How to find Punjab land records online?
What is Jamabandi? Jamabandi is among the many colloquial terms that are used to describe records of land rights in India. The term Jamabandi is more commonly used in northern states such as Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The term is also used in states like Bihar and Himachal Pradesh. Land management agencies in these states maintain online and offline jamabandi registers, which provide information about the land, the owners and the cultivators, etc. What is fard? The title document of a property is known by various names in India, depending on the nature of the ownership. While a home buyer will have a sale deed in his possession as the proof of the title, a landowner will have jamabandi records as the proof of the ownership. All these documents are broadly known as the ‘fard’ documents. How to check Jamabandi record on PLRS? Step 1: Log on to http://plrs.org.in/ and click on the ‘Fard’ button. Note here that the term fard stands for a copy of land rec...