Virasat • Fauti Intkal — a report of acquisition by inheritance under section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, and an application to enter the names of the legal heirs in the jamabandi in place of a deceased khewatdar
To
The Circle Revenue Officer (Naib Tehsildar), Assistant Collector 2nd Grade
Office of the Tehsildar, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, Punjab 141114
Through the Halqa Patwari of the estate, for entry in the register of mutations and report.
Place: Samrala Date: 3 April 2026
Subject: Report under section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 and application for mutation of virasat in the jamabandi of Village Bhundri (Hadbast No. 211), Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, in respect of Khewat / Khatauni No. 271/298, on the death of Late Gurdial Singh on 1 April 2026
Sir / Madam,
1.1 I am Harbans Kaur, W/o Late S. Gurdial Singh, aged about 58 years, resident of House No. 42, Village Bhundri, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, Punjab 141114. Mobile: +91 XXXXX XXXXX Email: harbans.kaur@example.com
1.2 I make this application as the son of the deceased khewatdar named in paragraph 2. My identity document is Aadhaar ending 4321, and a copy is enclosed.
1.3 This is a report of the acquisition of a right by inheritance, made under section 34(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. I request that it be entered in the register of mutations under section 34(3) and that a receipt for it be given to me.
Request already filed online. A request for mutation of inheritance has been made through the online service on the Punjab Land Records portal at jamabandi.punjab.gov.in and bears reference VIR/LDH/2026/0043128. This application is filed in support of that request and not in substitution for it. I request that the two be treated as one case.
2.1 Late Gurdial Singh, S/o Late S. Inder Singh, last resident of House No. 42, Village Bhundri, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana, Punjab 141114, stood recorded in the jamabandi of the estate as the sole recorded owner (malik) of the khewat, in respect of the land described in Schedule I to this application.
2.2 The share standing in the name of the deceased is: 1/2 share (4 kanal 8 marla out of 8 kanal 16 marla). Nothing beyond that share is the subject of this application.
2.3 The deceased died on 1 April 2026 at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. The death stands registered under registration number LDH/2026/0038112, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Municipal Corporation Ludhiana, on 21 June 2026. An attested copy of the death certificate is enclosed and the original will be produced at the time of attestation.
2.4 Succession to the estate of the deceased is governed by the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the deceased being Sikh.
2.5 On the date of death the share described in paragraph 2.2 vested in the legal heirs of the deceased by operation of law. This application seeks no transfer of any kind. It asks only that the revenue record be brought into line with what the law has already done.
Rapat already entered. The death has been reported to the Halqa Patwari and entered in the roznamcha waqiati as follows: Rapat No. 214 dated 9 June 2026 in the roznamcha waqiati of the Halqa Patwari. I rely on that entry as the date of my report for the purposes of section 39 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887.
Delay in reporting. This report is made more than three months after the date of death, and I set out the reason rather than leave this office to guess at it:
The deceased died in 2009. The heirs were then living outside the district and did not know that Khewat No. 271 still stood in his name. The position came to light only in August 2026, when a fard was obtained for the first time in order to raise a crop loan, and this application was prepared as soon as it did. The delay was not deliberate and no heir has been kept out of the record by it.
Section 39 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 makes a person who neglects to report an acquisition within three months liable, at the discretion of the Collector, to a fine not exceeding five times the amount of the fee. I respectfully submit that the neglect was neither wilful nor intended to keep the record, or any heir, out of the reckoning, that no person has been prejudiced by the delay, and that the record is being put right now of my own motion. I request that the discretion conferred by section 39 be exercised in my favour and that no fine be imposed; and if this office takes a different view, I ask to be heard before any fine is fixed.
3.1 The position is: the deceased left no will, and succession is intestate.
Declaration as to intestacy. I have searched the papers of the deceased and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the deceased left no will, codicil or other testamentary paper. Succession to the share described in paragraph 2.2 is therefore intestate to that extent, and that share devolves on the heirs listed in Schedule II by operation of law.
