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Combine Harvester Custom Hiring Agreement

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Price
Free, always.
Stamp duty
No stamp duty is charged on this agreement as a conveyance or a lease, because it transfers no land or other immovable property.
Registration
Not compulsorily registrable: this agreement creates no interest in immovable property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not require it to be registered.
Witnesses
Not required by law, but two adult witnesses who are not parties are customary in village practice and are provided for below.

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Also called

  • combine hiring agreement
  • harvester custom hire
  • combine kataai agreement
  • combine ki kataai ka theka
  • ਕੰਬਾਈਨ ਵਾਢੀ ਕਰਾਰ
  • कंबाइन कटाई करार
  • harvesting service agreement

When you need it

Use this when a farmer hires a combine harvester, with its operator, to cut and thresh a standing crop on the farmer's land for a charge per acre or per hour. The machine stays in the owner's hands and under the owner's operator; the farmer hires the service of harvesting, not the machine.

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It records the land and crop, the rate and how it is measured, who supplies the diesel, when payment falls due, what happens if the weather or a breakdown delays the work, and who is responsible if the standing crop or the field is damaged. It also records the duties that fall on a harvesting job in Punjab and Chandigarh: no burning of the crop residue, and the straw-management attachment and working hours that the law or an order for the time being requires. Not for: a farmer who takes the machine to run with his own driver (use the Farm Machinery Rental Agreement); buying a machine (use the Tractor Sale Agreement for a tractor); a share-of-crop arrangement for the land itself (use the Batai Crop-Share Agreement).

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

No stamp duty is charged on this agreement as a conveyance or a lease, because it transfers no land or other immovable property. A general agreement may attract a fixed duty under the residual agreement entry of the Punjab or Chandigarh schedule, and this drafter could not confirm one current figure, so none is stated. Before signing, ask on the official e-stamping portal or at the Sub-Registrar counter whether any duty applies, and use stamp paper of the value named. An under-stamped paper cannot be used as evidence until the deficit and penalty are paid.

Registration

Not compulsorily registrable: this agreement creates no interest in immovable property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not require it to be registered. The parties may still choose to register it for extra evidential weight.

Notarisation

Not required. Either party may have it notarised for extra comfort that the signatures are genuine; carry original photo ID.

Witnesses

Not required by law, but two adult witnesses who are not parties are customary in village practice and are provided for below.

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COMBINE HARVESTER CUSTOM HIRING AGREEMENT

This agreement is made at Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala on 2 April 2026.

BETWEEN

Gurmeet Singh, of Village Rurki, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "Machine Owner");

AND

Nirmal Singh, of Village Bhatian, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000 (the "Farmer").

  1. 1. THE WORK

1.1 The Machine Owner shall harvest the Paddy standing on the Farmer's land described below, an area of 12 acres (96 kanal), with the combine harvester described as: Self-propelled combine, make and model as on the machine plate, registration no. PB 10 XX 0000 (the "Machine"), worked by Sukhdev Singh, holding a valid driving licence.

1.2 The land is at Village Rurki, Tehsil and District Samrala, Ludhiana, khewat / khatauni and khasra (killa) numbers: Khewat 27, Khatauni 44; Khasra 19//12, 19//13.

1.3 The Machine Owner shall begin on or about 1 April 2026, subject to clause 6, and shall finish the area without unnecessary breaks. This is a hire of the Machine Owner's service only: the Machine, its operator and its upkeep stay with the Machine Owner, and the Farmer takes no right in the Machine.

  1. 2. CHARGES AND PAYMENT

2.1 The Farmer shall pay the Machine Owner ₹1,800 (Rupees One Thousand Eight Hundred only) for each acre of land actually harvested.

2.2 Diesel for the Machine is supplied and paid for by the Machine Owner, the rate already including the diesel.

2.3 The Farmer has paid ₹5,000 (Rupees Five Thousand only) in advance, which the Machine Owner shall set off against the final charge.

2.4 The final charge is worked out on the area or hours actually harvested, and the balance is payable within 7 days of the work being finished. The Machine Owner shall give a receipt for every payment.

  1. 3. FARMER'S DUTIES

3.1 The Farmer shall show the Machine Owner the boundaries of the field and any hazard in it, such as a pipe, a pole, a well, a ditch or a stone, before the work starts, and shall have the crop ready for harvest.

3.2 If the crop has lodged, or the field is wet or uneven, the Farmer shall tell the Machine Owner before the work starts, so that any different rate or extra time can be agreed in writing first.

  1. 4. MACHINE OWNER'S DUTIES

4.1 The Machine Owner shall keep the Machine in good working order, use a competent operator, and harvest with reasonable care so that grain loss and damage to the crop are kept low.

4.2 The Machine Owner shall work the Machine only in the manner and during the hours that any law or order for the time being in force allows, and, when harvesting paddy, shall run it with whatever straw-management attachment such a law or order requires.

4.3 Neither party shall burn the crop residue on the land in breach of any law or order. Any fine or penalty that arises from a party's own breach of this clause is that party's alone to bear.

Questions about this document

Does the Combine Harvester Custom Hiring Agreement need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

No stamp duty is charged on this agreement as a conveyance or a lease, because it transfers no land or other immovable property.

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Does the Combine Harvester Custom Hiring Agreement need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not compulsorily registrable: this agreement creates no interest in immovable property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not require it to be registered.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses
What does the Combine Harvester Custom Hiring Agreement cost on Kaagazaat?

Free, always.

Does the Combine Harvester Custom Hiring Agreement need witnesses?

Not required by law, but two adult witnesses who are not parties are customary in village practice and are provided for below.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

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