PUNJAB CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS ORDINANCE, 1960

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THE PUNJAB CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS 
ORDINANCE, 1960 
(VI of 1960) 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
CHAPTER II 
Consolidation of Holdings 
3. Who may move for consolidation of holdings. 
4. When an application for consolidation of holdings shall be deemed to be 
on behalf of all the land-owners. 
5. Application by some of the owners and its effect. 
6. Transfer of rights of landowners in holdings and of tenants in tenancies. 
7. When application may be rejected. 
8. Admission of application. 
9. Preparation of scheme for consolidation of holdings and appointment of 
Advisory Committee. 
9-A. Power to exclude from or include in consolidation any land. 
10. Publication of scheme, settlement of objections thereto and its 
confirmation. 
11. Appeals. 
12. Payment of compensation. 
13. Power to call for and examine records. 
14. No appeal except as provided by this Ordinance. 
15. Procedure on confirmation. 
16. Rights of land-owners and tenants after consolidation same as before. 
17. Transfer of incumbrance to new allotments. 
18. Right of land -owners, tenants and persons affected in newly allotted 
holdings and tenements. 
18-A. Summary ejectment. 
19. Revenue Officer to prevent encroachment upon way or path shown in 
new records. 
CHAPTER III 
Supplemental 
20. Cost of consolidation proceedings. 
21. Recovery of compensation or cost as arrears of land-revenue. 
22. No instrument necessary to effect transfer. 
23. Abeyance of partition proceedings during consolidation proceedings. 
24. Transfer of property during consolidation proceedings. 
25. Killabandi to be the basis. 
26. Jurisdiction of Civil Court barred as regards matt ers arising under this 
Ordinance. 
27. Public servants indemnified for acts done under this Ordinance. 
28. The Ordinance not to affect the validity of consolidation of holdings by 
Co-operative Societies duly registered. 
29. Power to make rules. 
30. Repeal. 
TEXT 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS ORDINANCE, 1960 
(VI of 1960) 
[10 March 1960] 
An 
Ordinance 
to consolidate and amend the law relating to consolidation of holdings in the 
Province of 
3
[the Punjab]. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to 
consolidation of holdings in the Province of 
4
[the Punjab]; 
 NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Pres idential Proclamation of the 
seventh day of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the 
President, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased, in exercise of all powers 
enabling him in that behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the 
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[Punjab] Consolidation of Holdings Ordinance, 1960. 
 
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[(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of 
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[the Punjab] , except the 
Tribal Areas.] 
 (3) It shall come into force
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 in such area or areas and from such  date or 
dates as Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. 
                                                           
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on January 19, 1960, published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 10, 1960, pp. 1431 -1441; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the 
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974)  (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated Nov ember 2 0, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(2) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 34. 
3Ibid. 
4Ibid. 
5Ibid. 
6Substituted by the West Pakistan Laws (Extension to Karachi) Ordinance, 1964 (VII of 1964), published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 25, 1964, pp. 1679-1688, s. 2 read with Schedule, Serial No. 34. 
7Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974)  (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), da ted November 2 0, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(2) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 34. 
8The Ordinance was brought in force in Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Kohat, Mianwali, Peshawar, Mardan, Hazara, Attock, 
Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Muzaffargarh, Jhelum , Shahpur, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Jhang, Lyallpur (now 
Faisalabad), Montgomery (now Sahiwal), Multan, (now includes District of Vehari), Dera Ghazi Khan Districts with effect from 
April 11, 1960, vide Notification No. 18O&A(Rev)/60, date d 9.4.1960, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated April 11, 1960, p. 1691. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following expressions sha ll have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to 
them, that is to say– 
(a) “arrears of land -revenue” means land -revenue which remains unpaid 
after the date on which it becomes payable; 
(b) “Board of Revenue” means the Board of Revenue constituted under  
the 
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[Punjab] Board of Revenue Act, 1957
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; 
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[(c) “Collector” means Collector appointed under the Punjab Land Revenue 
Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes any other officer specially 
empowered by the Board of Revenue to perform the functions of a 
Collector;] 
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[
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[(d) “Commissioner” means a Commissioner of a Division appointed under 
the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 19 67 (XVII of 1967) and includes an 
Additional Commissioner;]]  
(e) “Consolidation Officer” means an officer appointed by the Board of 
Revenue or by any other officer specially empowered by the Board of 
Revenue in this behalf, to perform all or any of the functions of a 
Consolidation Officer under this Ordinance; 
(f) “consolidation of holdings” means the re -distribution of all or any of the 
lands in an  estate or sub -division of an estate so as to reduce the 
number of plots; 
(g) “estate” means any area– 
(i) for which a separate record-of-rights has been made; or 
(ii) which has been separately assessed to land -revenue, or would 
have been so assessed if th e land -revenue had not been 
released, compounded for or redeemed; or  
(iii) which the Board of Revenue may, by general rule or special 
order, declare to be an estate; 
(h) “Government” means the 
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[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974)  (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Ex traordinary), dated November 2 0, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(2) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 34. 
