Public Notice: Suspension of Section 40 Land-Record Attestations — Digitization to Complete by 2025-02-28

Issuer: Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Taluka Keti Bandar (District Thatta).

Purpose: Inform the public that correction/attestation activities carried out under Section 40 of the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967, have been suspended in connection with the Board of Revenue, Sindh’s land-record digitization project. The project is expected to be completed by 28 February 2025, and decisions on correction/attestation of older records (notably records from 1985–1988 and earlier) should be made only after proper review.

Key points:

• Board of Revenue, Sindh has suspended powers under Section 40 of the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967 by order dated 28 February 2025.
• Land records are to be maintained according to prescribed standards using modern computer technology; correction/attestation activities requiring special scrutiny are suspended until completion of digitization.
• Under the Act, correction and attestation functions are governed by Section 42 read with Sections 11, 12 and 13; only attestations by the competent Revenue Officer will be legally effective.
• Persons in the affected taluka/district whose names, ownership rights, survey numbers, or other land entries may be affected are invited to submit objections within 15 days of this notice.
• Objections should be submitted to the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Keamari Taluka (as stated in the notice).

The notice also lists specific names and associated survey/entry numbers as affected records:

Location: Taluka Keti Bandar / (notice references Keamari Taluka), District Thatta, Province Sindh.

Action required: Submit any objections with supporting record/evidence (written or oral) to the office of the Assistant Commissioner (as above) within 15 days of this notice.