Punjab Land Revenue Act
Q1. When was the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act passed?
Answer: 4th November, 1967
Q2. When was the Land Revenue Act enforced?
Answer: December 6, 1967
Q3. What is the income a nation collects from taxes called?
Answer: Revenue
Q4. The Land Revenue Act is related to which of the following?
Answer: Assessment of land, maintenance of records of rights, and collection of land revenue
Q5. The agricultural year begins on the first day of which month?
Answer: July
Q6. The Board of Revenue is established under which Act?
Answer: Board of Revenue Act, 1957
Q7. Irrigated land means land irrigated by what?
Answer: Canal, well, and tube well
Q8. The Punjab Land Revenue Act is divided into how many chapters?
Answer: 15 chapters
Q9. How many sections are there in the Land Revenue Act?
Answer: 184 sections
Q10. How many schedules are there in the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967?
Answer: 1 schedules
Q11. A person liable for an arrear of land revenue is termed as what under the Act?
Answer: Defaulter
Q12. Holdings of a landlord are called what?
Answer: Khata
Q13. A list of owner’s holdings is called what?
Answer: Khewat Number and Khata Number
Q14. A charge or claim against land arising out of a private grant or contract is called what?
Answer: Encumbrance
Q15. Survey Number is also known as what?
Answer: Khasra Number
Q16. The register of crops inspection is called what?
Answer: Khasra Girdawri
Q17. Who are the village officers?
Answer: Patwari, Qanungo and Lambardar
Q18. The post next higher to Patwari is what?
Answer: Qanungo
Q19. A village note book is prepared for each what?
Answer: Estate
Q20. A person who holds land under another and pays rent is called what?
Answer: Tenant
Q21. The statement of customs respecting rights or liabilities in the estate is called what?
Answer: Wajib-ul-Arz
Q22. A share or portion of an estate held by one or more landowners is called what?
Answer: Holding
Q23. Which of the following is not defined in the Land Revenue Act 1967?
Answer: Qanungo
Q24. How many classes of Revenue Officers are there as per Section 7 of the Act?
Answer: 6 classes
Q25. Who appoints the Collector of a district?
Answer: Government
Q26. The chief officer of revenue administration of a tehsil is called what?
Answer: Tehsildar
Q27. The Board of Revenue is subject to the control of which authority?
Answer: Provincial Government
Q28. Who can summon persons to give evidence and produce documents?
Answer: BOR
Q29. Government may appoint an Additional Collector in which area?
Answer: District
Q30. Revenue administration of a Tehsil is entrusted to whom?
Answer: Tehsildar
Q31. The deputy of a Tehsildar is called what?
Answer: Naib Tehsildar
Q32. The record-of-rights for an estate shall include what?
Answer: Names of owners/tenants, their interests, liabilities, rents, and cesses (All are correct)
Q33. Who may direct that a record-of-rights be made or specially revised?
Answer: Board of Revenue
Q34. Who can order withdrawal of a case pending before the Commissioner?
Answer: Board of Revenue
Q35. Who is empowered to confer Collector powers under the Punjab Land Revenue Act?
Answer: Government
Q36. Who may make rules, with government approval, regulating the procedure of Revenue Officers?
Answer: Board of Revenue
Q37. Who may confer on any person the powers of an Assistant Collector under the Act?
Answer: Government
Q38. Persons allowed to appear before Revenue Officers include whom?
Answer: Parties themselves, authorized agents, and legal practitioners
Q39. Under which section may a Revenue Officer summon persons to give evidence or produce documents?
Answer: Section 22
Q40. A Revenue Officer may summon whom under Section 22?
Answer: Any person whose attendance is necessary
Q41. Every summons shall be in writing, in how many copies?
Answer: Duplicate
Q42. Every summons shall be signed by whom?
Answer: Revenue Officer
Q43. How shall a summons issued by a Revenue Officer be served?
Answer: Personally, on authorized agent, or on adult family member.
Q44. A notice, order, or proclamation issued by a Revenue Officer shall be served in what manner?
Answer: Same manner as a summon (Section 25)
Q45. How shall a proclamation issued by a Revenue Officer be made public?
Answer: By beat of drum, customary method, and affixing a copy
Q46. Every inquiry under this Act shall be deemed what?
Answer: A judicial proceeding
Q47. When can a defaulter be arrested under this Act?
Answer: Upon a warrant issued by the Revenue Officer
Q48. A Revenue Officer may enter land for what purposes?
Answer: Measurement, demarcation, or inspection of boundaries (All are correct)
Q49. A Revenue Officer may enter dwelling premises with whose permission?
Answer: With the permission of the Collector
Q50. Proceedings held before a Revenue Officer on a holiday shall be considered what?
