The Andhra Pradesh

Departmental Rules for

Resurvey using GNSS CORS Network

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 RESURVEY MANUAL USING CORS NETWORK
INDEX

Chapter No. Content Page

1 Introduction 6 - 10

2 Preliminaries 11

3 Village boundary demarcation 12 - 14

4 Land Parcel demarcation 15 - 20

5 Land Parcel Measurement 21- 23

6 Recording of Field Register 24 - 28

7 Quality Check - Inspections 29 - 33

8 Resurvey of Government/Government Interested Lands 34 - 36

9 Boundary Disputes 37 - 42

10 Demarcation of Typical Boundaries 43 - 47

11 Appeals 48 - 49

12 Cartography standards 50

13 Preparation of Final Records 51 - 53

14 Publication of Final Records 54

15 Roles & Responsibilities of Officers 55

APPENDICES

Appendix -1: Method of Instruments operation 55

Appendix -2: Maintenance of Instruments 55

Appendix -3: GIS Software Operation 55

Appendix -4: GNSS CORS Network 55

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 Proformae
Form
Title Rule Chapter Pg. No.
No
1 Resurvey Notification u/s 5 of Survey & Boundary Act, 1923 2 II 57
2 Resurvey Notification u/s 6(1)of Survey & Boundary Act, 1923 3 II 58
3 Notice for Village boundary demarcation 5 III 59
3(a) Acknowledgement - Notice for Village boundary demarcation 5 III 59
4 Consent by VRO for Village boundary demarcation 5 III 60
5 Village and Khandam boundary Map with Geo-Cods 18(i) III 61
6 Details of Survey marks planted 18(ii) III 62
7(a) Credential of Village Surveyors to conduct resurvey 1 IV 63

7(b) Credential of Deputy Surveyors to conduct resurvey 1 IV 64

7(c) Credential of Surveyors to conduct resurvey 1 IV 65

7(d) Credential of Deputy Inspector of Surveyor to inspect resurvey 1 IV 66

7(e) Credential of Inspector of Surveyor to inspect resurvey 1 IV 67

Notice to the VRO/Department/Institution officer concerned for
8 4 IV 68
resurvey of Govt. lands
Acknowledgement - Notice to the VRO/Department/Institution officer
8(a) 4 IV 68
concerned for govt. lands
9 Notice to the Land holders of private lands 4 IV 69
9(a) Acknowledgement - Notice to the Land holders for private lands 4 IV 69
10 Authorization letter from land holder appointing his/her agent 6 IV 70
11 Application to file objections while demarcating field boundary 7 IV 71
Acknowledgement - Application to file objections while demarcating 7 IV
11(a) 71
field boundary
12 Notice to survey against the objection received during field survey 3 XI 72
Acknowledgement - Notice to survey against the objection received
12(a) 3 XI 72
during field survey
Decision of Survey Officer u/s 10(1) against the objection filed during 7 XI
13 73-76
demarcation
14 Superimposed Village Map 54 IV 77
15 Rough Location Sketch 55 IV 78
16 Rough Correlation Map 8 XIII 79
17 Location sketch as per the consent given by land holders 4&5 X 80
18 Location sketch- Demarcation of aquaculture lands 7 X 81
19 Minor Circuit Field Map with Geo-Cods 29 IV 82
20 Land Parcel Map 57 IV 83
21 Field Register 46 IV 84
22 Village boundary inspection Report 13 VII 85
23 Inspection Report by inspecting authority 15 VII 86-87
24 Report on Super check 9 XIII 88
25 Report on final examination of records 32 VII 89-90

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 26 Notice to land holders u/s 9(2) 27 V 91
26(a) Acknowledgement against Notice to land holders u/s 9(2) 27 V 91
27 Notice to land holders u/s 10(2) 10 IX 92
27(a) Acknowledgement against Notice to land holders u/s10(2) 10 IX 92
28 Application for filing Appeal u/s 11 7 IX 93
28(a) Acknowledgement on filing Appeal u/s 11 7 IX 93
29 Endorsement for not admitting appeals u/s 11 11 IX 94
Acknowledgement against Endorsement for not admitting appeals u/s
29(a) 11 IX 94
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30 Endorsement returning the Appeal petition u/s 11 for resubmission 12 IX 95
Acknowledgement Endorsement returning the Appeal petition u/s 11 for
30(a) 12 IX 95
resubmission
31 Notice to survey on Appeal u/s 11 48 IX 96
31(a) Acknowledgement – Notice to survey on Appeal u/s 11 48 IX 96
32 Notice to Plaintiff – if conducts court 19 IX 97
33 Summon to Defendant 24 IX 98
34 Summon to Witness 24 IX 99
35 Decision of Survey Officer on appeals u/s 11 8 XI 100-105
36 Applications to obtain copy of decision/order by Survey officer 18 XI 106
Acknowledgement on issuing copy of decision/order by Survey
36(a) 19 XI 106
Officer
37 Fair Land Register(FLR) 21 XI 107
38 Village Map 5 XIII 108
39 Village wise Ground Control Points(GCPs) 1 XIII 109
40 Final Check Memo(FCM) 14 XIII 110
41 Resurvey Notification u/s 13 of Survey & Boundary Act, 1923. 1 XIV 111
42 Register of objections on village boundaries 14 IX 112
43 Register of Appeals on village boundaries 13 IX 113
44 Register of objections on field boundaries 14 IX 114
45 Register of Appeals on field boundaries 13 IX 115
46 Register of boundary disputes with Forest lands 11 XIII 116
47 Register of Inter District Boundary disputes 13 XIII 117
48 Register of Inter State Boundary disputes 12 XIII 118
49 Register of Minor Circuit fields not included in any Village 10 XIII 119
50 List of Records to be sent to Central Survey Office(CSO) 59 IX 120
51 Validation Register at District level 18 XIII 121
52 Inventory of Resurvey records at District level 23 XIII 122
Survey marks - Annexure - 1 41 IV 123
Topo details - Annexure - 2 59 IV 124-126
Appendices - CPC

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 CHAPTER–I

CADASTRAL RESURVEY
INTRODUCTION
The Government of Andhra Pradesh envisioned to introduce Title r egistration system
instead of the prevailing presumptive title and deed registration system in Andhra
Pradesh, to transform the rights of the land owners on immovable properties to next
level, by conducting resurvey. Therefore, the Andhra Pradesh Land Titl ing Act, 2019
is enacted to introduce title registration system to ensure title security to land
owners of all immovable properties not only agricultural lands in rural tracts, but
also in rural/urban habitations
1) Deficiency in the existing system: i). There are four different standalone
systems/departments deal with the rights on land viz; instrument registration
by Registration Dept., mutation in revenue accounts by revenue Dept.,
conducting field survey by Survey Dept., and land usage/development by the
Town & Country Planning Dept., thereby it became very difficult to not only a
common man, but also an educated person to get the required full pledged
and secured rights over a piece of land and it takes 6 to 9 months on an
average.

ii). The existing survey records are age old records and prepared during the
survey conducted from the years 1880 to 1910 and 1960 -1980.There are 49
lakh Field Sketches consisting 156 lakh subdivisions covering 1.22 lakh
Sq.km.There are approximately 236 lakh land holdings reco rded in Adangal
and out of which 15% are still not assigned regular khata numbers due to lack
of proper adjudication. Thus, there is huge gap between ground truth to
Adangal entries and FMBs. Further, there are 1.20 lakh FMBs which are either
missing or brittle/torn/faded condition and which need to be rebuilt by
conducting field survey only. There are too many obliterations of boundaries
within a short time due to the sudden development of the area as a result of
conversion of dry lands into wet lands and also too many transfers of
holdings, which are not being incorporated simultaneously in all land records.
The records are not updated to reflect the ground truth.
iii). Due to the complexities involved in the registration process and updated
of records with various other departments, many (poor) people often do not

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 register property transactions. In the present system of deeds registration,
the Registration department has no mandate to ensure that only legal owners
do the transactions on the property. It is the responsibility of the buyer to
verify the veracity of the seller and his legal right to sell. If any dispute arises,
the land owners are compelled to approach the Civil Court which became very
burden to Courts and the land owners in terms of physical, mental, financial
and sometimes lead to unrest and law & order problems.
iv). Further, the Agricultural Dept., and various other financial institutions in
service sector are using the land records data for their planning and
promoting projects and schemes for which the truthful land information is not
available at a glance.
v).The resurvey of all land parcels in the State will ease the digital
transformation and uberisation by creating an Integrated Land Information
Database System and pave a path to introduce a pool proof Title Registration
system easily to assure title security to the land owners. Therefore, a project
to conduct resurvey of all lands including land properties in rural and urban
tracts is proposed.
2) Salient features of the proposed new s ystem: An Integrated Land Information
System with Title Registration provision by following three principles viz;
mirror, curtain and insurance principles, will be introduced, to overcome all
the existing problems. The new system will facilitate to create, administer,
organize and manage all aspects of land – information, management, control,
usage; in a unified manner is the need of the day. The fundamental change
envisaged in this system would be the paradigm shift from the department
centric approach to the service-centric approach, which would be
characterized by an integrated system for capturing, storing, checking,
integrating, analyzing and displaying data about land property and its use,
ownership and development. The system shall deliver the service s to its users
through a unified interface.
The proposed system would immensely benefit people of all strata especially
those living in the rural areas. The Title registration system provides security
of title to the owners by way of issue of conclusive ti tle, eliminates the land
litigations, in turn reducing the burden on judiciary. It facilitates quick and
secure land based marketing, speedy and secure land transactions, resulting

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 in the opening up of the land market. It provides reliable and real -time land
information to the government. The continuous updation of land records
results in assured supply of capital that would boost the confidence of
farming community and help them make investments on higher crop yielding
varieties etc. In urban areas, this will bring transparency and predictability to
the Property tax values.

3) Need of the resurvey: There are no systematic land records for rural and
urban properties and the land owners have only the registered documents.
There is no proper integration of textual and graphical records and not fit for
modern usage for digital transformation. There is no single window system
and processes integration for delivering hassle free services in the existing
system.
Therefore, it is the need of the hour not only to update the land records but
also to upgrade by integrating all attributes of each land parcel in the State to
maintain a real time single source of truth. A database of single point creation
and multipoint accessibility shall be created. In this context, o nly resurvey is
the end solution to mitigate all these deficiencies by creating a good land
information system to enable the State to introduce the Title Registration
system in place of Deed registration system to secure the ownership of each
individual.

4) Vision of the proposed project: The resurvey means to update the land
records and record of rights to purify the land records and facilitate to
introduce the Title registration system. The vision of the proposed project is
to establish and manage a comprehensive and sustainable Land Information
Management System, which serves as a record of conclusive Title of all land
parcels and provides related services in an integrated, efficient and cost
effective manner.