2W.P. XI of 1957. 
3Substituted by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinan ce, 2001 (XLII of 2001) (w.e.f.  14.8.2001), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 2(i) which was protected and 
continued under the Provincial Constitutional Order, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order 1 of 1999) as amended by the Provincial 
Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1999 (Chief Executive’s Order 9 of 1999) and Article 270AA of the Constitution of the Islamic 
Republic of Pakistan as substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010. 
4Substituted by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Ame ndment) Ordinan ce, 2001 (XLII of 2001) (w.e.f.  14.8.2001), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 2(ii). 
5Substituted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011) , published in the Punjab Gazette  (Extraordinary), dated 
April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(1). It came into force w.e.f.  20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078-2011/487-LR-I, dated 
April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
6Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974)  (w.e.f. 
14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 2 0, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(2) read 
with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 34. 
(i) “holding” means a share or portion of an estate held by one land-owner 
or jointly by two or more land-owners; 
(j) “land-owner” does not include a tenant, but does include a person to 
whom a holding has been transferred, or an estate or holding has been 
let in farm, for the recovery of arrears of land -revenue or of a sum 
recoverable as such arrears, and every other person not hereinbefore 
mentioned who is in possession of an estate or any share or portion 
thereof, or in the enjoyment of any part of the profits of an estate; 
(k) “land-revenue” includes any sum payable in respect of land by way of 
quit-rent; 
(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
(m) “Registrar” means the person appointed by Government to  perform the 
duties of a Registrar of Co-operative Societies under any law relating to 
Co-operative Societies; 
(n) “Revenue Officer” means a Revenue Officer having authority to 
discharge the functions of a Revenue Officer under any law relating to 
land-revenue; and 
(o) “sub-division” means a part of  an estate recorded as a sub -division, 
patti, taraf or pana in a record-of-rights prepared under any law for the 
time being in force relating to land -revenue, provided it forms a 
compact block. 
CHAPTER II 
Consolidation of Holdings 
3. Who may move for conso lidation of holdings.– (1) The Board of Revenue 
or any officer authorised by it in this behalf may move the Consolidation Officer for 
the consolidation of holdings in an estate or a sub-division. 
 (2) Any two or more land -owners in an estate or a sub -division holding 
together not less than the minimum area of land prescribed in this behalf may make 
an application in writing to the Consolidation Officer f or the consolidation of their 
holdings. 
4. When an application for consolidation of holdings shall be deemed to be 
on behalf of all the land -owners.– (1) Where an application for consolidation of 
holdings is made by or on behalf of all the land -owners of an estate or a sub -division 
and the scheme of consolidation of holdings is confirmed, such scheme shall be  
binding on all the land -owners of the estate or the sub -division and on every person 
having a right or interest or who may subsequently become entitled to such right or 
interest in the area included in the scheme. 
 (2) The motion or the application, as th e case may be, shall be deemed to 
be an application on behalf of all the land-owners in the estate or sub-division, if– 
(a) the Board of Revenue or an officer authorised by it in this behalf moves 
the Consolidation Officer for the consolidation of the hold ings in an 
estate or a sub-division; 
(b) not less than fifty -one per cent.  of the land -owners in an estate or a 
sub-division, holdings not less than fifty -one per cent. of the cultivated 
area in the estate or the sub -division, make an application for 
consolidation of their holdings; or 
(c) on inquiry into an application made under sub -section (2) of section 3, 
the Consolidation Officer is satisfied that not less than fifty -one per 
cent. of the land -owners in the estate or sub -division holding not less 
than fifty-one per cent. of the cultivated area in the estate or sub -
division, agree in writing to the consolidation of their holdings. 