Answer: Not invalid
Q50. What is the maximum fine for failing to attend when summoned by a Revenue Officer within estate limits?
Answer: Five Thousand Rupees
Q51. Lambardar is the most important functionary at which level?
Answer: Village level
Q52. The Board of Revenue may, with government approval, make rules to regulate what aspect of village officers?
Answer: A. Emoluments, Duties and Punishment
Q53. Who are considered village officers?
Answer: Patwari, Qanungo, and Lambardar
Q54. The post next higher to Patwari is which?
Answer: Qanungo
Q55. Who abolished the hereditary Lambardari system in 2002?
Answer: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Q56. What is the maximum limit of village officer’s cess under the Punjab Land Revenue Act?
Answer: 5% of the Land Revenue
Q57. What are the qualifications for a village officer?
Answer: Hereditary claim, extent of property, and personal influence
Q58. The Board of Revenue may make rules to regulate which matters of village officers?
Answer: Emoluments, Duties, and Punishment
Q59. Which land is excluded from the Punjab Land Revenue Act?
Answer: Land occupied as site of a village
Q60. What is the commencement date of the agricultural year under this Act?
Answer: First day of July
Q61. Who is a village officer under the Punjab Land Revenue Act?
Answer: Village Headman (Lambardar)
Q62. Who is the highest Revenue Officer under the Punjab Land Revenue Act?
Answer: Board of Revenue
Q63. Lambardar is the most important functionary at what level?
Answer: Village level
Q64. Lambardar receives what percentage of Land Revenue as “Pachotra”?
Answer: 5%
Q65. A person to whom land revenue of any land has been assigned by Government is called what?
Answer: Village headman
Q66. Who are included among village officers?
Answer: Patwaries, Qanungo, Kotars
Q67. Who is liable to pay land revenue for a holding?
Answer: The holding and the land-owner
Q68. In case of joint landowners, what is their liability to pay land revenue?
Answer: Joint and several liability
Q69. What is the first charge upon rents, profits, and produce of a holding?
Answer: Land revenue
Q70. Execution of a court decree on profits and produce of a holding is not permitted without whose consent?
Answer: Prior consent of the Collector
Q71. Who can fix the number and amount of land-revenue installments?
Answer: Board of Revenue
Q72. Rules regarding collection, remission, and suspension of land revenue are made by whom?
Answer: Board of Revenue with Government approval
Q73. What is recoverable as part of the arrear of land revenue?
Answer: Costs of process
Q74. A certified statement of account by a Revenue Officer is considered what?
Answer: Conclusive proof
Q75. Which is not a process for recovery of arrears?
Answer: Filing an FIR in police station
Q76. What is the first step in recovery of land revenue?
Answer: Service of notice of demand
Q77. After how many days of notice can a warrant for arrest be issued?
Answer: 20 days
Q78. Who can issue a warrant of arrest under Section 82?
Answer: Revenue Officer
Q79. Who cannot be arrested or detained under the recovery process?
Answer: Female, minor, lunatic or idiot
Q80. What is the maximum jail confinement period for a defaulter ordered by the Collector?
Answer: One months
Q81. What happens if the defaulter pays arrears during arrest or detention?
Answer: He is immediately released
Q82. Which property can be distrained and sold after arrears accrue?
Answer: Movable property and uncut or ungathered crops
Q83. What portion of produce is exempt from sale under distress?
Answer: Produce needed for seed grain and subsistence
Q84. To whom may the Collector transfer the holding after arrears accrue?
Answer: A land-owner of the estate who is not a defaulter
Q85. What is the precondition for transfer of holding under Section 84(1)?
Answer: Processes under Section 80(b) and 80(c) must first be taken
Q86. What is the maximum term for which a holding can be transferred?
Answer: 15 years
Q87. Instead of transferring the holding, what may the Collector choose to do?
Answer: Attach the holding and take it under management
Q88. What is the maximum attachment period for a holding?
Answer: 5 years
Q89. When may the Board of Revenue annul assessment of a holding?
Answer: When arrears exist for over a year and other processes are insufficient
Q90. Which lands are exempt from annulment of assessment?
Answer: Land under Court of Wards or under attachment (Section 85)
Q91. What must the Collector do when land is attached or assessment annulled?
Answer: Make a proclamation
Q92. When may the Collector sell a holding for recovery of arrears?
Answer: With prior sanction of the Board of Revenue and if other processes fail
Q93. Land cannot be sold to recover arrears accrued during what conditions?
Answer: When land was under Court of Wards, attachment under Section 85, or direct management under Section 86
Q94. What happens to previous grants or contracts when land is sold under Section 88?