5) Object of the proposed system: The key objectives of the project are
• Resurvey of every square inch of land.
o CORS Network will be established
o Entire process through online
o Conclusive boundaries
• Title Registration System

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 o Administer a system of recording conclusive Title, which is secure &
enjoys public confidence
o Indemnity of title of land property
o Issue of Title Smart Card to Title holders
• To establish Land Authority
• Provide integrated land related services
o Through a unified interface
o With efficiency and easy accessibility
o In a cost effective manner
o Services to people through online only
• Implement a transparent system of property valuation
• Develop and maintain a Geodetic Control Network for referencing maps
• Maintain all records in integrated digital form in a central repository
• Implement systems & processes for maintenance & auto-updation of data
• Establish a sustainable operating model
• Provide Value-added Services in areas like
o Development planning
o Welfare schemes
o Land related taxes
6) Proposed Surveying technology:
A).Earlier, Initial as well as resurveys were conducted with Chain & Cross Staff
for linear measurements and Theodolite machine for angular measurement
(village and khandam traverse). The simple triangulation and Diagonal l&
Offset systems were the survey methodologies adopted. The Diagonal& Off set
system survey methodology is a superior one in quality of measurements,
mapping and for relaying the measured boundaries on ground.

B).These records would have been updated at village and Mandal levels as per
the changes occurred in boundaries and clas sification, but these records have
not been updated for fragmentation on ground, while implementing the RoR
Act during 1990s as the surveying in traditional method is a tedious, time
consuming and requires lot of human resources. Subsequently, while mutati ng
patta transfer cases or ownership change in revenue records, RoR/Land
Acquisition subdivisions were not implemented and hence huge number of
newly created boundaries i.e. boundaries of revenue holdings within Sy.No.
have not been reflected in survey rec ords. The spatial data i.e. survey records

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can’t be put aside for updation on far with RoR as the location and
measurement of revenue fields is very much essential to maintain spatial data
in consonance with RoR.

Today, it is an international standard that every spatial data is being

described in Geo-coordinates of WGS84 datum. Therefore, the Geo -
coordinates of all vertices of the land parcels in a village will be recorded in a
data base.

There are various state-of-art technologies like Aerial photography, Digital

photogrammetry, Electronic Total Stations, GPS/DGPSand CORS (Continuously
Operating Reference Station) Network available. In view of the terrain model,
size of the land holdings, man power availability, time factor and future
maintenance, it is proposed to establish the CORS Network, the state of the
art technology which is now being used in all advanced countries and every
country is trying to move to adopt this technology. As part of this
infrastructure, about (70) permanent base stations in netw ork format with 60
kms trilateration will be erected at permanent Govt. office buildings. Every
surveyor involved in resurvey will be given a DGPS Receiver to observe the
geo-cods of land parcel in the manner prescribed. This Network will be
permanent spatial infrastructure with multiple uses by other Departments.
Using this technology, Geo-coordinates of each vertex of land parcels will be
recorded and a unique IDwill be assigned. Every land parcel will be protected
by introducing geo-fencing concept and by the technology advancement in
future, every individual land holder will able to demarcate his/her land on
their own by using the recorded Geo -cods. All relevant attributes of each and
every land parcel will be recorded in a GIS application software whic h was
developed as per designed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) with
maximum automation and minimum human interface and every land parcel
having an unique ID shall be notified under Survey&Boundaries Act, 1923 and
under the A.P.Land titling Act, 2019 Act as per appropriate provisions.

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 CHAPTER-II

PRELIMINARIES
1. Cadastral survey is a survey in which the boundaries, area, reputed ownership
and position of each holding or revenue unit are determined. A survey of this
kind made for 2nd time onwards is called as Cadastral Resurvey.

2. Before a resurvey can be undertaken it should be sanctioned by Government or

by the Competent Authority under the powers delegated to it by the A.P.Survey
and Boundaries Act, 1923, and a notification in Form-1 published in the Andhra
Pradesh State Gazette under section (5) of the A.P. Survey and Boundaries Act,
1923. The survey should be made under the provisions of the said Act and under
the rules issued there under.

3. When a survey has been ordered u/s 5, the Survey Officer concerned will publish
notification in Form-2 u/s 6 of the Act in two successive District Gazette with 15
days interval.

4. The designated Survey Officer shall collect the following information of the
notified village for resurvey, from the available sourc es in both hard copy and
soft copy.

i) Village traverse data

ii) Village map, FMBs and RSRs/FLR/SFA /MDR

iii) The latest updated (not earlier two months) Adangal authorized by the
Tahsildar concerned.

iv) List of Ground Control Points (GCPs) in the notified area

v) List of suppliers of Survey Stones/Pillars in the vicinity of the notified

area

vi) Panchayat notified Gazette

vii) Copy of Encroachment Register

viii) Prohibitory Order Book (POB)

ix) Reserve Forest data, if adjacent to RF boundary

x) Assignment Land Register

xi) ROR 1B

xii) Register 22(a)

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 CHAPTER–III

VILLAGE BOUNDARY DEMARCATION

1. The Surveyor shall identify the Village tri/bi junction survey stones which are intact
on ground by conducting survey using existing traverse data. The surveyor shall
observe Geo-cods of at least three such points and convert the existing traverse
data into Geo-cods and generate geo-cods of each traverse point in the system.

2. After generating Geo-cods for village traverse, stack out all the points on ground.
Then refix the village boundary points other than traverse p oints using FMBs and
see that all village boundary points are refixed on ground accurately. In this process,
if any point/points are deviated from existing settled boundary point, test check
that point with reference to FMBs. If the existing survey mark is intact on ground
and the stack out point is found deviated, finalize the existing point and see that all
village boundaries are refixed with reference to existing data.

3. The existing survey marks will continue to be survey marks and all missing stones
shall be planted. Every survey stone must be firmly imbedded. Not more than one -
third of its length should be visible above the ground. The pit to receive the stone
should be made slightly larger than the stone and a small quantity of earth put in at
a time and well tamped.

4. Then observe and record Geo-cods of village boundary including bends also and
generate village traverse data and village boundary map. This traverse now
generated is for all points on the village boundary and the old traverse data will be
replaced with new traverse along the village boundary. The same data shall be
adopted to the adjacent villages

5. The Surveyor should give a written notice in Form-3 to the Village Revenue
Officers on both sides of a boundary about to be refixed, with proper
acknowledgement in Form-3(a). Observe and record the village boundary as stated
above in presence of the VROs with proper attendance as a token of their presence
and take their consent in Form-4.

6. If the Village boundary forms the District boundary, the pro posed survey of such
boundary shall be informed to the District Collector and Assistant Director
(Survey)of the adjacent District and observe and record the Geo -cods of such
boundary in presence of the representative of the District Collector. In case of a ny
disagreement, the Deputy Director of Survey&Land Records conducts survey and
such surveyed boundary shall be a final one.

7. If the village boundary forms the State boundary, the proposed survey shall be
intimated well in advance to the Director of Surve y&Land Records of the adjacent
State conductsurvey in presence of the representative of the DSSLRs.

8. When a portion of a boundary of a village, which is being demarcated, touches a

adjacent State and such boundary has been already demarcated according to t he
survey rules of that State and accepted as correct by the Local Government the
marks already erected should be accepted and utilized for the new survey. If

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 necessary, additional stones can be placed between such marks, but the new stones
must be on the true boundary.

9. While demarcating/refixing the village boundary, the following conditions may

arise:

a. Part of the village was acquired for major irrigation projects under
submergency, then the village boundary is limited to the left over
portion of that village and the acquired portion shall be accounted for
such project in the name of reservoir of that project.

b. District/state boundary is to be shown. A decision has to be taken by

the Collectors’ of the districts concerned in which district it is to be
added.

c. If there exist any project/organization/institution/agency in between

more than one village across the village boundaries, such enjoyment
shall be surveyed into one village by following due procedure.

d. In general, the natural boundaries are considered as village boundaries

in initial surveys. Such natural boundaries like road, canal, railway,
nadi, nala etc., might have expanded, then the same classification of
land shall be accounted for in the village where the natural boundary
was accounted for in initial survey.

e. Some habitations of revenue village are grown into bigger towns and
notified as a separate local body under appropriate Act, in such cases,
the grown and notified habitation shall be surveyed as separate village
according to the defined boundary in notified Gazette and the existing
original revenue village shall be limited to the remaining area.

f. There are certain revenue villages grown into urban habitations and
notified as local body under appropriate Act, in such case the notified
boundary of such local body shall be surveyed separately with
reference to the Gazette notification of that local body.

g. When the river exists between two villages or two districts and the
existing position of river may deviate from the recorded data, the river
off shall be taken into account as true village boundary. Wherever river
forms in Interstate Boundary , existing boundary should be followed

10. When a river forms the village boundary, khan dam station stones should be erected
on each bank, and the middle of the river bed will be considered the true boundary,
provided, however, that existing rights are not interfered with. That river part shall be
formed into one khandam & No. and survey stones shall be erected on each bank.

11. When defined rights exist within the rive r bed, they must be recorded and the
occupation shown on the boundary demarcation sketch to be prepared by the surveyor
under rule 23 below.

12. When a reserved forest adjoins the village boundary, the boundary should be
demarcated excluding the forest, unrese rved forests should be included within the
village limits as separate land parcel. These forests are selected for management by

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 village panchayats or in the alternative, for disafforestation, and should be included
within the village limits.

13. Where there surved forest cairns or pillars are not placed on the outer edge of the
cleared, line as required by the Forest demarcation rules, the survey stones should be
planted on the other edge only and not close to the forest marks.

14. In case of villages exist at seashores,

i) The high and low water levels should be surveyed at the survey of maritime
villages. Surveyors should be in a position to fix the high water level with
accuracy by personal observation at new moon or full moon. It should be
noted that low water levels should be indicated by dotted lines but in black
ink.

ii) The boundaries of these villages along the coast will follow the ayakut,
subject to such modification as may be necessitated by reason of
encroachment or recession of the sea.

iii) The high tide line should be observed and recorded in the same way as any
other village boundary, the points being marked by pegs, but not demarcated
with stones.

iv) The line of low tide, that is, the line the tide reaches about six days before full
or new moon, should also be surveyed, but not demarcated, and should be
shown in the village map by dotted lines. It will, of course, run outside the
high tide line, which should also be shown by dotted lines.

15. Any dispute arises while refixing or finalization of village boundary that disputed
boundary shall be referred to the next level inspecting authority, before
finalization. The inspecting authority shall conduct survey u/s 10(1) and
announces his/her decision under section 10(2).

16. After completion of village boundary maps, thorough quality check shall be
conducted for overlaps or gaps in the computer itself by the cartography experts
and such lapses shall be rectified before going to field demarcation.

17. A comparative statement of the existing village area and the new area arrived at
shall be prepared and scrutinized for variations in area. Wherever, there is larger
variation in the old and new extents, the reasons should be recorded therein.

18. The Dy. Inspector of Survey shall get the following final records after completion
of village boundary map and before going for field demarcation:

i. In Form-5 duly showing village and khandam traverse with Geo -codes

ii. Village wise statement of survey marks both existing and newly planted
survey marks in Form-6.

