Summary The court will not recognize verbal agreements and property deals in urban areas with LRA.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Thursday restricted the authority of ‘patwaris’ (revenue officials) in urban cities on keeping record of properties.
Reportedly, the Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar headed over a three-member bench to hear the case in a suo motu notice on the functionality of patwaris – a term used for land record officers in India and Pakistan – and tehsildars.
“The court will not recognise verbal agreements and property deals in urban areas any more where the Punjab Land Revenue Act (LRA) is being followed,” the court remarked.
The top judge said that the world has being exploring space and moon, whereas the property record system could not be computerised in Pakistan.
“Properties will only be transferred through the Land Revenue Act,” he said while asking under what law they had been drafting property transfer deeds.
