71)
5.	Chapter 4	Supply of copies through V.P.P.
6.	Chapter 5	Receipts Books
7.	Chapter 6	Entry in diary regarding fees charged etc.
8.	Chapter 7	Payment into the Treasury of fees realised for inspection of record and extracts granted therefrom
9.	Chapter 8	Records to be maintained by the Patwari
10.	Chapter 9	Responsibility of Patwari for custody of maps etc.
11.	Chapter 10	Books of reference
12.	Chapter 11	Diary (Roznamcha waqiati etc.)
13.	Chapter 12	Occurrences to be done in diary
14.	Chapter 13	Number and dating of entries in Roznamcha
15.	Chapter 14	Orders to be entered in diary
16.	Chapter 15	Period for which khasra girdawris etc. should be preserved
17.	Chapter 16	Survey marks
18.	Chapter 17	General orders relating to maintenance of all survey marks
19.	Chapter 18	Definition of survey number
20.	Chapter 19	Instruction regarding incorporation of field maps changes
21.	Chapter 20	-do-
22.	Chapter 21	New field numbers not to be created needlessly
23.	Chapter 22	Method of preparation of Tatima Shajras based on permanent changes
24.	Chapter 23	Preparation of Tatima Shajras necessitated by hissadari kasht etc.
25.	Chapter 24	Boundaries and dimensions of new field numbers to be shown in red ink
26	Chapter 25	Preparation of field book of new field numbers
27.	Chapter 26	Tatima Shajras to be bound with the Jamabandis
28.	Chapter 27	Keeping up-to-date of maps
29.	Chapter 28	Renewal of Patwaris copies of Shajra kishtwar
30.	Chapter 29	Incorporation of amendments in the parat Tehsil maps and in the Shajra kishtwar kept by Patwari
31.	Chapter 30	Instruction for converting local measure in to hectares
32.	Chapter 31	Record of rights
33.	Chapter 32	Harvest inspection
34.	Chapter 33	Procedure in partition cases
35.	Para 142	Malik Kabja - owners without shares in joint rights of an estate
36.	Para 260	Chahi and Nehri land
37.	Appendix VIII	Documents including in standing record
38.	Fard Kendra Manual	Complete knowledge of Fard Kendra Manual
39.	The East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, and rules framed there under	Concept and procedure of Consolidation and Knowledge of various Registers/Records of Consolidation Process.(Rules)

Paper - II

Total Marks: 50

(1)

Computer

General apptitute, Mental Math, Reasoning

General Computer awareness

Programming languages – V.B, C++, .net, Software engineering

Data Base

PREFACE

The Land Records Manual is designed to take the place of those of the standing orders of the Financial Commissioner which deal with Department of Land Records. As each of those standing orders comes under revision its place will be taken by a chapter in this manual.

It has been compiled by Sir Miles Irving C.I.E. O.B.E L.C.S who Financial Commissioner Revenue Punjab till 15th February,1934 and is issued under the authority of the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab.

With this manual should be read chapters IX to XIII of the Land Administration Manual and chapter XIV and appendices VII to XI and XXI of the Settlement Manual.

A.LATIFI

Financial Commissioner , Revenue, Punjab.

The 15^thSeptember,1935

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

The Punjab Land Records Manual was compiled and issued during the year 1935. A thorough revision of the Manual became necessary as a very large number of provisions have been amended from time to time. In fact a large number of prvisions have no applicability now in the changed circumstances.

The Manual has been revised and brought up-to. date. The Punjab Kanungo Service Rules,1945, have been incorporated in the revised . The new rules will be issued separately when finalized .

I.C.Puri,

CHANDIGARH

Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab.

The 1st October ,1973

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

The Punjab Land Records Manual 1935 was updated in the year 1973. A further revision was necessary in view of a number of amendments made from time to time. The copies of the second revised edition is essential in view of the number of amendments made since 1973.

This edition of the Punjab Land Records Manual has been updated incorporating all amendments till date with the view to affect more clarity. I hope this revised edition will be extremely useful to the revenue officers of the State.

GURBINDER CHAHAL,

CHANDIGARH

Financial Commissioner ,

Revenue, Punjab.

The 8^thJune,2004

CHAPTER 1

THE DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS

[Replaces standing order No.9, original issue dated 16^th June, 1909, revised issue, dated 22^nd December,1916. Second Revised Issue, dated 2^nd September 1929.]

Note: -For an account of the duties and origin of the office of Director of Land Records, see paragraphs 207, 271, 274 and 275 of the Land Administration Manual.

1.1. The Director of Land Records deals with the following:-

(a) Land records, the kanungo and Patwari establishment and Patwari Revenue Training School and its establishment.(His duties with regard to settlements are defined in parts B and C of appendix VI to the Settlement Manual),

(b) Crops and price reports, returns of agricultural statistics and the cattle census,

Note:- In dealing with (b) the Director consults the Director of Agriculture in all important matters.

1.2 The Director is the Head of Department as regards income from :

(1) Mutation fees;

(2) Copying and inspection fees of Patwari’s records;

(3) Copying fee for the preparation of produce statement, and five-yearly abstracts of Yields; and

Rule of correspondence with local authorities .

(4) All expenditure on contingencies connected with the kanungo and Patwari establishment and with the revenue records.

1.3. In cases where sanction to incur expenditure is required or in which Government have to be addressed, the Director of Land Records shall write to the Financial Commissioner officially. Otherwise he will usually obtain the orders of the Financial Commissioner unofficially through the Revenue Secretary concerned, and in issuing orders so obtained will use the secretarial form of address.

On matters of routine or detail, the Director addresses Deputy Commissioners direct, but in important matters he writes to them through the Commissioner.

Inspection notes.

1.4. A separate inspection minute book with butts should be kept at each tehsil office and a copy of the notes written by the Director of Land Records should be pasted into this book. The Director of Land Records should put, in the ordinary tehsil inspection book, a note:-

“Inspected on_______See separate book".

A separate minute book shall also be maintained at the district office for the record of notes on the inspection of the district Kanugo’s Office and the Revenue Record-room by the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the officer-in-charge of Revenue Branches and the Director of Land Records.

1.5. In the case of districts not under settlement, all reports by the Director of Land Records regarding his inspections of the land record shall be submitted by him to Commissioners, who will themselves dispose of them or if they think it necessary, forward them for the information or orders of the Financial Commissioner.

In case of district under settlement, the Director shall submit his reports to the Financial Commissioner who will return them with his orders through the Commissioner.

1.6. Deleted

1.7. The following is a list of reports and returns submitted by the Director of Land Records, Punjab:-

No.	Name of the report or return	Period covered	REMARKS
	Economic and Statistical Adviser to Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi	..	A copy is forwarded to:-
1.	Retail sale prices current return	Fortnight	Controller, Printing and Stationery, Punjab Chandigarh.
2.	Wholesale price current return Director General of Observatories	Do	Ditto
3.	Rainfall returns	Month	Ditto
4.	Annual statement of rainfall	Year	Ditto
5.	Report on the working of rain gauges Financial Commissioners	Year	..
6.	Departmental Report of Director of Land Records	Year	Economic and Statistical Adviser to the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi.
7.	Season and Crop Report of Punjab	Do	Ditto
8.	The statement showing the approximate yield per hectare of principal crops in each district	Do	Ditto

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 24^th June, 1976

No. G.S.R. 80/Const./Art. 309/76.-In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules for regulating the recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to the Punjab Land Records (State Service Class III), namely:-

PART-I-GENERAL

Short title and commencement

1. (i) These rules may be called the Punjab Land Records (State Service Class III) Rules, 1976.

(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their first publication in the official Gazette.

2.

Definitions

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.-

(a) “Cadre” means the strength of the service or a part thereof;

(b) “Director” means the Director of Land Records, Punjab;

(c) “Direct appointment” means an appointment made otherwise than by promotion, or by transfer of an official already in the service of Government of India or a State Government;

(d) “Government” means the Punjab Government in the Revenue Department;

(e) “Recognised University” or “Institution” means

(i) any university or institution incorporated by law in any of the States of India, or

(ii) in the case of degrees or diplomas obtained as a result of examinations held before 15^th August, 1947, the Punjab, Sindh or Dacca, university, or

(iii) any other university or institution which is declared to be a recognised university or institution for the purpose of these rules;

(f) “recruiting authority” means the Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board or any other authority authorised or by the Government to make recruitment of persons to the Service.

(g) “Service” means the Punjab Land Records (State Service Class III).

PART II-Recruitment to posts and qualifications

3. The service shall comprise the posts shown in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules:

Provided that nothing in these rules shall effect the inherent right of Government to make additions or reductions in the cadre of the Service or create new posts with different designations and scales of pay whether permanently or temporarily.

4. (i) Appointment to the post of Chief Instructor (Naib-Tehsildar) shall be made by the Commissioner, Jullundur Division.

(ii) Appointment to other posts shall be made by the Director.

5. No person shall be appointed to the Service, unless he is -

(a) a citizen of India;

(b) a subject of Nepal; or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the Ist January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma Ceylon and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganika and Zanzibar) with the Intention of permanently settling in India:

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b) (c) ,(d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the competent authority and if he belongs to category (e) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship.

(2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Director or any other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of India.

(3) No person shall be appointed to the service by direct recruitment unless he produces a certificate of character from the principal academic officer of the university, college, school or institution last attended, if any, and similar certificate from two responsible persons, not being his relatives who are well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his university, college, school or institution.

Disqualifications

(6) No person-

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living ; or

(b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person;

shall be eligible for appointment to the service:

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing , exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

7. No person shall be appointed to the Service by direct appointment if he is less than 17 years and more than 27 years of age on the date of appointment or of such age as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Government:

Provided that in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes the upper age limit shall be such as may from time to time be fixed by the Government.

8. No person shall be appointed to any post in the Service by direct appointment unless he has passed the examination in Punjabi of the Matriculation or its equivalent standard and also possesses educational and other qualifications as are specified in Appendix ‘D’ to these rules.

9. (1) Appointment to the Service shall be made in the manner indicated below:-

a) in the case of Superintendent-

(i) by promotion from amongst the Assistants and Senior Scale Stenographer; or

(ii) by transfer or deputation of an official already in Government Service, not below the rank of an Assistant or its equivalent;

(b) in case of Chief Instructor (Naib-Tehsildar) by transfer from amongst Naib-Tehsildars of Jullundur Division;

(c) in case of Assistant- by promotion from amongst or by the selection from amongst assistants, stenographers, clerks, steno-typist employed in Government department other then the Director's office;

(d) in the case of Senior Scale Stenographer-

(i) by selection from amongst the clerks who qualify in test in shorthand and typewriting, or

(ii) by transfer of persons already in Government service, or

(iii) by direct appointment;

(e) in the case of Instructor(kanungo)-

by transfer of a member of the Punjab Kanungo Service in consultation with the Collector concerned;

(f) in the case of Clerk-

(i) by transfer of a clerk or a patwari working in any other office in the Punjab State; or

(ii) by direct recruitment,

(g) in the case of Mapper-

(i) by transfer of a Settlement Mapper or

(ii) by direct appointment.

