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Darkhwast Fard Badar (Application to Correct a Clerical Error in the Jamabandi)

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Stamp duty
No stamp duty at all — this isn't an instrument of transfer, so it falls entirely outside the Stamp Act's charging provisions (unlike an actual Punjab sale/gift, which draws 5% duty, cess, PIDB charge and facilitation fees — none of that applies here).
Registration
Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach a correction request; no Sub-Registrar, no filing deadline.
Witnesses
No attesting witnesses required — this isn't a deed.

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Also called

  • Fard badar
  • fard badr
  • fardbadar
  • darkhwast fard badar
  • arzi fard badar
  • fard badar application
  • Request for Fardbadar
  • jamabandi correction application

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Fixes a clerical error in the fard — a misspelt name, wrong parentage, a share fraction that doesn't match the sanctioned mutation, a dropped killa number, or a wrong area — where nobody transferred anything and nobody disputes anything; the highest-volume record-correction instrument in rural Punjab, usually triggered by a sale stalling because the fard doesn't match the deed, mutation or ID. Forum depends on how far back the error runs (Para 7.29, Punjab Land Records Manual): confined to the current consigned jamabandi, it goes to the Circle Revenue Officer (Naib/Tehsildar); reaching back into earlier jamabandis, it goes to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Answer the scope question first — the addressee must match it. The Patwari fills columns 1-4 from the record, the Field Kanungo examines and reports in column 5, the officer orders in column 6 — and paragraph 7.29 expressly does NOT require hearing the other parties, which is why obtaining written consent from anyone whose entry is affected, though not legally required, matters in practice. Online: jamabandi.punjab.gov.in or Easy Jamabandi (launched 2025, a 15-day promise, status unclear as statutory). Don't use this: to transfer any interest (sale/gift/inheritance/partition — that's a mutation under s.34, PLRA, and para 7.30 forbids using a mutation to fix a fard badar or vice versa); to win a genuine dispute over ownership or share (that needs a civil suit for declaration, s.45 PLRA + s.34, Specific Relief Act, 1963 — an entry is presumed true only until disproved, s.44); for a wrong girdawari crop entry, a boundary/demarcation question, a partition, a shamilat deh claim, a consolidation-related khewat error, a mistake INSIDE a registered deed (needs a rectification deed instead), or a municipal tax/electricity record. Not for a GMADA/GLADA/PUDA-type allotment (no jamabandi) or Chandigarh sector property (no jamabandi — a different Estate Office record). A corrected fard is a corrected record, not a decree — useful evidence, but a real title fight still goes to civil court.

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What follows is written for Punjab. 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 at all — this isn't an instrument of transfer, so it falls entirely outside the Stamp Act's charging provisions (unlike an actual Punjab sale/gift, which draws 5% duty, cess, PIDB charge and facilitation fees — none of that applies here). No mutation fee either: the Rs 600 fee (s.38(2), PLRA) is charged only when a mutation is attested, and para 7.30 forbids using a mutation to make this correction. What it does cost is copying: Rs 20/page for a fard badar copy, a jamabandi copy, or a mutation copy (para 3.48/rule 71) — figures 'as published, checked' rather than certainly current. A COMPUTERISED nakal from a Fard Kendra is a different, unsourced fee under rule 71-B — don't let a counter charge you the Rs 20 manual rate for it. If the office wants an affidavit (common here, since para 7.29 dispenses with a hearing and the affidavit becomes the only sworn account on file), it goes on stamp paper at a denomination this template can't source — ask the counter, and get it right: an unstamped affidavit is inadmissible until cured (s.35). No court fee is prescribed, though some counters ask a small one — get the schedule entry in writing if so. Chandigarh sector property has no jamabandi and no fard badar at all; its own villages run a separate, unresearched procedure.

