REPORT OF ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION FOR MUTATION (INTKAL)

Under section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, on the strength of a registered sale deed

To,

The __________,
Tehsil / Sub-Tehsil __________,
District __________, Punjab.

Through the Halqa Patwari of the revenue estate of Village __________.

Subject: Report of acquisition under section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, and application for entry and attestation of mutation (intkal) of Khewat No. __________, Khasra / Killa No(s). __________, of the revenue estate of Village __________, in favour of the applicant, on the strength of registered Sale Deed No. __________ dated __________.

Respected Sir / Madam,

1. The applicant

I, __________, __________, aged about __________ years, resident of __________, mobile __________, respectfully submit as follows.

2. The property

3. In whose name the land stands in the jamabandi today

The jamabandi for __________ does not stand in the applicant's name. As per the enclosed fard / nakal of that jamabandi, the said land stands recorded in the ownership column in the name of __________. The applicant purchased the said land from __________, __________ (hereinafter "the vendor"). A copy of that fard is enclosed.

4. How the applicant acquired the property

By Sale Deed No. __________ dated __________, registered at the __________, the vendor sold, transferred and conveyed the above property to the applicant for a consideration of __________, which stands paid in full. A certified copy of the registered deed is enclosed, and the original will be produced at the counter for verification and taken back.

The acquisition is therefore a purchase within the meaning of section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, and this is the applicant's report of that acquisition to the Halqa Patwari.

5. Possession

Possession of the property was delivered to the applicant on __________, and the applicant has since been in actual and peaceful possession of __________ in Khasra / Killa No(s). __________. The Halqa Patwari and the Field Kanungo (girdawar) of the circle may kindly verify possession on the spot and report, and the khasra girdawari may be corrected accordingly.

6. No dispute, no encumbrance, and no bar on the transfer

To the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief:

(i) no suit, appeal, revision or revenue case concerning the said land is pending before any civil court or before any revenue officer, and no criminal proceeding touches it;

(ii) there is no stay, injunction or order of attachment operating against the said land, and it is not shown as property under litigation on the Revenue Courts Management System;

(iii) no partition proceeding under sections 111 to 126 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 is pending in respect of the khewat;

(iv) no consolidation (chakbandi) or repartition proceeding under the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 is pending in respect of the revenue estate, and no acquisition proceeding affects the said land;

(v) the land is not shamilat deh within the meaning of section 2(g) of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961. The applicant has read the ownership column of the enclosed fard before signing, has compared it word for word against the entries Jumla Malkan Wa Digar Haqdaran Arazi Hassab Rasad, Jumla Malkan and Mushtarka Malkan, and states that the entry reproduced in paragraph 3 above is the name of a person and is none of them; and

(vi) the land is free from mortgage, charge, lien and encumbrance.

If any objection is filed, the applicant is ready to appear and answer it on any date this Court fixes.

7. Why the mutation is being reported

Notwithstanding the registered sale, the jamabandi continues to show the applicant's predecessor in the ownership column, and the land revenue demand continues to be raised against him. Under section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, a person acquiring a right in an estate by purchase is bound to report that acquisition to the Halqa Patwari, and section 39 of that Act makes a person who neglects to do so within three months liable, at the discretion of the Collector, to a fine not exceeding five times the fee that would have been payable on the mutation. This report is made in discharge of that duty. Mutation is necessary so that the record of rights reflects the true state of the title, so that the revenue demand is transferred to the person actually liable, and so that the applicant can obtain a clean fard for the next transaction, a loan against the land, and a connection or a compensation payment in the applicant's own name.

The applicant is aware, and states expressly, that an entry in the record of rights is only presumed to be true until the contrary is proved (section 44 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887), that a person aggrieved by an entry must sue for a declaratory decree (section 45), and that this mutation is therefore not asserted as proof of title. The applicant's title is the registered sale deed.

8. Mutation fee

The applicant is aware that the mutation fee under section 38 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 is recovered by the Revenue Officer at the time of attestation, and is leviable only from the person in whose favour the entry is made — that is, from the applicant and not from the vendor.

Whatever is found payable at attestation, the applicant undertakes to pay on demand, together with any copying or process charge this Court assesses.