(2) When any post in Service falls vacant, or is about to fall vacant,the appointing authority shall decide in what manner the vacancy is to be filed.

All appointments to the posts in the Service by promotion shall made on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and no member of the Service shall have any right for promotion merely on the basis of seniority.

Part III- Conditions of Service

Probation of Members of Service

10(1) Members of the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years if recruited by direct appointment and one year if recruited otherwise:

Provided that-

(a) any period after such appointment spent on deputation on corresponding or a higher post shall count towards the period of probation fixed under this rule;

(b) in the case of an appointment by transfer, any period of work in equivalent or higher rank, prior to appointment to the Service may in the discretion of appointing authority, be allowed to count towards the period of probation; and

(c) any period of officiating appointment to theService shall be reckoned as period spent on probation, but no person who has so officiated shall, on the completion of the prescribed period of probation, be entitled to be confirmed unless he is appointed against permanent vacancy.

(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the work or conduct of a person during the period of probation is not satisfactory, it may-

(a) If such person is recruited by direct appointment dispense with his services; and

(b) if such person is recruited otherwise,

(i) revert him to former post; or

(ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of the previous appointment permit.

(3) On the completion of period of probation of a person, the appointing authority may-

(a) if his work or conduct, has, in its opinion, been satisfactory;

(i) confirm such person from the date of his appointment, if appointed against permanent vacancy; or

(ii) confirm such person from the date from which a permanent vacancy; or

(iii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy; or

(b) if his work or conduct has not been in its opinion, satisfactory-

(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct appointment, or if appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such other manner as the term and conditions of his previous appointment permit; or

(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such orders as it could have passed on the expiry of the first period of probation.

Seniority

11. The seniority inter se of members of Service in each cadre shall be determined by their continuous appointments to that cadre of Service:

Provided that in the case of members recruited by direct appointment, the order of merit determined by the recruiting authority shall not be disturbed in fixing the seniority and persons appointed as a result of an earlier selection shall be senior to those appointed as a result of subsequent selection:

Provided further that in the case of two or more members appointed on the same date, seniority shall be determined as follows:-

(a) a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a member recruited otherwise;

(b) a member appointed by a promotion shall be senior to a person appointed by transfer; and

(c) in the case of members appointed by promotion or transfer seniority shall be determined according to the seniority such members in the cadre which they were promoted or transferred; and

(d) in the case of members appointed by transfer from different cadres seniority shall be determined according to pay preference being given to a member who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same then by the length of service in those appointments; and if the length of such service is also the same, an older member shall be senior to a younger member.

Note: 1. This rule shall not apply to members appointed on purely provisional basis

Note: 2 In the case of members whose period of probation is extended under rule 10, the date of appointment for the purpose of this rule shall be deemed to have been deferred to the extent the period of probation is extended.

12. Members of the Service shall be entitled to such scales of pay including special pay, if any, as may be authorised by Government from time to time. The scales of pay at present in force in respect of specified posts are given in Appendix ‘A’ to these rules.

13. A member of the Service may be transferred by the Government to any post whether included in any other Service or not, on the same terms and conditions as are specified in rule 3.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Vol .I, Par .I.

Liability to serve

14. A member of the Service shall be liable to serve at any place, whether within or without the State of Punjab on being ordered so to do by the appointing authority.

15. In respect of leave, pension and all other matters not expressly provided for in these rules, members of the service shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may have been or may hereafter be adopted or framed by competent authority under article 309 of the Constitution of India or any law for the time being in force and rules made thereunder:

Leave, Pension or other matters.

16. In matters relating to discipline, punishment and appeals, members of the Service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, as amended from time to time:

Provided that the nature of penalties which may be imposed to the authority empowered to impose such penalties and the appellate authority shall be as specified in Appendix ‘B’ to these rules.

(2) The authority competent to pass an order under Rule 15 of the said Rules and the appellate authority shall also be as specified in Appendix ‘C’ to these rules.

Oath of allegiance

17. Every member of the Service, unless he has already done so, shall be required to take the oath of allegiance to India and to the Constitution of India as by law established.

Power to relax

18. Where the Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

Repeal and Saving

19. The Punjab Land Records Subordinate Services Rules, 1944, are hereby repealed:

Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

R.S. Talwar,

Secretary to Government,

Punjab,

Revenue Department.

APPENDIX –A

S. No.	Designation	Number of posts			Grade
S. No.	Designation	Permanent	Temporary	Total	Grade
1	Superintendent	1	..	1	400-25-500/30-650
2	Chief Instructor (Naib Tehsildar)	1	..	1	225-15-360/20-500
3	Assistants	2	2	4	160-10-280/15-400
4	Senior Scale Stenographer	1	..	1	160-10-280/15-400
5	Instructors (Kanungo)	6	..	6	140-6-170/8-210/10-300 plus Rs.25 per mensem as Special pay
6	Clerks	10	9	19	110-4-130/5-180-6-210/8-250
7	Mapper	1	..	1	110-4-130/5-180-6-210/8-250

APPENDIX-B

S. No.	Nature of penalty	Designation of officials	Punishing Authority	Appellate Authority
(i)	Censure	1. Chief Instructor (Naib Tehsildar)	Commissioner Jullundur Division	Financial Commissioner, Revenue
(ii)	withholding of his promotion	1. Chief Instructor (Naib Tehsildar)	Commissioner Jullundur Division
(iii)	recovery from his pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused by him to the Government by negligence or breach or orders;	2.Superin tendent 3. Senior Scale Stenographer 4. Instructors (Kanungos) 5. Clerks 6. Mapper	Director, Land Records
(iv)	withholding of increments of pay;		Director, Land Records
(v)	reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay for a specified period with further directions as to whether or not the Government employee will earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period, the reduction will or will not have the effect of postponing the future increments of his pay;
(vi)	reduction to a lower time-scale of pay, grade, post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Government employee to the time-scale of pay, grade, post or service from which he was reduced, with or without further directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or service from which the Government employee was reduced and his seniority and pay on such restoration to that grade, post or service;
(vii)	compulsory retirement
(viii)	removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future employment under the Government
(ix)	Dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment under the Government.

APPENDIX-C

[Referred to in Rule 15 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970]

S.No.	Nature of Order	Designation of official	Authority competent to pass orders	Appellate Authority
(i)	An order of suspension made or deemed to have been made under rule 4 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970	1. Chief Instructor (Naib Tehsildar)	Commissioner Jullundur Division
(ii)	An order enhancing any penalty imposed under rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Service (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1970	2. Superin tendent 3. Assistants
II	an order which (a) denies or varies to his disadvantage, his pay allowance, pension or other conditions of services as regulated by the rules of by agreement;	4. Senior Scale Stenographer 5. Instructors (Kanungo) 6. Clerks 7. Mappers	Director,Land Record,Punjab	Financial Commissioner Revenue
	(b) interprets to his disadvantage the provisions of any such rule or agreement:
	An Order - (a) stopping him at the efficiency bar in the time scale of pay on the ground of his unfitness to cross the bar;
	(b) reverting him while officiating in higher service, grade, or post, to lower service, grade or post, otherwise than as a penalty;
	(c) reducing of withholding the pension or denying the maximum pension admissible to him under the rules;
	(d) determining the subsistence and other allowances to be paid to him for the period of suspension of for the period during which he is deemed to be under suspension or for any portion thereof; or
	(e) determining his pay and allowance -
	(i) for the period of suspension ; or
	(ii) for the period from the date of his dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement from service, or from the date of his reduction to a lower service grade, post time scale or stage in a time scale of pay to the date of his retirement or restoration to his service, grade or post ; or
	(f) determining whether or not the period from the date of suspension or from the date of his dismissal, removal, compulsory retirement or reduction to a lower service, grade, post, time scale of pay or stage, in a time scale of pay to the date of his re-instatement or restoration to his service, grade of post shall be treated as a period spent on duty for any purpose.

APPENDIX – D

(Referred to in Rule 8)

(a) In the case of appointment to the post of Senior- scale stenographer- he is a graduate of a recognised university or Institution or its equivalent and has a speed of 100 words per minute in short-hand and 20 words per minute for transcribing it in typewriting.

(b) In the case of Clerk, has passed the Matriculation Examination of a recognised university or institution or its equivalent.

CHAPTER - 2

KANUNGOS

This chapter supersedes Standing Order No. 19.Original issue, dated 29th November, 1909. Reprint, dated 9th August, 1913, Second reprint; dated 25th July, 1918. Third reprint dated, 16th October, 1925.

Note.- In connection with this chapter, paragraphs 293-304 and 400, 401 and 403 of the Land Administration Manual and paragraphs 228, 236 and 576 of the settlement manual should be read.

INDEX

Section Subject Paras

1 2 3

Part A

(i) The Punjab Kanungos (ClassIII)

Service Rules, 1994

(ii) The Punjab Kanungos Departmental

Examination Regulations , 1998

(iii) The Punjab Kanungos Departmental

Examination Regulations (First Amendment), 2000

(iv) The Punjab Kanungos(Training)

Regulations,1998

Part B

Executive Orders

I Kanungo candidates Deleted

II Settlement Kanungos DO

III Settlement Mappers Do

IV Kanungo Staff 2.21 & 2.22

V General 2.25, 2.29 to 2.31, 2.33,

2.36 & 2.37

VI Pay & Allowances Deleted

VII Travelling Allowance Do

VIII Duties of Field Kanungos 2.45 to 2.53

IX Duties of Tehsil Office Kanungos 2.54 to 2.57

X Duties of District Kanungos 2.58 to 2.61, 2.63 to 2.67

PART A- RULES & REGULATIONS

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND REHABILITATION

Notification

The 9th November, 1994

No. G.S.R. 73/Const./Art.309 and P.A. 17/1887/S.28/94- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India read with section 28 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Act 17 of 1887) and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules for regulating the recruitment and the conditions of service of the persons appointed to the Punjab Kanungos (Class III) service, namely: -

1. Short title and application- (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Kanungos (Class III) Service Rules, 1994.

(2) They shall apply to the posts specified in Appendix 'A' to these rules.

