FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER’S STANDING

ORDER NO. 55

Registers

Original issue, dated 22^nd July, 1909.

Reprint, dated 5^th February, 1920.

Revised on April 24, 1980.

The registers detailed in paragraphs 1-3 are intended to show cases under disposal as well as decided cases, and entries should not be postponed until the case has been decided and is being sent to the Record-Room. As soon as an application or a file is received it should be brought on record in these registers.

1. Registers to be maintained in Commissioner’s Office. The following registers, specimen forms of which are appended, are prescribed for use in the Courts and Offices of Commissioners of Divisions: -

(1) Register of Appeals in Revenue Judicial cases.

(2) Register of appeals in Revenue Executive cases.

(3) Register of Miscellaneous Appeals, Petitions and References.

(4) Register of Rejected and Returned Appeals and applications.

(5) Register showing dates fixed for hearing appeals.

(6) Register of payment of stamp duties and penalties on account of insufficiently stamped documents under sections 35 and 38 of Act II of 1899.

(7) Register of Letters, Parwanas, etc. dispatched.

(8) Record-keeper’s Register of cases decided and sent to the Record-room.

(9) Register of Misls taken from Record-room for reference.

(10) Register of Applications for Copies.

No. 1

Register of Appeals in Revenue Judicial Cases

No. of

Date

Name

Decree appealed from

Result of appeal

Date

appeal

of Presentation in court

&description of Appellant

And description of Respondent

what Court and date

No. of original suit

Particulars

Date of final order

Purport of decision

Of application or review

Date and purport of order passed

Remarks

No. II

Register of Appeals in Revenue Executive Cases

No. of

Date

Name

Decree appealed from

Result of appeal

Date

appeal

of Presentation in court

&description of Appellant

And description of Respondent

Of what Court and date

No. of original suit

Particulars

Date of final order

Purport of decision

Of application or review

Date and purport of order passed

Remarks

No. III

Register of Miscellaneous Appeals, Petitions and References

No. of

Date

Name

Decree appealed from

Result of appeal

Date

appeal

of Presentation in court

&description of Appellant

and description of Respondent

Of what Court and date

No. of original suit

Particulars

Date of final order

Purport of decision

Of application or review

Date and purport of order passed

Re-ma- rks

No. IV

Register of Rejected and Returned Appeals and Applications

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				Decree appealed from
No. of appeal	Date of Presentation in court	Name &description of Appellant	Name and description of Respondent or 2^nd Party	Of what Court and date	No. of original	Particulars		Date of rejection or return		Reason of rejection or return	Remarks

No. V

Register showing dates fixed for hearing Appeal (Judicial and Executive)

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		Case
Date	Day	No.	Name of Plaintiff	Name of Defendant	Nature of cases	Claim/Relief sought	Remarks

No. VI

Register of stamp deficiencies to be maintained by courts and offices

District _____________________

Court or office _______________

1. Serial No.

2. No. of suit

3. Name of plaintiff

4. Name of Defendant Brief particulars or a suit or case

5. Nature and amount of claim

6. Description of documents in which deficiency in stamp duty or court fees has been discovered

7. If discovered in audit, state date and serial No. in form S-A. 3 (See Chapter 9, Part III, of Punjab Stamp Manual, (1934)

8. Duty recoverable under section 35 of Stamp Act or under the Court-Fees Act

9. Penalty imposed under section 35 of Stamp Act

10. Duty Rs.

11. Penalty Amount recovered Rs.

12. Total Rs.

13. Name of party paying duty and penalty

14. In court Date of payment

15. Into the treasury and No, of treasury receipt

16. Signature of Presiding Officer of court or Collector

17. If sent to Collector under section 38 of Stamp Act. State exact date

18. Duty Amount written off as Rs.

19. Penalty irrecoverable by competent authority Rs.

20. Duty Balance Rs.

21. Penalty Rs.

22. REMARKS (Brief reasons for levying the duty and penalty)

No. VII

Register to Letters, Parwanas, Rubkars, Files etc., dispatched

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Serial No.	Date of dispatch	Contents	Address	Whether dispatched by letter post or parcel	Value of postage stamps	REMARKS