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 CHAPTER–IV

LAND PARCEL DEMARCATION

1. Before beginning the resurey work each such official allotted to resurvey will be
furnished with a credential in Form-7(a) to Form-7(e) by the Assistant Director,
Survey & Land Records.

2. The Surveyor should conduct a Gramasabha in presence of the land h olders of that
village at Village Secretariat under the Chairmanship of the GramaSarpanch and
explain the schedule and plan of action for conducting survey. Such schedule shall
be displayed in Village Secretariat and at least any two conspicuous places in the
village to give wide publicity regarding the commencement of resurvey operations
in the village.

3. The Surveyor shall intimate the schedule of the conducting of Gramsabha well in
advance to all persons interested through all effective available communica tions.

4. The Surveyor shall give a written notice in Form-8 to the village authorities and
the officers concerned with acknowledgement in Form-8(a) and Form-9 to the
registered land holders and any interested parties requiring their attendance
during field demarcation. He should ascertain the names of owners or lawful
occupiers of the lands he has to demarcate in the next date and serve upon them
through the village Servants well in advance with acknowledgement in Form-9(a).

5. When parties, whose attendance is essential, refuse or fail to attend, a report of

non-attendance should be sent to the immediate superior survey authority and
the Village Revenue Officer who will take steps to secure the attendance of the
parties by having recourse to the Act, if necessa ry. It is of no use whatever
reporting persons for non-attendance unless it can be shown clearly that they
received the notice in due time, that their attendance was necessary and that they
were absent without good and sufficient cause.

6. The landholder may authorize his/her agent with written consent in Form-10 to
attend the field on his/her behalf for all purposes of such survey.

7. The Surveyor shall receive any written objection in Form-11 with

acknowledgement in Form-11(a) on boundary disputes raised by any interested
party with proper evidence, while conducting survey. The Surveyor shall not
conduct survey of such disputed boundaries and he should bring to the notice of
his immediate superior survey authority or any designated survey authority.

8. The surveyor should demarcate land parcel boundaries as shown by the land
holders, for any sufficient reasons the land holders are absent for boundary
demarcation, the surveyor shall not demarcate such boundaries and intimate the
land holders once again as last opportunity to attend for the boundary
demarcation in the another date fixed by the Surveyor.

9. Where the registered holder is absent or where the boundary between two land
holdings is disputed, the boundary must be laid down according to the village

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 records or as ascertained from the village officers and from such other evidence as
may be available by conducting panchanama.

10. The Surveyor shall prepare a schedule and plan of action for survey khatadar and
survey number wise in such a way that if any khatadar holds more than one land
holding either contiguous or sporadic, the survey of all such land holdings of that
khatadar shall be conducted within the prescribed schedule day to minimize the
attendance of land holder for minimum possible days.

11. A land holding or land parcel, i.e., land holding registered in the revenue
accounts or land holding to be surveyed may be either private or
Govt./Govt.dept./Govt.Institutions/Local bodies/Central Govt., it is a distinct
piece of land of one description of ownership by one pe rson or jointly by more or
by private agency or by Govt./Govt.interested. In case of long narrow fields, the
procedure will be as per survey of long narrow fields.

12. Before demarcating the boundaries of Government or Local body roads,

reserved forests, channels or other public works, notice must be sent by the
Surveyor to the local offices concerned to depute a responsible subordinate to
attend with acquisition sketches and point out the boundaries of such lands. The
subordinates deputed should certify to the correctness of the demarcation of the
land and the certificates should be filed with the records of the village. If there is
any difference between the boundaries pointed out by them and by the ryots the
matter must be reported to the competent survey aut hority.

13. If two or more existing land holdings(still separately registered) which are
contiguously situated have passed into the enjoyment of a single individual or
joint holding in common and are of the same description of ownership, they
should be surveyed into a single land holding.

14. In demarcating land holdings existing limits of occupation should be adhered to

and all bends recognized except such as are within 5 links from a line between
the marks on each side where the land is valuable or within 10 link s in dry land of
little value. When such small bends are ignored, care should be taken that the
marks at each end of the line are so placed on the boundary that there is no
appreciable loss of land or of trees to either party.

15. Equalization of bends shall be encouraged with the consensus of the adjacent
land holders to create a regular shape of land parcel as far as possible.

16. When field boundaries are found to be very crooked beyond the limits within
which equalization of bends is admissible as provided in above rules, every
endeavor must be made to induce land holders to consent to their being
straightened; it must be explained that the, saving in stones will be very great,
and that they can lose nothing, because just as much will be added to each field
as is taken away from it.

17. If land holders agree to straighten their boundaries, they must demolish the old
and set up the new bunds at once. Unless they do this, the field boundaries will
have to be marked as they exist; in no case, any bend beyond the limits laid down

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 in above rules to be ignored, because the land holder says they will form the new
bunds after the marks have been put up.

18. When there are bunds or hedges between fields, the center of these will, as a
rule be considered to be the boundary unless there is evidence to the contrary.

19. Where a road runs through Government waste land, its limits should be marked
at a maximum distance of one chain on each side of the center line of roadway.
When the waste block is already assigned, the fact of enjoyment s hall be
considered.

20. Before marking out the boundaries of railway lands, the local railway authorities
must be communicated with, asked for copies of land plans and written
permission obtained to enter on their premises when necessary.

21. All the land holders shall be encouraged to plant survey stones/pillars of
prescribed size at each and every corner/bends of field boundaries before
demarcation of boundaries or immediately after publication of 5 notification.

22. To facilitate the land holders in getting the surv ey stones/pillars, sufficient
number of survey stones/pillars shall be made available at selected agencies
within the reach of 10 km.

23. The Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records shall select such agencies in a
transparent and prescribed manner.

24. The Surveyor shall plant survey stones/pillars at trijunction and bends of all
poramboke lands.

25. The land owned Govt. department/Institutions should plant survey stones for
their lands well in advance before commencement field survey after issuing (5)
notification.

26. Every individual land holding should be surveyed as one land parcel and assign an
unique land parcel number within the village.

27. Stones erected by the GovernmentDepartment on the banks of canals, etc., by

the Railway Department to define A class lands, and by the Forest Department to
define forest boundaries, should, with the consent of the departments
concerned, be utilized as survey marks by cutting the broad arrow on them.

28. The tenure classification as exists in the updated Adangal provided by the
Tahsildar concerned should be adopted as it is, unless otherwise any changes are
brought to the notice of the Surveyor during the resurvey operations.

29. The Minor Circuit (MC) fields like hill poramboke, Forest within village, Water
bodies etc., shall be refixed with reference to existing MC circuits in the same
procedure adopted in case of village boundary demarcation and traverse data .
The MC Field map with traverse data shall be prepared in Form-12.

30. The MC Fields which were subsequently surveyed in detail and new survey
numbers were assigned under Block splitting work need not be relayed on again
ground. However, the assigned lands should be surveyed as individual land

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 parcels as recorded in the Adangal provided by the Tahsildar. The left over
portion of such MC circuit shall be surveyed as separate land parcel in the same
classification.

31. All the poramboke lands, acquired lands, unassigned AW&UAW lands, Govt.
interested lands etc., should surveyed and refixed as per the existing FMBs.

32. All existing long narrow fields like roads, railway tracts, streams, vagu
poramboke, canals etc., should be surveyed as one land parcel for a stretch
upto200 meters subject to conditions that the land should end with adjacent land
parcel boundary and within the village limit.

33. Newly formed long narrow fields, such as roads, cart-tracks, channels, railways,
etc., should be split up into survey fields each measuring about 200 metersin
length.

34. All Govt. Roads, Local body roads and cart -tracts passing through village-sites
should be surveyed as a separate land holdings accordingly, as they have been
marked outside the village- site.

35. Certain vagu and donka poramboke lands are vanished on ground but occupied by
adjacent land holders. Such lands shall be re -fixed with reference to FMBs and
book the encroachments by individual land holder and shown in red color and
that encroachment should be recorded in the Land Register accordingly.

36. There are certain vagus/donkas/punthas formed in the patta lands and in such
cases, the state of things on ground should be surveyed separately, even though
the land holder claimsunless it is developed by local bodies for public utility.

37. There are newly formed communal lands in the form of roads, common sites in
the approved or unapproved layouts out site the habitat ions and such lands
should be surveyed and recorded as state of things on ground.The approved
layouts outside village/urban site should be surveyed as separate land parcel and
all the details like roads, plots should be surveyed and give distinct notation.

38. During the re-survey of all roads, paths, etc., whether or not they vest in and are;
actually maintained by the Local Boards, the actual road path, etc., in existence
on the ground shall be taken into consideration and with reference to this, after
the issue of the notice prescribed by rule 12 of Chapter IV, a definite reasonable
width (which should usually be one chain or such smaller width as the poramboke
field permits but should be not less than the actual existing width on the ground
of the road, path etc.) shall be demarcated as the road path, etc., poramboke
which prima facie vests in the Local Board. The words ‘'The existing road path
etc.,” mean so much of the poramboke field as is necessary for the control,
maintenance and protection of the road as a highway and should be interpreted
liberally to include ordinarily the drains, avenue trees and sufficient space for
stocking road materials, etc., and reasonable road margin to allow for the
provision of these conveniences if they do not exist. The re st of each existing
poramboke field through which the road, path etc., runs, if occupied be
separately demarcated for assignment or shall be merged with the fields of the
adjacent holders as the case may be and if unoccupied shall be separately

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 demarcated and registered as assessed waste, unassessed or poramboke, as the
case may be, pending objections.

39. Wherever roads vesting in local bodies run on the banks or bunds of rivers, canals
or channels or tanks, under the control of the Public Works Department or on the
bunds of tanks or banks of channels under the control of the Revenue
Department, the portion covered by the roads need not be subdivided and
demarcated separately, and in all such cases the banks or bunds with the road
and road margins should be registered as Public works or Revenue Department
poramboke of the appropriate kind.

40. As each land parcel is sketched, the surveyor will note in the sketch in pencil the
land parcel number of each registered holding and other particulars necessary for
writing up the field or land register.

41. The Land Parcel map must be neatly drawn so as to admit of every survey mark
and boundary of land parcel including bendsand other details being clearly
shown.

42. The symbols to be used in the sketch for the different kinds of sto nes/marks are
given in, Annexure -1.

43. Land Parcels must be numbered consecutively throughout a village commencing

from the North-West corner of the village. The last Land Parcel in the village must
end at South-East in Z or S form, so that there may be no b reak in the continuity
of the land parcel numbers. .

44. After finalization of assigning Land Parcel numbers to all land parcels, and during
the over check, if any LP No. is found missing (not allotted), the last serial
number of that village shall be continued.

45. The surveyor should sign the Land Parcel Map in the lower right hand corner and
enter the date of survey of land parcel. No more writing is allowed. Also every
entry in the Field Register, Land Register and land parcel map should be digitally
signed.