2. Definitions- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) 'Board' means the Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board or any other authority constituted to perform its functions;

(b) 'Collector' means the Collector of a District and includes the Settlement Officer appointed as such for doing settlement operations in the State;

(c) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Division;

(d) 'Direct appointment' means an appointment made otherwise than by promotion or by transfer of a person already in the service of Government of India or of a State Government.

(e) 'Financial Commissioner' means the Financial Commissioner Revenue or any other officer authorised by general or special order by the Government to perform the functions of the Financial Commissioner under these rules;

(f) 'Government' means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation;

(g) 'Kanungo' includes District Kanungo, the Assistant District Kanungo, Office Kanungo, Special Kanungo Thur, Field Kanungo and Settlement Kanungo;

(h) 'Patwari' means the Patwari as defined in the Punjab Revenue Patwaris (Class III) Service Rules, 1966:

(i) 'recognised university or Institution' means :-

(i) any university or institution incorporated by law in any of the States of India; or

(ii) any other university or institution which is declared by the Government to be a recognized university or institution for the purpose of these rules;

(j) 'regulations' means regulations framed under rule 13 of these rules;

(k) 'Service' means the Punjab Kanungo (Class III) Service.

3. Number and Character of Posts-The Service shall comprise the posts specified in Appendix 'A' to these rules:

Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the Government to add to or reduce the number of such posts or to create new posts with different designations and scales of pay, whether permanently or temporarily.

4. Appointing authority- All appointments to the Service shall be made by the Collector.

5. Nationality, domicile and character of candidates-(1) No person shall be appointed to the service unless he is:-

(a) a citizen of India; or

(b) a citizen of Nepal; or

(c) a subject of Bhutan; or

(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the first day of January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India; or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zenzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India;

(1) Provided that a candidate belonging to any of the categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the Government of Punjab in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.

(2) A Candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Board on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate but he shall not be given an appointment until the certificate of eligibility has been issued in his favour by the Government of Punjab in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.

(3) No Person shall be recruited to the Service by direct appointment unless he produces:-

(a) a certificate of character from the principal, academic officer of the university, college, school or institution last attended, if any and similar certificates from two responsible persons not being has relatives, who are well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his university, college, school or institution ; and

(b) an affidavit to the effect that he was never convicted for any criminal offence involving moral turpitude and that he was never dismissed or removed from service of any state Government or the Government of India or any Public sector Undertaking.

6. Disqualifications:- No Person,-

(a) Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or

(b) who having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person;

shall be eligible for appointment to the Service:

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

7. Age:- (1) No person shall be recruited to the service by direct appointment, if he is less than eighteen years or is more than thirty years of age on the first day of January of the year immediately preceding the last date fixed, for submission of applications, by the Board or unless he is within such range of minimum and maximum age limits as may be specifically fixed by the Punjab government from time to time.

Provided that the condition of upper age limit may be relaxed upto forty five years in the case of persons already in the employment of the Punjab Government, other State Government or the Government of India:

Provided further that the appointing authority may for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the upper age limit for a category or class of persons:

Provided further that in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and other Backward classes, the upper age limit shall be such, as may be fixed by the Punjab Government from time to time.

(2) For age limits in the case of recruitment of Ex-servicemen, the provisions of rule 6 of the Punjab recruitment of Ex-servicemen Rules, 1982, as amended from time to time shall apply.

(3) In the case of appointment on compassionate grounds or priority basis, the upper age limit shall be such as may specifically be fixed by the Punjab Government from time to time.

8. Method of appointment and qualifications: - (1) All appointments to a cadre of the service shall be made District wise and in the following manner, namely:-

(i)in the case of District Kanungos, hundred percent by promotion from amongst the Assistant District Kanungos, Field Kanungos, Special Kanungos, Thur, Office Kanungos and Settlement Kanungos working in the same cadre, who have an experience of working as such for a minimum period of two years and who have qualified the examination specified in the regulations.

(ii)in the case of Kanungos,-

(a) fifteen percent by direct appointment;

(b) eighty-five percent by promotion from amongst the Patwaris who have an experience of working as such for a minimum period of ten years in the district to which the posts relate; and have undergone refresher course as specified in Appendix 'B' to these rules;

(c) by absorption of the retrenched or likely to be retrenched officials of equivalent rank working in the Directorate of Consolidation of Holdings, Punjab;

Provided that the retrenched or likely to be retrenched officials shall be adjusted by absorption against the promotion quota,

Provided further that the appointment by promotion shall, at no given time, be less than seventy- five percent.

(2) No person shall be recruited to the Service by direct appointment unless-

(i) he has passed the 10+2 or its equivalent examination from a recognised university, board or other institution; and

(ii) possesses knowledge of Punjabi language of Matriculation standard or its equivalent;

Provided that if a person appointed on compassionate grounds or priority basis does not possess knowledge of Punjabi language of Matriculation standard or its equivalent, he shall have to acquire the same or he shall have to qualify a test conducted by the language wing of the Department or Education of the Punjab Government, within a period of six months of the date of his appointment:

(3) All appointments to the service by promotion shall be made on the basis of seniority-cum merit and no person shall have any right for promotion on the bass of seniority alone.

9. Departmental Examination and Training- A person appointed to the Service by direct appointment shall be required to qualify such departmental examination and to undergo satisfactorily such course of training as may be specified in the regulations:

10. Probation- (1) A person appointed to the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years if recruited by direct appointment and one year, if recruited otherwise:

Provided that-

(a) any period after such appointment, spent on deputation on a corresponding or higher post, shall count towards the period of probation;

(b) any period of officiating appointment to the Service shall be reckoned as period spent on probation:

(c) in the case of appointment by absorption of the retrenched officials, any period of work on an equivalent or higher rank, prior to appointment to the Service, shall count towards the period of probation; and

(d) any kind of leave, not exceeding six months during or at the end of the period of probation, shall be counted towards the period of probation.

(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the work or conduct of a person during the period of probation is not satisfactory or if he has failed to pass the prescribed departmental examination within a period not exceeding two and a half years from the date of appointment, it may-

(a) if such a person is recruited by direct appointment, dispense with his services or revert him to a post on which he held lien prior to his appointment to the Service by direct appointment; and

(b) if such person is appointed otherwise-

(i) revert him to his former post: or

(ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of the previous appointment permit.

3. On the completion of the period of probation of a person the appointing authority may-

(a) if his work and conduct has, in its opinion, been satisfactory-

(i) confirm such person, from the date of his appointment or from the date he completes his period of probation satisfactorily if he is not already confirmed ; or

(ii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily, if he is already confirmed : or

(b) if his work or conduct has not been, in its opinion, satisfactory or if he has failed to pass the prescribed Departmental Examination,-

(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct appointment or if appointed otherwise revert him to his former post or deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment may permit ; or

(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter, pass such order as it could have passed on the expiry of the period of probation as specified in sub-rule (1):

Provided that the total period of probation including extension, if any, shall not exceed three years.

11. Seniorty:- The seniorty inter-se of the members of the service in each cadre shall be determined by the length of continuous service on such post in that cadre of the Service:

Provided that in the case of members recruited by the direct appointment who join within the period specified in the order of appointment or within such period as may be extended from time to time by the appointing authority subject to a maximum of four months from the date of order of appointment, the order of merit determined by the Board shall not be disturbed:

Provided further that in case a candidate is permitted to join the service after the expiry of the said period of four months in consultation with the Board, his seniority shall be determined from the date he joins the Service:

Provided further that in case a candidate of the next selection has joined the service before the candidate referred to in the preceding proviso joins, the candidate so referred shall be placed below all the candidates of the next selection who joins with in the time specified in the first proviso:

Provided further that in the case of two or more persons appointed on the same date, their seniority shall be determined as follows:-

(a) a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a person recruited otherwise ;

(b) a member appointed by promotion shall be senior to a member appointed by absorption from the retrenched or likely to be retrenched officials of the Directorate of Consolidation of Holdings, Punjab. and

(c) in the case of members appointed by promotion or by absorption, seniority shall be determined according to the seniority of such members in the appointments from which they were promoted or absorbed.

Note: - The seniority of members appointed on purely provisional basis or on ad-hoc basis, shall be determined in the light of instructions issued on the subject by the Punjab Government from time to time.

12. Pay, Leave, pension and other matters of members of the Service: - (1) The members of the service shall be entitled to such scale of pay, including special pay, if any, as may be authorised by the Punjab Government from time to time. The scales of pay at present, in force, in respect of the members of the service are given in Appendix 'A' to these rules.

(2) In respect of leave, pension and all other matters not expressly provided for in these rules, the members of the Service shall be governed by such law, rules and regulations as may have been or may hereafter be adopted or framed by the competent authority.

13. Framing of regulations- The Financial Commissioner may make regulations consistent with these rules for carrying out the purposes of these rules.

14. Liability to serve- A member of the service shall be liable to serve at any place, whether within or out of the State of Punjab, on being ordered so to do-

(a) by the Collector within the district :

(b) by the Commissioner within the Division ; and

15. Liability of members of Service to transfer- A member of the Service may be transferred by the Government to any post, whether included in any other Service or not, on the same terms and conditions as are specified in rule 3.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I.

16. Discipline penalties and appeals- (1) In the matter of discipline, punishment and appeals, the members of the service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, as amended from time to time.

(2) The authority empowered to impose penalties as specified in rule 5 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules 1970 and the appellate authority thereunder in respect of the members of the Service, shall be as specified in Appendix 'C' to these rules.

(3) The authority competent to hear an appeal against an order specified in rule 15 of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 other than an order imposing any of the penalties as specified in Appendix 'C' to these rules, shall be as specified in Appendix 'D' to these rules.

17. Liability for vaccination and re-vaccination- Every member of the Service shall get himself vaccinated or re-vaccinated when Punjab Government so directs by a special or general order.

18. Oath of allegiance- Every member of the Service, unless he has already done so shall be required to take oath of allegiance to India and to the Constitution of India as by law established.

19. Debarring for consideration for promotion of a Government employee who refuses to accept promotion- In the event of refusal to accept promotion by a member of the Service, he shall be debarred by the appointing authority from consideration for promotion for all the consecutive chances which may occur in future within a period of two years from the date of such refusal to accept promotion :

Provided that in a case where the appointing authority is satisfied that a member of the Service has refused to accept promotion under the circumstances beyond his control, it may exempt such a member for reasons to be recorded therefore in writing, from the operation of the rule.

20. Power to relax:- Where the Government is of the opinion on that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order for reasons to be recorded un writing, relax any of the provision of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons:

provided that the provisions relating to educational qualifications and experience shall not be relaxed .

21. Interpretation of rules:- If any question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, the Government shall decide the same.

