1. The Divisional Commissioner, Shimla/Mandi/Kangra at ...

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To
Subject:-
No.Rev.B.A.(3)-1/2004-III-Loose
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Department of Revenue
The Addl. Chief Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.
1. The Divisional Commissioner,
Shimla/Mandi/Kangra at Dharamshala, H.P.
2. All the Deputy Commissioners
in Himachal Pradesh.
3. The Director, Land Records,
H.P. Shimla-9.
4. The Settlement Officer,
Shimla/Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
5. All the SDO (C) in H.P.
6. The Section Officer Revenue-D,
H.P. Secretariat, Shimla-2.
7. The COC to the F.C. (Appeals),
Govt. of H.P.
8. All the Tehsildars/Naib Tehsildars in H.P.
Dated:Shimla-171002, the 29th September, 2012.
Instructions for implementation of H.P. Land Records Manual.
Madam/Sir,
As per provisions of Section 34 of the H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1954, the
Financial Commissioner is empowered to prescribe the intervals to amend an edition of recordof-rights
i.e. the Jamabandi. In para 8.77 of the H.P. Land Records Manual, a period of 5 years
has been prescribed for this purpose.
It has been experienced that in some revenue estates particularly in rural areas,
transactions of land are few and there appears hardly any need to revise the record in such
estates after five years. In other revenue estates which are normally comprised in urban and
semi urban areas, numerous transactions take place within a short period and resultantly
numerous mutations are attested and a large number of changes occur in Jamabandi which are
required to be entered in remarks column of the same.
Hence, the issue regarding re-fixation of intervals to amend Jamabandi was
under active consideration of the Government and after consultation with all the Deputy
Commissioners in Video Conferences held in recent past, it has been decided to amend the

aforesaid schedule of 5 years prescribed in Para 8.77 of the H.P. Land Records Manual, for
updation of Jamabandi, as follows:
Sl. No. Areas Period
1. In revenue estates situated in No revision is required unless
Un- inhabited areas.
there are convincing reasons/
circumstances to the satisfaction
of District Collector to make such
updation.
2. In revenue estates where less After a period of 10 years.
transactions of land have taken
place.
3. In revenue estates situated in After a period of three years.
Urban/Semi Urban areas and
contiguous area where number
of mutations necessitate more
frequent updation of Jamabandi.
The Collector of the District will proceed to carry out an exercise to identify
revenue estates in each of the above categories and issue an order of this list tehsil wise within
a period of one month. Revision in the list may be made as and when felt necessary. A copy of
the order shall be supplied to the Government for information.
These instructions may be implemented in letter and spirit, henceforth to
amend/update periodical record-of-rights i.e. jamabandi.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
Add. Chief Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.

From
To
No.Rev.B.A.(3)-1/2004-III-Loose
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Department of Revenue
The Addl. Chief Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.
All the Deputy Commissioners
in Himachal Pradesh.
Dated:Shimla-171002, the 18th September, 2012.
Subject:-
Instructions to write “Himachal Pradesh Sarkar” in ownership column of
Jamabandi in place of “name of department” of government land transferred to
that department.
Madam/Sir,
It has come to the notice that in certain cases relating to Government land under
possession of a particular Government Department, the name of such department is indicated in
the column of ownership of the Jamabandi. This is not an appropriate practice. In fact all
government owned lands which are in the names of departments are required to be shown in
the ownership of the State Government with the name of the department being reflected in the
column of possession. This applies also in cases where the ownership column reflects entries
such as “Rajyapal Himachal Pradesh”.
It is clarified that in all such cases, necessary corrections may be made in
relevant jamabandis and the words “Himachal Pradesh Sarkar” may be written in place of
“name of department or Rajyapal Himachal Pradesh” in ownership column of Jamabandi. The
name of Department may be given in the column of possession only where relevant. These
instructions may be adhered to in future transactions. In the case of existing entries requiring
correction this may be done by way of “fard badar”.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
Deputy Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.

From
To
No.Rev.B.A.(3)-1/2004-III-Loose
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Department of Revenue
The Addl. Chief Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.
1. The Divisional Commissioner,
Shimla/Mandi/Kangra at Dharamshala, H.P.
2. All the Deputy Commissioners
in Himachal Pradesh.
3. The Director, Land Records,
H.P. Shimla-9.
4. The Settlement Officer,
Shimla/Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
5. All the SDO (C) in H.P.
6. The Section Officer Revenue-D,
H.P. Secretariat, Shimla-2.
7. The COC to the F.C. (Appeals),
Govt. of H.P.
8. All the Tehsildars/Naib Tehsildars in H.P.
Dated:Shimla-171002, the 20th September, 2012.
Subject:-
Withdrawal of all previous instructions regarding mandatory stay of
Tehsildars/Naib-Tehsildars in field.
Madam/Sir,
I am directed to say that with the passage of time and introduction of
information technology in the Revenue Department, most of land record has been
computerized. Mutations are now being mainly attested at Tehsil/Sub-Tehsil level.
Partition proceedings are now to be heard at Tehsil/Sub-tehsil levels. These facts
alongwith the fact that most of the villages are now connected by road means that it is
no longer appropriate to bind Tehsildars/Naib Tehsildars to stay in the field for a period
of at least 12 days and eight nights in a month. They are now required to devote more
time in office to provide better services to the general public.
Therefore, all previous instructions regarding mandatory touring of
Revenue Officers issued by this department in this behalf from time to time are hereby
withdrawn with immediate effect. Revenue Officers may undertake tours within their

jurisdiction as per the actual requirement of their official duties with approval of the
competent authority. All reports and statements connected with monitoring of the
mandatory touring may also be discontinued with immediate effect.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
Deputy Secretary (Revenue) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh.