English translations of Punjabi land, panchayat and court documents, and Australian documents translated into Punjabi.
Punjabi legal documents from Indian Punjab are written in Gurmukhi script and most often concern land and family. Revenue offices, the patwari and the tehsildar, issue the land records; village matters are recorded by the gram panchayat (ਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਪੰਚਾਇਤ). Higher court work, such as the Punjab and Haryana High Court, is largely in English.
Land records use a revenue vocabulary inherited from Persian and Urdu: khewat, khatoni, khasra, marla and kanal. These are units and record types with no Australian equivalent, so the term is translated as it stands rather than converted to an Australian equivalent. Shares in jointly held land are written as fractions, which are reproduced exactly.
Names follow Sikh and Punjabi conventions, with Singh and Kaur used in place of a family surname, and with a person often identified as the son or daughter of their father. Spellings change from one document to the next, so send a copy of your passport with your order. Records are often handwritten by a patwari on printed forms and may carry several overlapping stamps.
Documents from Pakistani Punjab are usually in Urdu or in Punjabi written in Shahmukhi, the Perso-Arabic script. Tell us where your document was issued and we will match it with the right script.
We translate Australian documents into Punjabi: powers of attorney for managing or selling land in Punjab, statutory declarations, divorce orders and police checks. Indian offices may want an apostille or attestation, so check with the receiving office before you order.
A jamabandi can run to many pages for a family holding land in several villages, and you may only need the pages showing your name. Tell us which khasra numbers or pages matter and we will quote for those. Fard extracts obtained from a Fard Kendra or downloaded online carry a serial number and verification details, which should be visible in the scan. Hand-copied records should be photographed flat and in good light, as faded ink on revenue paper is hard to read.
We translate what your documents say. We do not advise on their legal effect, and we cannot confirm whether a particular court or agency will accept them. Please check requirements with the receiving body or your lawyer.
Yes. Land records are translated in full, keeping the revenue terms, khasra numbers, shares and handwritten entries.
Yes. Tell us whether the document comes from India or Pakistan so it goes to the right translator.
Yes. Upload it and tell us it is for use in Punjab. Check with the office in India whether it also needs an apostille.
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