Kaagazaat

Crop Damage Compensation Application

At a glance

Price: Free, always.
Stamp duty: No stamp duty: an application to an office creates no right in property.
Registration: Not registrable: an application creates no interest in property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not apply.
Witnesses: Not required.

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Also called

crop loss compensation
special girdawari application
fasal kharab muavza
crop insurance claim letter
hailstorm damage compensation
ਫ਼ਸਲ ਖ਼ਰਾਬੇ ਦਾ ਮੁਆਵਜ਼ਾ
फ़सल ख़राबे का मुआवज़ा
girdawari for crop damage

When you need it

Use this when your standing crop has been damaged by hail, flood, heavy or unseasonal rain, fire, pest or disease, drought, or animals, and you want the loss inspected and recorded and any relief or crop-insurance money paid. It is your own application to the revenue officer or the office that handles such relief in your area.

It states who you are and your right in the land, the crop, the cause and date of the damage, how much is lost, whether the crop is insured or under a crop loan, and lists the papers you enclose. Send it as early as you can after the damage. Some relief schemes and crop-insurance policies allow only a short time, sometimes a few days, to report a loss, so do not wait for the full set of papers: send the application and photographs first and the rest as soon as you can. This is a covering application of your own. If the scheme or the insurer also has its own printed or online claim form, fill that in as well; this application does not replace it. Not for: asking the bank to restructure a crop loan; a dispute with a neighbour or another person who caused the damage (a notice or complaint is a different paper); an insurance claim on a vehicle or building.

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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: an application to an office creates no right in property. Print or write it on plain paper and pay no fee unless the office's own rules say otherwise. If the office also asks for a sworn affidavit, that is stamped and notarised separately.

Registration

Not registrable: an application creates no interest in property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not apply.

Notarisation

Not required unless the office asks for an affidavit. Keep a receipt, diary number or acknowledgement for what you hand in, or send it by registered post and keep the postal proof.

Witnesses

Not required. The applicant signs alone. A statement from the sarpanch, numberdar or patwari of the village may help as an enclosure, but is not a witness to this application.

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CROP DAMAGE COMPENSATION APPLICATION

Date: 2 April 2026

To: The Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, through the Tehsildar, Samrala

From: Nirmal Singh, son of Mal Singh, Village Bhatian, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, mobile 98140-00000

Subject: damage to my Wheat crop at Village Rurki: request for inspection, assessment of loss and payment of the relief and insurance due

Sir / Madam,

1. I am the owner of the land and I cultivated it myself, at Village Rurki, Tehsil and District Samrala, Ludhiana, khewat / khatauni and khasra (killa) numbers: Khewat 27, Khatauni 44; Khasra 19//12, 19//13.

2. I sowed Wheat on an area of 6 acres (48 kanal) of that land on about 1 April 2026.

3. The crop was damaged by hailstorm on or about 2 April 2026. The extent of the damage is: About two-thirds of the standing wheat on the whole 6 acres is flattened and the ears are broken.

4. My own estimate of the loss is ₹2,40,000 (Rupees Two Lakh Forty Thousand only). It is only a guide; the assessment is left to your officers.

5. I state that I hold crop insurance under the policy described below.

Insurance details: Policy no. as on the receipt, taken through the State Bank branch at Samrala.

6. I have a crop loan on this crop from State Bank of India, Samrala branch.

7. I therefore request that:

(a) an officer be sent to inspect my field and record the damage, by special girdawari or in whatever way the rules provide, while the damage can still be seen;

(b) the loss be assessed and the compensation or relief that I am entitled to under any scheme of the State or Central Government that applies to this damage be paid into my bank account named below;

(c) this application be treated also as my written intimation of loss for the purpose of any crop insurance that covers this crop, and be passed on to the insurer or the bank concerned, and I be told in writing if any other step is needed from me.

8. My bank and branch for any payment is Punjab National Bank, Samrala branch. The account details will be given on the office's own form.

9. The facts stated in this application are true to my knowledge and belief.

Yours faithfully,

Place: Village Bhatian

Signature: ______________________________

Nirmal Singh, son of Mal Singh

ENCLOSURES (tick those you attach)

[ ] 1. Copy of the jamabandi / fard for the land

[ ] 2. Copy of the latest girdawari entry showing the crop sown, or the lease or batai paper if I am not the owner

[ ] 3. Dated photographs or a short video of the damaged field

[ ] 4. Copy of the crop insurance receipt or policy, if insured

[ ] 5. Copy of the first page of my bank passbook, and of the crop loan sanction, if any

[ ] 6. Copy of my identity proof

[ ] 7. Any statement from the sarpanch, numberdar or patwari about the damage

Questions about this document

Does the Crop Damage Compensation Application need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

No stamp duty: an application to an office creates no right in property.

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Does the Crop Damage Compensation Application need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not registrable: an application creates no interest in property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not apply.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What does the Crop Damage Compensation Application cost on Kaagazaat?

Free, always.

Does the Crop Damage Compensation Application need witnesses?

Not required.

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