46. As demarcation proceeds or immediately on completion of the demarcation of

each land parcel, the Field Register should be prepared in Form-21, the land
parcel numbers being entered at first in pencil from the field demarcation sketch.

47. In preparing the Field Register, the greatest care is necessary in locating the
existing Sy.No./Subdivision numbers against the new land parcel numbers. In
doubtful cases, local enquiries should be made.

48. In all case of discrepancy between established occupation and accounts,

demarcation must follow occupation; but the property must be registered in
accordance with the village accounts, and the discrepancy being explained in the
register in the column of remarks.

49. All the survey numbers must be accounted for in the Field Register and entered
opposite the land parcel numbers in which they are included When part extent of
a survey number are included in several land parcels, the total area of the survey

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 number field should be entered against the first land parcel number in which it
appears. Against the remaining land parcel numbers only the survey number
should be entered, and for its area reference should be made in the last column
of the Field Register to the first land parcel number against which the same was
noted.

50. The Field Register must show distinctly for each property the number of the
registered holding, name of the registered holder, classification of ownership and
extent.

51. For joint holdings, the names of all the shareholders should be entered against
the land parcel number. In all subsequent land parcels in which the same joint
holdings appear, it will be sufficient to note the name of the first shareholder and
the number of the other shareholders.

52. The Surveyor shall sign on every page of the Field Register and the last pag e will
bear the signatures of the Surveyor, designated Inspecting authority.

53. All the FMBs and Adangals should be updated with all incorporation of changes
in respect of land acquisitions and other activities to secure the Govt. interest.

54. The Surveyor should be provided a superimposed exiting village map on satellite
image in in A0 size to use as base map for preparation of location sketch for easy
identification of land holdings in Form-14 such boundaries shown in the map may
not exactly synchronize with physical boundaries captured in satellite image.

55. The Surveyor shall prepare a rough location sketch in Form-15 duly demarcating
the each land holding in a systematic manner so that no land parcel is omitted.

56. Any omissions or discrepancies found in the loca tion work should be remedied
and the necessary entries made in the land register.

57. The Surveyor shall observe all the demarcated points with the GNSS Receiver in
presence of registered land holders concerned and record the geo -cods and
prepare the Land Parcel Map in Form-20.

58. Simultaneously, Surveyor should write Field Register in prescribed physical

format.

59. All the listed topo details in Annexure-2 should be observed for Geo-cods and
recorded.

60. The settlement of disputes as to water-right, easement, right of way, etc., is not
within the competence of Survey Officers.

61. The land parcel map for every land holding shall be prepared in the prescribed
format and to the scale duly showing the Geo -cods of each vertex of land parcel.

62. All dimensions should be in meters and centimeters (Metric system) only and
area of the land holding should be in Hectares -Ares and Acres-cents

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 CHAPTER-V
LAND PARCEL MEASUREMENT
1. The measurement of boundaries should be generated from the Geo -Cods which
are observed using GNSS Receiver of given specifications in a prescribed
software. The words “observations” and “measurement” are synonyms for survey
purposes in this manual wherever these words appeared.

2. The observation of Geo-Cods using GNSS Receiver shall start from the GCPs at
every beginning and closing of the observations on a day.

3. Every demarcated boundary of a land parcel shall be observed for Geo -Cods. The
Geo-Cods thus generated and recorded can be stake out or relayed on ground
very precisely at any moment.

4. The observation of Geo-Cods of no land parcel should begin until all the vertices
of land parcel have been demarcated on ground with survey marks.

5. Land Parcel should be measured in the consecutive order of their survey

numbers. The vertices of land parcel should be measur ed by duly assigning point
Id in sequence like 1,2,3,4,5 and the sequence of joining of points should be
noted in Field Register as 1-2-3-4-5-1 to close the polygon of a land parcel as
illustrated below.

6. The surveyor should carefully survey to see that the common points or boundary
between two land parcels is measured but once only so that there may be no
difference between the measurements recorded for such common points or
boundaries.

7. Where it is not possible to erect the GNSS Receiver due to thick bushes ,
inundation with water, obstructions for Satellite signal etc., at the parcel vertex
to be observed, the following survey techniques to be adopted.

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8. Enclosures within forest reserves, and other detached land parcels whether
situated within or outside the village boundary, need not be connected as in the
traditional as every Geo-Cod gives absolute Geo-position.

9. The recording of topo details is not required for our purposes in the course of
maintenance like in traditional system as there is a facilitate i n the software or
mobile app to identify and reach any land parcel by entering land parcel number.
However, these details are useful for decision supporting system for
developments, planning based on spatial data.

10. Measurements need not, however, be taken t o unimportant details or to such as

are likely to change, small gravel pits, shallow water -courses which are usually
ploughed over, small rocks, temporary paths or tracks, old unused wells,
temporary dams and temporary sluices should be ignored altogether. It is difficult
to lay down exact rules on this point. The surveyor must use his discretion
bearing in mind that the first objective of the resurvey is to measure and map
land parcel boundaries.

11. The relative importance of each topographical feature should be considered; any
feature that attracts special notice on the ground should be measured to; a single
large tree, a small temple or large rock in an open country and a narrow pathway
across an otherwise impassable mountain range are important details and should
be fixed by measurement.

12. Arrows indicating the direction of streams should be inserted in the field
measurement book. Care should be taken that the direction of the arrow shows
the direction of the stream correctly.

13. All permanent lines of communication, such as foot-paths, cart-tracks, earthen

roads, graveled roads and metaled roads, should be distinguished from each
other by their appropriate symbols in Annexure-2.

14. At the point where a railway, road or path crosses the village boundary, such
point should be observed Geo-Cods.

15. The name of every village-site, hamlet, tank, hill, river, channel or other
topographical feature, which has a distinguishing name, must be entered in the
land parcel map, and care must be taken to ensure its correct spelling.

16. As each land parcel is measured, a plan thereof should be plotted to a suitable
Scale by the Surveyor in a prescribed Format with the Geo -Cods. As a rule, the
top of the page will represent the North, but when it does not, the north point
line should be drawn.

17. The land parcel map including Geo-Cods of all vertices with point Ids and topo
details should be prepared in triplicate.

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18. The land holdings must be plotted in the Land Parcel map format in the
consecutive order of their Land Parcel numbers. The Scale s hould be noted at the
foot of each LPM.

19. Not more than one Land Parcel Map should be plotted on each page and one land
parcel should not occupy more than one page of legal size to provide to the
registered land holder, however, for maintenance purpose a gro up of land parcels
upto 10 to acres area may be plotted in A3 size paper.

20. If a land parcel cannot be plotted on the prescribed Scale on a single page, as in
the case of long narrow strip of land, such as a channel or pathway measuring
less than 2 Hectares, it may be plotted on the same page by splitting into parts,
provided all measurements can be clearly shown.

21. The area of each land parcel should be computed by the Surveyor in the
prescribed CAD based Software.

22. At the foot of each page of the Land Parcel Map, the Surveyor should sign his
name digitally and enter the date of finalization of LPM.

23. As the measurement of land parcels in a village is in progress, the Surveyor

simultaneously write the Field Register. The vertices(points) which are secured
with survey stones/pillars by the land holders should be marked with a red circle
the Id of such point in appropriate column in Field Register as follows:

24. The accuracy of the measurements recorded by the Surveyor should be tested by
all designated inspecting Survey Officers, by means of check-measurement and
super check measurement in accordance with the instructions contained in
Chapter VII, Inspection of Field Work.

25. On completion of filed inspection, the inspecting officers should incorporate the
corrections if any, in the Field Register and Land Parcel Map as a result of
inspection with a brief note.

26. The surveyor shall prepare land parcel map and field register and handover set of
records to inspection authorities. After completion of records to the surveyor,
village revenue officer shall certify the land parcel map and field register
respectively.

27. The surveyor shall serve the notice u/s 9(2) in Form-26 acknowledgement in
Form-26(a) upon the registered land holders to invite objections any on the
decision taken by him u/s 9(1).

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 CHAPTER-VI

RECORDING OF FIELD REGISTER

The objective of resurvey is to survey each individual landholding as
per enjoyment on ground against each landholding recorded in the latest updated
Adangal and certified by the Tahsildar. Therefore, every entry of landholding
recorded in Adangal shall be accountedfor in resurvey.It is the duty of field
functionaries of survey and revenue depts. to fill in the column No. 1 to 27 without
any omissions by either coping from Adangal or RSR or fie ld survey, whichever is
applicable. Initially the Tahsildar shall submit the entire Field Register of a village
filled in from Col.No.1 to 8 and the remaining cols. in blank to the AD(S&LR) for
conducting field survey.
The guidelines to fill in the Field Register:
The entire field register is divided into 4 parts
Part 1 : consists of column 1 to 7 which shall be filled in by the Tahsildar as per ROR/
Adangal.
Part 2: consists of column 8 to 21 which shall be filled in by the Village Surveyor by
conducting field survey in presence of land holders.
Part 3 : consists of column 22 to 25 (personal details of the land holder/interested
parties) which shall be filled in by the Village Revenue Officer.
Part 4: consists of column 26-27 which is to be observed for the statutory procedure
under A.P. S&B Act, 1923 to ensure the presence and knowledgeof land holder/
interested party in field survey. This part shall be filled in by the Village Surveyor.
PART- I
How to fill in each Column in Field Register.
Col.Nos. 1 to 7: As per the latest updated Adangal.
Sl.No.1 : This column should be the serial No. of the land holdings continuously as
per Adangal. If the Sl.No. consists more than one individual land holding, those land
holdings shall be given serial Nos. in continuity.
Column No. 2: Survey No./Subdivision : This is theSurvey Number/subdivision No.
recorded in col.No.2 of Adangal
In some cases ‘N’ number of landholders are recorded under one subdivision with
different Katha Nos., in suchcases, the same Sy.No./Subdiv ision number shall be
recorded to all the land holdings.
Column No. 3: Total extent of Sy.No/ Subdivision No. recorded in Col.No.3 of Adangal

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Column No.4: Classification of land.
As recorded in the Adangal.If any Inam lands still exist, such land parcels shall be
converted into ryotwarias per relevant Acts&rules and record either GD or GID or GW
whichever is applicable.
Column No.5: Katha No. of every individual land holder for every land holding shall
be recorded as per Adangal. In case of Government lan ds, notional kathas shall be
recorded.
Column No. 6: Name of the pattadar with surname also as per Col.No.12 of Adangal
including Name of either Father or Husband of the Pattadar recorded in Col.No.12 as
recorded in updated Adangal. In case of Govt. lands , this column will be name of
Govt. Dept.
Column No.7: Nature of enjoyment as per Col.No.15 of Adangal.
PART-II
Column Nos.8 to 21 as per Field Survey
Column No. 8: Land Parcel Number.
Every land parcel shall be assigned ChaltaNo. (tentative) in 5 digits . The first 2digit
represents khandam number(01,02, 03,-------12 etc.,).The last three digits represents
land parcel number, if a khandam has more than 999 land parcel numbers it will be
four digits.
Column No.9a: Extent in Hc. Ares arrived at resurvey.
Column No.9b: Extent in Ac.cts arrived at resurvey.

