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No. Puducherry Tuesday 28th January 2020
(8 Magha 1941)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORATE OF SURVEY AND LAND RECORDS
No. 5861/ST1/DOSLR/DR&DM/2018-19.
Puducherry, the 24th January 2020.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967 (Act No. 8 of 1967), the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, in order to regulate the Licensed Land Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman, is pleased to make the following rules, namely:-
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RULES
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called "The Puducherry Licensed Land Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman Rules, 2019".
(2) These rules shall come into force from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
(3) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Puducherry.
2. Definitions.— (1). In these rules, unless context otherwise
requires.-
(a) "Act" means, the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act,
1967;
(b) "Collector" means, the Collector of the District concerned;
(c) "Digitized Field Measurement Book" means, Field Measurement Book drawn in the computer and maintained using a software;
(d) "Form" means, Forms appended to these rules;
(e) "Licence" means, a licence granted to the Land Surveyor or Land Draughtsman under the provisions of these rules;
(f) "Licensing Authority" means, the Licensing Authority
specified under rule 13;
(g) "Licensed Land Draughtsman" means, a person holding licence from the Director of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry and who is technically qualified for computation and adjustment of areas after plotting of the new subdivision or survey field, in tracing of the sketch without changing the previous boundaries in the Field Measurement Book concerned and such other work as may be assigned to him, from time to time;
(h) "Licensed Land Surveyor" means, a person holding licence from the Director of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry and who is technically qualified to measure, draw sketch map or map according to the scale of plots and to carry out the work relating to survey and demarcation and such other work as may be assigned to him, from time to time;
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(i) "Modern Technology" includes Aerial Photogr aphy,
High Resolution Satellite Imagery, Differential Global
Positioning System (DGPS) and Electronic Total Station
(ETS) system and such other technology or method as may
be approved by the Union Territory Government;
(j) "Secretary (Revenue)" means, the Secretary to the
Government of Puducherry in-charge of Revenue
Administration including the Directorate of Survey and
Land Records:
(k) "Settlement Act" means, the Puducherry Settlement Act,
1970 (Act No.28 of 1970);
(l) "Settlement Officer" means, an Officer appointed by the
Government under the Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970
(Act No. 28 of 1970) to perform the functions of a Settlement
Officer;
(m) "Settlement Record" means, the record prepared under the
Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970, containing the entries of
the surveyed land along with their category, ownership,
nature, area and such other matters as may be prescribed;
(n) "Specified Officer" means, an Officer appointed by the
Government under the Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970
(Act No. 28 of 1970) to perform the functions of a Specified
Officer;
(2). Words and expressions used in these rules but, not defined
shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Puducherry
Settlement Act, 1970 and the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act,
1967.
3. Prohibition of Un-Licensed persons.— No person who is not
licensed under these rules shall engage himself in the profession of a
Licensed Land Surveyor or Licensed Land Draughtsman for the purpose
of lawfully assisting and appearing on behalf of the persons applying
for mutation, patta transfer, modification of extent, creation of a new
subdivision, etc., in respect of their holdings before the Specified
Officer/Settlement Officer.
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4. Qualification.— (1) A Licensed Land Surveyor shall have the
following qualifications, namely:-
(a) general qualification as mentioned in sub-rule (3) and an I.T.I. Trade Certificate in Surveying (or) a Diploma in Civil Engineering/Architecture (or) a Degree in Civil Engineering/ Architecture from any recognized Board/University.
(b) desirable qualification: should have completed a minimum three months Certificate Course in Electronic Total Station and Global Positioning System.
Not withstanding anything contained in these rules, any retired Government Servant who has served in the rank of a Surveyor or above in the Directorate of Survey and Land Records or Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, he shall be deemed to be qualified to functions as a Licensed Land Surveyor.
(2) A Licensed Land Draughtsman shall have the following
qualification, namely:-
(a) general qualification as mentioned in sub-rule (3) and an I.T.I. Trade Certificate in Draughtsman (or) a Diploma in Civil Engineering/Architecture (or) a Degree in Civil Engineering/Architecture from any recognized Board/ University.
(b) desirable qualification should have completed a minimum three months Certificate course in Electronic Total Station and Global Positioning System.
