What are the main urban land record and management in Pakistan--a case study of Lahore What is Patwari Culture? What are the problems of Patwari Culture? Land Record Management and Information System LRMIS

1. Urban Land Record and Management: Current
Practices & Challenges and Way Forward
M.Waseem Sajjad (MWS)
M.Phil. Public Policy
PIDE School of Public Policy
mwsmusa@gmail.com
28 May 2016

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Table of Content
History of Land Record1
Introduction of Urban Land Record2
Structure of Policy Paper3
Current system –Patwari Culture4
5
LRMIS and its challenges6
7 LRMIS vs. Patwari Culture
8 Conclusion and Polcy Recomnedtaion
Challenges and Problems of Patwari Culture

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History of Land Record

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History of Land Record
1968 AD
Pakistan
1967 AD
Pakistan
1876 AD
British
India1863 AD
British
India1566 AD
Emperor
Akbar1540 AD
Sher Shah
Suri
First ever
organized land
records in
South Asia
Land Revenue
Rules, 1968
Land Revenue
Act, 1967
First
Legislation
PromulgatedRevenue
Survey &
Settlement
Department
Created
Raja Todar Mal
made
improvements
into system

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SERVICES PRETAINING TO OWNERSHIP OF LAND
1 Maintenance of land ownership Records.
2 Records of Cultivation
3 Mutation
4 Issue of certified copies of land records.
5 Demarcation of land.
6 Consolidation of land holding.

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Acts Related to Land Activates
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882;
The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887;
The Land Acquisition Act, 1894;
The Registration Act, 1908;
The Colonization of Government Lands Act, 1912;
The Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950;
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tenancy Act, 1950;
The Provincial Land Revenue Act,1967;
The Baluchistan Tenancy Ordinance, 1978;
The Land Record Manual;
The Land Administration Manual; and
The Settlement Manual.

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Patwari Culture in Pakistan

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Patwari Culture in Pakistan
A mafia controls conventional land record system in
Pakistan.
Patwari is the main figure in this mafia lowest rank in
hierarchy of BOR officials.
Authority of Patwari Culture/system was unquestioned
8,000 Patwaries maintain land records pertaining to 20
million land owners in Punjab

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District Revenue Office
Naib Tehsildar &Tehsildar
Field Kanungo
Halqua Patwari

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Documents Maintain by Patwari and Malpractices
1 Fard 8 Registry
2 Entertainments of mutations 9 Passbook
3 Girdawari (Harvest Inspection
Register) and Khasra Girdawari
10 Visit the sites, examine the location
4 Aks shajra (30 rupee per acre is
legal fee and Patwari is sole
authority to prepare it)
11 Pert Patwar (A copy of record
showing the detail of transfer record)
5 Measurement 12 Perrat Sarkar
6 Demarcations (to determine or
mark off the boundaries or limits
of: to demarcate a piece
of property).
13 Jamabandi(It consists of the record of
land holders and Land revenue as per
every Khata private as well as Govt.
Land )
7 Previous and Chain Documents
documents pertaining to previous
owners of land
14 Diary

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Problems in Patwari Culture

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Problems in Patwari Culture
I. fall in collection of land revenue
II. Lack in periodic updating of land records
III. Lack of accountability
IV. Overburdened Government employees
V. Time consuming conventional means of
revision survey

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Problems in Patwari Culture
I. problem of cost recovery
II. Land records departments operating as service
organizations
III. Monopolies over the information sources
IV. Involvement of private sector
V. Mutation updating problems

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Land Record Management Information
System (LMIS)

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Why LRMIS???
Old
Manual
System
Record
Issues
Updation
Issues
Capacity
Issues
New
Trend
Issues
Blackmailing
Increasing
trend of Cost
of Land
Land Mafia
consistencies
Battered
Condition
Tempered
Record
Missing Record
Workload on
Lack of
Knowledge
Lack of
Awarness
Updation after 4
Years
Delayed Settlement
Delayed
Consolidation
Cumbersome
Process

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Vision
To establish efficient, accountable,
equitable and secure Land Records
Management & Information Systems”

