II. Scheme of Sub-allocation

Besides its own colonists and those taken from Kangra, in this district special provision was made for Labanas from Gujranwala, sheikhupura and Gujrat who desired settlement in Hoshiarpur and kapurthala districts near the Beas, Dogras from Gujrat, non-colonists from Sialkot and a group of colonists from Amritsar district Refer has been made to the settlement of Labanas and Dogras in paragraph 35 of Chapter IV. Hoshiarpur was made the residuary area allocation for tahsils Sialkot and Pasrur of Sialkot district. Displaced landholders from three important villages of Daska tahsil, namely, Ghartal, Sahuwala and Sambrial whose population desired to settle in this district, were specially allowed to do so.

A body of Amritsar and Sialkot colonists in Lyallpur who had settled in Hissar district towards the end of 1947 and were desirous returning for their quasi-permanent allotment nearer home were given special permission to settle in Hoshiarpur district along with other Amritsar colonists to whom temporary allotments had beas'. made in this district. An order of the Financial Commissioner dated the 20th September, 1949 named the villages in Lyallpur district to which these colonists belonged as well as villages in Hoshiarpur district to which land was to be allotted to them.

III. Sub-Allocation Adjustments

Under instructions dated the 12th December, 1949 this district 'as to settle claims received from Gurdaspur district, transferring the balance for which land was not available, to Kapurthala. Under instructions dated the 15th January, 1950, claims of temporary allottees of Gurdaspur, which had been transferred in error to Hoshiarpur were to be returned to Gurdaspur.

4. AMRITSAR DISTRICT

I. Resettlement figures (net standard acres)

Tahsil Area Area required for Proposed resettlement

available own colonists.

Amritsar 42396 Lahore 12000 (In tahsil Ajnala, for Lahore

tahsil)

Tarn Taran 37457 28233 (in tahsil Patti 3000 for tahsil

Lahore, 25233 for tahsil Kasur)

Patti 28233 Sialkot 10000 (In tahsil Ajnala for holders

of inferior gardes from Sialkot district)

Ajnala 55295 206320

_______

163381

Colonists of

Amritsar district 113148

163381

Distribution of balance

of Amritsar Colonists

Jullundur 54000

Hoshiarpur 8000

Hissar 2000 (in tahsil Sirsa

Ferozepur 29172

_______

93172

II. Scheme of Sub-allocation

Settlement in Amritsar district was influenced by four special factors:—

(1) Patti sub-tahsil of Kasur of Lahore district became part of Amritsar district on account of the partition of the Punjab. It became an area of settlement, therefore, for displaced persons from the Kasur tahsil;

(2) As a result of the sudden movement of displaced persons which began towards the end of August, 1947 a considerable number from the Lahore tahsil came over for settlement in the Ajnala tahsil;

(3) Much of the area of Ajnala tahsil in the riverain tract was considered unattractive for the settlement of colonists who had abandoned irrigated lands and, therefore, an area of 10000 standard acres was "attached" to Gurdaspur for the settlement of holders of the inferior land from Sialkot district;

(4) In the Amritsar and Tarn Taran tahsils which wen? greatly sought after by the colonists of Amritsar district; large numbers continued to be in villages without temporary allotments or took up temporary allotments of small areas. At the time of quasi-permanent allotment, therefore, there was a heavy surplus of claims which presented difficult problems of adjustment. Even at the very end, Amritsar ha a substantial surplus of unallocated claims. The rules for the allocation of villages to East Punjab colonists described- in paragraph 8 of Chapter IV found their most comprehensive application in the Amritsar and Taran Taran tahsils.