Not withstanding anything contained in these rules, any retired Government Servant who has served in the rank of a Draughtsman or above in the Directorate of Survey and Land Records or Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, he shall be deemed to be qualified to functions as a Licensed Land Draughtsman.
(3) The general qualifications for a Licensed Land Surveyor and
a Licensed Land Draughtsman shall be as follows:-
(a) he shall be a resident of the Union territory of Puducherry
atleast for a period of not less than Five years.
(b) he should have passed the S.S.L.C. Course from any
recognized Board/University.
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(4) A person may hold simultaneously any one or both the Licences pertaining to a Licensed Land Surveyor and a Licensed Land Draughtsman.
5. Disqualification.— A licence under these rules shall not be
granted to a person:
(a) if, he is a minor; or
(b) if, he has been declared by a Competent Court to be of an
unsound mind; or
(c) if, he is an undischarged insolvent or being a discharged insolvent has not obtained from the Court which adjudged him as insolvent, a Certificate that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or
(d) if, he has been convicted by a Criminal Court for an offence
involving moral turpitude; or
(e) if, for any other reason to be recorded in writing, the Licensing Authority considers that it is not desirable to issue a licence to the applicant.
6. Duties and Responsibilities of the Licensed Land Surveyor and the Licensed Land Draughtsman.— (a) prepare sketch map and map to scale as applied for by the land owners;
(b) prepare map to scale as required by the Government;
(c) prepare map to scale as required by the requisitioning Body
in the land acquisition proceedings;
(d) all the holders of licences issued under these rules shall follow the procedure as prescribed in the Puducherry Survey and Boundaries Act, 1967 and the Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970 and the rules made under both the said Acts;
(e) the instructions given by the Director of Survey and Land Records and the Secretary/Special Secretary (Revenue) shall be followed scrupulously;
(f) proper acknowledgments shall be given to all the applicants
immediately without delay;
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(g) prescribed registers shall be maintained properly;
(h) the collection of fees from the applicants shall be made as
per the instructions issued by the Government from time to time;
(i) the report given by the Licensed Land Surveyor and the
Licensed Land Draughtsman are only recommendatory and to facilitate
the Specified Officer or the Settlement Officer, as the case may be in the
discharge of their official duties. However, if, any Officer concerned
desired to conduct an independent enquiry or field work or table work,
he shall be free to do so;
(p) the proved cases of fabrication of records or submission of
false reports amounts to cancellation of the Licence and the persons
are also liable for criminal action under the penal laws in force;
(j) the proof of having given the acknowledgments, reports, etc.,
to the concerned persons shall be held by the Licensed Land Surveyor
and the Licensed Land Draughtsman respectively;
(k) they shall maintain the duplicate copies of records/reports
for record and verification by the Collector/Deputy Collector (Revenue)/
Director of Survey and Land Records and any other persons authorized
under these rules;
(1) in case of doubts raised about the functions/works relating
to the Licensed Land Surveyor and the Licensed Land Draughtsman,
the decision of the Director of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry
in writing shall be deemed to be final.
7. Change of Registry.— (a) The report together with the relevant
records, given by the Licensed Land Surveyor and Licensed Land
Draughtsman shall be contained only as a recommendation made to the
Specified Officer/Settlement Officer concerned and to enable him to take
an appropriate decision on the application received and it shall be
approved within fifteen days from the date of receipt or it shall be
returned before the said time-limit with the reasons for the return
mentioning the required rectifications.
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(b) Further enquiry may also be conducted by the Specified Officer/Settlement Officer or any other officer appointed for the purpose, if, considered necessary. As such, based on the report of the Licensed Land Surveyor and as per the provisions of the Puducherry Settlement Act, 1970, the change of registry may be effected. There shall not be more than 30 working days for issuing an order regarding the change of registry and issue of Patta copy/Settlement copy (or) copy of the Register of Rights from the date of receipt of the reports from the Licensed Land Surveyor and Land Draughtsman. If, the Specified Officer/ Settlement Officer is not satisfied with the reports, he may return the same setting out the reasons in writing, for fulfillment of the rectification. In case of any delay resulting in hardship to any applicant, he shall bring the matter to the knowledge of the Director of Survey and Land Records (or) the Deputy Collector (Revenue), as the case may be and they shall redress the complaints on priority basis.