22. Repeal and saving:- The Punjab Kanungos Service (State Service Class III) Rules, 1976, in so far as these are applicable to the members of the Service are hereby repealed :

Provided that any order issued or action taken under the rules so repealed, shall be deemed to have been issued or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND REHABILITATION

Notification

The 20th March,1998

No. G.S.R.33/P.K. (C-III)S.R. 94/R. 13/98-In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 13 of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994, the Financial Commissioner, Revenue is pleased to make the following Regulations for the Departmental Examination of Kanungos, namely :

1. Short title, commencement and application- (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab Kanungos Departmental Examination Regulations, 1998.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

(3) They shall apply to the Kanungos recruited by direct appointment under clause (ii) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 8 of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994.

2. Place and time of Examination- The Departmental examination of Kanungos will be held twice a year on such dates and at such place as may be fixed by the Director of Land Records, Punjab.

3. Schedule, curriculum and assignment of marks for examination- The examination in various papers shall be held in accordance with the schedule and the curriculum and marks assigned to each subject as specified in the table below:-

Paper	Subject of Examination	Maximum Marks
I	(i) Standing Orders 1 and 64 and standing Order relating to suspension and remission of Land Revenue (ii) Chapter 2,3,4,(Part D) 7,8,9,10,18 paragraph 13,16 and 20 so far they are connected with statement A, B and C of the Punjab Land Records, Manual (iii) Appendix VII, IX and XXI of Deuies Settlement Manual	120
II	Patwaris Mensuration Manual	70
III	Arithmetic to the Middle School Standard and	60
IV	Urdu Dictation and Caligraphy	50
V	Rural Reconstruction	60

4. Examiners:- (1) The Director of Land Records Punjab shall appoint examiners not below the rank of a Tehsildar to set papers No. I to IV and paper V (Rural Reconstruction) will be set by an officer of the Department of Cooperation appointed as examiner in this behalf by the Director of Land Records, Punjab.

(2) The question paper will be set by the examiner in their own hand and will be sent to the Director of Land Records, Punjab by name in sealed covers

(3) The answers shall be evaluated and allotment of marks for the answers in respect of each paper shall be made by the examiner who sets the paper. The examiner shall send their award lists to the Director of Land Records, Punjab within two weeks of the receipt of answer-books by him.

5. Results:- No person shall be considered as having passed the examination unless he has obtained fifty percent of the total marks in each paper. A person who passes in any paper in the first attempt or afterwards shall not be required to clear that paper again.

6. Supervision- (1) The Director of Land Records, Punjab or the officer appointed by him in this behalf, shall be the Superintendent of the examination who will personally supervise the conduct of examination.

(2) The superintendent of the examination shall, -

(a) receive the question papers from the examiner and cause them to be printed or cyclostyled ;

(b) transmit the answer-books to the examiners within twenty four hours of the close of the examination;

(d) decalre the result as soon as possible after the receipt of the last award sheet.

7. Persons eligible to appear- A person recruited by direct appointment to the post of kanungo shall be eligible to appear in the examination.

8. Chances- A candidate shall have to pass the examination within three chances.

9. Notice for holding examination:- (1) Notice for holding of examination shall be issued by the Director of Land Records, to the District Collectors one month before the commencement of the examination.

(2) After the receipt of date sheet of the examination, the Collector of the District shall sent in Form No.I, particulars of persons eligible under regulation No. 7 to take up the examination alongwith the certificate of eligibility specified in Form -II to the Director of Land Records, Punjab, so as to reach him two weeks before the commencement of the examination.

10. Subsidiary Regulations- (1) The examination shall be held on the days, time and place fixed by the Director of Land Records. The Superintendent of the examination shall remain in the examination hall during the whole time of each sitting.

(2) At the time appointed for each sitting, the candidates will be assembled and so seated that no opportunity shall be offered for communication with one another.

(3) The envelope containing the question papers will be opened by the Superintendent of the examination at the time fixed for commencement of the examination and the papers would be distributed at once.

(4) Writing papers of uniform size will be provided by the Superintendent of the examination and distributed to the candidates according to their requirements at each sitting. The candidates shall not be allowed to use their own papers. A separate slip of the following specimen shall be attached with each answer-book to be delivered to the candidates who shall fill this slip properly:-

Copy Book No. "_______________________

Roll No. _________________________

Total No. of copy-books used.

(Please write your name and designation on this slip only and no where else)

1. Subject ________________________

2. Paper ________________________

3. Date ________________________

4. Name ________________________

(in Block Letters)

5. Designation and ________________________

place of posting_________________________

6. Signature ________________________

(5) No unauthorised books or writing of any kind shall be brought by the candidates in the examination room. Any violation of this rule or any copying from the papers of another candidates or from any other unauthorised paper will vitiate the examination of both the candidates concerned.

(6) The answers to the questions must be written leaving one fourth margin on one side of the paper and numbered according to the number of question.

(7) The candidate shall, before delivering his answer-books to the officer conducting the examination, mark paper number on each of the sheets containing his answers. The candidate shall fill up the slip attached to each answer-book as directed therein. The candidate shall not disclose his identity on answer sheet in any way.

(8) The slips shall be removed and sealed immediately after allotting fictitious Roll Numbers at the end of the examination. The sealed slips shall be kept in the personal custody of the Director of Land Records, Punjab or the officer authorised by him in this behalf, and shall be opened only at the time of compilation of the result under the personal supervision of the Director, Land Records, Punjab.

(9) No candidate shall be allowed to leave examination room during the examination except with the permission of invigilator or supervisor. Proper-arrangements shall be made to prevent copying from books or other material.

(10) The superintendent of the examination shall on receiving the answer books of each candidate and before the candidate is permitted to leave the room, satisfy himself:-

(i) That the name of the candidate and other particulars are written legibly on the slip on his each paper and no where else;

(ii) That no writing paper has been used except the one delivered to the candidate for the purpose;

(iii) That the answers have been properly numbered.

(11) If in the course of examination or subsequently any circumstances come to the notice of the officer conducting the examination which throw suspicion upon any of the candidate of any malpractices, these shall be noted and action be taken as may be deemed fit.

(4) (12) No candidate shall be allowed more than the prescribed time for each paper.

(5) (13) The result of the examination shall be compiled and communicated to the District Collectors by the Director of Land Records, Punjab or the Officer authorised by him in this behalf.

FORM I

(Referred to in Regulation 9(2))

(Pro forma for appearing in the Departmental examination of Kanungos being held on___________________________________)

(To be filled in by the Candidate)

1. District __________________________________________

2. Name of Candidate________________________________

3. Father's Name ____________________________________

4. Designation of the present appointment _______________

5. No. of chances already availed_______________________

6. Papers already passed ______________________________

7. Papers in which the candidate intends_________________

to appear.

8. Any other information which the

candidate wants to give____________________________

Signature of Candidate

Desigantion__________________

Date______________________

FORM II

(Referred to in Regulation 9(2) )

(Particulars of eligible candidates who intend to appear in the Departmental examination of Kanungos being held on_________________________________________)

(To be sent by the Deputy Commissioner or District Collector to the Director of Land Records, Punjab).

Sr.No.	Name of Candidate	Father's Name	Designation and place of posting	papers in which intend to appear	Remarks, if any
1	2	3	4	5	6

CERTIFICATE

The particulars of the above officials have been checked and it is certified that they are eligible to appear in this examination.

Collector

District_____________________

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND REHABILITATION

Notification

The 1st September, 2000

No. G.S.R.75/P.K. (C-III)S.R. 94/R. 13/Amd.(1)/2000-In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 13 of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994, the Financial Commissioner, Revenue is pleased to make the following Regulations further to amend the Punjab Kanungos Departmental Examination Regulations, 1998, namely :

Regulations

1. Short title, commencement and application- (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab Kanungos Departmental Examination (First Amendment) Regulations, 2000.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

(3) They shall apply to the Kanungos recruited by direct appointment under clause (ii) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 8 of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994.

2. In the Punjab Kanungos Departmental Examination Regulations, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), for regulation 2, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-

2. Place and time of Examination- The Departmental examination of Kanungos will be held twice a year in the months of February and August, on such dates and at such place as may be fixed by the Director, Land Records, Punjab.

3. In the said regulations, for regulation 3, the following regulation shall be substituted namely;

3. Schedule, curriculum and assignment of marks and time allowed for examination- The examination in various papers shall be held in accordance with the schedule and the curriculum, marks assigned and time allowed for each subject in the table below: -

Paper	Subject of Examination	Maximum Marks	Time allowed
I	(i) Standing Order No. 30 relating to suspension and remission of Land Revenue and Standing Order No. 64 (ii) Chapter Nos. 2,3,4,(Part D) 7,9,10 and 18 (excepting paragraphs 18.3 to 18.11) of the Punjab Land Records, Manual (iii) Appendix VII, IX and XXI of Deuies Settlement Manual	120	Three Hours
II	(i)Patwaris Mensuration Manual …. 50 (ii) Arithmetic to the Middle Standard (Restricted to questions of Calculations of area, conversation of areas from Bighas to Kanals, Marlas, Square Yard, Square Foot and Hectares.) ……50	100	Three Hours
III	Urdu: (i) Translation of one passage from Punjabi to Urdu. …..25 (ii) Translation of one passage from Urdu to Punjabi ….25	50	One and Half Hours
IV	Consolidation: Consolidation of Holdings in Punjab and its Practice	100	Three Hours
V	Election: (i) Preparation of Voter List (ii) Eligibility and Disqualification of Voter (iii) Eligibility and Disqualification of the candidate for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha Elections."	50	Two Hours

4. In the said regulations, for the regulation 8, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely:-

8. Chances- A candidate shall have to pass the examination within five chances."

Shyama Mann,

Financial Commissioner Revenue,

and Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation.

PUNJAB GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND REHABILITATION

Notification

The 20th March, 1998

No. G.S.R.34/P.K. (C-III)S.R. 94/R. 13/98-In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 13 of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994, the Financial Commissioner, Revenue is pleased to frame the following Regulations for imparting training to the Kanungos

1. Short title, commencement and application- (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab Kanungos (Training) Regulations, 1998.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

(3) They shall apply to the Kanungos recruited by direct appointment in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Kanungos (Class-III) Service Rules, 1994.

2. Training:- A person recruited by direct appointment to the post of Kanungo shall be required to undergo practical training for one year in the Punjab State Revenue Patwar Institute, Jalandhar. In case the Institute is not functioning at the relevant time he will get training with an experienced patwari to learn the duties of the Revenue Patwari. The Collector shall make arrangements for this purpose. After this training as patwari, (such kanungo) will be attached with an experienced field Kanungo for six months for getting training as kanungo.