Answer: They become void against the purchaser
Q95. If arrears cannot be recovered from defaulting land, what can the Collector do?
Answer: Proceed against other immovable property of the defaulter
Q96. When may a person denying liability for arrears file a civil suit?
Answer: When he pays the arrear under protest in writing and signs it
Q97. What must the proclamation of sale specify?
Answer: Date, time, place, property details, encumbrances, and arrear amount
Q98. When is a Revenue Officer liable for errors in sale proclamation?
Answer: Only when the error is made dishonestly
Q99. Where must a copy of the sale proclamation be affixed?
Answer: Tahsildar office, Collector office, and Union Administration office
Q100. What is the minimum notice period before conducting a sale?
Answer: 30 days
Q101. On which day is the sale not allowed under Section 95?
A: Friday or other holiday.
Q102. Who has the authority to postpone a sale under Section 96?
A: Collector.
Q103. When shall the sale be stayed under Section 97?
A: If arrears and recovery costs are paid before bidding at auction is completed.
Q104. What percentage deposit must the highest bidder pay at auction under Section 98?
A: 25%.
Q105. What happens if the highest bidder fails to pay the deposit under Section 99?
A: Property is re-auctioned and costs recovered as arrears.
Q106. Within how many days must full purchase amount be paid under Section 100?
A: Within 30 days from being declared purchaser.
Q107. What happens if the full purchase amount is not paid in time under Section 101?
A: Deposit is forfeited and property is re-sold.
Q108. Within how many days can an application be made to set aside a sale under Section 103?
A: Within 30 days.
Q109. When shall the Commissioner confirm the sale under Section 104?
A: If no valid application to set aside is made within 30 days.
Q110. If sale is set aside, what is refunded to the purchaser under Section 105?
A: Deposit or full purchase money.
Q111. What is required before a new sale after postponement or re-sale under Section 106?
A: Fresh proclamation under Section 94.
Q112. What document does the Collector give after confirming a sale under Section 107?
A: Certificate of purchase.
Q113. The certified purchaser becomes liable for what under Section 107(5)?
A: All dues falling due after confirmation of sale.
Q114. How are perishable articles sold under Section 108(2)?
A: By immediate auction without confirmation.
Q115. For movable property (not perishable), when must the purchaser pay the full amount under Section 110?
A: Within 7 days of confirmation notice.
Q116. If sale proceeds exceed arrears and costs, to whom is the surplus paid under Section 111?
A: To the property owner.
Q117. When can a Revenue Officer recover unpaid land revenue from a Village Officer under Section 113?
A: When the Officer collected the amount but did not deposit it to Government.
Q118. Which of the following is not recoverable as an arrear of land revenue under Section 114?
A: Income tax on salaried persons.
Q119. Who can be held liable for paying arrears under Section 114(e)?
A: Any person who is a surety for such payment.
Q120. The provisions of Chapter VIII apply to sums recoverable under Chapter IX as if:
A: They were arrears of land-revenue owed by a defaulter.
Q121. What is the recovery commission rate deducted for non-Provincial dues collected as arrears under Section 115-A?
A: 2%.
Q122. Under Section 135, who may apply for partition to a Revenue Officer?
A: Any joint owner whose share is recorded under Chapter VI.
Q123. Within how many days is notice for scheme of private partition after inheritance mutation to be served under Section 135-A?
A: Within 30 days.
Q124. What can a scheme of private partition include under Section 135-A?
A: Site of a town or village.
Q125. What happens to places of worship and burial grounds under Section 136?
A: They shall continue to be held in common after partition.
Q126. Which land can be refused partition under Section 136(b)?
A: Grazing ground.
Q127. What shall the Revenue Officer do upon receiving a valid application for partition?
A: Fix a day for hearing.
Q128. If other co-sharers desire partition of their shares under Section 138, what happens?
A: They shall be added as applicants.
Q129. Section 140 distinguishes disputes into what types?
A: Title and mode of partition.
Q130. If a question of title is raised in partition proceedings, what must the Revenue Officer do?
A: Inquire and decide the matter.
Q131. Within how many days can an appeal be filed against the Revenue Officer’s decision on property to be divided?
A: Within 30 days.
Q132. If a partition case is not decided within 180 days, what must the Revenue Officer do?
A: Submit for extension to District Collector.
Q133. What is the maximum one-time extension that can be granted by the District Collector for partition cases?
A: 60 days.
Q134. Within how many years may the owner seek possession of allotted land under Section 146?
A: Within 3 years.
Q135. The instrument of partition is prepared under which section?
A: Section 145.
Q136. Who may act as Revenue Officer for partition proceedings under this chapter?
A: Assistant Collector First Grade or above.
×