Explanation.– If a part or the whole of the cultivated area in an estate or a sub -
division is evacuee property as defined in the Pakistan (Administration of Evacuee 
Property) Act, 1957
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, or in any other law relating to the administration of such 
property, an application for consolidation of holdings made by the Custodian of 
Evacuee Property or an officer authorised by him in thi s behalf, or the consent given 
by him or the said officer, and where any such property has been acquired by 
Government under section 4 of the Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act, 1958
2
, 
an application for consolidation of holdings made by the Chief Set tlement and 
Rehabilitation Commissioner, or an officer authorised by him in this behalf, or the 
consent given by him or the said officer, shall be deemed to be an application or 
consent on behalf of all evacuee land -owners of such cultivated area in the es tate or 
the sub-division, or on behalf of the 
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[Federal Government], as the case may be. 
5. Application by some of the owners and its effect .– Where an application 
for consolidation is not by or on behalf of all the land -owners, it shall be confined to 
the land owned by the applicants and by such other land-owners who have agreed to 
the consolidation of their holdings, and, if confirmed, it shall be binding on them and 
on every person having a right or interest or who may subsequently become entitled 
to such right or interest in the area included in the scheme. 
6. Transfer of rights of landowners in holdings and of tenants in 
tenancies.– Notwithstanding anything in any other law, the rights and liabilities of 
land-owners in their holdings and of tenants in t heir tenancies shall, for the purpose 
of giving effect to any scheme of consolidation affecting them, be transferable by 
exchange or otherwise and neither the landlord nor the tenant nor any other person 
shall be entitled to object to or interfere with any transfer made for the said purpose. 
7. When application may be rejected.– (1) Where there appear to be good and 
sufficient reasons for disallowing an application for consolidation of holdings, or for 
excluding any land from consolidation, the Consolidation Officer may, at any stage of 
the proceedings, submit the application to the Collector with the recommendation 
that the application be rejected in whole or in part, or that the proceedings in respect 
thereof be quashed. 
 (2) The Collector, on receipt of t he recommendation, may pass such 
orders thereon as he deems proper, rejecting or admitting the application, either in 
                                                           
1XII of 1957. 
2XLVII of 1958. 
3Substituted for the words “ Central Government” by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order,  1975 (4 of 1975), published in the 
Gazette of Pakistan  (Extraordinary), Part I , dated August 1, 197 5, pp. 435-467, Arti cle 2( 3) read with Table of General 
Adaptations. 
whole or in part, or he may direct the Consolidation Officer to make further 
recommendation after such enquiry as may be directed. 
8. Admission of application .– If the Consolidation Officer makes no 
recommendation to the Collector under sub-section (1) of section 7 or if the Collector 
allows the application on such recommendation to be entertained in whole or in part, 
the Consolidation Offic er shall admit the application in whole or in part, as the case 
may be, and shall proceed to deal with it in such manner as may be prescribed. 
9. Preparation of scheme for consolidation of holdings and appointment of 
Advisory Committee .– (1) Where the land -owners making the application under 
sub-section (2) of section 3 submit an agreed scheme for consolidation of holdings, 
the Consolidation Officer shall proceed with the application in such manner as may 
be prescribed. 
 (2) If no agreed scheme is submitted  with the application for consolidation, 
the Consolidation Officer shall  prepare a scheme for consolidation of holdings in 
such manner as may be prescribed. 
 (3) Subject to any rules made under section 29, the Consolidation Officer 
may appoint an Advisory Committee or Panchayat to assist him in the preparation of 
a scheme for the consolidation of holdings. 
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[9-A. Power to exclude from or include in consolidation any land .– 
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, the Board of Revenue may, in 
the public interest, direct, by general or special order, that any land, holding or class 
thereof shall be excluded from or included in any scheme of consolidation before it is 
confirmed.] 
10. Publication of scheme, settlement of objections thereto and its 
confirmation.– (1) The Consolidation Officer shall, before approving any scheme, 
publish it in such manner as may be prescribed. 
 (2) Where objections are lodged by any person interested in the area 
covered by the scheme, the Consolidation Officer shall end eavour to bring about an 
amicable settlement. 
 (3) If no objections are lodged, or where lodged the Consolidation Officer 
succeeds in bringing about an amicable settlement, he shall pass an order 
confirming the scheme of consolidation. 
 (4) If the Consolidation Officer fails to bring about an amicable settlement, 
he shall submit the scheme with his recommendations to the Collector, who after 
giving notice to the persons concerned and hearing them if they so desire, may, after 
further enquiry by himself or a ny Consolidation Officer, or without such enquiry, as 
he may deem fit, reject the scheme or confirm it with or without modifications. 