Rs. P.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

No. VIII

Record-keeper’s registers of all kinds of cases decided and sent to the Record Room

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Serial No.	No. of Ahimad’s Register	District	Tahsil	Village	Name, parentage and caste of Appellant	Name, etc. of Respondent	Claim and date of order appealed against	Purport of order passed	Date of order	Date of receipt of case by Record-keeper

No. IX

Register of misls taken from the Record Room for reference

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No. of Register	No. of Misls and year	Name of parties	Description of case	Name of Court to which misl sent	Date on which misls left the Record-room	Name and signature of official to whom given	Date of which the misl was returned to Record-room	Signature of Record-Keeper	REMARKS

No. X

Register of applications and realization of fees

1. Date

2. Serial No. of application

3. Name and residence of applicant

4. Name of court to which file belongs

5. Name of parties and No. of case

6. Nature of case, with the No. of the item of Schedule A

7. Date of order of record concerned

8. No. of copies required

9. Language U.E. (R and J) or T

10. Copying Fee

11. Urgent Fee

12. V.P.P. and registration charges INITIAL DEPOSITS

13. Total deposits

14. Serial No. of Register C.D. 3

15. Date of completion and examination of copy

16. Name of copyist

17. Number of page of the copy

18. Copying Fee

19. Urgent Fee

20. Search Fee FEES CHARGEABLE

21. V.P.P. and registration charge

22. Total of columns 18 to 21

23. Date of delivery

24. Initials of copying agent authorizing the delivery

25. Balance due from the applicant (if any)

26. Date of recovery of balance

27. Serial No. C.D. 3 in respect of the balance

28. Serial No. of register of copies pending clearance (in case of undelivered copies)

29. Balance due to applicant

30. Amount to be deducted, if any

31. Net amount due for refund to the applicant

32. Reference to the No. and date of refund voucher

33. Date of filing the case of undelivered copies in which no balance is due from applicant

34. Initial of copying agent

35. REMARKS

1. The following registers are prescribed for Revenue Courts

REVENUE COURT REGISTER

1. Register of Revenue Court Cases detailed in section 77 of Tenancy act.

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Serial No.	Date of institution of plant	Name of plaintiff with parentage caste and residence	Name of defendant, with parentage, caste and residence	Claim	Name of Mauza to which it relates	Date and purport of final judgment	Application for Review		Appeals		No. and date of Execu-tion Re gister	Date on which file is consig-ned to Record Office	Remar-ks
							Date of institution	Date purport of final order	Date of appeal	Date and pu-rport of judg-ment passed

Note: -In column 5 the nature of claim should be described in the terms of the classification of suit prescribed in quarterly statement II, and if hand is claimed, state its area and rent or revenue or in rent cases the amount of rent.

II. Register of Execution of Decrees in Revenue Court Cases.

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Serial No.	Date of application	No. of suit and names of parties to the suits in which decree was passed	Date of decree and nature of decree	Name of person applying for execution	Name of the person against whom the execution is sought	What relief the applicant now seeks	In what way the execution has taken place and with what result	Date and purport of final order and name of Officer passing the same	Date on which file is consigned to Record room		REMARKS

Note. –In column 4, the date of the decree and the sale of decree should be explicitly entered.

III. Register of objections in cases of execution of decrees

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Serial No.	Date on which objection was preferred	Name of applicant with parentage, caste and residence	Description of suit		Date of decree	Date of order of execution	Specification of property regarding which objection is made	Date and purport of final order	REMARKS
			No. of suit	Name of decree

IV. Register of miscellaneous applications, etc., relating to Revenue Court Cases.

Serial No.

Date of applica-tion or plaint

Name of applicant or plaintiff with description

Name of other side with description

Relief prayed for

Date and purport of final order

Date on which file was consigned to Record Office

REMARKS

Note. –All applications and cases which are not entered in the three previous Registers will be entered in this Register.