3. Training as independent Patwari:- After completion of training as specified in Regulation 2, the candidate appointed as Kanungo shall be given charge as an independent patwari in a district under settlement, or colony or killa bandi or consolidation of holdings operation for six months. If no such district is under such operation, he will be posted as Revenue Patwari independently in a patwar circle for a period of six months.

4. The trainee should keep a diary of work done during the course of training specified in regulations Nos. 2 and 3 and submit the same to the District Collector through the District Revenue Officer. A certificate regarding satisfactory completion of the training or otherwise shall be issued by the Collector.

Kuldip Singh Janjua.

Financial Commissioner Revenue,

and Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Revenue and Rehabilitation.

PART B- EXECUTIVE ORDERS

2.1 to 2.20 Deleted.

IV –KANUNGO STAFF

2.21. The kanungo establishment in each district consists of field kanungos, an office kanungo at each tehsil headquarters and a district kanungo, at least one special kanungo and at least one assistant district kanungo at the district headquarters. Its strength in each district can only be altered with the sanction of the State Government. All proposals for such increases should be submitted by the Commissioner to the Financial Commissioner through the Director of Land Records. Ordinarily there is one field kanungo for about 10 patwaris. It is the duty of the special kanungo to produce revenue records before courts and to help the district kanungo in his ordinary office work.

2.22 A peon is allowed to every field kanungo, district kanungo and special kanungo.

2.23 and 2.24.Deleted.

V-GENERAL

2.25. Every field kanungo shall, under penalty of dismissal, reside within the limits of his charge unless he has received the written permission of the Deputy Commissioner to reside elsewhere. He shall not leave his charge except on duty or with sanction.

2.26 to 2.28.Deleted.

Kanungos to be employed only on their proper work

2.29.All kanungos must be strictly confined to their own allotted work. It would, for example, be improper to allow the district kanungo to be used by the Assistant Collector, Ist Grade as a Reader, or a tehsil ofice kanungo to be used for case work.

Kanungos in district under settlement

2.30.When a district is being re-assessed for land revenue, the kanungo staff works under the orders of the Settlement Officer.

2.31 to 2.32. Deleted

Equipment

2.33. Each field kanungo is supplied, free of cost, with two steel rods adjusted to the length of metre. These should be made locally according to the pattern supplied by the Director of Land Records. When not in use, these rods should be kept in hollow bamboo cases. The Director shall also supply a steel measuring tape, free of cost, to each district kanungo. This should be used to check chains and addas. Four sketching frames (Tattis) will be supplied by the Government to each office kanungo for use of Patwaris when preparing the Shajra Kishtwar (paragraph 4.30 L.R.M).

2.34 and 2.35.Deleted

Making over records on vacating

2.36. . On dismissal,resignation or transfer,a kanungo is legally bound to make over his papers, records and equipment to his successor in office, who shall give him a receipt for these things. But this receipt should not be a valid discharge until endorsed by the tehsildar, or in the case of a district kanungo, by the Officer Incharge of the Revenue Branches of the district.

2.37. Character rolls of kanungos are confidential documents and the giving of copies of extracts there from is prohibited. It is, however, permissible for the Collector to give a kanungo who has retired or is on the point of retirement, a letter in which his official record is summed up (Chief Secretary’s letter No. 19142-( H – Gaz.), dated the 26 th June, 1934)

2.38 to 2.44. Deleted.

VIII—DUTIES OF FIELD KANUNGOS.

Responsibility of field Kanungos for the work and conduct of patwaris

Responsibility of field Kanungos for the work and conduct of patwaris

2.45. A field kanungo is responsible for the conduct and the work of the patwaris in his charge; and it is his duty to report bad work, or neglect of duty, or misconduct on the part of any patwari for the orders of the revenue officer to whom he is subordinate.

He will be held personally responsible if the mutation work of any patwari's circle is in arrears, unless he is able to show that he has taken all measures in his power to prevent it and has reported any patwari who has failed to carry out his instructions. In particular, he will be called to account if the procedure laid down in paragraph 7.54 to 7.57 is not properly carried out. Instructions for the systematic inspection of the work of field kanungos are contained in paragraphs 8.4 to 8.10.

Field Kanungo to report certain matters to tehsildar

Field Kanungo to report certain matters to tehsildar

Field Kanungo to report certain matters to tehsildar

2.46.Whenever a field kanungo visits a patwari's circle he shall carefully read the entries in the patwari's diary made since his last visit; and make inquiries on the matters noted in paragraph 3.15 and 3.16. He shall report to the tesildar any of these matters, which are important or require his order.

Supervision of the work of patwaris during the time of their inspection of crops and preparation of bachh mutations and Alluvion or Diluvian papers

2.47. During the time, the patwaris of his charge are inspecting the crops and preparing the bachh and mutation and alluvion or diluvian papers of their villages, the field kanungo's whole attention shall be given to the supervision of their work. (See appendix III to Land Records Manual.)

Field Kanungos to visit each patwari's circle monthly

2.48. At other times of the year he will visit each patwari's circle once in a month, and supervise the timely and accurate completion of the jamabandis and the statements, which accompany them (See appendix III to Land Records Manual.)

2.49. To ensure that the touring of field kanungo is systematic, each filed kanungo should forward a statement in the form annexed for each quarter to the district kanungo, who should send it to the Officer Incharge of Revenue Branches for submission to the Deputy Commissioner.

This form shows the patwari’s circle visited in each month, and the dates of the field kanungo's inspections and a glance at it will enable the supervising officer to see whether all circles are duly visited, or whether any are being neglected, and also if the touring is being systematically and properly carried out. Printed forms shall be supplied by the Controller, Printing & Stationery, Punjab, Chandigarh, on indent. The district kanungo should submit a similar statement of his own touring to the Officer Incharge of Revenue Branches for submission to the Deputy Commissioner. These statements should be sent in on the 10^th of the month succeeding the conclusion of each quarter.

Statement showing touring of Field kanungos__________________for the quarter ending_______________ Teshil______________District________________

Month

Patwaris

Days spent in the tehsil

Holidays, sick and leave

Days spent with officer

Miscellaneous

Remarks

A table for each circle in his charge should be given to each field kanungo, showing the arrangements approved for the division of circles for the purposes of preparation of detailed jamabandis, etc, this table being so arranged that the work of each year shall cover about one- fifth of the kanungo's whole circle.

Field kanungo to check jamabandis

2.50. The jamabandis having been filled at the end of August, the field kanungos will spend September at tehsil headquarters checking them in the manner prescribed in paragraph 7.61.

Patwaris shall not be detained at the tehsil office while this check work is going on. Any inquiries that are necessary should also, as far as may be convenient, be reserved for the same occasion, or be made by the field kanungo on his return to the circle.

If errors are numerous and important, they should be brought before the tehsildar for his order.

Field kanungos shall not be detained at the tehsil for office checking later than the end of September, and if the state of the harvest so requires, they should be released sooner.

Registers of work of patwaris

2.51. The field kanungo shall keep a register, in the form annexed, showing the character of each patwari's work. The field kanungo shall send this register to every tehsildar or any other Revenue Officer who enters his circle for inspection duty and that officer will, before leaving the kanungo's circle, enter briefly the result of his inspection against each patwari whose work is inspected, and return the register to the field kanungo. The attendance of the field kanungo is not necessary.

REGISTER OF PATWARIS TO BE KEPT BY FIELD KANUNGO

(N.B. - There shall be 6 pages for each patwari’s circle, on pages 1 and 2 of each circle will be entered by the field kanungo, data of each year's ordinary work and on pages 3 & 4 shall be shown the quinquennial return work of the year; on pages 5 and 6 shall be entered remarks by superior officers, Six pages are required instead of 3, in order that the register may last about 12 or 15 years. A patwari may be allowed to take copies of the entries relating to his own work, if he so desires.)

Form of pages 1 and 2

Agricultural year

Patwaris name and date of appointment, with name of circle

Circle

Date by which Kharif

Crop statements were filed

Date of completion of annual bachh papers

Date of completion of alluvion and diluvion papers

Date by which Rabi crop statements were filed

Date by which extra rabi

statement was filed

Date of filing jamabandis

Reports or complaints against patwari during the

Year

Result and final order by

whom given

Form of pages 3 and 4

Quinquennial "attestation and petty survey works"

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		10	11	12
1	Village attested				6	7	Preparation of new Jamabandi				11	12
Agriculture year	Name	Holdings	Fields	Area	Date of attestation of old Jamabandis (paragraph 7.57)	Date of completion of measurement work( paragraph 4.24) (para graph 4.24)	Date of commencement By Patwari		Date of completion by Patwari	Date of completion of Kanungo’s final attestation	Date of attestation by tehsildar or Naib- tehsildar	Remarks stating particulars and area of any other petty survey work necessitated by alluvion or deluvion or other special cause

Form pages 5 and 6

Date of visits by superior

officers including District

kanungos

Brief remarks of superior officers showing character of patwari’s work in each year

(N.B.Entries should be very brief.)

Diary of field kanungo

2.52. Every field kanungo shall keep a diary, in which he shall state day by day the manner in which he has been employed. The entry for each day shall be made not later than the following morning. A copy of the diary for the previous month shall be posted by the field kanungo to the tehsildar on the first of each month and will be forwarded by the tehsildar to the district kanungo. Each month's diary shall close with an abstract of the month's work in such form as may be prescribed from time to time.

Diary books for field kanungos shall be obtained from the Controller, Printing and Stationery, Punjab, Chandigarh, on indent. They are in the following form:-

Date and day of week and name of village visited and work in hand

Date of previous visit to circle

Abstract of entry in Partal Diary and other work of the day

If the work in hand consists of the checking of Girdawari, bachh or mutation entries, column 1 should show against each village the number of fields, holdings and mutations checked respectively. If reverain measurements or supplementary maps are being tested, the number of fields inspected should be entered. Similarly, the preliminary attestation of the old, and the local attestation of the new Jamabandi and shajra nasab (paragraphs 7.57 and 7.60) the Tehsil check of the new jamabandi (paragraph7.61) and the check of annual and quinquennial statements should be noted. The above details should be given in red ink.

2.53 Sketch Maps. Every field kanungo should keep with his diary of note-book a sketch may of his charge on small scale (1 or 2 centimeter to a kilometer). The map should show village sites and boundaries, main roads, canals and limits of patwari's circles. It should be drawn on paper of a quality.