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Objectives
Increased access to land records at lower transaction
cost, through a client-responsive service
Increased security of land titles
To increase collateral value of land thus boosting
economic activity

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LRMIS
Services
MUTATION
Registration of Deed

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LRMIS
Services
MUTATION
Registration of Deed & Information
FARD /Copy of Record & Information

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LRMIS
Services
MUTATION
Registration of Deed & Information
FARD /Copy of Record
Naqsha-Araazi

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Computerized
Fard Issuance & Mutation Process

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Apply at
LRMIS
Accept and
give Challan
Give Next
date within
15 days
Buyer,Seller+
Witness
& Revenue officer
After approval
Copy of mutation
and
Fard-e-Malikiat
Mutation

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Source: LRMIS Web

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COMPLETED
LESS THAN 70%
MORE THAN 70%
V
Pakpattan
Lodhran
Bahawalpur
Rajanpur
Bahawalnagar
D.G. Khan
Rahimyar Khan
Rawalpindi
Bhakkar
Layyah
Attock
Muzaff-
argarh
Khushab
Chakwal
Vehari
Multan
Mianwali
Jhelum
Gujrat
Jhang
Chiniot
SahiwalKhanewal
T.T.
Singh Okara
Kasur
Narowal
Sialkot
GujranwalaHafizabad
Lahore
Faisalabad
Sargodha
M.B. Din
Sheikhupura
Nankana
Sahib
SCANNING STATUS
33 districts 100% completed
Rawalpindi - 96% (50 Mauzas)
Lahore - 74% (95 Mauzas)
Gujrat - 69% (334 Mauzas)

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COMPLETED
LESS THAN 50%
MORE THAN 50%
V
Pakpattan
Lodhran
Bahawalpur
Rajanpur
Bahawalnagar
D.G. Khan
Rahimyar Khan
Rawalpindi
Bhakkar
Layyah
Attock
Muzaff-
argarh
Khushab
Chakwal
Vehari
Multan
Mianwali
Jhelum
Gujrat
Jhang
Chiniot
SahiwalKhanewal
T.T.
Singh Okara
Kasur
Narowal
Sialkot
GujranwalaHafizabad
Lahore
Faisalabad
Sargodha
M.B. Din
Sheikhupura
Nankana
Sahib
DATA ENTRY STATUS
31 districts 100% completed
• Mianwali, Khushab, Khanewal
30th June 2016.
• Faisalabad, Bhakkar
31st July 2016.
Source: LRMIS Web

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Identification/Information of Right holders of the piece of land
The scanned images of village maps (masawi) are
available in the database in the service center in
order to identify the piece of land.

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Problems and Challenges in LRMIS

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Problems and Challenges in LRMIS
Increased access to land records at lower transaction
cost, through a client-responsive service
Increased security of land titles
To increase collateral value of land thus boosting
economic activity
 No Incentive compatible

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Documents Maintain by Patwari and Malpractices
1 Fard 8 Registry
2 Entertainments of mutations 9 Passbook
3 Girdawari (Harvest Inspection
Register) and Khasra Girdawari
10 Visit the sites, examine the location
4 Aks shajra (30 rupee per acre is
legal fee and Patwari is sole
authority to prepare it)
11 Pert Patwar (A copy of record
showing the detail of transfer record)
5 Measurement 12 Perrat Sarkar
6 Demarcations (to determine or
mark off the boundaries or limits
of: to demarcate a piece
of property).
13 Jamabandi(It consists of the record of
land holders and Land revenue as per
every Khata private as well as Govt.
Land )
7 Previous and Chain Documents
documents pertaining to previous
owners of land
14 Diary

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Conclusion and Policy Recommendation

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Incentive
Compatible
Creditability
(Legitimacy )
Security
(Predictability
)
Adaptability

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Conclusion and Policy Recommendation
Speed up the computerization of CITY property
Try to Rely on single system ------LRMIS office at one place and
Patwari at other
Computerized other documents that under Patwari
Strict Monitoring
Digitize passbook/connect online with financial institution.
Cost increase due to totally new staff
Patwaris are the stakeholder and coordinate with proper gain or
lose.

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