Registration

Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach a correction request; no Sub-Registrar, no filing deadline. What actually happens is a case, not a document: hand it to the Halqa Patwari, who fills columns 1-4 from the record; the Field Kanungo examines and reports in column 5; the Circle Revenue Officer or Sub-Divisional Magistrate (per the scope split above) orders in column 6. File online (jamabandi.punjab.gov.in or Easy Jamabandi) or at a Fard Kendra/Sewa Kendra counter — whether Fard Kendras still operate independently is unresolved, since Punjab decided in April 2025 to fold them into Sewa Kendras; ring ahead. Easy Jamabandi promises 15 days, though whether that's a notified statutory limit (carrying an appeal to the SDM, then the Deputy Commissioner) or just a launch-day promise is unconfirmed — ask the officer in writing which notification governs your case. Once ordered, the correction applies from that date regardless of the next printed (quinquennial) jamabandi, though getting it into that edition has its own cutoff (15 June, para 7.56). Appealing the ORDER itself: for a Circle Revenue Officer's order, to the Collector (30 days), then Commissioner (60 days), then Financial Commissioner (90 days) under sections 13/14, PLRA. For a Sub-Divisional Magistrate's order — roughly half of all fard badar cases — which appellate ladder applies is UNSETTLED; ask in writing and file within 30 days regardless, to be safe. If your error stems from a consolidation (chakbandi) repartition, section 42, 1948 Act (6-month window) may be the better route. Chandigarh sector property has no jamabandi and no equivalent filing.

Notarisation

The application itself needs no notarisation — just your signature. The AFFIDAVIT, where the office wants one, does — and it matters more here than on most revenue applications, since para 7.29 means the officer may decide without a hearing, making your affidavit the only sworn account on file. Swear it before a Notary Public or an Oath Commissioner, and check the register entry number and date are actually written on it before you leave — an affidavit with no register entry is worth little if the correction is later challenged. The affidavit re-swears your answers on consent and pending litigation, so those must be true before you sign. Where there are joint applicants, ask whether the office wants a separate affidavit from each. Any third-party consent letter you file should itself be witnessed or notarised where possible — an unattested consent is the first thing a later objector denies signing. Filing online substitutes OTP identification for part of this; still attach the printed acknowledgment to the paper set. Chandigarh sector property has no fard badar and nothing to notarise for one.

Witnesses

No attesting witnesses required — this isn't a deed. The real safeguard is the three-stage chain: the Patwari prepares the entry from the record, the Field Kanungo examines and reports, and the officer (Circle Revenue Officer or SDM) orders — three sets of eyes, not a pair of signatures. Identification (shanakht) by the lambardar, a panch, or someone who knows you is customary, not a legal requirement. CONSENT matters more than witnessing here: because para 7.29 dispenses with a hearing, get written consent from anyone whose entry your correction touches — a changed share fraction, an added or removed name — even though no rule obliges it. If someone won't consent, disclose that rather than swearing a false 'no objection.' Joint applicants both sign; an attorney signs with the power of attorney produced in original before the Patwari and the officer; a natural guardian signs for a minor. Chandigarh sector property has no fard badar and no witnesses to arrange for one.

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DARKHWAST FARD BADAR
Application for correction of a clerical error in the jamabandi, under paragraphs 7.29 and 7.30 of the Punjab Land Records Manual, read with sections 31, 33, 37, 44 and 45 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887

To,

The Circle Revenue Officer (Naib Tehsildar), Assistant Collector Second Grade,
Tehsil Complex, Rani Jhansi Road,
Tehsil / Sub-Tehsil Kharar,
Sub-Division Kharar,
District Amritsar, Punjab.

Through the Halqa Patwari, Patwar Circle Patwar Circle Landran, of the revenue estate of Village Badali Ala Singh.

Subject: Fard badar — correction of a misspelling of the name of a recorded owner appearing in the ownership column (khana malkiyat) of the jamabandi for the year 2021-2022, Khewat No. Khewat No. 412, Khatauni No. Khatauni No. 486, of the revenue estate of Village Badali Ala Singh, Hadbast No. Hadbast No. 213.

Online request already made (Request for Fardbadar, jamabandi.punjab.gov.in): X

Respected Sir / Madam,

1. The applicant

I, X, son of Sardar Gurdial Singh, aged about 25,000 years, by occupation agriculturist, resident of X, mobile X, Aadhaar ending 4321, respectfully submit as follows.

I am the recorded owner (malik) whose name stands in the ownership column of the said khewat, and I am therefore a person interested in the entry to which this application relates.

Signed by an attorney. This application is signed and presented on behalf of the applicant by his attorney under registered SPA No. 1147 dated 12.03.2026, Sub-Registrar, Kharar. The original instrument is produced herewith for inspection and a copy is filed with this application.

