A Patwari working at his rented office in Chakwal. Dawn/File
GUJRAT: The centuries-old Patwar system has, once again, been revived by the PTI government in Punjab through posting of land revenue officials at the recently launched the Dehi Marakaz-i-Maal (rural revenue centres), also called Satellite Arazi Record Centres.
Earlier, the PML N government had gradually replaced the Patwar system with at least 144 Arazi Record Centres (ARCs) and computerisation of land record in the province during its 10 years tenure (2008-2018). These ARCs had improved the service delivery, removed the intervention of Patwaris and controlled corruption in the revenue department.
Though the Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) had devised a plan to establish the ARCs at the Qanungoi circle level, the establishment of Dehi Marakaz-i-Maal is said to be the brain child of Senior Member Board Of Revenue (SMBR) Babar Hayat Tarrar who envisaged the revival of the Patwar system through these centres in the
PLRA to set up rural centres
The authority established 100 satellite centres, 152 LRCs across Punjab
APP
April 12, 2021
MULTAN:
Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) have established 100 satellite and 152 Land Record Centres (LRC) across the province after the approval of Land Record Authority Act 2017.
According to PLRA officials, the authority was offering 38 types of ownership and 48 types of mutation documents through its different centres across the province.
The authority would increase capacity of land record centres to 700 by establishing rural centres in different areas.
The authority had also established 20 mobile land record centres to facilitate citizens at their door steps. Sources added that facility of fardaat and others were also being offered to citizens through 2300 E-Sahulat Centres of NADRA and 10 E-Khidmat centres across the province.