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No. Puducherry Monday 24th March 2025
(3 Chaitra 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DIRECTORATE OF SURVEY AND LAND RECORDS
(G.O. Ms. No. 02/2025, Puducherry, dated 21st March 2025)
NOTIFICATION
THE PUDUCHERRY LICENSED LAND SURVEYORS AND LICENSED
LAND DRAUGHTSMAN (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2025
The Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is hereby pleased to make
the following further Amendments to the Puducherry Licensed Land
Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman Rules, 2019 notified vide
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N o t i f i c a t i o n N o . 5 8 6 1 / S T 1 / D O S L R / D R & D M / 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 , d a t e d
24th January 2020, of the Directorate of Survey and Land Records, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, namely:–
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called as the Puducherry Licensed Land Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman (Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall extend to the entire Union territory of Puducherry.
(3) It shall come into force with effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Puducherry Licensed Land Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman Rules, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Rules), after the existing sub-rule (l) of rule 6, the following sub-rules from (m) to (w) shall be inserted, namely:—
"(m) The Licensed Surveyor/Draughtsman shall undergo Survey Training in the Traditional Chain Survey methodology and also on Modern Survey Techniques by using Electronic Total Station assisted with DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System), CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) technology for a period of two months at the Survey Training Institute as decided by this Directorate. The field training is for a period of one month shall also be i mpa rted to them by t he Survey Offic ials of thi s Dire ctor ate. The Licensed Surveyors are entitled for engagement in work only after the successful completion of the Training. The fees involved for the training to be borne by the concerned individual.
(n) The Licensed Surveyor has to maintain a Register for entering the receipt of application from the applicants and the same is to be numbered serially based on their date of receipt at the respective office.
(o) The applications to be disposed of by the Licensed Surveyor within 15 days from the date of receipt and necessary entries in this regard shall be made in the pres cribed form/registers as prescribed by the Directorate of Survey and Land Records, Puducherry,
from time to time.
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(p) The fee prescribed by the Government for demarcation of
fields has to be collected by the Licensed Surveyor and the receipt shall
be handed over to the Petitioners.
(q) To ascertain the accuracy of the work, 10% of Applications
disposed/completed by the Licensed Surveyor shall be scrutinized by
the officials not below the rank of Deputy Surveyors officiating in their
respective offices.
(r) The Applications disposed of by the Licensed Surveyors
shall also be randomly checked by the Sub-Inspector of Survey,
Directorate of Survey and Land Records, Government of Puducherry, at
the interval of every six months.
(s) The permissible deviation of error in the map/sketch
prepared by the Licensed Surveyor/Draughtsman shall not be greater
than 2% on comparison of the same with the Field Maps maintained by
this Directorate for a period of one month.
(t) If, the deviation of error in the map/sketch prepared by the
Licensed Surveyor/Draughtsman is observed to be more than 3%, then
penal action shall be initiated against the concerned Licensed Surveyor/
Draughtsman and allocation of works shall also be ceased immediately
and the Licence shall be cancelled forthwith without further notice.
(u) Any errors noticed by the Licensed Surveyors on field
during the process of demarcation has to be brought to the knowledge
of the concerned Tahsildars immediately. The Licensed Surveyors/
Draughtsman shall be held responsible for all the works/activities carried Sub-Inspector of Survey.
arises out due to the demarcation or any other activities performed by
the concerned individual. In such cases, the Licensed Surveyors/
Draughtsman shall take required assistance from the respective
Government Officials/Offices also.
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(w) The civil cases/disputes that requires to be attended along
with Advocate Commissioners shall also be attended by the Licensed
Surveyors and fees as prescribed in this regard may be directly collected
from the interested parties."
3. In the Principal Rules, for the existing sub-rule (k) of rule 6, the
following, sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–
"The Licensed Surveyor/Draughtsman after completion of the
assigned work shall prepare the reports/records in triplicate for
maintenance/record and verification by (i) the Sub/Deputy Collector
(Revenue)/Director of Survey and Land Records/Tahsildars, (ii) for
maintenance by the concerned Licensed Surveyor for file reference, and
(iii) to furnish to the Petitioner."
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
ASHISH MADHAORAO MORE, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Revenue).
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