Joint applicant. This application is made jointly with X, son of Sardar Gurdial Singh, who is likewise interested in the said khewat and who signs at the foot of this application.

2. The land and the entry to which this application relates

The land is entered in the jamabandi for the year 2021-2022 of the revenue estate of Village Badali Ala Singh, Tehsil / Sub-Tehsil Kharar, District Amritsar, Punjab, as set out below.

ParticularAs it stands in the jamabandi
Revenue estate (mauza)Badali Ala Singh
Hadbast numberHadbast No. 213
Patwar circlePatwar Circle Landran
Khewat No.Khewat No. 412
Khatauni No.Khatauni No. 486
Khasra / Killa No(s).Killa No. 21//14 (8-0), Killa No. 21//15 (7-12)
Total area15 kanal 12 marla
Share of the applicant as recorded1/6 share as recorded
Jamabandi year2021-2022

The nakal jamabandi (fard) for the said year, obtained from the record, is filed with this application, and the entry complained of is marked upon it.

3. The error

3.1 The entry as it now stands. Ownership column of Khewat No. 412 reads: 'Gurmail Singh son of Gurdial Singh — 1/6 share'

3.2 The entry as it ought to read. Ownership column of Khewat No. 412 should read: 'Gurmel Singh son of Gurdial Singh — 1/4 share', as sanctioned by Mutation No. 3187

3.3 The nature of the error. The error is a misspelling of the name of a recorded owner, and it appears in the ownership column (khana malkiyat) of the said khewat.

3.4 How the error came about. Mutation No. 3187 sanctioned on 14.08.2019 gave the applicant a 1/4 share, but when the jamabandi for 2021-2022 was written up the share was copied from the earlier khewat instead of from the sanctioned mutation, and was entered as 1/6.

3.5 When it came to notice. The applicant first became aware of the error on or about 1 April 2026, and has come before this Office without avoidable delay since.

4. The material on which the correction is sought

The document that proves the correct entry. Sanction order on Mutation (Intkal) No. 3187 of the revenue estate of Village Badali Ala Singh, which records the applicant's share as 1/4 and not 1/6. That document bears the date 2 April 2026, and a copy of it is filed with this application.

The sanctioned mutation. The correct position also appears from Mutation No. 3187 sanctioned on 14.08.2019, a copy of the sanction whereof is filed with this application. The entry now standing in the jamabandi does not agree with that sanction.

The registered instrument. The correct position also appears from Sale Deed No. 4521 dated 14.05.2019, Office of the Sub-Registrar, Kharar, a certified copy whereof is filed with this application.

The order or decree. The correct position also appears from Decree dated 02.02.2021 in Civil Suit No. 214 of 2019, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Kharar, a certified copy whereof is filed with this application.

Production of originals. The applicant will produce the originals of every document relied upon before the Halqa Patwari, before the Field Kanungo and before this Office as and when required, and will attend on any date that may be fixed.

5. This is a correction of the record and not a claim of title

5.1 The applicant does not by this application seek any mutation. Paragraph 7.30 of the Punjab Land Records Manual forbids a mutation being entered or sanctioned in order to correct an entry already incorporated in a jamabandi, and the applicant is accordingly before this Office under the fard badar procedure of paragraph 7.29 and not by way of intkal. Nothing in this application invokes section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, which governs the reporting of acquisitions of interest, their entry in the register of mutations and the Revenue Officer's inquiry into and attestation of those entries.

5.2 The applicant does not by this application seek any declaration of title, nor the creation, transfer, limitation, extension or extinguishment of any right in the said land. By section 44 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 an entry in a record-of-rights or in an annual record is presumed to be true only until the contrary is proved or a new entry is lawfully substituted for it, and by section 45 a person disputing the correctness of an entry as a matter of title is left to his suit for a declaratory decree. Nothing sought here trespasses upon that.

5.3 Sections 31 and 33 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 provide for the record-of-rights of an estate and for the annual record — the jamabandi — which is prepared and maintained from it, and it is on the Revenue Officer that the duty of seeing that the record is correctly made and kept is placed. Section 37 of the same Act restricts the variation of entries as between one record and the next, and permits such variation, so far as is material here, by the making of entries in accordance with facts proved or admitted to have occurred and by the making of entries agreed to by all the parties interested or supported by a decree or order binding upon them. The correction is asked for on exactly that footing: it accords with the facts proved by the material described in clause 4 above, and it carries the record no further than that material already carries it.