8. Application for Licence.— An application for license shall be made in the Form "A" and an application for renewal shall be made in the Form "B", appended to these rules.
9. Mode of application.— (1) An application to function as a Licensed Land Surveyor, or a Licensed Land Draughtsman shall be presented in person or by agent or sent by registered post to the Director of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry.
(2) The fees prescribed under these rules for the grant of a licence or its renewal shall be remitted in the State Bank of India and the challan therefor shall be enclosed along with the application. The fee remitted shall be refunded to the applicant, if, the licence or renewal applied for is refused by the Licensing Authority.
10. Security Deposit and Fees.— (1) An amount of ` 50,000 shall be remitted to the Licensing Authority ELS a Security Deposit during an issue of license and same will be refunded only on surrender of licence;
(2) The fees to be levied for the grant of licence and for its
renewal is appended to these rules;
(3) If, a licence is lost or destroyed, a duplicate licence may, on adequate proof of such loss or destruction, be issued to the licensee on payment of ` 5,000;
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Explanation : (i) In this rules, a region means, any one of the
four different regions namely, Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam in
the Union territory of Puducherry. Puducherry region comprises of
Puducherry, Oulgaret, Villianur and Bahour Taluks, Karaikal region
comprises of Karaikal and Thirunallar Taluks, Mahe region comprises
of Mahe Sub-Taluk and Yanam region comprises of Yanam Sub-Taluk.
11. Issue of licence.— (1) A licence granted by the Licensing
Authority shall be in the Form "C" and shall be issued by the Licensing
Authority as specified in rule 13 to whom the application for licence
was sent or presented.
(2) Any licence issued to a Licensed Land Surveyor, or a
Licensed Land Draughtsman shall be in force till the last day of the
calendar year for which it has been granted. Any such licence may be
renewed before the expiry date by the Licensing Authority on an
application filed by the licence holder in Form "B".
(3) Any non-observance of the conditions of the licence or
commission of any misconduct on the part of the licence holder during
the continuance of the licence shall be treated as a disqualification to
obtain renewal of the licence and any application for renewal of the
licence in such cases shall be refused by the Licensing Authority.
Provided that an appeal from an order of refusal to grant or
renewal of a licence shall lie to the authority as provided under rule 22.
12. Period of Licence.— (1) Every licence issued under these rules
shall be valid for a calendar year or part thereof;
(2) A licence which has not been renewed before the end of a
calendar year for which it was granted, shall stand cancelled on the expiry
of its period of validity.
(3) If, for any reason, a licence has not been renewed on or
before the date of its expiry, the licensee shall not be eligible to apply
for renewal in the succeeding year unless the default to renew the
licence before the due date has been condoned by the Licensing
Authority.
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(4) The Licensing Authority may on sufficient reasons shown condone such defaults on payment of a fine over and above the usual renewal fee, as prescribed below;
(a) When the delay does not exceed four calendar months,
a fine equal to the renewal fee;
(b) When the delay exceeds four calendar months, but, does not exceed eight months - a fine equal to double the renewal fee;
(c) When the delay exceeds eight calendar months but, does not exceed twelve months a fine equal to five time the renewal fee.
(d) When the delay exceed twelve months a fine equal to ten
time the renewal fee.
13. Licensing Authority.— The Licensing Authority authorized to grant of all licences under these rules shall be the Director of Survey and Land Records for the whole of the Union territory of Puducherry.
14. Conditions attached to the Licence.— (1) The conditions attached to a licence issued under these rules shall be as follows, namely.-
(a) the licensee shall abide by these rules for the time being in force and other conditions imposed by Government from time to time including the procedure to be followed for creation and mapping of new subdivision, Notation of new fields and subdivision and for computation and adjustment of areas;
(b) the licensee shall maintain the registers, receipt books and
other records in the manner prescribed by these rules;
(c) the licensee shall not levy more than the fee as notified by
the Government from time to time;
(d) the licensee shall not demand or receive any sum from the applicants for and on behalf of any officials working in the Taluk Office/Sub-Taluk Office/Directorate of Survey and Land Records/District Collector Office;
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(e) the licensee shall not cheat or participate in any illegal
transaction or dealing with any of the officials attached to
the Taluk Office/Sub-Taluk Office/Directorate of Survey
and Land Records/District Collector Office;
(f) the licensee shall render true and correct account of the
moneys received from the applicants and produce the
records maintained by him for inspection at any time before
such officer as may be authorized in this behalf by the
Licensing Authority;
(g) the licensee shall prepare and keep the records neatly and
legibly in clear and unambiguous terms and in accordance
with the instructions that may be issued from time to time
by the Licensing Authority;
(h) the licensee shall instruct the applicants or their duly
authorized agents to present the documents and to pay the
fees in person direct to the officials concerned and not
through any other agency;
(i) the licensee shall obey any direction that may be issued
from time to time by the Specified Officer/Settlement Officer,
Licensing Authority regarding the change of registry.