Column No.10: Correlation Sy.Nos./Subdivision

This is the Sy.No./subdivision recorded with reference to RSR(Col.Nos.1) and FMB. If
the position of land parcel differs with the Sy.No./subdivision recorded in Adangal,
the actual Sy.No./Subdivision in which the land parcel exists shall be recorded and
the reasons for such deviation shall be recorded in Remarks col.
Column No. 11: Extent of original Sy.No/ Subdivision No. recorded in Col.No.8/9 of
RSR/SFA.
Column No.12: Classification of Land
If classification is Government Dry mark as GD.
If classification is Government irrigated Dry mark as GID.
If classification is Government Wet mark as GW.
If classification is Government assessed waste mark as GAW.
If classification is Government unassessed waste mark as GUAW.

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If classification is Government Poramboke mark as GP.
Column No.13: Source of Irrigation
Canal, lift irrigation, Tanks, Bore well, open well, rain fad
Column No.14: Khata No.
As recorded in Adangal,If the Khata No. of lawful enjoyer does not exist, kept blank.
Column no.15: Name of Lawful Enjoyer
In general, the pattadar name recorded in Col. No.11 of Adangal will be repeated in
enjoyers Col. also. But in some cases though rights are transferred legally by the
pattadar to a person who is enjoying that land, the present lawful enjoyer did not get
his name mutated in Records of Rights. In such cases enjoyers’ name differs with
pattadar name. In all such cases the lawful enjoyers’ name shall be recorded in this
col. and record the details in Remarks col.No.---.
Eg.for different cases:
i. Fathers name continues in pattadar column but legal heirs are enjoying
the land without getting their names mutated under RoR. In all such
cases, the names of Successors shall be recorded and record in remarks
col.No. as “Succession case”.
ii. In some cases enjoyer’s name differs with pattadar name by the way of
getting his rights through an instrument called SADA -BI-NAMA or
unregistered sale deed etc., In such cases enjoyers Col. Shall be kept blank
and record the enjoyers name in remarks Col.No. --- stating that SADA-BI-
NAMA case.
iii. In some cases, enjoyer could not prove his lawful rights flow from the
pattadar recorded in Adangal. In such cases the Pattadar name shall be
recorded in Enjoyers’ col.
iv. In some cases, the existing enjoyer claims his rights through a lawful
instrument from the person other than the pattadar and disputed the
pattadar rights. In such cases Enjoyers col. shall be kept blank and the
actual enjoyers’ name and details of dispute shall be recorded in remarks
column.
v. If the land holding is owned by any Government department / Govt.
Institution the name of Govt.Dept.to which the property belongs to shall
be recorded.

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 vi. In case of PoT cases, the name of original assignee and the actual enjoyer
differs, but with registered/unregistered sale document, in all such cases
the name of actual assignee shall be recorded in this col. and the details
shall be recorded in remarks col.

Column No.16: Fathers’ or Husbands’ or Mothers’ Name of the Lawful Enjoyer.

If the Pattadar name(col.No.6) and Lawful enjoyer(Col.No.16) name is same, the
same name recorded in Col.No.6 shall be recorded. If differs, the name of the
Fathers’ or Husbands’ or Mothers’ name of the Lawful enjoyer shall b e recorded in
accordance with the conditions narrated in Col.No.16 recorded.
Column No. 17: Nature of ownership.
Private or Govt. or Govt. Assigned whichever is applicable.
In case of assigned lands ownership shall be Govt. assigned land.All land holdings
other than Poramboke/ Govt./Govt. Dept./Institutional/Assigned lands are Private
lands owned by private persons, that will be recorded private land.
Column No.18: Evidence for acquiring Rights
As per entry in RoR-1B Register. Record as succession on subm ission of Family
Member Certificate issued by the competent authority.
In case of Assignment lands record as assignment land.If the successors of original
assignee are enjoying, record as assigned land.
Column. 19: Nature of land use
Agriculture / Horticulture/ Aquaculture / Commercial / Industrial / Residential/Public
use.
Column No.20: Type of Crop
Paddy, Sugarcane, Chilli, turmeric, cotton, garden plantation etc.,
Column No.21: Remarks
Any details in respect of Columns in Part-2.
PART-3
Column No.22 to 25 –Personal details of the Lawful Enjoyer
Column No.22: Aadhar number
Individual Aadhar no. has to be recorded by referring the Aadhar card.
Column No.23: Mobile number
Individual/Family mobile number
Column No.24: Email address
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Column No.25: Postal address
Address for communication
PART-4
Column Nos. 26 & 27: Statutory procedure to know the presence of the land holder
Column.No.26: Whether individual received notice or Not
If the individual land holder received the notice for land survey record Yes,
if not possible to serve the notice enquire the neighbors and obtain the address for
communication. If not possible,append the notice on the Door/GramaSachivalayam in
presence of two witnesses with signatures and take a photo also.
Column.27: Remarks:
Remarks if any regarding col.No.22 to 26 shall be recorded in brief.
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 CHAPTER-VII

QUALITY CHECK – INSPECTIONS

A. INSPECTION OF FIELD WORK
1. Entire field survey work is divided into three heads –

a) Village boundary and Khandam Boundary

b) Land parcel boundary
c) Field Register

apart from statutory procedures:

2. A preliminary inspection of Registry separately from demarcation and

measurement is done in resurvey.

3. The Inspecting Survey Officer should see that –

1) The location sketch is neat and complete and is signed by the Surveyor.
2) The village boundary traverse shall tally with the ground position
3) The accuracy of the Geo-Cods observed for demarcated boundary
4) The land holdings on the ground and that Adangal subdivision numbers and
names of lawful enjoyers have been entered correctly.
i) The deviation in measurement of recorded village boundary from
the actual boundary on ground beyond ( ) allowance shall be
treated as an error.

ii) Each omission in column nos. 1 to 15 or incorrect entry from col.

Nos. 16 to 25 of Field Register will be treated as an error.

iii) The minimum daily outturn of any inspecting officer is the check of
100 land holdings.

4. In resurveys, the entries in the Field Register will be checked at the same time as
demarcation and measurements. The inspecting authority should see that the
Field Register has been written as directed in Chapter-VI.

5. The following will be treated as errors in demarcation and measurem ents-

a) Omission to plant or repair stones.

b) Planting stones in incorrect positions.
c) Stake out of Geo-Cods of demarcated point
6. All errors either demarcation or measurement of boundaries should be rectified
and all omissions both on the ground and in the records shall be incorporated in
Field Register by the Inspecting Officer duly appending his name signature with
date.
7. The inspecting authorities shall invariably inspect all the land parcels

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 a) Where there is a large variation in extent recorded and now computed in
resurvey.

b) Land holdings which are difficult to measure due to various reasons.

c) land holdings adjacent to Govt. interested lands

d) land holdings adjacent to Forest lands

e) Boundary of delimitation of urban local bodies

f) Inter State boundaries

g) Villages which are partly submerged in project areas

h) Govt. interested lands where the area variation is above allowance (2%)

i) lands which are archeological important

j) Lands which are in dispute and pending at competent authorities/Civil

Courts before starting of resurvey.

8. The inspection cases in a village should be distributed among all inspecting

authorities proportionately as per their ranking, but every inspecting authority
should inspect every village.

9. All village boundaries should be checked by a specially designated inspecting

officer and see that common boundaries are tallied and have same measurements
in both the villages to avoid any over laps or gaps in between.

10. The quality of work will depend on the percentage of error either in registry,
demarcation or measurement. When registry and demarcation are inspected at
the same time, the items under each should be combined for valuation. Items
inspected under measurement should be valued by themselves. Differences in
measurement consequent on alteration of de marcation by inspecting officers
should not be reckoned as errors in measurement.

11. For inspection purposes surveyors are divided into two classes. In the first class
will be placed those who have been selected by the Assistant Director and whose
work has been consistently good and the rest in the second class. The amount of
inspection measurement (Stake out) - required is 20%of the measurement done
by the Surveyor.

12. The distribution of this percentage of inspection will be as follows -

a) Immediate superior Surveyor to the Surveyor who conducted survey:

15%

b) Deputy Inspector of Survey - 3%

c) Inspector of Survey –2%

13. An inspection report in Form-22, shall be written when an inspection is

conducted for Village boundary by the inspecting authority.

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14. The inspecting authority shall record all his inspections either the original work
done is good or bad. The original and inspector’s measurement must be given
when errors are found. Such measurement as a result of inspection should be
corrected by the inspecting authority with brief note and by appending his name
signature.

15. The Inspecting authority shall conduct over check of Geo -position of selected
land parcels at random on priority basis using GNSS Receiver and such Geo -Cods
obtained during inspection should not deviate not more than ±0.01m and report
in Form-23.

16. The deviation of Geo-Cods of two observations on same point should be

determined in linear measurement as base line grade which shall not exceed
10cm for any field boundary irrespective of linear length of that field boundary.

17. The base line grade exceeds 10cm shall be considered as an error in Geo -Cods of
that point and in that case the newly generated Geo -Cods in over check shall be
considered as correct one and incorporate the corrections in data base.

18. The Base line grade should be calculated using least square method which should
have been available in GNSS Receiver.

19. The discrepancy found in linear measurements of a field boundary should be

classed as errors as follows:
Number of errors per 100 points measured
Under 5 Good
From 5 to 10 Fair
More than 10 Bad

20. The unit for determining the quality of the Surveyor’s work will be the
Village/khandam.

21. Every inspection report should be carefully examined by the designated Survey
Authority as super check who should write his orders or remarks of the inspection
report.

22. Work classed as “bad” should, as a rule, be ordered for revision. But before doing
so, the Designate Survey Authority should satisfy himself that the nature of errors
is such as to warrant revision. For example, if in 100 points re -measured there are
8 errors above 10 cm, revision of work should not be necessary, but the surveyor
should be punished for in different measurement.

23. Work may require revision in registry, demarcation or meas urement. When
revision is ordered the revising surveyor, who should not be below the grade of
the Surveyor, should inspect the fields not already checked dealing only with the
class of items under which the work has been condemned and should continue his
inspection until the work can be classed as fair on the combined inspection
reports.

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24. A statement showing the cost of revision should be attached to the inspection
reports and submitted to the Assistant Director who will decide how much should
be recovered from the surveyor responsible.

25. When measurements or items checked by an inspecting survey authority are

found incorrect, the other fields examined by him should be checked as super
check.

26. Not only the Surveyor who conducts original resurvey, but also every inspecting
authority should record their inspection reports and incorporate the corrections
by appending his name signature or with login Id credential in online.

27. If the physical copy is corrected for over check or super check, such corrections
shall be carried out recording just above the original entry by rounding of the
original entry with appending initial. This method should be adopted for both
measurements and registry corrections. The name signature or initials with date
and the corrections incorporated shall be done with same pen preferably in red
color so that to avoid manipulation by any means.