9. Prayer

It is therefore most respectfully prayed that this Court may be pleased to —

(a) direct the Halqa Patwari to enter a rapat of this report in the Roznamcha Waqiati and to enter the mutation in the register of mutations, generating the Parat Patwar and Parat Sarkar copies;

(b) direct the Field Kanungo (girdawar) of the circle to validate the entry and to report on the record and on possession;

(c) issue notice to the vendor and to all other persons shown as interested in the said khewat, cause the customary munadi in the revenue estate, and allow the prescribed period for objections;

(d) after the objection period, and after hearing any objector, attest and sanction the mutation under section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 — expunging the name of the vendor to the extent of __________ sold, and entering the name of the applicant in the ownership column in respect of Khewat No. __________, Khasra / Killa No(s). __________ of the revenue estate of Village __________;

(e) direct that the khasra girdawari be corrected accordingly;

(f) direct that, the mutation being finally ordered, it be incorporated in the jamabandi under preparation in accordance with paragraph 7.56 of the Punjab Land Records Manual; and

(g) direct that a fresh certified copy of the record of rights (fard nakal) showing the applicant's name be issued to the applicant.

10. Verification and undertaking

The applicant verifies that the contents of this report and application are true and correct to the applicant's personal knowledge, that nothing material has been concealed and no part of it is false. The applicant undertakes to produce the original documents whenever called upon, to appear before the Halqa Patwari, the Field Kanungo and this Court on every date fixed, to pay the mutation fee and all arrears of land revenue and other dues from the date of purchase, and to be liable for the consequences under law — including cancellation of the mutation and prosecution — if any statement made here is later found to be false.

ENCLOSURES

Tick each item as you attach it. Submit two sets — one for the file, one to be stamped and returned to you.

A. The counter will not take the file without these.

☐ Certified / true copy of registered Sale Deed No. __________ dated __________ (original produced for verification and taken back)

☐ Copy of the jamabandi fard nakal for __________ showing the existing entry in the ownership column

☐ Copy of the applicant's photo identity and address proof. A masked Aadhaar copy, with the first eight digits hidden, is permitted by UIDAI and is accepted as the Aadhaar enclosure — use it rather than a full-number photocopy. Add one other identity document: voter ID, driving licence or passport

☐ Two recent passport-size photographs of the applicant

B. Attach these if you have them, or if your tehsil asks for them. Do not delay the filing to chase a paper the counter has not asked for — ask at the counter first.

☐ Copy of the khasra girdawari for the current and the previous crop season (sauni and hari)

☐ Latest land revenue receipt or no-dues certificate for the khewat

☐ Copy of the registration receipt and the e-stamp certificate of the sale deed

☐ Copy of the vendor's photo identity as recorded in the sale deed

☐ Non-encumbrance certificate obtained through the Non-Encumbrance Certificate Issuance System on rcms.punjab.gov.in

☐ Tatima shajra (the split field map) prepared by the Halqa Patwari. This one moves into list A wherever only part of a killa or khasra number has been sold and the number has to be split — the mutation is unlikely to be attested without it

Place: __________
Date: __________

Yours faithfully,

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____________________________
__________
__________
__________
Mobile: __________
Applicant / Vendee

FOR OFFICE USE — ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ask for this to be filled in and returned on your copy. Do not leave the counter without a mutation number.

Received a report of acquisition and application for mutation from __________ in respect of Khewat No. __________, revenue estate of Village __________, Tehsil / Sub-Tehsil __________, District __________.

Signature, designation and seal of the receiving official: ____________________

NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION — HOW AN INTKAL RUNS IN PUNJAB

Keep this page for yourself. Do not submit it.

1. In a clean case you may not have to file this at all. When your sale deed is registered, the Sub-Registrar routes a Parcha Yadasht with a copy of the deed to the Office Kanungo at the Tehsildar's office, who passes it to the Field Kanungo and the Halqa Patwari, and the registration data flows from the PRISM registration software into the CLR land-records application. The mutation is meant to start on its own. File this report when it has not started, when the Parcha Yadasht has gone astray, or simply to put your own section 34 report on the record inside the three months and close off the section 39 penalty.

1. The three-month clock, and what being late costs. Section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 requires the acquirer to report the acquisition to the Halqa Patwari. Section 39 lets the Collector impose a fine of up to five times the mutation fee on a person who neglects to report within three months — on the Rs. 600 mutation fee published by the Revenue Department, that is up to Rs. 3,000. Being late does not shut the door: an intkal is entertained whenever it is reported, and buyers routinely report years afterwards. Late means a possible fine and a longer paper trail, not a lost right.

1. Where to hand it in. To the Halqa Patwari of the revenue estate, who is the officer section 34 names. Two other channels do the same work: the online request "Mutation on the basis of Deed" on jamabandi.punjab.gov.in, and the counter at the Fard Kendra at the tehsil or sub-tehsil (open Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with requests taken up to 4:00 PM for same-day delivery). Note that in April 2025 the Punjab Government decided to move Fard Kendra work into the Sewa Kendras, and that punjab.gov.in was still describing 157 Fard Kendras on a page last updated 04-09-2026 — so ring the tehsil before you travel, and go to the Sewa Kendra if the Fard Kendra window has closed. Two extra days are added to the notified time limit where the application is submitted at a Sewa Kendra, Fard Kendra or Suwidha Centre.

