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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
La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry
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Notification No. 5861/ST1/DOSLR/DR&DM/2018-19, dated
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 imparted to them by the Survey Officials of this Directorate.
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 prescribed 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
out by them in their official capacity. In case of any dispute or difference
with the demarcation of the Licensed Surveyor/Draughtsman, the same
shall be appealed before the Survey Officer not below the rank of
Sub-Inspector of Survey.
(v) The Licensed Surveyors/Draughtsman has to assist and
produce evidences before the Civil Court in respect of the cases that
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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