(j) the licensee shall set forth fully and truly the details of the
linkage of the documents and other facts and circumstances
required for the change of registry including the creation
of a new sub-division.
(k) the licensee shall not act as a tout;
(2) Each and every report of the Licensed Land Surveyor and
Licensed Land Draughtsman shall be endorsed and attested by him as
follows-
Prepared and written by" (name in full with licence number
of the licensee and signature)."
(3) Each and every report of the Licensed Land Surveyor and
the Licensed Land Draughtsman shall be monitored and endorsed by
the Settlement Officer/Specified Officer concerned.
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(4) Each and every licensee shall undergo a training in their respective subject for a period specified and conducted by the Directorate of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry.
(5) Whenever, the necessity arises, the Collector or the Deputy Collector (Revenue) or the Director of Survey and Land Records or the District Registrar may order a Licensed Land Surveyor, Licensed Land Draughtsman to do a certain work for the Government, on receipt of the fees as decided by the Government and the licensee shall comply the same with all sincerity.
15. Complaints.— Any complaint against a Licensed Land Surveyor/Licensed Land Draughtsman may be presented directly to the Licensing Authority.
16. Registers.— (a) A Licensed Land Surveyor and the Licensed
Land Draughtsman shall maintain.
(1) a register ; and
(2) a receipt book with counterfoil and he shall give receipts for all moneys received on account of the work connected with every report prepared by him including the amount spent for obtaining certified copies in this regard from various authorities.
(b) the copies of completed registers and receipt books maintained under the rules shall be submitted to the Licensing Authority at the end of each calendar year:
Provided that if, the licensee dies or his licence has expired or has been revoked or suspended, the registers and receipt books shall be surrendered to the Licensing Authority within 15 days from the date of such death, expiry, revocation or suspension either by the representative of the concerned licensee or the licensee himself.
17. Powers and duties of the Licensing Authority.— (1) The
Licensing Authority shall have the power to :
(a) grant licence to the Licensed Land Surveyor and the
Licensed Land Draughtsman;
(b) renew such licences;
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(c) cancel, revoke or suspend licences granted under these
rules, and
(d) issue such directions to the licensee as may be necessary,
for effectively carrying out their purposes under these rules.
(2) The Licensing Authority shall maintain a register.
18. Suspension of Licence granted to a Licensed Land Surveyor
and the Licensed Land Draughtsman.— A Licence granted under these
rules may be suspended by the Licensing Authority, if, the Licensee.-
(a) fails to maintain the registers and to issue receipts
prescribed under these rules regularly and correctly; or
(b) collects more than the prescribed fees; or
(c) contravenes any of the provisions of these rules or any of
the conditions of the licence or is found guilty of disobedience to any
lawful order passed under these rules; or
(d) is found guilty of abetment of or participation in any illegal
transaction or dealing with the officials attached to any of the sub/
subordinate/branch offices under the control of the Department of
Revenue and Disaster Management; or
(e) has acted as a tout.
19. Cancellation of the Licence.— A licence granted under these
rules may be cancelled by the Licensing Authority if:
(a) the licence has been suspended for three times;
(b) the Licensee becomes disqualified on any of the grounds
specified in rule 5;
(c) the licensee has furnished false or incorrect information or
particulars in the application for the grant of licence.
(d) the licensee has knowingly furnished a false report or
involved in any activity of the land matters or any attempt of the same
leading to the criminal offence.
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20. Power to cancel or suspend Licence.— The licensing authority may suspend any licence granted under these rules for any period or may cancel such licence.
