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