28. The over or super check measurements agreed with the original values recorded
by Surveyor or corrected values of inspecting survey authority within the mar gin
of error allowed (rule 17 above) they should be ticked off in red ink. If the error
exceeds allowable value, the original measurements should be lightly succored
through red ink and the inspector’s measurements written above, them with the
inspector’s initials. There should not be over written while correcting the values.

29. When a surveyor attends during inspection, his GNSS Receiver should also be
tested on GCP and the result written in his diary. The GNSS Receivers found
incorrect should be put right.

30. An Inspecting authority’s inspection should be distributed over his charge as

widely as possible and should deal generally with the work of the second -class
surveyors whose efficiency is not up to the mark.

31. An Inspector of Survey should inspect every villag e in his jurisdiction, but where
villages are smaller, it will suffice if one inspection is done in every 10 square kms
in villages after completion of survey. If there is no additional officer in an office
a Dy.Inspector of Survey may be deputed for Inspe ctor's inspection with the
previous sanction of the Assistant Director.

32. The completed records of each Village shall be examined by the Inspector of
Survey and the result of such examination shall be reported in Form-25 as final
examination of records.
B. QUALITY CHECK OF FIELD REGISTER AND LAND REGISTER
33. Every Inspecting survey authority shall ensure 100% correctness of entries in the
Field Register and the Land Register of a village by conducting 100% over check
and super check. It means that every attribute of every entry should be 100%
correct as far as possible as it is the most important record for statutory process
under not only S&B Act but also A.P.Land Titling Act, 2019.
34. Field Register: Column No. 1 to 15 are taken from the existing land records lik e
Adangal and RSR/SFA updated to the latest and authorised by the Tahsildar

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 concerned with name signature. The Surveyor shall record column No.16 to 25 by
conducting field survey. Utmost care should be taken in recording column nos.
from 16 to 25.
35. The inspecting authority shall examine every entry in each column and mark
(tick) for entry in each column and ensure that all columns of all entries are over
checked and super checked.
36. The inspecting authority shall make correction of any entry in column nos. 16 to
25 by rounding off such entry and write fresh entry above that entry. The
correction should not be over writing and struck off the original entry and in
general red color pen shall be used for marking and corrections in Field or Land
Registers.
37. The inspecting authority shall append his initial at every correction and append
name signature in every page duly noting the number of corrections carried out
by him, in that page so that to curtail the tampering of the physical copies.
38. Similarly, the super checking inspection authority shall make corrections with red
color ink in the same manner as carried out by the over checking authority.
39. One entry means all attributes of a land parcel recorded in a Row from column
nos. 1 to 25. The errors found in Land Register/Land Register of a village shall be
classed as errors as follows:
Number of errors per 100 entries
Under 5 Good
From 5 to 1 Fair
More than 10 Bad
40. In Registry quality check, if more than 7 entries in 100 entries found incor rect,
that work shall be treated as worst and the Surveyor who recorded such entries
shall be punished. If the quality check officer corrected the original entries
erroneously by mistake or willfully, even a single such entry shall be treated as
fraud and severe action shall be initiated against that officer.
41. The inspecting survey authority shall enquiry the entries in detail with the
interested person on whose name that entry was made and in local enquiry.
42. The inspecting survey authority shall enquir e into the entries in detail where the
nature of ownership and the pattadar names in column no. 7 and 14 of Field
Register are differed, as these are very important for further statutory process.
43. The Inspecting authority shall confirm the evidence recorded in co lumn. 15 of
Field Register with reference to physical material collected by the Surveyor or
submitted by the interested party with reference to above rule.
44. The Inspecting authority shall write a brief note at last page of Field Register
duly mentioning the no. of corrections he made and the quality of the Registry
prepared by the Surveyor, eligible with name signature, designation and date of
inspection.

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 CHAPTER-VIII

RESURVEY OF GOVERNMENT/ GOVT. INTERESTED LANDS

1. The resurvey follows state of things on ground. The existing data need not be
refixed on ground to correlate the new land parcels with the existing FMBs and it
is important to note that extent of newly formed land parcel need not be
accounted for from which survey number this extent was covered . Only where the
appeals filed on aggrieved by the survey will be surveyed in details to trace out
the reasons for such variation or deficiency in extent.

2. However, this principle of survey as per enjoyment does not apply to Govt. lands
as these lands are more vulnerable for encroachment.

3. The Tahsildar should update the Adangal and Field Measurement Sketch for all
changes in Govt./private lands due to land assignment, acquisition, alienation,
block splitting, land ceiling, etc.

4. The Surveyor should collect all the FMBs relates to all Govt./Govt. interested/
Govt. Institutions of every village.

5. The resurvey follows enjoyment, But the Govt. lands should be refixed in
accordance with the updated FMBs which are certified by the Tahsildar being the
custodian of the records.

6. Traverse data for the MC fields should be obtained from either Central Survey
Office or Assistant Director’s office and plot them in the CAD based software.

7. Where the traverse data is missing, those traverse circuits should be refixed with
reference to the adjacent FMBs using GNSS Receiver or ETS by concerting the FMB
data into Geo-Cods data by transposing process.

8. Where the MC circuits does not have traverse data and not plotted to Scale, i.e.
rough shaped sketch recorded with rough area shoul d be refixed with reference
to adjoining FMBs using GNSS Receiver or ETS.

9. In case of MC fields, the area arrived at by plotting & computing the traverse data
in software should be adopted even there is deviation from the recorded area.

10. In cases where the traverse data either missing or not prepared initially, if the
adjacent FMBs in continuation are also missing, the shape and size plotted in
Village map should be taken into consideration and judicially refix with reference
to private land holder’s enjoyment on ground. In such cases, benefit of doubt
should be given to the private land holders.

11. The MC Field need not be refixed where the block splitting was done and the
survey fields carved out from such MC field should be surveyed by following
enjoyment subject to condition that encroachment by adjacent private land holder
shall not be allowed.

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12. If a part of MC field is remained, after block splitting, such left over land should be
surveyed as separate land parcel with the same ownership classification.

13. Where the occupation is assignment in nature without block splitting of the MC
field, duly entering in revenue accounts, such enjoyment should be resurveyed as
per state of things on ground duly protecting the MC field boundary as the claim
of the Govt. is permanent in nature.

14. A responsible officer from every land owned Government departments should
present at the time of plantation of survey stones and refixing of their lands in a
Village. The Surveyor should keep on informing those responsible officers til l their
survey work is completed. If their attendance is poor or nil, survey should be
stopped and report to the next higher authority in Survey & Land Records
Department as well as the respective Govt. Dept. Such report shall be
communicated within no time through email or and online groups meant for
resurvey.

15. The Surveyor should inform in writing separately the schedule of survey of lands
and survey number details belonged to the respective Dept., well in advance in
prescribed format in addition to the 6 notification.

16. After issuing the 6 notification, every land owned Govt. dept. should appoint a
Nodal Officer duly mentioning their jurisdiction and informs the Assistant Director,
Survey & Land Records of that District.

17. After receipt of the details from Surveyor, the Nodal officer of the Dept. shall
submit any other details or missing information regarding their claims on lands to
the Surveyor well in advance and keep on following till their lands are surveyed.

18. It is the duty of the Nodal Officer concerned to plant survey stone as and when
surveyor demarcated and measured their land and secures their land.

19. There is every possibility of either deposition of new land or erosion of existing
land in case of heavy flowing water bodies like rivers, streams and va gus etc., due
to change of its course over a period of time. In all such cases, the original
boundaries shall be restored as per existing data. If the recorded land is eroded,
such land should be demarcate as per existing FMBs and the portion of eroded
area should be shown in broken lines to that effect with land parcel number in
continuation.

20. If the part of the survey number is eroded, the available land on ground will be
surveyed and shown boundaries as usual and the remaining eroded portion of land
should be shown in broken lines, but the area of such land parcel shall be the
available land only and the eroded area will be recorded in remarks column with
details.

21. The lands vested with Govt. due to development of private lands due to various
reasons without land acquisition from the land holders, such lands should be
surveyed in the account of Govt. owned Dept. only.

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22. There are certain cases where exchange of lands from private to Govt. and vice
versa took place due to various reasons with or without docum entary evidence,
such lands shall be surveyed as per enjoyment only.

23. In certain land acquisition cases for various developmental purposes, the actual
enjoyment on ground differed and deviated with the recorded boundaries and in
such cases the enjoyment should be considered for survey by comparing the
recorded and enjoyment area. The acquired area should be protected in all cases
where the enjoyment area is less than the acquired recorded area.

24. In case of shortage of acquired area when the enjoyment and reco rd deviates,
that shortage extent should be accounted for from the adjacent survey number
from which land was acquired earlier.

25. After refixing the Govt. lands as per procedure and as explained above, the
Surveyor shall measure with GNSS Receiver and simul taneously write the Field
Register accordingly.

26. The long narrow fields such as roads, channels, streams, vagus etc. may not tally
on ground due to various reasons and errors, in such cases the long narrow fields
should be refixed with reference to FMBs of adjacent survey numbers.

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 CHAPTER-IX
BOUNDARY DISPUTES
1. The investigation and settlement of disputed boundaries under the A.P.
Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 rests with Survey Officers appointed as such
by Government under section (4) of the Act.

2. The reording of disputes as to water-right, easement, right of way, etc., is not

within the competence of Survey Officers.

3. While conducting resurvey, the Village Surveyors are not allowed to settle
boundary disputes.

4. The following are the classes of cases which Survey Officers will have to deal
with:

i) Disputes under section 10(1).

ii) Appeals under section 11 from decisions under section 10 (1).
iii) Appeals under section 11 from decisions under section 9 (1).
5. Cases under class (1) will lie to the Survey Officer se nior to the Surveyor
conducting the survey, those under class (2) to a Survey Officer senior to the
officer who passed the original decision, and those under class (3) to a Survey
Officer senior to the officer publishing the notices under section 9 (2).
6. The Act does not allow second appeals being entertained by any Survey
Officer.
7. Appeals, if any under section 11 shall be filed within 60 days of the receipt of
the decision under section 10(2) or within 60 days from the date of receipt of
the notice under section 9 (2), but the time taken to secure a copy of the
decision and of the map shall not be included in the period of 60 days allowed
for appeal in Form-28 with acknowledgement in Form-28(a) and the appellate
authority may admit an appeal after the expiry of the said period on his being
satisfied that the appellant had good and sufficient cause for not preferring
the appeal within such, period.
8. Original complaints and appeals including those on behalf of Government
preferred to officers below the grade of Director of Survey should be filed
with Fee of Rs.500/- through online.
9. Original petitions regarding disputed boundaries should be presented to the
Survey Officer superior to Surveyor conducting original resurvey.
10. The designated Survey Officer shall receive the objection petitions filed while
conducting survey by subordinate survey officer and adjudicate the disputed
boundaries by issuing survey notice to the land holders in Form-12. After
adjudicating the disputed boundaries by conducting field survey the
designated survey officer shall record his decision and survey report in Form-
13. Such decision of Survey Officer in Form-13 shall be served upon the
interested parties through a notice in Form-27 by obtaining acknowledgement
in Form-27(a).