IX –DUTIES OF TEHSILDAR OFFICE KANUNGO

2.54 Returns showing the progress of Patwari’s work to be prepared by office kanungo . Office kanungos shall submit to the tehsildar, in such form and on such dates as may be prescribed, periodical returns showing agricultural data and the progress of various branches of the work of the kanungos and patwaris. Tehsildar shall be responsible to see that such returns are forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner in due order, correctly and by due date.

Office kanungos have charge of the rain-gauge at the tehsil (paragraph 12.2)

2.55 Registers maintained by office kanungo. The Office kanungo of each tehsil shall maintain (a) note-books chapter 10 of this manual for each estate, for each assessment circle, and for the tehsil.

(b) any other registers especially prescribed or made over to him by the order of the Financial Commissioners.

The office kanungo is also responsible for-

(i) the custody of all patwari and assessment records filed in the tehsil;

(ii) the custody of blank forms and their issue to the patwaris and kanungos;

(iii) the accounts of the patwari and kanungo establishment of the tehsil;

(iv) the accounts of mutation fees;

(v) the supply of any information required by the Deputy Commissioner or tehsildar respecting entries in records in his charge;

(vi) bringing to the immediate notice of the tehsildar reports of calamities submitted by patwaris in order that they may be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner.

2.56. Tehsil Registers . Of the registers maintained in tehsil offices, a certain number are under the charge of office kanungo. On this subject see paragraph 8 of Standing Order 55 (Registers)

2.57 . Supply of books of reference and Director of Land Records’ circulars etc. - Sadar kanungos and tehsil office kanungos should be in possession of a complete set of the revenue books of reference detailed below :-

(1) Punjab Land Records Manual.

(2) Settlement Manual.

(3) Land Administration Manual.

(4) Land Administration Acts.

(5) Financial Commissioner's Standing Orders.

(6) Director of Land Records' Circulars.

These officials are responsible for keeping up- to- date of all the books of reference and Standing Orders. They are also personally responsible for loss of these publications. The sadar and office kanungos should also keep separate files of instructions issued by the local officers and the Financial Commissioners.

X - DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT KANUNGO

2.58. The district kanungo shall receive in the Deputy Commissioner’s office all returns and records due from tehsil offices relating to the work of kanungos and patwaris, submitting them to the Deputy Commissioner or the officer in charge of the department for his order. He shall issue all orders passed in connection with this work. He shall prepare all statistical statements connected with his department that may be required by the Deputy Commissioner.

As regards his touring and duties relating to the inspection of patwaris field kanungos’and office kanungo's work, part III of Chapter 8 may be consulted.

Note: For employment of office and district kanungos to represent the Government in suits under section 45 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, see note to Rule 12 in Part G of the Punjab Law Department Manual.

2.59. Register maintained by District Kanungo . A certain number of registers maintained in the district office are under the charge of the district kanungo. See paragraph 7 of Standing Order 55 (Registers). The registers of revenue- free tenures (Muafi and Jagir registers) should be maintained by the district kanungo, but in some districts owing to the fact that number of muafis and jagirs is large, these registers are in the charge of a muafi or Jagir moharrir, who should work under the supervision of the district kanungo and not under that of any other official.

He shall keep for each assessment circle, for each tehsil, and for the entire district note-books in the same forms as those prescribed for office kanungos at tehsils, any other registers specially prescribed or made over to him by orders of the Financial Commissioner,and also all statistical returns furnished to the Deputy Commissioner by the kanungo and patwari agency.

2.60. Register of patwari circle . He shall also keep up a register of the patwari circles of each tehsil in form annexed.

DISTRICT KANUNGOS’ REGISTER OF PATWARI CIRCLES OF TEHSIL.

Notes. - (1) The register shall open with an index of circles in alphabetical order giving the page at which each will be found.

(2) The index shall be followed by a page for each field kanungo's charge in the same form as the rest of the register, except that column 2 will be left blank; and in column 3 to 9 shall be entered the total figure of the charge, instead of the details of each patwari's circle.

(3) Then shall follow the entries for each patwari circle, a page for each circle, the circles being arranged in their serial order.

(4) A copy of the register, the last column excepted, shall be kept by the office kanungo at the tehsil.

(5) The entries in column 3 shall be kept up-to-date; those in column 4-9, shall be corrected for each village, whenever its quinquennial returns are received, by drawing a line through the previous data of the village and entering its new data below the last village of the circle.

(6) Entries regarding the circle of a field kanungo shall be amended quinquennially when jamabandis of all the villages in that circle have been prepared and not annually.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Name of Field kanungo's Circle	Number and name of Patwari Circle	Name of Patwari, father’s name and grand father name , native village, date of appointment and date of birth	Details of villages included in circle								Special remarks on the Character of the work
Name of Field kanungo's Circle	Number and name of Patwari Circle		Mauza	Total area	Cultivated area	Total land revenue assessment	Number of khasra entries	Number of khatauni entries	Number of jamabandi entries	Year	Special remarks on the Character of the work

2.60A. Maintenance of register containing particulars of patwaris and kanungos - The sadar kanungo should maintain a register in the annexed form showing seniority, qualifications, details of service, punishment, praise, reward etc. about kanungos and patwaris. The entries in this register should be kept up-to- date.

Register of Patwari's /Kanungos

(To be kept by the Sadar Kanungo)

Showing Seniority, Qualifications, details of service, punishment, etc.

S.No. according to Seniority

Name of Patwari kanungo

Educational qualification

Date of Birth

Date of entry in service

Date of confirmation

Station of posting

Date of posting

Details of punishment awarded			Details of praise and reward
Date of order with designation of punishing authority	Nature and quantum of punishment	File No.	Date of order with designation of officer passing the order	Nature of service of good work with brief note about praise and reward	File No.
9	10	11	12	13	14

2.61 District kanungos diary to be submitted to collector . On the day following his return from tour, the district kanungo, shall submit his diary to the Deputy Commissioner, through the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, if his inspection relates to the work of patwaris and kanungos in a sub-division, otherwise through the officer incharge. His diary should be in the same form as that of a field kanungo.

2.62. Deleted.

2.63. Arrears of mutation . In order to keep the Deputy Commissioner informed of the state of mutation arrears, the sadar kanungo shall be responsible for the preparation of an abstract showing the mutations pending in the circle of each revenue officer and laying it before the officer incharge and the Deputy Commissioner alongwith the diaries. To enable the sadar kanungo to get hold of this information, the patwaris shall note in their monthly diaries, the number of mutations pending in their circles. When forwarding these diaries to the sadar kanungos office, the office kanungo shall attach a statement showing the number of mutations pending in each revenue officer's circle. Where arrears in any circles are heavy, the Deputy Commissioner should ascertain to which patwaris circle they relate and the reasons why the revenue officer concerned has not visited that circle recently.

2.64. With regard to contingent expenditure. The district kanungo shall keep a register in Form14 given in the Civil Account Code (Volume I) in which he shall enter all contingent expenditure under its proper heads. It is the duty of the District kanungo to see that the budget allotments are not exceeded and, if necessary, extra allotments are applied for in good time. Monthly detailed contingent bills shall be submitted to the Director for counter signatures by the 10^th of the following month.

2.65. Advances for contingent expenditure .The Deputy Commissioner apportions permanent advances to each tehsildar and to the district kanungo from which petty expenses can be met. The accounts of these advances should be kept by the district and office kanungos quite apart from the accounts of any other permanent advance. Both district and office kanungos should from time to time report to the Deputy Commissioner all items paid from their permanent advances and obtain recoupment of the amount expended. The accounts are kept in the following form :-

FORM

Register of Contingent Expenditure met from the office Kanungos permanent advance of Rs.___________and subsequent adjustments____________tehsil ___________,District._________________.

Date	Serial No. of each item of expenditure	Details of expenditure or receipts	Receipts	Expenditure	Balance after each transaction	Remarks
Date	Serial No. of each item of expenditure	Details of expenditure or receipts	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Remarks
…	…	Advance	30.00	--	30.00
5^th July,1963	1	Freight of forms received from Government Press	..	3.25	26.75
10^th July,1963	2	Binding of Register	--	1.75	25.00
12 July,1963	3	Hire of Rickshaw for carriage of blank paper	--	1.50	23.50
15^th July, 1963	4	Repair to flags and chairs	--	1.25	22.25
16^th July,1963	--	Received on account of items 1 & 2 by cheque No. 15 of 1963	5.00	--	27.25
20^th July, 1963	5	Hire of a Rickshaw for carriage of note books received from Government press	--	0.50	26.75

2.66. Disease among animals . The sadar kanungo is responsible to see that the return showing the statistics of disease among animals is received from each patwari through the field kanungo quarterly. He shall send such returns when complete direct to the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon concerned.

2.67. Village birth and death register . District and field kanungos when on tour should occasionally test village birth and death registers. When it is proved to their satisfaction that the registers are defective, the matter should be reported to the Deputy Commissioner for necessary action.

CHAPTER - 3

PATWARIS

(This chapter supersedes standing order No. 15, original issue, dated 24^th August, 1909, first reprint, dated 31^st October, 1911 , second reprint, dated 28^th May, 1925 , standing order No. 6, Ist reprint, dated 8^thMarch, 1910 , second reprint, dated 13^th May, 1929 , and third reprint , dated 11^th October,1929, and paragraph 19 to 27 of standing order No.16.)

PATWARIS SERVICE RULES PART –A

EXECUTIVE ORDERS INDEX PART –B

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Section Subject Paras

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I Patwari circle 3.1, 3.3. to 3.5

II Patwari candidate 3-6

III Patwari School 3-10

IV. Deleted

V Deleted 3-13

VI General duties 3-14 to 3-17- A

VII Police duties 3-18 and 3-19

VIII Revenue collections 3-20 to 3-23

IX Deleted

X Deleted

XI Patwari Service Book 3-29

XII Deleted

XIII Deleted

XIV Account Rules 3-44 and 3-45

XV Deleted

XVI Fees 3-48 to 3-50

XVII Rewards and honoraria 3-52

XVIII Deleted

XIX Patwarkhanas 3-57

XX Deleted

XXI Transfer and promotion 3-59

XXII Patwari paper 3-62 to 3-67

XXIII Equipment 3-68 to 3-78

XXIV Diary etc. 3-79 to 3.-88

XXV Stationery for Patwaris 3-89 to 3-98

XXVI Custody and destruction

of patwaris records 3-99 to 3-106

Appendix A-Curriculum of Patwaris

School

Appendix B –Examination of Patwaris

Appendix C-Deleted

Appendix D-Instructions regarding the

repairs of Patwarkhana

Appendix E –Employment of patwaris

and temporary establishment

in settlement.