In the Patti-sub-tahsil, which had been treated as being available exclusively for displaced persons of Kasur tahsil, as a result of presentations on behalf of villages of Lahore tahsil adjoining the Pat sub-tahsil, ah area of 3000 standard acres was provided for displace persons from Lahore tahsil belonging to the following categories:

(a) Temporary allottees of Patti sub-tahsil,

(b) Belonging to villages of Pathanke, Sarja Mirja and Rah Sardar Hardit Singh which were part of Kasur tahsil until 1938;

1. Padhana

2. Ghanayake

3. Roonpura

4. Ghawandi

5. Jahmun

6. Ghawind

7. Kirka

8. Bole

9. Rora

10. Asal Mar

11. Her

12. Nurpur

13 Gaga

14. Karhak

15. Hudiara

16 Des

17. Khurmanian

18 Bhaini Sandhuan

19. Thahpura

20. Khark

21. Jhaner

22. Barke

23. Barki

24. Korean

25. Padhri

26. Dhuri

27. Sahnke.

Selection from this list was to be made in terms of contiguity the Patti sub-tahsil. Special reference was made to displaced person from the following villages who had expressed keenness for settlement in the Patti sub-tahsil:

1. Padhana 3. Roonpura 5. Ghawind

2. Ghanayake 4 Ghawandi 6. Jahmun.

(d) Others whose applications were approved for allotment the Patti sub-tahsil.

In the scheme of allocation for Amritsar colonists, outside the own district. 54,000 standard acres had been provided in Jullundur 29172 standard acres in Ferozepur, 8000 standard acres in Hoshiarpur and 2000 standard acres (for those already settled) in Hissar. The colonists for whom land was to be found in those districts comprised mainly:

(i) those who had no temporary allotment in any district;

(ii) those who had taken temporary allotment in Amritsar district but for whom at the time of quasi-permanent allotment no land would be available;

(iii) those who wished to settle elsewhere

(iv) those settled in Pepsu; and (v) those who had settled in other districts now not within thearea of their allocation.

Reference has already been made to Amritsar colonists who wished to move from Hissar to Hoshiarpur.

The settlement of the following categories of colonists was proposed in relation to Ferozepur:

(1) Those who had desired settlement in Ferozepur district;

(2) Those who had settled in Pepsu and wished to remain there the area due to them being reckoned in the East Punjab Pepsu account in the Ferozepur-Bhatinda Sirsa area;

(3) Those who had not yet taken temporary allotment in any district and were due to receive a net area of 371/2 standard acres or more; and

(4) Those whose parcha claims were made out from jamabandis without any supporting claims from them and whose claims had not been otherwise linked up with relations etc.

Amritsar colonists who were not to be transferred to Ferozepur or Hoshiarpur or were not continuing in Pepsu or Hissar or were not receiving land in Amritsar district, were to be settled in Jullundur district along with others already holding temporary allotment in that district.

III. Sub-allocation Adjustments

At the end of November, 1949 it was found that while both Amritsar and Tarn Taran tahsils had a substantial surplus of unallocated claims, land could be allotted to them either in the Ajnala tahsil in the riverain sea, or in the Kapurthala tahsil, where along both sides of the Grand trunk Road, a number of villages had been earmarked for the settlement of Amritsar colonists. It was decided to give land to those enti-

Tied to 20 standard across or less in Kapurthala and to the larger holders in Ajanta tahsil. Claims to the extent of 10000 standard acres were to be transferred to Kapurthala .On grounds such as temporary allotment, settlement with close relation etc, a considerable number of Amritsar colonist which would have otherwise been settled in Jullundur, Ferozepur, Pepsu or other areas had been withdrawn to Amritsar district. This led to considerable difficulty in presenting accurate accounts of the allotment, which had been made, and, secondly, in arranging for the settlement of the pending claims. The quotas provided in Jullundur and Ferozepur were not fully taken up while Amritsar had a marked surplus of unallocated claims.

