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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.