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11. Appeals against the decisions u/s 9(1) should be preferred to the Surveyor
superior to the Surveyor conducting original resurvey.
12. Appeals against decisions u/s 10(1) should be preferred to the Surveyor
superior to the Surveyor attending the original petitions.
13. A register of appeals received shall be maintained Village wise for village
boundary and field boundary in Form-43 & Form-45 respectively.
14. A separate register of objections for village boundary and field boundary shall
be maintained village wise in Form-42 & Form-44 respectively.
15. Petitions or appeals filed without prescribed Fee will be returned to the
parties for resubmission along with Fee. Petitions or appeals which do not
clearly describe the locality in dispute and the nature of the dispute or which
relate to more than one patta will be returned for amendment.
16. Appeals against orders passed by Survey Officers under section 10 (1) if not
accompanied by the order appealed against, will be returned for resubmission
with a certified copy of the order.
When a petition or appeal is returned under rule 14 or 15, it should be stated
in the order returning it that the document should be presented again,
amended or with omission supplied, as the case may be, within a specified
time, failing which the petition or appeal will be liable to rejection.

One month should ordinarily be long enough to allow of the correction of

initial defects, but the Appellate authority should exercise their discretion in
fixing the period in each individual case.

17. When petitions or appeals have been entertained before the survey authority,
the authority may himself enquire into a dispose of such of them as he may
consider necessary and refer the rest to any subordinate Survey Officer for
disposal or for enquiry and report. When complaints or appeals are so
referred, they will be accompanied by extracts from the original survey
records of measurement and such other papers and records as may be
considered necessary for the disposal of the complaint or appeal.

18. The proceedings of the Survey Officer in regard to the service of summonses,
the summoning of parties and witnesses and enforcing their attendance, the
examination of parties and witnesses, and the production of documents will
be regulated, so far as may be practicable by the sections of the Code of Civil
Procedure which are printed as Appendix-III.

19. When a complaint is entertained, the Survey Officer should issue a notice to
the plaintiff in Form-32, mentioning the date and place fixed for hearing and
requiring him to take out, in sufficient time bef ore the date fixed for hearing,
summonses to the defendant or defendants and to such of his witnesses as he
wishes to be summoned by the Survey Officer. Complaints and appeals should,
so far as possible be disposed of in, or in close proximity to the villa ges
concerned. As a general rule, all complaints and appeals relating to a
particular village should be taken up simultaneously at a station of which
notice has been previously given to the ryots of the village concerned.

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20. The notice should also require the plaintiff to deposit an amount sufficient to
meet the cost of service of process, when a separate establishment is
employed for that purpose and for batta to witnesses.

21. The process fee to a single defendant, respondent or witness the case of
original proceedings, and in the case of appellate proceedings will be as
ordered from time to time.

22. To every additional defendant, respondent or witness residing in the same

village, if the process be applied for at the same time the process fee in
original proceedings and in appellate proceedings will be as ordered from
time to time.

23. The batta to witnesses will be such a sum of money as appears to the Survey
Officer to be sufficient to defray the traveling and other expenses of the
persons summoned in passing to and from the place of enquiry and for one
day’s attendance.

24. When the plaintiff has deposited the necessary fees, summons should be
issued to the defendant in Form-33 and to witnesses in Form-34.

25. The summons should be in duplicate and should be signed by the Su rvey
Officer.

26. The summons to the defendant should specify the time and place at which he
is required to attend.

27. The summonses to witnesses should specify the time and place at which they
are required to attend and also state whether their attendance is req uired for
the purpose of giving evidence or to produce a document or for both
purposes; and any particular document which the person is called on to
produce should be described in the summons with reasonable accuracy.

28. The date on which the defendant and witnesses should be required to attend
should be the same as that fixed in the notice issued to the plaintiff under
rule 15 above. But if that date should happen to be too near for the
appearance of the defendants and witnesses with reference to their place of
residence and the time necessary for the service of summonses, it should be
altered and the altered date communicated to the plaintiff.

29. Where the parties to a complaint do not apply for summonses to the village
officers, the Survey Officer may summon them, if necessary, and record their
evidence.

30. In a dispute in which the interests of Government are concerned, and the case
is not of trifling nature, the Asst. Director should address the Tahsildar,
Divisional Officer, or the Collector, in order that the i nterests of Government
may he properly represented. In trifling cases, the village authorities will
represent Government.

31. Where the dispute relates to Government lands whose control is vested in the
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 that department and the Nodal Officer of that Dept. concerned should be
similarly, addressed.

32. If on receipt of a complaint, the Survey Officer finds that verification of the
disputed locality is necessary, he may do the same on the date f ixed for
inquiry or at any time before that date; or he may depute one of his
subordinates to inspect the grounds and prepare a measurement sketch, to
any convenient scale, of the disputed locality, showing the land claimed by
each party as also the adjoining lands where necessary.

33. The subordinate may also be directed to submit his report on the facts of the
dispute for the information of the Survey Officer, but the order of the Survey
Officer should be based on evidence recorded by himself and not upon the
report of his subordinate.

34. Summonses should be served ordinarily by the village establishment or by the

process Office Subordinate or Chainman if one has been duly sanctioned and
attached to the Survey Officer.

35. Service of summons should be made by delivering or tendering the duplicate

summons to the defendant or witness personally or to his agent.

36. The village servant or process Office Subordinate or Chainman should take on
the back of the original summons the signature of the person to whom the
duplicate is delivered.

37. If the defendant or the witness refuses to sign the acknowledgement, or if,
owing to his absence or other cause, the summons cannot be served
personally, the village servant or Office Subordinate or Chainman should affix
a copy of the summons on the outer door of the house in which the defendant
or witness ordinarily resides and return the original summons to the Survey
Officer with an endorsement thereon that he so affixed the copy and the
circumstances under which he did so.

38. On the day fixed for the hearing of the case or on any other day to which the
hearing is adjourned, the inquiry will begin by the plaintiff stating his case
and producing his evidence in support thereof.

39. The statements of parties and the evidence of witnesses should be tak en on
oath and should be in the language with which they are familiar.

40. As the examination of each witness proceeds, the Survey Officer should, when
he does not take down the evidence in his own handwriting, make a
memorandum of the substance of what each w itness deposes, and such
memorandum should be written and signed by the Survey Officer with his own
hand and should form part of the record.

41. The defendant will then state his case which will be recorded, together with
the evidence of his witnesses, as explained in the preceding two rules.

42. If on the date fixed for the hearing of the case, the plaintiff fails to appear,
the Survey Officer will unless the defendant admits the claim, dismiss the
complaint.

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43. If the plaintiff appears but not the defendant, though summons was duly
served on him, the Survey Officer will proceed to pass a decision on the
evident merits of the case, with the aid of such records as are available.

44. The Survey Officer will in each case pass his order and record the grounds on
which the order was based.

45. The proceedings of the Survey Officer shall be recorded.

46. The purport of the Survey Officer’s order should be communicated to the
parties on the day the order is passed.

47. In communicating the purport, the parties should be informed of the time
within which and the person to whom an appeal may be presented.

48. When an appeal is preferred u/s 11, from an order under section 10(2), the
appellate authority should issue a notice in duplicate in Form-31 to the
respondent fixing a date for the hearing of the same. Notice in duplicate
should also be sent to the appellant and obtain acknowledgement in Form-
31(a).

49. In case of an appeal preferred u/s 11 from an order u/s 9 (1), notice in
duplicate in Form-31 should be given to all registered holders the boundar ies
of whose holdings may be affected by the proceedings in appeal in and obtain
acknowledgement in Form-31(a).

50. The Survey Officer shall dismiss the appeal if the appellant be absent and
proceed ex-parte if the respondent be absent. After the parties have been
heard and such evidence as may be necessary has been recorded, the
appellate authority will pass his decision and record the grounds on which it is
based.

51. All decisions should be communicated the day they are passed and should be
accompanied by a printed acknowledgement.

52. A copy of the order of the Survey Officer or of the decision of the appellate
authority may be furnished to the parties on their application and at their
cost. Where from its wording, the interpretation of the order of the Survey
Officer is made to depend upon a plan, sketch or diagram, a copy of such plan,
sketch or diagram should be supplied free of cost with the copy of the order;
but, where copies of plans, sketches or diagrams are required merely to
supplement and not to explain the order, they should be supplied after
deposit of the required fee by the party applying for the copy. The usual fee
for the copy of the plan of a field shall be as ordered from time to time, but
for special cases special fees may be fixed by the officer p assing the orders. In
all cases to which Government is a party, copies of the order and of any
necessary plans, sketches or diagrams should be sent to the Collector without
application on his part.

53. The order of the Survey Officer or the decision of the app ellate authority
should be given effect to as soon as possible after the order or decision has
been passed, and a certificate to that effect should be made in the records

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 connected with the case, noting the date on which the order or decision was
given effect to.

54. Copies of depositions and of documents filed in the course of the hearing of a
dispute and of the memoranda of evidence made by the Survey Officer or the
appellate authority may be granted to parties, whenever required and at their
cost. Parties may also be allowed to inspect such documentary evidence as is
filed. On completion of hearing and after an order or decision has been
passed all documents filed should be returned to the parties filing them, and
the fact that this procedure will be adopted should be intimated to the parties
as an addendum to the order or decision passed in the case.

55. The District Collector, or Survey Officer, may, with the consent of all the
parties concerned, refer to arbitration any dispute as to a boundary.

56. The decision of the District Collector or the Survey Officer passed in
accordance with such award shall be conclusive between the parties to such
arbitration and those claiming under them.

57. Any Survey Officer generally or specially authorized in that behalf, or the
District Collector, or any officer to whom an appeal is preferred under any of
the provisions of this Act, may, for the purposes of any survey inquiry or other
proceeding under this Act, summon and enforce the attendance of any person
for giving evidence and for the production of documents, or for the purpose
rendering assistance in the survey of any land in which such person has an
interest.

58. The procedure described in the Code of Civil Procedure for summoning and
enforcing the attendance of witnesses and for the recording of evidence shall
be followed as far as it can be made applicable.

59. Original records connected with each dispute decided under the Act should be
sent to the Central Survey Office on the completion of survey of each Mandal.
The records should be accompanied by a list in Form-50.

60. In re-surveys, the original survey records will form part of the documentary
evidence for the Survey Officer to base his order or decision. Such records
cannot, however, prevail against the prescriptive right acquired by a party by
twelve years’ adverse possession in the case of private lands, and thirty years’
adverse possession in the case of Government waste or poramboke lands.