In the middle of February, 1950, it was found that in all the surplus claims of Amritsar colonists amounted to 13359 standard acres, of which 7000 standard acres were represented by claims which had been withdrawn by Amritsar from different districts, 1648 standard acres by claims which were surplus with Hoshiarpur and 3000 standard acres by claims which were surplus with Kapurthala. During the period in which allotment had been in progress, many who were believed to be non-colonists at first were identified as colonists. This was the main reason for the overall increase in the claims of Amritsar colonists. To meet the deficit it was proposed that 7999 standard acres should be allotted in tahsil Fatehabad of Hissar district where a number of villages were named for the purpose, 1000 standard acres in the rural areas of Jullundur and about 1500 standard acres in the suburban area of Jullundur. On the figures then available, if these suggestions were given effect to, a net deficit of about 3000 standard acres was anticipated. To meet this deficit the following suggestions were recommended for consideration :-

(1) Compensation money due for the capital site and for townships should be usedfor redeeming mortgages with possession of evacuee land held by non-evacuees, particularly in the districts of Amritsar, Jullundur, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur and Karnal. Suitable blocks where mortgages could be redeemed rather cheaply should be picked out. It was suggested that careful rules for redemption might be worked out by studying lists and particulars of existing mortgages;

(2) Land held by Muslim institutions which had been kept out of the allotment scheme, should be leased out to Amritsar colonists, suitable blocks being picked out particularly in Amritsar, Jullundur, Ferozepur, Karnal and Gurdaspur:

(3) The claims for which allotment could not be made (after action proposed at (1) and (2) above had been allowed for) were to be listed carefully. The parties might be informed that their allotment would be made as soon as the allotment of garden had been finalized;

(4) Early steps were to be taken, through a public notice issued through the India and Rajasthan Governments and directly by the Punjab Government, asking person of Punjabi extraction holding land in Bikaner to intimate by a certain date whether they wished to remain in Bikaner or to take their allotments in the Punjab and Pepsu. Individual notices are neither possible nor necessary; and

(5) Depending on the result (4) above, action was to be taken to decrease, if necessary, areas in Rajpura tahsil provided for Bahawalpuris.

5. JULLUNDUR DISTRICT

I. Resettlement Figures (net standard acres).

Tahsil	Area Available	Area required for own colonists	Proposed resettlement

Jullundur	62036		Colonists 105410

			Multan 4000 (For Sidhnai
Nawanshahr	45501		colonists
			from Chuni
Phillaur	37456		an settled-
			outside
Nakodar	664558		Karnal.)

	-----------------	-----------------	Montgomery non-
	211451	105410	Colonists 4000 (For those
	-----------------	-----------------	Temporarily settled).
			Ludhiana
			colonists 5000
			Lyallpur non-
			Colonists 32388
			Sialkot 5000 (For those
			Temporarily
			Settled.)

			Amritsar
			colonists 54000
			Reserve 1653
			----------
			211451
			---------

II. Scheme of Sub-Allocation

In addition to the colonists of Jullundur district and provision made for Amritsar colonists, non-colonists of Montgomery and Sialkot who had temporary settled in the district were to receive land in Julludur district. An exception was also made in favour of Sidhani colonists from Multan (originally from the Chunian tahsil), a number of whom had setteled in Julludur district and wished to remain in that district. The expression “Lyallpur non-colonists” included many whose original district had not been identified and, as allotment proceeded and districts of origin became known, the number of those classed as non-colonists diminished. The bulk of indigenous displaced non-colonists of Lyallpur district were accommodated in Karnal district .The provision in the scheme of allocation of 5000 standard acres for colonists from Ludhiana was designed to meet the claims of Ludhina colonists from Montgomery, Multan, Bahawalpur and Sind who had not obtained temporary allotment in Ludhiana district or in Pepsu.

III. Sub- allocation Adjustments

Adjustments became necessary because of the surplus of claims of displaced persons form Gujranwala and Sheikhupura, which could not be accommodated in Karnal and Pepsu.

