SC boundary purpose of ‘patwarkhanas’ in civic areas

Under Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar’s stewardship, a three-member dais of a peak probity was conference a suo motu box regarding to a functioning of patwaris, kanungos and tehsildars.

The dais ruled that patwaris — a tenure used in Pakistan and India for a land record officer during sub-division or Tehsil turn — will have no purpose in skill deals in areas where a Punjab Land Revenue Act (LRA) is followed.

Furthermore, a probity pronounced that from here on written agreements in civic areas will not be recognized by law any more.

Earlier, a arch probity inquired underneath what law a patwaris were drafting land send deeds after a investiture of a LRA.

“Property send by written deals in civic areas will not be recognized [by law],” a probity said. “Properties will usually be eliminated by a Land Revenue Act.”

The arch justice, during one indicate during a hearing, wondered because patwaris were still “functioning in civic areas, where [property deals] are confirmed underneath Land Revenue Act?”

“Patwarkhanas are on a rampage,” he remarked.

“The male has reached a moon, because can’t these (property deals) annals be computerised?”

Subsequently, a probity singular a purpose of ‘Patwarkhanas’.

Article source: https://www.suchtv.pk/pakistan/general/item/79695-sc-limits-role-of-patwarkhanas-in-urban-areas.html