V. Register of dates fixed for hearing of cases

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Serial No.	Name of case in which the contempt court or other offence occurred	Name of offender, and whether a party to the suit or how connected therewith	Name of officer, before whom offence was committed	Name of offence and section of code applicable	Date on which committed	Punishment		Date of order for-warding accused party to Magistrate in more serious cases	Date of payment of fine and release of offender from imprisonment in lieu of fine	Date of order discharging of offender on his submission	Name of officer receiving fine	REMARKS
						Fine	Imprison- ment in lieu of fine

VI. Register of dates fixed for hearing of cases

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Date of hearing	Date of the work	Name of plaintiff	Name of defendant	Claim	Remarks

Note. –If the officer exercises Civil Powers as well as Revenue powers, he can use the Civil Registers and not keep separate ones.

VII. Register of Appeals from Decrees

Serial No.

Date of institution

Name and de-scription of the appellant

Name and description of the respondent

Decree appealed from

Under which law and section the appeal is preferred

Hearing

Judgment

Abstract of order

Modification of the decree on second appeal, revision, review or amendment

Re-mar-ks

Of what Court

No. and year of the original suit

Particular of the decree

Date

Purpose for which the date is fixed

Date

Whether confirmed, reserved or altered

Nature of the order and Court by which the order was passed

Date and purpose of the order

No. in Record Keeper’s Register

VIII. Register of Miscellaneous Appeals from orders

Serial No.

Date of institution

Name and description of the appellant

Name and description of the respondent

Decree appealed from

Under which law and section the appeal is preferred

Hearing

Judgment

Abstract of order

Modification of the decree on second appeal, revision, review or amendment

Re-mar-ks

Of what Court

No. and year of the original suit

Particular of the decree

Date

Purpose for which the date is fixed

Date

Whether confirmed, reserved or altered

Nature of the order and Court by which the order was passed

Date and purpose of the order

No. in Record Keeper’s Register

The following Registers are prescribed for record in Revenue Officer’s cases: -

Revenue Officer’s Registers.

1. Register of cases relating to Lambardars under Chapter III of the Land Revenue Act and rules made thereunder.

A. For Collector’s Office.

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Serial No.	Name of Tehsil and estate with Kistbandi No.	Date of commencement of proceeding in Collector’s Office	Name of parties concerned with description	Nature of proceedings	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and abstract of final order	Date of sending file to record office and record keeper’s signature

B. For the offices of officers to whom the cases are referred for report.

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Serial No.	Name of the estate with Kistbandi No.	Date on which file is received from Collector or of Institution in the Office	Name of parties concerned with description	Nature of proceedings	Date of sending the file to Collector’s Office and brief abstract of report	Date and brief abstract of final order passed by Collector	Date of report executing Collector’s order with brief abstract thereof	Remarks

II. Register of cases relating to Patwaris and Kanungos under Chapter III of the Land Revenue Act.

A. For Collector’s Office.

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Serial No.	Name of Tehsil	Date on which proceedings commenced in Collector’s office	Name of Patwaris or Kanungos with name of circle	Name of applicant with particulars or reference to report on which proceedings commenced	Nature of Proceedings	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order	Date of sending the file to Record-keeper’s signature.

B. For the Offices of Officer to whom the cases are referred for report

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Serial No.	Name of Patwari and kanungo with name of circle	Date on which file is received from Collector or of Institution in Revenue Officer’s Office	Name of applicant with particulars or reference to report on which proceedings commenced	Nature of proceedings	Date of sending the file to Collector’s office and brief abstract of report	Date and brief abstract of final order passed by Collector	Date of report, executing Collector’s order, and abstract thereof	Remarks

III-Register of cases relating to Chapter V (Assessment) of the Land Revenue Act, other than assessment of resumed assignment.

A –For Collector’s Office

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Serial No.	Tehsil and Estate, with Kistbandi No.	Date of commencement of proceedings in Collector’s office	Nature of proceedings and name of parties concerned	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report, and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order	Date of sending file in Record Office and Record-Keeper’s signature	Remarks

Note: -In districts where there are many cases of any special class under Section 59, the Collector may order separate registers of this form to be kept for any class, e.g. alluvion and dilluvion or Tirni cases.