1. Get the mutation number. Hand in two sets and get one stamped back with the intkal number and the rapat number in the Roznamcha Waqiati. That number is how you track the file on jamabandi.punjab.gov.in under "View Mutation" and how you complain if it sleeps.

1. Who actually does what. The Halqa Patwari enters the mutation in the register of mutations and generates the Parat Patwar and Parat Sarkar copies. The Field Kanungo (girdawar) validates the entry in the computerised system and reports on the record and on possession. The Circle Revenue Officer — a Naib Tehsildar or a Tehsildar, all of whom are appointed Assistant Collectors of the second grade — inquires into the entry under section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, attests, sanctions or rejects the mutation, and recovers the Rs. 600 fee at attestation. It is section 34 throughout, not section 35: section 35 is the part of the annual record that deals with persons other than landowners, assignees of land revenue and occupancy tenants, and if you ever see a mutation order or an appeal citing section 35 for a purchaser's intkal, that is a mistake worth pointing out. The District Revenue Officer examines mutations disposed of by Naib Tehsildars. Estates in a tehsil are split between the Tehsildar and the Naib Tehsildar each year, changing on 1 October, so the officer who attests may not be the one you first met.

1. How long it should take, and the conflict you should ask about. The Right to Service framework treats attestation of an uncontested mutation as a 45-day service, with the Circle Revenue Officer as the Designated Officer, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate as the First Appellate Authority and the Deputy Commissioner as the Second Appellate Authority. The Easy Jamabandi launch of 13 June 2025 promised mutation within 30 days of deed registration. It has not been established which of those two is the notified limit, and it matters, because the appeal you can file depends on it. Ask at the counter which period is notified for your service and get it written on your receipt.

1. Be there when the Patwari comes. The file turns on the Patwari's and the Field Kanungo's report on possession and on the khasra girdawari. Being present in the village when they visit saves weeks.

1. 15 June matters. Mutations on which final orders are passed up to 15 June inclusive — or a later date approved by the Director, Land Records — are incorporated in the new jamabandi (Punjab Land Records Manual paragraph 7.56). Jamabandis are prepared quinquennially, so a mutation attested a week after the cut-off can wait a long time before it shows up in a fresh jamabandi, even though the sanctioned mutation itself is good from the date of the order.

1. What you should get back. A copy of the attestation order and a fresh fard nakal with your name in the ownership column. Download a digitally signed copy of the fard from jamabandi.punjab.gov.in and keep it. Check the spelling of your name and your father's name, the khewat and khasra numbers, the area and the share — a wrong entry is far easier to fix in the first week than in the fifth year, and once it is consigned into a jamabandi it can only be corrected by a fard badar or a suit, not by another mutation.

1. If it is contested, or refused. The Circle Revenue Officer records the parties' statements and decides; section 36 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 lets a Revenue Officer decide a dispute about an entry and put the person found entitled into possession. From the order of an Assistant Collector, appeal lies to the Collector — the Deputy Commissioner is Collector by virtue of office — within 30 days; from the Collector to the Commissioner of the Division within 60 days; from the Commissioner to the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) within 90 days. Those limits are section 14, and they run from the date of the order appealed against. Where an original order is confirmed on first appeal, no second appeal lies (section 13, proviso (i)). An appeal is filed on the Revenue Courts Management System at rcms.punjab.gov.in.

1. A mutation cannot be used to correct the jamabandi. Paragraph 7.30 of the Punjab Land Records Manual bars entering or sanctioning a mutation in order to correct an entry already incorporated in a jamabandi. If the error is in the record rather than in the ownership, the instrument is a fard badar — decided by the Circle Revenue Officer where the correction is confined to the current consigned jamabandi, and by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate where it reaches back into earlier jamabandis (paragraph 7.29). A fard badar can also be requested online on jamabandi.punjab.gov.in.

1. Two things this does not do. It does not create or prove title — your title is the registered sale deed, and the jamabandi entry only carries the section 44 presumption (Sawarni v. Inder Kaur, (1996) 6 SCC 223). And it does nothing to the municipal record: if the property is inside a municipal corporation, council or nagar panchayat, the property-tax record is changed on that body's own application, and if it is in a development authority or Improvement Trust estate the transfer goes through that authority's own transfer permission, not through the jamabandi at all.