11. Appeals.– (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Consolidation Officer 
confirming the scheme may, within sixty da ys from the date of the order, prefer an 
appeal to the Collector. 
                                                           
1Added by the West Pakistan Consolidation of Holdings (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971 (IV of 1971), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 22, 1971, pp. 323-324, s. 2, and shall be d eemed to have been so added on and 
from the date of enforcement of the main Ordinance i.e. April 11, 1960. 
 (2) A second appeal from the order of the Collector passed on an appeal 
under sub-section (1) shall lie to the 
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[
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[Commissioner] within sixty days from the date 
of the order ; provided that when the order of the Consolidation Officer is confirmed 
on appeal by the Collector, no second appeal shall lie. 
 (3) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Collector made under sub -
section (4) of section 10 confirming, rejecting or modifying a scheme of consolidation 
submitted to him by the Consolidation Officer may, within sixty days from the date of 
the order, prefer an appeal to the 
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[
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[Commissioner]]. 
 
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[(3-A) The Collector or the 
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[
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[Commissioner]], in appeal may, after giving the 
aggrieved person or persons an opportunity of being heard confirm, set aside or vary 
the order appealed from.] 
 
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[(4) In questions of the admission of, and the computation of the period for, 
an appeal from the order under this Ordinance, the limitation therefor shall be 
governed by the Limitation Act, 1908.] 
12. Payment of compensation .– When the Consolidation Officer or the 
Collector, as the case may be, is of the opinion that the re -distribution of land in 
accordance with the scheme of consolidation confirmed by him will have the result of 
allotting to any land -owner any piece of land which is not of the same value as his 
original piece of land and that it is equitable that compensation should be granted, he 
may provide for payment of compensation by and to the persons as ma y be affected 
by the scheme. 
13. Power to call for and examine records.– 
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[(1) The Board of Revenue may– 
(a) at any time of its own motion call for the record of any proceedings 
under  this Ordinance pending before, or disposal of, by any Revenue 
or Consolidation Officer; or 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words and brackets “Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 
2011), published in the Punjab Gazette ( Extraordinary), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(2). It came into force w.e.f. 
20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078-2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
3Substituted for the word “Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 3. 
4Substituted for the words and brackets “Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 
2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(2). It came into force w.e.f. 
20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078-2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
5Inserted by the West Pakistan Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XXXIV of 1965), published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated November 2, 1965, pp. 5607-5614, s. 3, read with Second Schedule, Serial No. 16. 
6Substituted for the word “Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 3. 
7Substituted for the words and brackets “Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 
2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary ), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(2). It came into force w.e.f. 
20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078-2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
8Added by the West Pakista n Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Act, 1964 (XVI of 1964), published in the Gazette of 
West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1964, p. 953, s. 2. 
9Substituted by the West Pakistan Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XVII of  1965), published in the 
Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 9, 1965, pp. 3665-3666, s. 2. 
(b) on application made to it in that behalf by a person aggrieved within 
ninety days of the passing of an order in any proceedings under this 
Ordinance by any Revenue or Consolidation Officer, and after giving 
such person an opportunit y of being heard, call for the record of such 
proceedings.] 
 (2) 
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[A Commissioner ]] or Collector may call for the record of any case 
under this Ordinance pending before, or disposed of by, any Revenue Officer or 
Consolidation Officer under his control. 
 (3) If in any case in which a Collector has called for the record under sub -
section (2), he is of opinion that the proceedings taken or order made should be 
modified or reversed; he shall report the case with his opinion thereon for the orders 
of the 
3
[
4
[Commissioner]]. 
 (4) The Board of Revenue may in any case called for under sub -section 
(1) and 
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[
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[a Commissioner]] may in any case called for by him under sub -section (2) 
or reported to him under sub-section (3), pass such order as it or he thinks fit: 
 Provided that no order shall be passed under this section reversing or 
modifying any proceedings or order of a subordinate Revenue Officer and affecting 
any question of right between private persons without giving those persons an 
opportunity of being heard. 
14. No appeal except as provided by this Ordinance.– Save as provided in this 
Ordinance no appeal or revision shall lie from any order passed under this 
Ordinance or the rules made thereunder. 