(a) Under instructions dated the 12^th December 1949, groups of villages with an area of about 10,000 standard acres were set apart for Gujranwala and Sheikhupura. Claims of the following zails of Gujranwala tahsil were to be received for Karnal:

Chatha Banothan Mandiala Waraich

Chahal Arup

Botala Jhandasingh Ladhewali

Naraich

In addition, claims of Sheikhupura district surplus to Sangrur and those of Sheikhupura surplus to Patiala were to be settled in Jullundur;

(b) 6000 standard acres were to be earmarked for Lyallpur and Montgomery non- colonists whose claims were surplus to Karnal;

(d) Under instruction dated the 14^th February, 1950, Sialkot claims amounting to 3000 standard cares were to be taken over from Kapurthala; claims of Amritsar colonists amounting to 2500 standard acres were to be taken over from Amritsar; claims of non–sitting allottees from Sialkot amounting to 1767 standard acres were to be taken over from Gurdaspur; and the available suburban land (940 standard acres) was to be allotted on a valuation basis for non- suburban claims to be specially approved by the Director General Rehabilitation (Rural).

6. LUDHIANA DISTRICT

I. Resettlement Figures (net standard acres)

Tahsil	Area Available	Area required for own colonists	Proposed resettlement

Ludhiana	48967		Rawalpindi 1000
Jagraon	36806		Attock 5000 (Overflow of Lud-
Samrala	24193		hiana colonists
	----------		Into:=
	109966		Shahpur 10000
	----------		Gujrat 5000 Pepsu 9080
			(Barnala district)
			Jhelum 1500
			Lyallpur non-
			Colonists 5000 Jullundur 5000
			Own colonists 81966
			Reserve 500
			------------
			109966
			------------

II. Scheme of sub-allocation

Ludhiana district had a combined scheme for the allocation of claims of Rawalpindi Division with Ambala and the former Kalsia tahsil of Pepsu. For Ludhiana colonists, in addition to 5000 standard acres in Jullundur district, it was proposed to provide 9080 standard acres in the Barnala district of Pepsu. Land was to be given in Barnala to (a) those colonists of Lyallpur district from Ludhiana who has not yet obtained temporary allotment in Ludhiana district, (b) those colonists who had already settled in Pepsu and desired to remain there (to be treated against the provision in Barnala) and (c) those colonists who had expressed a wish to settle in Pepsu.

For displaced persons form Rawalpindi Division, it was proposed that in Ludhiana district land should be allotted to the following.

(a) Gujrat : Hithar circle of Gujrat tahsil;

Hithar East and West of Phalia tahsil and Bet Jhelum and

Chak Jhelum of Kharian tahsil.

(b) Attock : Tahsil Attock, tahsil Fatehjang, tahsil Talagang, and

colonists of Attock district.

tahsil, Bet Jhelum and Chenab Hethla of Bhalwal tahsil.

The provision of 5000 standard acres for Lyallpur non–colonists was designed to meet the claims of Lyallpur non-colonists belonging to villages in which land was held by colonists from Ludhiana district, provided their papers had been prepared on the basis of jamabandis without being supported by regular claims. Those Lyallpur non-colonists who had expressed a wish to settle in Ludhiana district were also to be allowed to do so.

III. Sub-allocation Adjustments

(a) Under instructions dated the 2^nd December, 1949, the available evacuee area in the Kandaghat, Kalsia and Nalagarh tahsils of Kohistan district was made available for the settlement of claims of Rawalpindi Division surplus to Ambala and Ludhiana districts;

(b) Under instructions dated the 12^th December, 1949, additional claims of Shahpur (1,000 standard acres), Gujrat (2500 standard acres) and Attock (500 standard acres) were to be allocated respectively in the Samrala, Ludhiana and Jagraon tahsils;

(c) Acceptance for settlement of claims of Ludhiana colonists surplus to Barnala and Fatehgarh amounting or about 2500 standard acres; and

(d) Under instruction dated the 14^th February, 1950 :

(i) further claims of Ludhiana colonists amounting to 1000 standard acres were to be taken over from Fatehgarh district and

(ii) further claims of Ludhiana colonists to 355 standard acres to be taken by Barnala.

