Knowledge & Policies
Glossary of land terms
The words you will meet in Haryana land records, planning permissions, construction approvals and RERA — explained plainly, with links to the guides that use them.
A
- Abadi / Lal Dora land records
- The inhabited village site, historically outside the regular revenue record. Ownership evidence there often differs from agricultural land; check the specific documents and any later survey.
- Agreement to sell transactions
- A contract to sell in future. It does not transfer ownership.
- Aks Shajra land records
- Tracing or copy of the village (cadastral) map showing field boundaries and numbers.
B
- Banjar land records
- Uncultivated land in revenue classification.
- Bigha units
- A local unit of land area whose value varies by region. Never convert without the local standard in use.
- BIP industry
- Building in progress — a status some estate authorities use when construction has begun but is not complete.
- Biswa units
- A local subdivision of the bigha; value depends on the local standard.
- Building plan sanction construction
- Approval of building drawings by the competent authority before construction.
C
- Carpet area real estate
- Under RERA, the net usable floor area of an apartment, as defined in the Act.
- Chahi land records
- Agricultural land irrigated by a well — one of the land classes used in Haryana revenue records and collector-rate lists.
- CLU (Change of Land Use) planning
- Permission to use land for a purpose other than its permitted use in a controlled area.
- Collector rate transactions
- The minimum value per unit fixed for an area for computing stamp duty. Not a market value.
- Completion certificate (CC) construction
- Certificate that development or construction is complete as approved.
- Controlled area planning
- An area around towns or along scheduled roads declared under the 1963 Act, where development needs permission and follows a development plan.
- Conveyance deed transactions
- The registered document that transfers ownership of immovable property.
- CTE / CTO environment
- Consent to Establish / Consent to Operate from the State Pollution Control Board under the Water and Air Acts.
D
- Demarcation land records
- Official marking of a parcel's boundaries on the ground by revenue officials.
- Development plan (DP) planning
- The notified plan for an urban complex that zones land for uses. Drafts published for objections are not operative.
E
- EC (Environmental clearance) environment
- Prior clearance under the EIA Notification for listed projects above thresholds.
- EDC / IDC planning
- External and Infrastructure Development Charges payable by licensees for external infrastructure.
- Encumbrance transactions
- A charge or claim on property, such as a mortgage or lease.
F
- FAR / FSI planning
- Floor Area Ratio: total permissible built floor area divided by plot area.
- Fard land records
- A copy or extract of the revenue record.
- Fire NOC / Fire safety certificate construction
- Approval from the fire authority for buildings that require it, at design and occupation stages.
G
- Gair Mumkin land records
- Revenue class for land not cultivable (built on, road, pond, hill, etc.). The suffix (e.g. gair mumkin pahar — hill) matters.
- Girdawari land records
- The periodic crop inspection record maintained by the patwari, showing actual cultivation and possession.
- GPA (General Power of Attorney) transactions
- An authority for an agent to act. It does not transfer ownership.
- GRAP environment
- Graded Response Action Plan for NCR air quality, which can restrict construction at higher stages.
- Ground coverage planning
- The share of a plot that buildings may cover at ground level.
H
- Hadbast number land records
- The identification number of a revenue estate (village).
- HWRA permission utilities
- Permission from the Haryana Water Resources Authority to extract groundwater, unless exempt.
I
- IMT industry
- Industrial Model Township developed by HSIIDC.
- Intkal / Mutation land records
- The order recording a change of ownership or interest in the revenue record. A fiscal record — it does not by itself prove title.
J
- Jamabandi land records
- The record of rights for a revenue estate listing owners, cultivators, holdings and shares.
K
- Kanal units
- A local area unit used in Haryana and Punjab revenue records. Take its value from the record or a surveyor before converting.
- Khasra land records
- A field (survey) number identifying a parcel on the village map.
- Khatoni land records
- The cultivation holding number within a khewat.
- Khewat land records
- The ownership holding number in the Jamabandi.
- Killa land records
- A field within a consolidated rectangle (murabba). In much of Haryana a rectangle is divided into killas of about one acre.
L
- Licence (colony) planning
- Permission under the 1975 Act to develop a colony, with conditions and charges.
- LOI planning
- Letter of Intent — an in-principle stage before a licence or allotment is granted. Not the final permission.
M
- Marla units
- A local area unit (a fraction of a kanal) whose value depends on the standard in use.
- Murabba / Rectangle land records
- The consolidation block into which agricultural land was re-laid; parcels are identified by rectangle and killa numbers.
N
- Nakal land records
- A certified copy of a record.
O
- Occupation certificate (OC) construction
- Approval allowing a completed building to be occupied.
P
- Patwari land records
- The village-level revenue official who maintains the record and maps.
- PLPA environment
- Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 — restrictions on notified land; Section 4 special-order land is treated as forest for non-forest use.
- Promoter real estate
- Under RERA, the person who develops or causes development of a project; responsible for registration and disclosures.
R
- RERA registration real estate
- Registration of a real estate project or agent with the State regulator under the 2016 Act.
S
- Sanctioned load utilities
- The electrical load approved for a connection by the distribution licensee.
- Setback planning
- The minimum open distance required between a building and the plot boundary.
- Shamlat land records
- Common village land; its status has been the subject of extensive litigation and legislation.
- Stamp duty transactions
- The tax payable on an instrument such as a conveyance or lease, under the stamp law and State notifications.
- Structural stability certificate construction
- A certificate by a qualified structural engineer about the safety of a structure.
- Sub-Registrar transactions
- The officer before whom documents are presented for registration.
T
- Tehsil / Sub-tehsil land records
- The revenue sub-division of a district whose office maintains records and registers documents for its villages.
- TOD planning
- Transit-Oriented Development — planning zones around transit corridors with special norms.
Z
- Zoning plan planning
- A plot-level drawing setting out permissible building envelope, use and controls.
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