Appendix F-Deleted

Appendix G- Forms

PATWARIS

PART - A

The Punjab Revenue Patwaris, Class III Service Rules, 1966.

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 4^th January, 1966

No.G.S.R.3/C.A.17/87/S.-With reference to the Punjab Government Revenue Department, notification No.GSR.225/C.A.17/1887/S.28/65, dated the 10^th September,1965 and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (I) of section 28 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act,1887,the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules:-

1. Short title, commencement and application.

(1) These Rules may be called the Punjab Revenue Patwaris, Class III Service Rules, 1966.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

(3) They shall apply to the post specified in Appendix 'A' to these rules.

2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) 'Board' means the Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab or any other authority authorised by the Government to make recruitment of the Service,

(b) 'Collector' means the Collector of the District and includes the Settlement Officer and the Colonization Officer,

(c) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of the Division or any other officer authorised by a general or special order of Government to perform the functions of the Commissioner;

(d) 'Direct appointment' means an appointment made otherwise than by promotion or by transfer of any official already in the service of the State Government;

(e) ‘Financial Commissioner' means the Financial Commissioner, Revenue or any other officer authorised by a general or special order of Government to perform the functions of the Financial Commissioner;

(f) 'Government' means the Punjab Government in the Administrative Department;

(g) 'Head of Department' means the Director of Land Records, Punjab, or any other officer who is declared as such;

(h) 'Patwari' means a Revenue Patwari;

(i) “Recognized University” means :-

(i) any University incorporated by law in any of the States of India ; or

(ii) in the case of degrees or diplomas obtained as a result of examination held before the 15^th August, 1947, the Punjab, Sind or Dacca University; or

(iii) any other university which is declared by Government to be a recognized University for the purposes of these rules;

(iv) Service’ means the Punjab Revenue Patwaris Class III Service.

3 Number and character of posts.- The service shall comprise the posts shown in Appendix 'A' to these rules:

Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the Government to add or to reduce the number of such posts or creates new posts with different designation and scales of pay whether permanently or temporarily.

4. Mode of acceptance of Patwari candidates:- (1) As and when a requisition is received by the Board from the Collector, the Board shall recommend to the Collector such number of candidates for acceptance as Patwari Candidates as the Collector may specify in the requisition.

(2) For the purpose of direct appointment to the Service a register of Patwari candidates shall be maintained by the Collector in each district in which the names of Patwari candidates shall be entered in the order in which they are recommended by the Board.

(3) The number of Patwari candidates that may be enrolled on the register of a district shall be such as may be determined by the Government from time to time.

5. Nationality, domicile, character and age: - (1) No person shall be accepted as a Patwari candidate, unless he is -

(a) a citizen of India, or

(b) a subject of Sikkim, or

(d) a subject of Bhutan, or

(e) ATibetan refugee who came over to India before the Ist January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India; or

(f) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan with the intention of permanently settling in India: or

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (c), (d), (e) and (f) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been given by the competent authority, and if he belongs to category (f) the certificate of eligibility will be issued for a period of one year, after which such a candidate will be retained in service subject to his having acquired Indian citizenship.

(2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Board or any other recruiting authority on his furnishing proof that he has applied for the certificate and he may also provisionally be accepted as a candidate subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the competent authority.

(3) No person shall be accepted as a Patwari candidate unless he produces a certificate of Character from the Principal academic officer of the University, college, school or institution last attended, if any, and similar certificates from two responsible persons not being his relatives, who are well acquainted with him in his private life and unconnected with his University College, School or institution.

(4) No person who is less than 17 years or more than 25 years of age or such age as may from time to time be fixed by Government for new entrants into service , shall be accepted as a Patwari candidate;

Provided that in the case of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Casts, Schedules Tribes or other Backward Classes, the maximum age limit shall be such as may be fixed by Government from time to time.

(6) Disqualifications:- (i) No person, who has more than one wife living or who having a spouse living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life-time of such spouse shall be eligible for being accepted as a Patwari candidate, and (ii) No woman, whose marriage is void by reason of the husband having a wife living at the time of such marriage or who has married a person who has a wife living at the time of such marriage shall be eligible for being accepted as a Patwari candidate.

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that there are special grounds for so ordering, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.

7. Academic qualifications: - No person shall be accepted as a Patwari candidate for appointment to the service unless he—

(i) has passed the Matriculation or Higher Secondary examination of a recognized University preferably with Agriculture as one of the subjects;

(ii) Possesses qualifications in Hindi and Punjabi upto Middle standard such standard as may be specified by the Government from time to time, and

(iii) has a good knowledge of a rural economy and culture.

8. Qualifications for appointment—(1) No Patwari candidate shall be eligible for appointment to the Service unless he qualifies the Patwar examination after attending the Patwar School for a minimum period of one year, and after passing the examination undergoes such practical field training for a period of six months as may be specified by the Collector.

(2) If the candidate fails to pass the Patwar examination within a period of 3 years from the date of his acceptance as candidate his name shall be struck off from the register of candidates.

(3) Nothing in this Rule shall apply to a candidate who has already passed the Patwar examination before he is accepted as a candidate and has also undergone practical field training as specified in sub rule(1).

9. Appointing authority.—Appointment to posts in the Service shall be made by the Collector.

10. Method of appointment.—(1) Appointment to the Service shall be made:-

(a) in the case of Patwaris:

(i) deleted

(ii) by direct appointment from amongst the accepted patwari candidates, or

(iii) by transfer of an official already in the service of the State Government, and

(iv) by absorption of the retrenched or likely to be retrenched officials of the Punjab Consolidation Department". (No G.S.R.5 P.A.17/87/S.28 Amd: (1)/71dated 7^th January, 1971.

(b) deleted.

(2) When any vacancy arises, the appointing authority shall determine the method in which the same shall be filled in.

(3) All promotions shall be made by selection on the basis of seniority-cum-merit and seniority alone shall not give any right to appointment.

11. Order in which appointments are to be made from amongst candidates. Appointments from amongst patwari candidates shall be made in the order in which their names appear in the register of patwari candidates.

12. Consequence of failure to join appointment. If a candidate, on appointment to the Service, is unable for any reason, other than the orders of Collector, to join his appointment within one month from the date of receipt of orders of appointment, the Collector may cancel the order of appointment and may also remove his name from the register.

13. Removal of name of patwari candidates from register, without prejudice to the provisions of sub rule (2) of rule8, the Collector may at any time order the removal of the name of any person from the register of patwari candidates for any reason which he may deem fit.

Provided that no order under this rule shall be passed without giving the candidates, whose name is sought to be removed, an opportunity of making any representation that he may desire to make, and unless such representation has been taken into consideration;

14. Probations.—(1) Persons appointed to the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years, if recruited by direct appointment, and one year if recruited otherwise;

Provided that:-

(a) Any period, after appointment to the Service spent on deputation on a corresponding or a higher post, shall count towards the period of probation fixed under this rule;

(b) In the case of an appointment by transfer, any period of work on an equivalent or higher rank prior to appointment to the Service may at the discretion of the appointing authority, be allowed to count towards the period of probation fixed under this rule; and

(c) any period of officiating appointment in the Service shall be reckoned as a period spent on probation but no member who has thus officiated shall, on the completion of the prescribed period of probation, be entitled to be confirmed, unless he is appointed against a permanent post.

(2) If the work or conduct of a person appointed to the Service during the period of probation is, in the opinion of the appointing authority, not satisfactory, it may—

(a) dispense with his services, if recruited by direct appointment, or

(b) if recruited otherwise;

(i) revert him to his former post; or

(ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment permit.

(3) On the completion of the period of probation of a person, the appointing authority may,-

(a) if his work or conduct has, in its opinion, been satisfactory,--

(i) confirm such person from the date of his appointment if appointed against a permanent vacancy, or

(ii) confirm such person from the date from which a permanent vacancy occur, if appointed against a temporary vacancy; or

(iii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily, if there is no permanent vacancy; or

(b) if his work or conduct has not been, in its opinion, satisfactory:-

(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct appointment, or if appointed otherwise, revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment permit , or

(ii) extend his period of probation and there after pass such orders as it could have passed on the expiry of the first period of probation:

Provided that the total period of probation, including extension, if any, shall not exceed three years.

15. Seniority:-The seniority inter-se of members of the Service in each cadre shall be maintained district wise and shall be determined by the length of continuous service on a post in that cadre:

Provided that in the case of two or more members appointed on the same date, their seniority shall be determined as follows;-

(a) a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a member recruited otherwise;

(b) a member appointed by promotion shall be senior to a member appointed by transfer;

(c) in the case of members appointed by promotion or transfer, seniority shall be determined according to the seniority of such members in the appointments from which they were promoted or transferred; and

(d) in the case of members appointed by transfer from different cadres, their seniority shall be determined according to pay preference being given to a member who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment if the rates of pay drawn are also the same then by their length of service in those appointments and if the length of such service is also the same, an older member shall be senior to a younger member.

Note1.-This rule shall not apply to persons appointed on purely provisional basis pending their passing the qualifying tests.

Note 2.- In the case of members whose period of probation is extended under rule 14, the date of appointment for the purpose of this rule shall be deemed to have been deferred to the extent the period of probation is extended.

16. Pay: - The members of service shall be entitled to such scales of pay including special pay, if any, as may be authorized by Government from time to time. The scales of pay at present in force in respect of specified post given in Appendix 'A', to these rules.

17. Conduct.- (1) In matters relating to conduct, the members of the Services shall be governed by the Government Servants conduct Rules, 1955, as amended from time to time.

(2) Unless the Collector for reasons to be recorded in writing considers imposition of a punishment lesser than dismissal, a member of the Service shall be liable to dismissal,-

(a) if he engages in trade or lends money to Agriculturists or has any interest, direct or indirect, in such transaction either in his own circle or in any other circle, or

(b) If he purchases land at auction sale without the previous sanction of the Head of department. Such land shall be deemed to include agricultural land and land in town sites auctioned for building or other purposes; or

(c) If he receives any fee not authorized by instructions issued by the Government for the performance of any of his duties; or

(d) If he without sufficient cause fails to enter in the register of mutations.

(i) any case of inheritance within three months of the entry of the death of the right holder in the Chaukidar's register;

(ii) any transfer by registered deed within one month of the receipt of the registration memorandum from the Field kanungo;

(iii) any case of consolidation of holdings within three months from the date of receipt of an order passed under section 21 or 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act,1948, and

(iv) any transfer by unregistered deed or by verbal transfer within six months of the date of the transaction, unless he can prove that he had no means of discovering the transfer at the first harvesting inspection which was made after the said date, or

(e) if he fails to produce the records when called upon by the consolidation staff unless he can give cogent reasons for not producing them; or

(f) if he introduces a client to a legal practitioner or in any way acts as an intermediary between inhabitants of his circle and legal practitioners, whether or not it is proved that he requested for or accepted any remuneration.