B –For the Offices to whom the cases are referred for report

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Serial No.	Estate, with Kistbandi No.	Date of receipt of file from Collector’s office or of institution in the Revenue Officer’s Office	Nature of proceedings and names of parties concerned	Date of sending the File to Collector’s office and brief abstract of the report	Date and brief abstract of final order passed by Collector	Date of report, executing Collector’s order and brief abstract thereof	Remarks

IV. Register of cases relating to suspension or remission of Land Revenue and cases under Section 64(1) of the Land Revenue Act and of proceedings relating to the collection of suspended Revenue.

A –For Collector’s Office

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Serial No.	Tehsil and estate with Kistbandi Number	Date of commencement of proceedings in Collector’s office by application or otherwise	Nature of proceedings and on whose application instituted	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report, and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order	Date of sending file to Record Office and Record Keeper’s signatures	REMARKS

B –For the Offices or Officers to whom the cases are sent for report

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Serial No.	Estate, with Kistbandi No.	Date of receipt of file from Collector’s Office or of institution in tehsil	Nature of proceedings and names of parties concerned	Date of sending file to Collector’s office and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order passed by Collector	Date of report executing Collector’s order and brief abstract thereof	REMARKS

V. Register of cases under Chapter VI of the Land Revenue Act relating to processes for collection of Land Revenue, Village Officer’s Cess and Local Rates.

A –For the Office of Collector.

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Serial No.	Tehsil and Estate with kistbandi No.	Date of commencement of proceedings in Collector’s office	Nature of proceedings in application instituted	Name of defaulter, with description	Description and amount of arrears	For what year and harvest due	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report, and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order	Date of sending the file to Record Office and Record Keeper’s signature

B –For Tehsil Offices.

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Serial No.	Estate with Kistbandi No.	Date of receipt of the from Collector’s or of institution office.	Nature of proceedings and on whose application instituted	Name of defaulter with description	Description of amount of arrears	For what year and harvest	Date of sending the file to Collector’s office and brief abstract of report or date and brief abstract of Assistant Collectos’s order	Date and brief abstractor of final order passed by Collector	Date of report executing Collector’s order and brief abstract thereof	Remarks

VI –Register of cases under Section 98, Chapter VII of Land Revenue Act relating to collection of other Revenue recoverable as land revenue.

A –For the Offices of Collectors.

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Serial No.	Tehsil and estate with Kistbandi No.	Date of commencement of proceedings in Collector’s Office	Nature of proceedings and on whose application instituted	Name of defaulter with description	Description and amount of arrears	For what year and harvestdue	Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and reports and purpose for which referred	Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof	Date and brief abstract of final order	Date of sending the file to Record Office, and Record Keeper’s signature

B –For Tehsil Offices.

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Serial No.	Estate with Kistbandi No.	Date of receipt of file from Collector’s Office or of institution tehsil	Nature of proceedings and on whose application instituted	Name of defaulter with description	Description and amount of arrears	For what year and harvest due	Date of sending the file to Collector’s office and brief abstract of report	Date and brief abstract of final order passed by Collector	Date of report executing Collector’s order and brief abstract thereof	Remarks

VII –Register of cases relating to recovery of demands by village Officers (Section 97, Chapter VII of the Land Revenue Act).

A –For the Officers of Collectors.

1. Serial No.

2. Tehsil and estate with Kistbandi No.

3. Date of commencement of proceedings in Collector’s Office.

4. Nature of proceedings, and on whose application instituted

5. Name of defaulter, with description.

6. Description and amount of arrears.

7. For what year and harvest due.

8. Date of reference to another Revenue Officer for investigation and report and purpose for which referred.

9. Date of receipt of report and brief abstract thereof.

10. Date and brief abstract of final order.

11. Date of sending the file to Record Office and Record Keeper’s signature.

B –For Tehsil Offices.

1. Serial No.

2. Estate with Kistbandi No.

3. Date of receipt of file from Collector’s office or of institution in tehsil.

4. Nature of proceedings, and on whose application instituted.

5. Name of defaulter with description.

6. Description and amount of arrears.

7. For what year and harvest.

8. Date of sending file to Collector’s Office and brief abstract report.

9. Date and brief abstract of final order passed by the Collector

10. Date of report executing Collector’s order, and brief abstract thereof.

11. Remarks.