21. Penalty.— (i) If, any Licensed Land Surveyor or Licensed Land Draughtsman is found to have committed any mistake, while discharging his functions under these rules, for the first time an amount of ` 5,000 will be charged and ` 10,000 for the subsequent offences.
(ii) The licence will be cancelled in case of commission of any offence and simultaneous action shall be initiated against him as per the penal provisions of the laws in force.
(iii) In the event of cancellation of licence for criminal offence,
the Security Deposit made by the licensee will be forfeited.
22. Appeal.— (1) (i) An appeal, in the case of suspension or cancellation or non-grant or refusal of, renewal of a licence under these rules as passed by the Licensing Authority shall lie to the District Collector concerned and a second and final appeal shall lie to the Secretary (Revenue).
(ii) Every licensee applicant preferring an appeal shall do so
separately and in his own name.
(iii) Every appeal preferred under these rules shall contain all material statements and arguments relied on by the appellant and shall contain no disrespectful or improper language and it shall be complete in itself.
(2) An appeal shall be summarily rejected, if;
(i) it is a repetition of a previous appeal and is made to the same appellate authority by which such appeal has been decided and no new facts or circumstances which affords grounds for a reconsideration of the case are pleaded;
(ii) it is addressed to the authority to which no appeal lies
under these rules;
(iii) it is not preferred within two months from the date on which the appellant was informed of the order appealed against and no reasonable cause is shown for the delay; and
(iv) it does not comply with the provisions of clause (iii) of sub-
rule (1).
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(3) The Appellate Authority shall consider;
(i) whether reasonable opportunities were given to the affected
person before the impugned order was passed;
(ii) whether the facts on which the order of suspension or
cancellation is based are established;
(iii) whether the facts established afford sufficient ground for
taking action; and
(iv) whether the penalty imposed is excessive, adequate or
inadequate and alter such consideration shall pass such
order as he thinks just and equitable having regard to all
the circumstances of the case.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
Dr. T. ARUN, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Revenue).
SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE GRANT OF LICENCE AND
RENEWAL OF LICENCE
[See rule 10(2)]
| Area | For the first term or any part of a calendar year | For renewal in the subsequent calendar year or part thereof |
| For a region | ` 5,000 | ` 2,500 |
| For the whole of the Union territory of Puducherry. | ` 20,000 | ` 10,000 |
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FORM-A
(See rule - 8)
APPLICATION FOR THE LICENSED LAND SURVEYOR/
LICENSED LAND DRAUGHTSMAN
1. Full name with father's name :
Address (Permanent home address & :
Local Address.
:
2. Age and date of birth :
3. Nationality :
4. Qualification
(i) Educational qualification :
(ii) Technical qualification :
Experience, if any :
5. (iii) If a retired Government servant, :
t h e d e t a i l s o f t h e p o s t h e l d
immediately before retirement.
(iv) whether dismissed or compulsorily :
retired for misconduct.
7. Nature of Licence applied for whether :
it is for a single region (to be named)
or for the whole of the Union territory
of Puducherry.
8. State here the amount, number and :
date of chalan receipt and the name
of the treasury.
9. Has an application for the licence :
ever been refused, If so, when and
for what reason, give the details.
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I, .................................................... do hereby solemnly declare that I am not suffering from leprosy, that I have not been declared to be of unsound mind or convicted for any offence involving moral turpitude or adjudged as an insolvent by any Court of competent jurisdiction and that the information and particulars furnished herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and the licence for which I hereby apply shall be used only by myself.
Date :
Signature
Place :
Encl : Chalan Receipt.
Note: (1) The Licence issued on the strength of this application is liable for suspension or cancellation at any time, if, it is found that any information or particulars furnished in the application are false or not true or incorrect.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by a true extract of his name with other particulars published in the Puducherry Official Gazette in token of securing a pass in the test for the grant of the said Licences or a true copy of the Educational qualification, Technical qualification or copy of detailed service certificate issued by the competent authority where he was served at the time of his retirement
(3) The duplicate of the chalan issued by the Bank shall also
be enclosed.
No.
Office of the Director of Survey and Records
Dated
RECOMMENDATION
To
The Director of Survey and Land Records.
