Correct Answer:
B. To regulate rights/duties of agri landlords/tenants
The Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 was a landmark piece of legislation enacted during British rule, primarily designed to bring order and clarity to agricultural land relations. Its main purpose was to regulate the complex rights and duties existing between agricultural landlords and their tenants. This included defining terms of tenancy, rent payment, and eviction procedures, thereby providing a legal framework for their interactions.
- A: To regulate urban housing is incorrect because the Act specifically dealt with agricultural land, not urban properties.
- C: To fix land revenue is false; while related to land, land revenue was primarily a state-level tax, distinct from the landlord-tenant relationship governed by this Act.
- D: To govern property sales is also incorrect, as property sales were covered by other specific laws, not the tenancy act.