Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Whereas, under para 61 of the Forest Settlement Report of Kangra, written by Anderson, the village community (Khewatdars) and servants (Rakha, Patwari and Lambardar) has got theprovision of payment of one-fourth share of the gross income from the sale of trees as voluntarygrant, to be divided among them; And Whereas, this was not a malikana, paid in recognition of their proprietary rights in thesoil, but was a voluntary grant made to secure their interest and co-operation in forest conservancy; And Whereas, this Haq-Chuharam system existed in five Forest Divisions of the HimachalPradesh i.e. Dharamshala, Dehra, Palampur, Nurpur and Hamirpur falling under the jurisdiction of Kangra and Hamirpur Districts; And Whereas, the share of Patwari was scrapped in 1948, when the post of Patwari wasdeclared as Government post and payment of share of the village communities (Khewatdars) was