Settlement Officer/Specified Officer
Dated 17
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ORDER
Director of Survey and Land Records
Licence No. Dated
Issued on
Director of Survey and Land Records
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FORM-B
(See rule 8)
APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENCE
1. Full Name with Father's Name :
2. Address (Present home address) :
3. Changes in local address :
4. Details of Licence Number :
5. Period for which renewal is sought :
6. Date of last renewal
:
7. Amount, number, date and name of :
the Bank chalan receipt.
Declaration
I, ............................................ do hereby solemnly declare that I have
not been declared to be of unsound mind or convicted for any offence
involving moral turpitude or adjudged as an insolvent by any Court of
competent jurisdiction during the past ................................... years.
Place :
Signature
Date :
Encl. : Bank chalan receipt and license in original.
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Note: The renewal made on the strength of this application is liable
for suspension or cancellation at any time if, it is found that any
information or particulars furnished in the application are false or
not true or incorrect.
No.
Director of Survey and Land Records
Dated
RECOMMENDATION
To
The Director of Survey and
Land Records.
Settlement Officer/Specified Officer
Dated
ORDER
Director of Survey and Land Records
Licence No. Dated
Renewed for the year
Director of Survey and Land Records
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FORM-C
(See rule 11)
LICENCE FOR LICENSED LAND SURVEYOR/LICENSED
LAND DRAUGHTSMAN
Number of Licence of
Name of Licensee
Address :
The aforesaid ................................ having paid the necessary fees
and having made the necessary declaration is hereby authorized to
practice as a Licensed Land Surveyor/Licensed Land Draughtsman
attached to the Directorate of Survey and Land Records or Branch offices
of Survey and Land Records.
Dated the ................................... day of
Directorate of Survey and Land Records
Puducherry Director of Survey and Land Records.
Signature of the Licence Holder
(to be made as soon as the licence is received)
CONDITIONS
(a) The licensee shall abide by these rules for the time being in
force and the other conditions imposed by the Government from
time to time including procedure to be followed for creation and
Mapping of new subdivision, Notation of new fields and
subdivision and for computation and adjustment of areas;
(b) The licensee shall abide by the rules relating to the Licensing
of licensed Land Surveyor/Licensed Land Draughtsman;
(c) The licensee shall maintain the register, receipt books and other
records prescribed by the rules to be maintained or that may be
required to be maintained by the Licensing Authority;
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(d) The licensee shall surrender to the Licensing Authority registers
and receipt books at the end of each calendar year or if, his
licence is expired, revoked of, suspended within 15 days from
the date of the expiry, revocation or suspension;
(e) The licensee shall not demand or accept any sum from parties
in the name of any person or persons connected with the
Directorate of Survey and Land Records and connected offices;
(f) The licensee shall render true and correct accounts of the
moneys he received from the parties and produce the records
maintained by him for inspection at such time before such officer
as may be authorized to inspect them by the Licensing
Authority;
(g) The licensee shall certify the change of registry and creation of
new subdivision legibly in clear and unambiguous terms and in
accordance with the instructions that may be issued from time
to time by the Director of Survey and Land Records;
(h) The licensee shall instruct the parties or their duly authorized
agents or holders of powers of attorney to present documents
or petitions and to pay the fees themselves direct to the officer
concerned and not through any other agency;
(i) The licensee shall obey any direction that may from time to time
be issued by the Director of Survey and Land Records
regarding change of registry and creation of new subdivision;
(j) The licensee shall not levy more than the fee prescribed by the
Directorate of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry, time to
time;
(k) The licensee shall not elect or participate in any illegal
transaction or dealing with the staff attached to the Directorate
of Survey and Land Records;
(l) The licensee shall set forth fully and truly the consideration or
the market value and all other facts and circumstances affecting
the chargeability of any instrument with duty or the amount of
duty with which it is chargeable under the Stamp Act;
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(m) The licensee shall not act as a tout;
(m) The licensee shall not appear as an identifying witness of
anyone connected with the registration of document;
(o) The licensee shall not take delivery of any registered documents
from the Registering officer or present any application for single
or general search or for a certified copy or extract unless he is
personally interested in the matter.
Note: This Licence is liable for suspension or cancellation for
breach of any of the above conditions.
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