15. Procedure on confirmation .– When the confirmation of a sch eme of 
consolidation becomes final, the Consolidation Officer shall– 
(a) announce the decision which has become final, if this has not been 
already done; 
(b) demarcate the boundaries of the holdings, if necessary; and 
(c) cause to be prepared a new record -of-rights in accordance with the 
scheme. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “A Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 4(i). 
2Substituted for the words  and brackets “An Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 
(VI of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(3)(i). It came into force 
w.e.f. 20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078 -2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
3Substituted for the word “Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 4(ii). 
4Substituted for the words and brackets “Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 
2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(3)(ii). It came into force 
w.e.f. 20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078 -2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
5Substituted for the words “a Commissioner” by the Punjab Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XLII of 
2001) (w.e.f. 14.8.2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 14, 2001, pp. 1803-1804, s. 4(iii). 
6Substituted for the words  and brackets “an Executive District Officer (Revenue)” by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011  
(VI of 2011), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated April 14, 2011, pp. 4043-4047, s. 11(3)(iii). It came into 
force w.e.f.  20.4.2011 vide Notification No. 1078 -2011/487-LR-I, dated April 16, 2011, published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated April 16, 2011, p. 4081. 
Explanation.– Such record -of-rights shall have the same force as the record -of-
rights which it purports to replace. 
16. Rights of land -owners and tenants after consolidation same as before .– 
A land-owner or a tenant shall have the same right s in the holding or land allotted to 
him in pursuance of a scheme of consolidation as he had in his original holding or 
tenancy, as the case may be. 
17. Transfer of incumbrance to new allotments.– Subject to any rules that may 
be made under section 29, when the holding of a land -owner or the tenancy of a 
tenant brought under the scheme of consolidation is burdened with any lease, 
mortgage or other incumbrance, such lease, mortgage or other incumbrance shall be 
transferred and attac hed to the holding or tenancy allotted under the scheme or to 
such part of it as the Consolidation Officer may direct; and, thereupon, the lessee, 
mortgagee or other incumbrancer, as the case may be, shall cease to have any right 
in or over the land from w hich the lease, mortgage or other incumbrance has been 
transferred. 
18. Right of land -owners, tenants and persons affected in newly allotted 
holdings and tenements.– The land-owners, tenants and other persons affected by 
the scheme of consolidation shall b e entitled to possession of the holdings and 
tenements allotted to them under the scheme and the Consolidation Officer shall, by 
an order, direct that they be put in possession thereof from such date after the final 
confirmation of the scheme, as he may de em expedient, and for this purpose he 
shall have all the powers of the Collector. 
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[18-A. Summary ejectment .– Any person occupying, or in possession of, any 
holding or tenement included in the Consolidation Scheme– 
(a) the right of occupation of which has been allotted to any land -owner, 
tenant or other person under the Consolidation Scheme; or 
(b) possession of which has not been authorised by the Consolidation 
Officer under the Consolidation Scheme; 
may, after being given a reasonable opportunity of showi ng cause 
against such action, be summarily ejected by the Consolidation Officer, 
with the use of such force as may be necessary: 
 Provided that no person shall be so ejected earlier than the date mentioned in 
the order made under section 18.] 
19. Revenue O fficer to prevent encroachment upon way or path shown in 
new records.– A Revenue Officer may, either of his own motion or on an application 
in this behalf, eject any person making any encroachment upon any way or path 
shown in the record -of-rights prepared under section 15, and by an order published 
in such manner as may be prescribed, forbid repetition of the encroachment: 
 Provided that the proceedings of the Revenue Officer shall be subject to any 
decree or order which may be passed by any Court of competent jurisdiction. 
                                                           
1Added by the West Pakistan Consolidation of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XVII of 1965), published in the Gazette 
of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 9, 1965, pp. 3665-3666, s. 3. 
CHAPTER III 
Supplemental 
20. Cost of consolidation proceedings.– The cost of consolidation proceedings 
shall be recovered, in such manner as may be prescribed, from the person s whose 
holdings are affected by the scheme of consolidation: 
 Provided that Government may remit the costs of a single scheme of 
consolidation or of all schemes of consolidation in a particular area either in whole or 
in part or for a term of years. 
21. Recovery of compensation or cost as arrears of land -revenue.– Any 
amount payable as compensation under section 12 or as costs under section 20 may 
be recovered as an arrear of land-revenue. 
22. No instrument necessary to effect transfer .– Notwithstanding anything in 
any law:– 
(a) an instrument in writing shall not be necessary in order to give effect to 
a transfer involved in carrying out any scheme of consolidation of 
holdings; and 
(b) if any instrument is executed, it shall not require registration. 