7. AMBALA DISTRICT

I. Resettlement Figures (net standard acres)

Tahsil	Area available	Area required for own colonists	Proposed resettlement
Ambala	36306		Rawalpindi 21289 Overflow into
Jagadhri	20805		Attock 7906 Pepsu:
Naraingarh	22855		Shahpur 32385 (colonists of
Kharar	14926		Jhelum 19225 Khararand Rupar 7933;
Rupar	23619		Gujrat 29504 Rawalpindi Division
			Mianwali 4000 less Mianwali 19945)
	----------	----------------------	Own colonists 30000
	118511	37933	Reserve 147
	----------	----------------------	-----------
			144456
			-----------

II. Scheme of Sub-allocation

Ambala and Ludhiana districts along with the former Kalsia tahsils of Pepsu constituted a single area of allocation for displaced persons form Rawalpindi Division. The provisions of 4000 standard acres for Mianwali district was made, at the request of displaced persons form Mianwali to meet the claims of those who were already settled in Ambala district and other form the Pacca circle of Mianwali tahsils who were not already settled in the Gurgaon district. An area of 7933 standard acres, which was later augmented, was set apart in the Fatehgarh district of Pepsu for colonist of Kharar and Rupar tahsils:

(a) who had already taken temporary allotment in the Fatehgarh district or elsewhere in Pepsu,

(b) who were not already settled in the Kharar and Rupar tahsils,

(c) who had to move form the villages of Rupar and Kharar tahsils which were considered much too inferior for grade I colonists,

(d) who had to move for lack of area in villages in which they held temporary allotment and could not be accommodated in suitable villages in the Rupar and Kharar tahsils, preference being given in Fatehgarh district and in the pockets of Kalsia tahsils (formerly included in Fatehgarh district) to persons belonging to villages immediately adjoining Pepsu whose claims could not be met for want of area, and

(e) those who had applied for settlement in Pepsu, their claims being reckoned last in order of priority.

Colonists of Kharar and Rupar tahsils were to be settled in Fatehgarh so as to keep those belonging to villages in West Punjab as near one another as possible.

Claims form different district of Rawalpindi Division were to be allockated in

Ambala district in the following manner :

Ambala Tahsil

Gujrat district : Jatatar and Nehri circles of Gujrat tahsils, Bar circle of Phalia

tahsils, and Maira and Gojar circles of Kharian tahsil.

Jhelum district : Tahsil Chakwal, and Maidan circle of Jhelum tahsil.

Shahpur district : Mohar and Thal circles of Khushab tahsil.

Rawalpindi distict : Rawalpindi tahsil.

Naraingarh Tahasil

Mianwali district : Pucca circle of Mianwali tahsils (near Sashaura)

Gujrat district : Bulandi circle of fujrat tahsils and Pabbi circle of Kharian tahsil.

Jhelum district : Hill circle of Pind Dadan Khan tahsil.

Shahpur district : Hill circle of Khushab tahsil.

Rawalpindi District : Kahut tahsils and Gujar Khan tahsil.

Jagadhri Tahsil

Shahpur district : Thasil shahpur less Jhelum cirecle and Tahsil Sargodha less

Sobhaga circle.

Chenab Utla cirecle of Bhalwal tahsils.

Kharar & Rupar Tahsils

Jhelum district : River Bank circles of Jhelum and Pind Dadan Khan tahsils, Thal

and Phaphara of Pind Dadan Khan, Khuddar and Pabbi of Jhelum tahsil.

Attock district : Tahsil Pindi Gheb.

Rawalpindi district : Tahsil Murree.

The following further provisions were made in respect of the Rawalpindi division:

(i) Colonistsof Jhelum, Rawalpindi, Grurat and Mianwali districts were to be settled in the ambala City, Kesri and Shahpur Kanungo circles;

(ii) Suburban landholders of Shahpur district were to be considered for allotment

near Jagadhri and of other districts near Ambala;

(iii) Colonists of Shahpur district were to be settled in the Jagadhri tahsil;

(iv) The Brahmins of Rawalpindi and Gujar Khan tahsils were to be settled in

Ambala tahsil as compactly as possible. Those from Kahutta tahsil were to be settled in Naraingrh tahsil;

(v) Colonists of Rawalpindi district who held land in the Sohagpara chaks of tahsil Pakpattan were to be considered as being eligible for allotment as colonists in the Shahpur, Kesri and Ambala City Kanungo circles.

