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A term used in Indian land records and land transactions, explained in English and Hindi, with the lessons and judgments where it matters.
पट्टा
A grant of rights over a plot, issued by the competent body — the gram panchayat for abadi land in a village, or the development authority or municipal body for plots in an approved layout. What a particular patta actually grants, and on what tenure, must be read from the document itself. An issuing body cannot grant what it has no power to grant, which is why a panchayat patta purporting to create a residential plot on an agricultural khasra creates nothing.
A grant of rights over a plot, issued in the village context by the gram panchayat for abadi land.
A grant of rights over a plot, issued by the competent body; tenure type must be read from the document.
This term is used in the following Academy lessons. The lesson gives it context that a definition on its own cannot.
Terms taught alongside this one.
gov.in / nic.in portals — Apna Khata, e-Panjiyan and the Board of Revenue site — and at your local Tehsil or Patwari office before any transaction.Curriculum verified July 2026 · Rajasthan