Questions about this document

Does the Darkhwast Fard Badar (Application to Correct a Clerical Error in the Jamabandi) need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab?

No stamp duty at all — this isn't an instrument of transfer, so it falls entirely outside the Stamp Act's charging provisions (unlike an actual Punjab sale/gift, which draws 5% duty, cess, PIDB charge and facilitation fees — none of that applies here). No mutation fee either: the Rs 600 fee (s.38(2), PLRA) is charged only when a mutation is attested, and para 7.30 forbids using a mutation to make this correction.

What it does cost is copying: Rs 20/page for a fard badar copy, a jamabandi copy, or a mutation copy (para 3.48/rule 71) — figures 'as published, checked' rather than certainly current. A COMPUTERISED nakal from a Fard Kendra is a different, unsourced fee under rule 71-B — don't let a counter charge you the Rs 20 manual rate for it.

If the office wants an affidavit (common here, since para 7.29 dispenses with a hearing and the affidavit becomes the only sworn account on file), it goes on stamp paper at a denomination this template can't source — ask the counter, and get it right: an unstamped affidavit is inadmissible until cured (s.35). No court fee is prescribed, though some counters ask a small one — get the schedule entry in writing if so. Chandigarh sector property has no jamabandi and no fard badar at all; its own villages run a separate, unresearched procedure.

Does the Darkhwast Fard Badar (Application to Correct a Clerical Error in the Jamabandi) need registration in Punjab?

Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach a correction request; no Sub-Registrar, no filing deadline. What actually happens is a case, not a document: hand it to the Halqa Patwari, who fills columns 1-4 from the record; the Field Kanungo examines and reports in column 5; the Circle Revenue Officer or Sub-Divisional Magistrate (per the scope split above) orders in column 6.

File online (jamabandi.punjab.gov.in or Easy Jamabandi) or at a Fard Kendra/Sewa Kendra counter — whether Fard Kendras still operate independently is unresolved, since Punjab decided in April 2025 to fold them into Sewa Kendras; ring ahead. Easy Jamabandi promises 15 days, though whether that's a notified statutory limit (carrying an appeal to the SDM, then the Deputy Commissioner) or just a launch-day promise is unconfirmed — ask the officer in writing which notification governs your case.

Once ordered, the correction applies from that date regardless of the next printed (quinquennial) jamabandi, though getting it into that edition has its own cutoff (15 June, para 7.56). Appealing the ORDER itself: for a Circle Revenue Officer's order, to the Collector (30 days), then Commissioner (60 days), then Financial Commissioner (90 days) under sections 13/14, PLRA. For a Sub-Divisional Magistrate's order — roughly half of all fard badar cases — which appellate ladder applies is UNSETTLED; ask in writing and file within 30 days regardless, to be safe. If your error stems from a consolidation (chakbandi) repartition, section 42, 1948 Act (6-month window) may be the better route. Chandigarh sector property has no jamabandi and no equivalent filing.

What does the Darkhwast Fard Badar (Application to Correct a Clerical Error in the Jamabandi) cost on Kaagazaat?

₹99, GST included.

Launch period: downloads are free for now. The prices shown apply once payments open.

Does the Darkhwast Fard Badar (Application to Correct a Clerical Error in the Jamabandi) need witnesses?

No attesting witnesses required — this isn't a deed. The real safeguard is the three-stage chain: the Patwari prepares the entry from the record, the Field Kanungo examines and reports, and the officer (Circle Revenue Officer or SDM) orders — three sets of eyes, not a pair of signatures.

Identification (shanakht) by the lambardar, a panch, or someone who knows you is customary, not a legal requirement. CONSENT matters more than witnessing here: because para 7.29 dispenses with a hearing, get written consent from anyone whose entry your correction touches — a changed share fraction, an added or removed name — even though no rule obliges it. If someone won't consent, disclose that rather than swearing a false 'no objection.'

Joint applicants both sign; an attorney signs with the power of attorney produced in original before the Patwari and the officer; a natural guardian signs for a minor. Chandigarh sector property has no fard badar and no witnesses to arrange for one.

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