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Village Officers: Presented BY: Miss Sobia Fatima Advocate Ex-Legal Consultant at Parliament, Pakistan
Village Officers: Presented BY: Miss Sobia Fatima Advocate Ex-Legal Consultant at Parliament, Pakistan
VILLAGE OFFICERS
CHAPTER V
VILLAGE OFFICERS
■ 36. Rules regulating appointments etc., of Village Officers.
■ 37. Village Officers’ cess.
■ 38. Restrictions on attachment or assignment of remuneration of Village
Officers.
Paper-IV (Part-LL.B-1I)
Part I (Land Revenue Act)
1. Definition
2. Kinds of Village Officer
3. Appointment
4. Number of Lambardars
5. Selection criteria of Village officer
i. Hereditary claim
ii. Extent of holding of applicant
iii.Character, personality, and ability
iv.Strength and importance of community
v. Personal and family services
vi.Training of civil defence
Synopsis:
6. In case of Female, public servant, or minor
a.Female
b.Minor
c.Government servant
7. Duties of Headman
8. Dismissal of Lambardar
9. Remuneration of Lambardar
Definition
They are the following kinds of Village officer in the department of revenue.
Kanungos,
Patwaris,
Zabits,
Kotars or
Tapedar’s peons,
Arbabs,
Rais, and
Headman (Lambardar)
Kinds of Village Officer
i. Hereditary claim:
a. Female:
b. Minor:
Selection criteria of Village officer
Hereditary claim:
■ This rule deals with the first appointment and not succession to the
office falling vacant by the death or removal of Lambardar. In different
cases refugee over resident, minor over adult, illiterate over literate have
been preferred on the grounds of hereditary claim.
Extent of holding of applicant:
■ Holding of the Lambardar is taken as security against the collection and
depositing the government dues, in time. Larger holding provides larger
security. Person having less holding cannot provide sufficient security to
satisfy government.
Character, personality, and ability:
■ In a case one of two candidates, withdrawn his application in favor of
whom, who was not only healthy but was supposed having good
reputation. Character does mean general reputation of an individual
among the society members. He must bear presentable personality
Selection criteria of Village officer
■ It should be quite enough strong. Community does not mean caste or sub-
■ As per this rule services of an individual or his family member is taken into
consideration in the appointment of Lamberdar. In a contest junior retired
Military Officer may be preferred over senior Military Officer in active service,
being resident and readily available. If there are martyr or social workers in a
family, they must be considered positively. Meritorious services are plus point.
Appointment belonging to boarder area requires the training of civil defence.
Selection criteria of Village officer
■ Law gives the Collector, power to appoint a minor. A 15 years’ minor was
appointed as a Lambardar keeping in view of his hereditary claim and
much larger holding. A supervisor can be appointed to carry on all
matters until he attains the age of majority. A person who is entitled to
succeed the office of Lambardar-ship by inheritance however distantly
related to the deceased Lambardar may be appointed in spite of his
minority.
Government servant:
Collection of Land Revenue and all other dues by due date and depositing
the same to government office.
Collection of rent and other income.
• Acknowledgement of all receipts.
Report to Tehsildar of every death, birth, pension, and marriage or re-
marriage of female drawing family pension and residing in estate.
Duties of Headman:
He performs the duties such as
The grounds of the dismissal of Lambardar can be divided into two parts.
Mandatory Dismissal
Discretionary Dismissal
■ Mandatory Dismissal
a) If the Lambardar has been punished with
sentence of imprisonment for one year or upward.
b) If he has sold his holding.
1. When criminal
proceedings have been
started against the
Lambardar in which he
may be sentenced for
less than one year, he
may be dismissed.
Discretionary Dismissal