23. Abeyance of partition proceedings during consolidation proceedin gs.– 
When an application for the consolidation of holdings has been made and it has 
been duly admitted, partition proceedings in respect of the estate or sub -division 
which will be affected by the scheme shall not be commenced, and all pending 
proceedings shall remain in abeyance till the conclusion of the consolidation 
proceedings. 
24. Transfer of property during consolidation proceedings .– When an 
application for the consolidation of holdings has been made, no land -owner or tenant 
having a right of occupa ncy upon whom the scheme will be binding shall have 
power, without the sanction of the Consolidation Officer, during the pendency of the 
consolidation proceedings, to transfer or otherwise deal with any part of his holding 
or tenancy so as to affect the ri ghts of any other land -owner or tenant having a right 
of occupancy therein under the scheme of consolidation. 
25. Killabandi to be the basis.– Consolidation of holdings shall be carried out on 
the basis of killabandi where the physical features of the tract under operation permit 
such a course. 
26. Jurisdiction of Civil Court barred as regards matters arising under this 
Ordinance.– No Civil Court shall entertain any suit or application to obtain a decision 
or order in respect of any matter which Government or the Board of Revenue or any 
officer is, by this Ordinance, empowered to determine, decide or dispose of. 
27. Public servants indemnified for acts done under this Ordinance .– No suit 
or other legal proceedings shall be maintained in respect of the exerci se of any 
powers or discretion conferred by this Ordinance or against any public servant or 
person duly appointed or authorised under this Ordinance in respect of anything in 
good faith done or purported to be done under the provisions thereof or the rules  
made thereunder. 
28. The Ordinance not to affect the validity of consolidation of holdings by 
Co-operative Societies duly registered .– In relation to any Co -operative Society 
duly registered under any law for the time being in force relating to Co -operative 
Societies, having as its object the consolidation of holdings, nothing in this 
Ordinance shall affect the validity or enforceability of– 
(a) the acts or proceedings of any society as aforesaid or of its managing 
committee or servants; 
(b) any decision o f any society as aforesaid approving by a two -thirds 
majority of its whole membership, a scheme for the re -arrangement of 
the holdings of all or any members of such society; or 
(c) the acts, proceedings and awards done, taken or made by the 
Registrar acting as arbitrator, or by a person appointed by the Registrar 
in accordance with the bye -laws of such society and the rules 
applicable to it, to act as arbitrator, in respect of any dispute arising out 
of or relating to any scheme of re -arrangement as aforesa id, and all 
such acts, proceedings, decisions and awards shall have such effect in 
relation to the holdings which have been re -arranged thereby, as is 
provided by the aforesaid bye-laws and rules. 
29. Power to make rules .– (1) The Board of Revenue may afte r previous 
publication make rules
1
 for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this 
Ordinance. 
 (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing 
power, the Board of Revenue may, in the manner prescribed by the last p receding 
sub-section, make rules– 
(a) prescribing the minimum area of land to be held by the persons making 
an application under sub-section (2) of section 3; 
(b) providing for the particulars to be contained in any application made 
under sub-section (2) of section 3; 
(c) providing for the procedure to be followed by the Consolidation Officer 
and for the appointment and constitution of an Advisory Committee or 
Panchayat to assist the Consolidation Officer in the examination or the 
preparation of the scheme; 
(d) providing for the manner in which the costs of the consolidation 
proceedings shall be assessed;  
(e) providing for the appointment of guardians ad litem for minors; 
(f) for determining the value of lands and the compensation to be paid 
therefor; 
                                                           
1The West Pakistan  Consolidation of Holdings Rules, 1960 we re framed vide Notification No. 1691 -60/1042-CH(P), dated 
6.08.1960, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 22.08.1960, pp. 3475-3478. 
(g) for the guidance of Consolidation Officers in respect of the transfer of 
incumbrances and leases; 
(h) generally for the guidance of the Consolidation Officers and other 
officers and persons in all proceedings under this Ordinance; and 
(i) for appointment of  an officer or officers to supervise the consolidation 
operations and to supervise and control the consolidation staff. 
30. Repeal.– The Punjab Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1936
1
, and the North -
West Frontier Province Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1946
2
, are hereby repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Punjab IV of 1936. 
2N.W.F.P. IX of 1946.