4.1 For the record: a succession certificate under Part X of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 relates to debts and securities and not to immovable property. No such certificate is required for the mutation now applied for, and none is relied upon in respect of the land in Schedule I. The heirs are to be verified against the shajra nasab of the estate held by the Halqa Patwari, in the order in which Punjab Land Records Manual para 7.41(1) requires the khewat to be arranged.
Certificate obtained. A legal heir certificate issued by the Tehsildar has been obtained. Particulars: Kursi nama dated 2 July 2026, attested by the Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Bhundri, and countersigned by the Halqa Patwari. A copy is enclosed.
5.1 The persons named in Schedule II are the legal heirs of the deceased. They are the only persons entitled to succeed to the share described in paragraph 2.2, and no other person has any right of succession to it.
5.2 The shares shown against each heir in Schedule II have been worked out on this basis: equal shares among the Class I heirs, under section 8 and the Schedule to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Together they exhaust the share of the deceased and no more.
5.3 I have not concealed the name of any heir, and I have not shown as an heir any person who is not one.
5.4 The position of the heirs on this application is: Every heir named in Schedule II agrees to this application. Those who are present have signed below.
Minor heirs. One or more heirs are minors, as follows:
Arshdeep Singh, born 8 July 2014, is a minor. He is represented by his mother and natural guardian Smt. Paramjit Kaur, W/o Late S. Jagtar Singh, resident of Village Bhundri, Tehsil Samrala, District Ludhiana.
The share of a minor heir is to be recorded in the minor's own name, shown as being under the guardianship stated above. Nothing in this application seeks to deal with, encumber or release any minor's share.
A share already released. A share has been released by a registered deed, as follows:
Smt. Manjit Kaur has released her share in favour of the remaining heirs by a Release Deed registered as Document No. 1182 of 2026, Book No. 1, in the office of the Sub-Registrar, Samrala, on 22 August 2026.
The shares in Schedule II are stated after giving effect to that deed. A certified copy of the deed is enclosed.
6.1 Since the death of the deceased the heirs named in Schedule II have been in joint possession of the land in Schedule I, cultivating it and meeting the land revenue and other dues payable on it, save as the jamabandi and the khasra girdawari themselves show otherwise. Apart from any tenant so recorded in the cultivation column, no third party is in possession of it under any claim.
6.2 To the best of my knowledge and belief, no suit, appeal, revision, review or other proceeding relating to succession to the estate of the deceased, or to the land in Schedule I, is pending before any court, tribunal or revenue authority, and no order of injunction, stay or attachment operates against the mutation now applied for.
6.3 To the best of my knowledge and belief the estate is not under consolidation proceedings under the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, and the land in Schedule I is not the subject of any ceiling or land-acquisition proceeding. If a declaration under section 14 of that Act is in fact in force for this estate, I request that this application be forwarded to the Consolidation Officer having jurisdiction.
Persons who will identify the heirs. At the attestation in open assembly the following persons of the estate, who knew the deceased, will attend to identify the heirs and will bring their identity documents:
S. Jarnail Singh, S/o S. Kartar Singh, Lambardar of Village Bhundri
S. Amrik Singh, S/o S. Bant Singh, resident of Village Bhundri
I respectfully pray that this office may be pleased to:
(a) enter this report in the register of mutations under section 34(3) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, allot it an intkal number, and give me a receipt for it;
(b) direct the Halqa Patwari to verify the death and the heirs against the shajra nasab and the jamabandi of the estate and to submit his report, and the Field Kanungo (girdawar) to check the entry;
(c) issue notice to every heir named in Schedule II at the addresses shown there, and cause the mutation to be attested in open assembly in the estate in the presence of the Lambardar, so that any objection may be heard;
(d) after enquiry, sanction the mutation of virasat, expunging the name of Late Gurdial Singh from Khewat / Khatauni No. 271/298 to the extent of the share described in paragraph 2.2, and entering the names of the heirs named in Schedule II in his or her place, each against the share shown against that heir in Schedule II;