III. Sub-allocation Adjustments

(a) Under instructions dated the 2^nd December 1949, Kandaghat, Kalsia and Nalagarh tahsils if Kandaghat district in Pepsu were declared an area of allocation for surplus claims of Rawalpindi Division from the Ambala Ludhiana area. In accordance with this direction, surplus claims of Jhelum district were passed for settlement in the Nalagarh tahsil and those of Muree, Rawalpindi and Kahuta tahsils for settlement in the Kandaghat tahsil;

(b) Surplus claims of Shahpur, Attock and Gujrat were passed to Ludhiana under instructions dated the 30^th December,1949; and

(c) Under instruction dated the 12^th December,1949, an area of 2500 standard acres was provided in the Kharar and Rupar tahsils for possible compensation to persons from whom land was taken for the capital site at Chandigarh. This was later increased to 4122 standard acres under instructions dated the 6^th February 1950.

8. FEROZEPUR DISTRICT

I. Resettlement Figures (net standard acres)

Tahsil	Area	Area required	Proposed		Resettlement
	Available	for own
		Colonists

Ferozepur	82434		Colonists	75243	Ferozepur	478354
Zira	92359		Lahore	2740415
Moga	11015		Gujranwala	6500	Bhatinda	40000
Fazilka	194572		Sheikhupura	11500
Muktsar	97974		Montgomery	165939	Sirsa	46515
			Amritsar col-
			onists	29172
			Reserve	2500
	---------	--------		---------		---------
	478354	75243		564869		564869
	---------	--------		---------		---------

II. Scheme of Sub-allocation

Ferozepur district, Bhatinda district in Pepsu and the Sirsa tahsil of Hissar, district were regarded as a single area of allocation, the total block comprising 564,869 standard acres as against Ferozepur’s own 478,354 standard acres. The area of allocation did not include the entire area available in Bhatinda district. Besides local colonists, the four main elements to be settled in this area of allocation were non-colonists of Montgomery and of Lahore, colonists of Bahawalpur and a proportion of the colonists of Amritsar. Some provisions was also made on account of Gujranwala and Sheikhpura claims mainly on account of those who had settled in the district in the first two or three months following the partition.

Within Ferozepur district, as a result of representation in favour of homogenous settlement of displaced persons from Lahore, it was decided to demacrate separate “zones” for the settlement of displaced persons from Montgomery and Lahore districts. In the Lahore zone there were to be no settlers from Montgomery and in the Montgomery zone there were to be no settlers from Lahore district. Displaced persons from other districts were not affected by this arrangement.

Displaced persons from Montgomery were to be settled as follows:

(1) Sirsa tahsil to take displaced persons form Montgomery already settled in the Hissar district (outside Sirsa tahsils in Hissar district villages with irrigated land were to be allotted to displaced persons from Multan);

(2) In tahsils Muktsar, Bet Jalalabad circle No.8 to take the claims of Bet and Sohag assessment circles of tahsils Dipalpur;

(3) Assessment circles Nos. V, VI and VII of tahsils Muktsar to take the claims of the superior villages of Sohagpara circle of Pakpattan tahsil and Bar and Khanwah assessment circles of Dipalpur tahsil, in accordance with lists prepared for this purpose;

(4) In tahsil Fazilka, Hithar circle to take the claims of Bet circle and relatively inferior villages of Sohagpara circle of Pakpattan tahsil (according to the lists prepared for the purpose);

(5) Perennial Nehri areas of Rohi and Uttar circles of tahsil Fazilka to take the claims of tahsils Montgomery and Okara and Bar circle of tahsil Pakpattan (perennial villages). The following Rehabilitation Kanungo Circles of tahsil Fazilka were not to be made available for claims of Montgomery district:

Malaut, Miana, Mahni Khera, Khuban, Sarawan, Shamkot and Midha.