(g) if he fails to perform any duty entrusted to him by the Government not inconsistent with his overall role as a revenue official at the village level.

18. Discipline, punishments and appeals.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, in matters relating to discipline, punishment, appeals and revisions, the members of the service shall be governed by the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1952 , as amended from time to time subject to the modifications given in Appendix 'B', to these rules.

Provided that the nature of penalties which may be imposed the authority empowered to impose such penalties, the appellate authority and second appellate authority shall be as specified in Appendix 'C', to these rules.

(2) The authority competent to pass an Order under clause (c) and (d) of sub rule(1) of rule 10 of the Punjab Civil Services(Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1952 and the appellate authority shall also be as specified in appendix ‘D,’ to these rules.

19. Pension, Leave, travelling allowance and other matters.-In respect of leave, pension, general provident fund travelling allowance compensatory allowance, joining time, subsistence allowance and all other matters not expressly provided for in these rules, the members of the service shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may have been or may here after be adopted or framed under the Constitution of India or any law or rules made hereunder for other Class III Government employees.

20. Liability to transfer.-Every member of the Service shall be liable to transfer under the orders of :-

(i) Collector anywhere within the District, or

(ii) Heads of Department anywhere within the State, or

(iii) Government anywhere within India under the administrative control of the Punjab Government.

21. Power of relaxation: - Where the Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.

22. Repeal and saving.—The rules contained in paragraphs 3.2 to 3.12, 3.24 to 3.28, 3.38 to3.40, 3.46 to 3.47, 3.54, 3.56-A, 3.58, 3.60 and 3.61 of the Punjab Land Records Manual are hereby repealed;

Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

APPENDIX 'A'

(see rule,13 and 16)

1. Designation of post (Scale of pay)

(i) Patwaris 3120-100-3220-110-3660-120-4260-140- 4400-150-5000-160-5160

2. Number of post in each district:-

Sr.no. District Patwaris

1. Jalandhar 399

2. Hoshiarpur 439

3. Nawanshahr 177 . 4. Amritsar 555

5. Gurdaspur 440

6. Kapurthala 188

7. Patiala 302

8. Fatehgarh Sahib 118

9. Ludhiana 444

10. Rupnagar 252

11. Sangrur 395

12. Ferozepur 350

13. Faridkot 89

14. Moga 146

15. Muktsar 120

16. Bhatinda 169

17. Mansa 133 _______________________________________________________________

Total 4716

APPENDIX ‘B’

(See rule 18)

1. In rule 4 after clause (i) and “(ia) fine".

2. In rule 8, between the figures and brackets "(i)” and “(ii)", insert the figure’ letter and brackets "i.a".

3. Omit rule 9.

4. In sub-rule (i) of rule 10, omit sub – clause (ii) of clause (a),

5. for rule 14, subsititute the following:-

“14. Revision- The Financial Commissioner or the Commissioner may suo moto or on an application made to him, call for and examine the records of any case in which a subordinate authority passed any order under rule 10 or has inflicted any of the penalties specified in rule 4 or in which no order has been passed or penalty inflicted and after making further investigation, if any, may confirm,remit,reduce or subject to the provisions of sub rule (I) of rule 11, increase the penalty or subject to the provisions of rule 7 and 8 inflict any of the penalties specified in rule 4.”

6. In rule after sub rule (I), substitute the following:-

“(1) An appeal or application for revision may be withheld by an authority subordinate to the appellate authority or revisionary authority, as the case may be, if -

(a) It is an appeal or application for revision in a case in which under these rules, no appeal or application for revision lies;

(b) It does not comply with the provisions of rule 16;or

(c) It is an appeal or an second appeal and is not preferred within sixty days of the date on which the appellant was informed of the orders appealed against excluding the time spent in obtaining the copy of the said order and no reasonable cause is shown for the delay; or

(d) It is an application for revision and is not preferred within a period of ninety days of the date on which the applicant was informed of the order of the appellate authority excluding the time spent in obtaining the copy of the order sought to be revised and no reasonable cause is shown for the delay;

(e) It is repetition of a previous appeal or application for revision and is made to the same appellate or revisionary authority by which such appeal or application for revision has been decided and no new facts or circumstances are aduced which afford ground for a reconsideration of the case.

Provided that in every case in which an appeal or application for revision is withheld, the appellate or applicant shall be informed of the fact, and the reasons for it and copy a thereof forwarded to the appellate authority, if any, together with a copy of the appeal or application for revision so withheld.

Provided further that an appeal or application for revision withheld on account only of failure to comply with the provisions of rule 19 may be re-submitted at any time within one month of the date on which the appellant or applicant has been informed of the withholding of the appeal or application, and, if resubmitted in a form which complies with those provisions, shall not be withheld."

APPENDIX ‘C’

[See rule 18(1) ]

Sr. No.	Designation of the official	Nature of penalty	Punishing authority	First appellate authority	Second appellate authority
1	Patwari	1.Censure	Tehsildar or an Assistant Collector, Ist Grade.	Collector	Commissioner
		(ii)Fine	Tehsildar upto a limit of Rs1 on any occasion, Assistant collector Ist grade, upto limit of Rs.2 on any one occasion. Collector upto a limit of Rs.20 on any one occasion	Collector when the Punishing authority Is Tehsildar or Assistant Collector Ist grade. Commissioner when the punishing authority is Collector	Commissioner when first appellate authority is Collector Financial Commissioner when first appellate authority is Commissioner
		(iii)Withholding of increments or promotion including stoppage at an efficiency bar,if any.	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner
		iv) Reduction to a lower post or time-scale or to a lower stage in a timescale	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner
		(v)Recovery from pay of the whole or part of any peculiarly loss caused to Govt. by negligence or breach of orders	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner
		(vi) Suspension	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner
		(vii) Removal from the civil service which does not disqualify from future employment.	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner
		(viii) Dismissal from the Civil service which ordinary disqualifies from future employment.	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner

Note. - The power to inflict fines should be used with care and the Collector should in ordinary cases, look into the matter at tehsil inspections. Fines on patwaris should be recovered by short drawls on salary bills.

APPENDIX ‘D’

(see rule 18.2)

Sr.No.

Designation of the official

Nature of orders

Authority empowered to pass orders

First appellate authority

S.No	Subjects	Details
1	Land Records Manual	Chapter Nos. 2,3,4 (Part-B), 7,8,9,10,18 Paragraphs 13.16 and 20 so for it is connected with the Statements A, B and C of the Land Records Manual.
2	Standing Orders	Standing order Nos. 1 and 64 and other Standing orders relating to suspension and remission of the Land Revenue.
3	Settlement Manual	Appendix VII, IX and XXI of the Settlement Manual.
4	Census	Live-Stock (Cattle-Census) and Agricultural Census
5	Elections	Preparation of electoral rolls and all other instructions relating to the election work.
6	Patwari Mensuration Manual	Viva-voce in Patwari Mensuration Manual.

Sr. No.	Name of District	Number of District Kanungos	Number of Field Kanungos		Number of office kanungos	Number of Assistant District kanungos	Special Kanungos Thur
			Permanent	Temporary
1.	Amritsar	1	23	20	5	2	1
2.	Bathinda	1	16	12	3	2	..
3	Ferozepur	1	21	14	4	2	1
4	Fairdkot	1	20	15	4	2	..
5	Gurdaspur	1	24	19	3	2	1
6	Hoshirapur	1	30	17	5	2	1
7	Jalandhar	1	32	20+1*	4	2	*for DLR
8	Kapurthala	1	11	7	3	2	..
9	Ludhiana	1	27	19	6	2	..
10	Patiala	1	24	3	4	2	1
11	Roop Nagar	1	15	10	3	2	1
12	Sangrur	1	24	15	4	2	1
13	Mansa	1	2	9	3	3	..
14	Fatehgarh Sahib	1	6	5	4	3	..
	Total	14	285	186	55	30	7
*PART-II*
Serial No.	Name of The Post		Scale of Pay (Rs.)
1	District Kanungo		5480-160-5800-200-7000-220-8100-275-8925 plus Rs.200 as spl allowance
2	Assistant District Kanungo		4550-150-5000-160-5800-200-7000-220-7220
3	Office Kanungo		4550-150-5000-160-5800-200-7000-220-7220
4	Field Kanungo		4550-150-5000-160-5800-200-7000-220-7220
5	Special Kanungo Thur		4550-150-5000-160-5800-200-7000-220-7220
6	Settlement Kanungo		4550-150-5000-160-5800-200-7000-220-7220

Desigantion of Officials	Nature of Penalty	Punishing Authority	Appellate Authority	Authority empowered to entertain revision application
1	2	3	4	5
1.District Kanungos 2. Assistant District Kanungos 3. Office Kanungo 4. Field Kanungo 5.Settlement Kanungo 6. Special Kanungo Thur	Minor Penalties (i) Censure (ii) Withholding of promotions; (iii) recovery from his pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary- loss caused by him to the Government by negligence or breach of orders. With holding of increments of pay;	Collector	Commissioner	Financial Commissioner Revenue
	Major Penalties (v)Reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay for specified period, with further directions as to whether or not the Government employee will earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period, the reduction will or will not have the effect of postponing the future increments of this pay; (vi)Reduction to a lower time scale of pay, grade, post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Government employee to the time scale of pay grade, post or service from which he was reduced, with or without further directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or Service from which the Government employee was reduced and his seniority and pay on such restoration to that grade, post or Service; (vii) Compulsory retirement; (viii) removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future employment under the Government ; (ix) dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment under the Government;	Collector	Commis-sioner	Financial Commissioner Revenue

REVENUE DEPARTMENT

PART II-Recruitment to posts and qualifications

Part III- Conditions of Service

Seniority

Liability to serve

Oath of allegiance

Oath of allegiance

Power to relax

APPENDIX-B

APPENDIX – D

The 20th March,1998

The 1st September, 2000

V-GENERAL

REGISTER OF PATWARIS TO BE KEPT BY FIELD KANUNGO

Form of pages 1 and 2

IX –DUTIES OF TEHSILDAR OFFICE KANUNGO

X - DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT KANUNGO

Details of punishment awarded

Details of praise and reward

Date of order with designation of punishing authority

Nature and quantum of punishment

File No.

Date of order with designation of officer passing the order

Nature of service of good work with brief note about praise and reward

File No.

9

10

11

12

13

14

FORM

CHAPTER - 3

PART - A

APPENDIX ‘D’