e/Patwari

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has gloss	eng: Patwari is term used for a Land Record officer at sub-division or Tehsil level.This term used in Pakistan and India. The lowest state functionary in the Revenue Collection system, his job encompasses visiting agricultural lands and maintaining record of ownership and tilling (girdawari). Due to their primary base in rural areas, where literacy and wealth is low, they yield a larger-than-life influence in the local community and are notorious for demanding bribe and changing land records at will. With recent computerization of land records, their ability to manipulate records has reduced. Patwari reports to tehsildar or a chief clerk of Tehsil's land records. And there have been cases of corrupt patwaris escaping punishment due to their position and political connections.
lexicalization	eng: Patwari
instance of	c/Hindi words and phrases