Similarly, the following villages were excluded form the Jandwala Bhimeshah Kanungo circle :

Pakan and Banwala.

Claims of displaced persons of Lahore district were to be settled as follows:

(1) Fardikot tahsils to take the claims of the Manjha Khara circle of tahsil Lahore;

(2) Bhatinda tahsil to take the claims of Hithar circle of Chunian tahsil;

(3) Sirsa tahsil to take the claims of displaced persons from Lahore already settled in the Hissar district;

(4) Muktsar tahsil, assessment Circles Nos. I to IV and the Rehabilitation Kanungo Circles Malaut and a portion of Rehabilitation Kanungo circle of Midha in the Rohi Assessment Circle of Fazilka tahsil to take the claims of Manjha Mitha and the Lahore Assessment Circle of tahsil Lahore;

(5) Claims of the Colony, Manjha circle and Chunian tahsil and Manjha Mitha and Manjha Khara Assessment Circles of Kasur tahsil to be allotted as follows

(a) Fazilka tahsil, Kanungo circles Shamkot, Miana, Mahni Khera, Sarawan and Khuban, excluding villages earmarked for Amritsar;

(b) Zira tahsil, Rohi circles; and

(c) Ferozepur tahsil, Rohi Assessment circle and villages Dhora, Mairaj, Pakan and Banwala of Field Kanungo circle of Jandwala Bhimeshah.

The intention was to settle as far as possible the Colony and Manjha circles of Chunian tahsils and the Manjha Mitha and Manjha Khara circles of Kasur tahsil in tahsil Fazilka, the remaining claims being passed to the Zira and Ferozepur tahsils.

(6) Claims of Bet Ravi of Lahore tahsil, Bet Ravi and Uttar Hithar of Chunian tahsil were to be settled in the Bet of Zira tahsil.

(7) Claims of Bet Bangar and Hithar of Kasur tahsil were to be settled in the Bet of Ferozepur tahsil.

For the settlement of claims of Amritsar colonists the whole of the Karman and part

of Burj Makhan Singh Kanungo circles of Ferozepur tahsil and villages Aspal, Ratta Tibba, Patti Karan and Mohlan in tahsil Fazilka were earmarked.

In respect of displaced persons from Bahawalpur district many of whom had already

obtained temporary allotments in Ferozepur or Bhatinda or Sirsa, it was proposed that the following categories of persons should receive land in the Sirsa tahsil;

(a) Those belonging to Ferozepur district but settled already in Hissar district;

(b) Those entitled to non-perennial land but settled on perennial land and required to move on this account;

(d) Bishnois of Bahawalpur district not yet settled in Ferozepur district and not entitled to perennial land.

The scheme of sub-allocation described above was to be applied subject to the following general considerations :

(1) New allotments were to be subject to the prior claims of persons already holding temporary allotments in Ferozepur of Bhatinda or Sirsa. As explained earlier displaced persons from Montgomery and Lahore districts were, however, not to be settled together in the same village in Ferozepur district;

(2) Colonists, persons belonging to Bahawalpur and Sind, and persons belonging to Gujranwala and Sheikhupura were not to be moved from villages of temporary allotment except on general considerations relating to whether they had abandoned perennial or non-perennial land;

(3) Displaced persons from Amritsar who had already settled in Ferozepur district were not to be shifted on the ground that certain specific villages had now been proposed for the settlement of Amritsar colonists.

(4) Special orders to be obtained in respect of groups of displaced landholders from different districts who wished to settle together in Ferozepur district.

In the Ferozepur district, the various assessment circles were not graded. Instead, the broad distinction between perennial land and non-perennial villages was followed throughout. Within the Ferozepur district the available evacuee area was so divided between the displaced persons from Lahore, Montgomery, Sheikhupura and Gujranwala and the colonists of Amritsar and Ferozepur that each group received its share of perennial land in appropriate proportion to the perennial area abandoned by it in West Punjab.

