G.O. (Ms.) No. 548, Review of Jamabandhi and Simplification of Village Accounts, 2010

What the order governs

Government Order (Standing) Number 548 of the Revenue [Land Revenue 1(1)] Department governs the annual Jamabandhi process and the maintenance of village revenue accounts. The government accepted the recommendations of the Land Revenue Reforms Committee, which had reviewed the land revenue assessment system, village accounts, registers and forms.

The annual Jamabandhi process continues. Revenue officials must use a modified Jamabandhi check memo from Fasli year 1420 (2010-11).

Village accounts to be maintained

Government Order (Standing) Number 548 requires continued maintenance of 24 listed village records. Important land-related records include:

• The A Register and its contents.
• Crop inspection accounts and their summary.
• Adangal.
• Tree Register.
• Sourcewise irrigation statement.
• Statement of areas under different land classifications.
• Patta transfer register covering Divisions I, II, III and IV.
• Land revenue remission statement.
• Patta-wise land revenue scheme chitta.
• Village tax collection account and patta-wise collection register.
• Land revenue receipt and interest register.
• Registers for mines and minerals, rainfall, livestock, births and deaths.
• Village statistical register.

Account 5(iii), the land revenue remission account, must be redesignated as Account 5.

Records removed or revised

Government Order (Standing) Number 548 removes eight village accounts:

• Accounts 5(i) and 5(ii).
• Accounts 8A and 8B, the irrigation account.
• Account 9A for additional assessment and additional water tax.
• Account 11, the patta form.
• The wet and dry land deduction account.
• Account 16, the kistbandi statement.
• Account 23, the cultivators register for the firka.

Three records must be revised:

• Account 10(II), as the pattadar register.
• Account 12, as the village demand summary.
• The Jamabandhi check memo.

Who is affected

Government Order (Standing) Number 548 directly affects revenue officials responsible for village accounts and Jamabandhi. Property owners, buyers and professionals may encounter the retained records when checking land classification, cultivation details, irrigation sources, revenue collection or patta transfers. The removal of Account 11 concerns the village account called the patta form, while the patta transfer register remains among the records to be maintained.