The following directions were given on the 18^th July 1949 to meet cases in which the allotment was fairly substantial and comprised both perennial and non-perennial claims:

(1) A person entitled to an allotment of 25 standard acres or less would receive his allotment in one place. If his non-perennial area in ordinary acres exceeded the perennial area in ordinary acres the allotment would be in a non-perennial village. Conversely, if his non-perennial area in ordinary acres was less than his perennial area in ordinary acres, the allotment would be in a perennial village;

(2) Persons entitled to allotment exceeding 25 standard acres might be allowed to take their allotment in two places, partly in a perennial village and partly in a non-perennial village subject to the following;

(a) To be entitled to separate allotment on account of perennial or non-perennial land, as the case might be, a minimum area of 10 acres (ordinary) should have been abandoned in the class of land in which a separate allotment was to be made;

(b) Where the minimum of 10 acres existed the distribution of the total allotment between a perennial and a non-perennial village might be in the proportion of the ordinary acreage of perennial or non-perennial land held in Pakistan. The proportion should be taken to the nearest whole number.

By subsequent instructions it was made clear that these directions were not mandatory because:

(a) there was not enough perennial land to go round; and

(b) the breaking up of the holdings of a large number of individuals into two places was likely to do more harm than good. The rule of general application, which could be waived at the request of parties wishing to take their allotments in two parts, was that where a person had abandoned more perennial than non-perennial land (in ordinary acres), he was to be allotted land in a village with perennial irrigation. The direction mentioned above could apply also to groups of allottees who had taken land together and whose total claim consisted partly of perennial and partly of non-perennial land. In the case of colonists form Bahawalpur who had temporary allotments in perennial irrigated villages and were entitled to some perennial land under the instruction of 18^th July, 1949 (Note on Sind and Bahawalpur colonists in part A of Appendix VII), it was proposed that the perennial portion of their land might be allotted in village with perennial irrigation and the balance in a village without perennial irrigation. In such cases the second part of the allotment was not to be made ordinarily in the Sirsa tahsil.

III. Sub-allocation Adjustments.

1. The Bhatinda district was unable to take the claims of the Manjha Khara circle of tahsil Lahore. These claims had, therefore to be accepted for settlement in Ferozepur district along with claims of Manjha Mitha circle of tahsil Lahore and Manjha Khara circle of tahsil Kasur and the Manjha and colony circles of tahsil Chunian. In Ferozepur and Zira tahsils, the better villages, which had 60% or more of irrigation from any source, were earmarked and, amongst others, those who had abandoned perennial land in Lahore district were to be accommodated.

2. In Ferozepur district, under the Financial Commissioner’s instructions dated the 20^th September, 1949 about 3000 standard acres in villages Chhapianwali, Ratharian and Burjan if tahsil Fazilka were made available for Amritsar colonists (Kambohs) belonging originally to certain a specified villages of Lyallpur who had taken temporary allotment in Hissar district in 1947. This adjustment was part of the scheme agreed to in Hoshiarpur district with reference to Amritsar and Sialkot colonists of Lyallpur who had settled in Hissar district towards the end of 1947 and wished to come away from that district.

3. Under instructions dated the 1^st December 1949, to meet a surplus of claims amounting to 12,000 standard acres belonging to Lahore district, additional land was provided in the Sultanpur area of Kapurthala district. Unallocated claims related in the main to the Manjha Khara and Manjha Mitha circles of tahsil Lahore.

4. Suburban claims belonging to Lahore, which were surplus to tahsil Muktsar, and Ferozepur were to be met at Abohar, which was originally earmarked for suburban claims of Montgomery district.

5. Under instructions dated the 12^th December 1949, Ferozepur was to take claims of Chunian tahsil amounting to 1,580 standard acres in excess of allocation in Karnal.

6. Under instructions dated the 30^th December 1949 claims from non-colonists of Montgomery surplus to Karnal were to be settled in Ferozepur.

7. Under instruction dated the 14^th February 1950, claims of Lahore tahsil amounting to 2,557 standard acres were to be taken over from Amritsar for the allotment of area remaining over in Ferozepur.