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 CHAPTER-X
DEMARCATION OF TYPICAL BOUNDARIES
1. In the traditional system of survey, the area of a survey number was computed
using area square paper which was plotted to scale and divided into smaller
squares of definite units and by counting the number of such units occupy the
field measurement map which was plotted to a definite scale. The area thus
arrived was not mathematically calculated. There is every possibility of scale,
measurement and counting errors, therefore allowance of 5% was adopted and
variation in extents should not be considered as errors. The area computed by
plotting the FMB in any CAD based software by data entry may not tally with the
area recorded in land records. Now, the survey is being conducted using very high
precision instruments and the area is being calculated meticulously in CAD based
software, therefore, the older area of a survey number and the sum of the areas
of all land parcels exist in that survey number may not tally and hence one should
not try to tally the new and old areas of the given survey number.
2. The basic principle is that the survey follows enjoymen t, however, wherever the
objections/appeal are filed, the competent surveyor should adjudicate by
following the existing FMB boundaries and any other documentary evidence.
3. There are joint holdings in the name of more than one pattadar with share but
contiguous land parcel i.e. without enjoyment boundaries for their share, in such
cases it is the responsibility of joint holders whether they want separate land
holdings or joint land holding with one land parcel. If they want separate land
parcels for their share they shall form ridges or plant survey stones or they shall
submit a rough sketch duly showing their location, proposed share with
signatures as a token of their willingness Then the surveyor shall adopt the
ground position or the sketch submitted by the joint share holders whichever
case may be.
4. The land holding owned by the recorded pattadar is intestate (not alive) and not
transferred his rights in any manner and his name is continued in revenue
accounts, in such cases the legal heirs should get thei r names recorded in
revenue accounts from the competent authority, then the Surveyor shall survey
as per the boundaries shown or in accordance with the sketch duly showing their
share and location with signature in the Form-17.
5. In some cases, separate land holdings are combined and under one enjoyment
contiguously without any survey mark or ridges, in such cases, the land holders
should plant survey marks as per their location and extent recorded in the
revenue accounts or submit their location sketch in Form-17.
6. In some cases, more than one land holder claims common rights on immovable
property of common usage like Bore well, pump house shed, water ponds, cattle
sheds, harvesting platforms, permanent structures etc., in such cases that
common usage property should be surveyed as a separate land parcel and record
the common rights of all the claimants having such rights with their shares.
7. In aquaculture, large number of survey numbers are merged and created tanks in
the pattern as required and it is not poss ible to demarcate the
survey/subdivision/land holding boundaries on ground and the land holders could
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 should prepare a combined sketch of all such survey numbers and provide to the
land holders and in turn the land holders should submit a sketch duly
demarcating the boundaries of their land parcel in regular shape, irrespective of
their earlier location or boundaries mentioned in their registered documents, for
the extent they claimed as land consolidation at their will in an Affidavit in Form-
18.
8. The Surveyor should demarcate the outer boundary of such combined sketch with
reference to survey marks which are intact on ground, and generate Geo -
coordinates of land parcels in the CAD software as submitted by the land holders.
9. If the area of the sum of the areas of all such survey numbers differs the extent
now surveyed along the outer boundary of such combined sketch, the difference
in such area should be adjusted proportionately as per the extent they claimed.
10. If the donka/vaguporamboke lands are merged in the formation of aquaculture,
the donka/vague poramboke shall be surveyed as separate land parcel at their
original position duly protecting its area and the measurement should be uniform
by following equivalisation of bends throughout the combined sketch and it
should form the connectivity for the donka extension, if exists.
11. The UAW/AW or assigned lands merged in such combined aquaculture tanks shall
be protected and surveyed as a separate land parcels in the same pattern
mentioned at para(5) and registered in the name of assignees in case of
assignments.
12. The permanent structures like roads, buildings, culverts constructed by the land
holders in the aquaculture need not be surveyed , but should be shown as topo
details in the map.
13. The village boundary may exist across the aquaculture tank where the village
boundary could not be demarcated on ground as the tank is full of water and the
original boundaries are vanished due to developme nts, in such cases, the village
boundary shall be altered as per damarcable boundary on ground by following
due procedure.
14. There are two land holdings in one survey number with definite extent recorded
in land records and sum of the area of these two land holdings tallied with the
total extent of that survey number, but the enjoyment of the two land holders
differed with their recorded extents and either the enjoyers may object for
survey to alter the boundary as per the established rights. In such cases, t he
Surveyor should take the written objection and submit to the next superior
Survey Officer on whom the jurisdiction u/s 10(1) vested with. The surveyor
officer u/s 10(1) shall conduct survey and adjudicate the boundary as per the
existing rights by considering the physical enjoyment, registered documents and
land records and issue orders u/s 10(1) duly justifying his decision basing on the
title of the enjoyers. This procedure will apply to any number of land holdings in
one survey number.
15. The established principle is that the boundaries prevail over area, hence
whatever the area now arrived as per the existing FMB shall be adopted and need
not be constrained to the recorded area. The area now calculated in CAD
software may vary with recorded area of FMB as stated above. The land holdings
shall be surveyed as per enjoyment and area arrived at by such enjoyment survey
may vary, but such arrived area should be adopted, if any objection is filed. In

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competent authority shall adjudicate basing on the enjoyment, land records and
registered documents and if necessary the extent in variation shall
proportionately be adjusted survey/subdivision wise.
16. The land parcel is contiguous and extende d in more than one survey number, but
such land parcel should be surveyed as one land parcel only and all the correlated
survey numbers should be recorded.
17. The long narrow fields like roads, vague, canals etc., may change its original
recorded course over a period of time and run across the private land holdings, in
such cases the existing narrow field should be surveyed as per ground position.
The private land holder wants any claim may approach the competent authority.
18. In certain cases especially roads, the road at curve/bend points or at bell mouth
portions extended into the private land holdings one side, and another side the
private land holding extended into the long narrow field. In all such cases, the
physical existence should be surveyed as per state of things on ground.
19. The unobjectionable poramboke/UAW/AW land parcels which are below 5 cents
should be accounted for to the adjacent land holder. Such land parcels above 5
cents should be surveyed as separate land parcel and accounted for as
UAW/AW/Poramboke as the case may be.
20. There are “N’ number of land holders registered in one survey/subdivision
number without registering their boundaries in FMB. The land holder may object
or file appeal when the extent now surveyed differed with the registered areas
due to various reasons, in such cases the objections/appeals should be
adjudicated with reference to FMB, registered documents and possession on
ground to do justice.

Land Acquisition cases :

21. Land acquisition completed and incorporated in Adangal but not in both RSR/SFA
and FMB: In such cases the designated nodal officer of the concerned department
is responsible to produce authorised evidence for location and alignment details
of possession, then Surveyor shall conduct survey as demarcation done by the
Officer concerned with prescribed survey marks to observe Geo -Cods. After
completion of such survey, the Surveyor should obtain the Certificate of consent
of the departmental nodal officer in Form-17.

22. Land acquisition completed and changes have been incorporated in Adangal and
both RSR/SFA and FMB, but state of things on ground disagree with record. In
such cases, the Department officer should give written consent in Form-18 for
surveying either the actual state of things on ground or in accordance with the
recorded boundaries. The Surveyor shall conduct survey as per the consent
submitted by the Dept. Officers.

23. In certain cases, the land acquired for public purpose is kept unused due to
defunct or deviation of such project/schemes and under occupati on of certain
persons, all such acquired lands shall be surveyed as separate land parcel and
register as Govt. land.

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24. Govt. lands are occupied by dwelling houses and developed with all amenities. All
such Govt. lands shall be surveyed as Govt. lands only an d the state of things on
ground shall be recorded in remarks. The limit of dwelling occupations shall be
duly marked with broken lines as a token of enjoyment in land parcel map.

25. In some cases, the entire extent of survey/subdivision number is registered in the
name of private land holder and the existing roads/canals on ground are not
recorded in any land records. In all such cases, the state of things on ground shall
be surveyed and registered as Govt. land and objections if any with proper
evidence shall be recorded in remarks.

Land Assignment cases:

26. All the assigned pattas issued unconditionally before 1954 (G.O.Ms.No.1142
Revenue dated 18-6-1954) shall be surveyed and recorded as patta land and the
reasons to that effect shall be recorded in remarks.

27. The land parcels under enjoyment of legal heirs of the original assignee having
conditional assignment patta after 1954 shall be surveyed separately and
registered in favour of Legal heirs.

28. There is “N” number of land holders with distinct extent in given survey number,
but physical possession of that land holders is sporadic in different survey
numbers. In all such cases, the physical possession of the land holder in each land
parcel may be sporadic, shall be surveyed separately and registered in favour of
assignees whatever the number of land parcels are under enjoyment.

29. The sum of the recorded extents of all the assigned land parcels exceeds the
actual extent of that survey number, then the assigned land extent should be
restricted (to their physical possession in that survey number) within that survey
number only.

30. The sum of extents of “N” number of assignees exceeds the available extent on
ground, then the available extent shall be accounted for the assignees who are in
physical possession.

31. The physical possession of individual assignee may exceed or deceed the actual
assigned extent including 5% allowance, then the physical possession shall be
surveyed as one land parcel and the quantity of excess or less extent should be
noted in remarks.

32. There are “N” number of assignees in a survey number without any physical
possession with distinct boundaries, then those assignees shall submit a sketch
duly showing the boundaries of each individual claim with signatures. The
Surveyor shall adopt such subdivisions sketch and generate Geo-cods of each
individual land parcel.

33. There are “N” number of assignees in a survey number without any physical
possession with distinct boundaries, but the subdivisions are recorded in FMB,
then the Surveyor shall adopt such FMB and generate Geo-cods of each individual
land parcel.

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34. The land parcels assigned to depressed classes people(DC) shall be surveyed in
favour of those DC, though the original assignees are not in possession and in the
physical possession of other than DC people.

35. There may be multiple claims by assignees on a piece of assigned land, then that
assigned land parcel shall be surveyed in favour of lawful enjoyer irrespective of
the Adangal entry, but the discrepancy/objection shall be noted in remarks.

36. The abandoned village sites shall be surveyed as per enjoyment on ground.

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 CHAPTER-XI
APPEALS

1. The surveyor who conducts field survey shall write the Field Register in the
presecribed format and prepare Land parcel maps.
2. The original Field Register shall not be corrected or updated as a result of
decisions by competent authorities’ u/s 10 or 11 as it is the master copy of field
data prepare while conducting survey in presence of registered land holders.
3. The Appellate authority shall receive the written Appeals on t he decisions
communicated u/s 9(2) and orders passed u/s 10(2) in Form-12 and the Surveyor
shall acknowledge the receipt of such written appeals in Form-12(a).
4. The Surveyor who conducts field survey shall maintain a Regi ster of Objections on
such disputed boundaries, while conducting survey.
5. The immediate superior survey authority to the Surveyor who conducted filed
survey shall conduct survey of disputed boundaries as and when the Surveyor
referred the objections if any raised on such boundaries, while con ducting survey.
6. Such objections on boundary disputes raised by any interested party while
conducting survey are not appeals and shall be treated them as original petitions.
7. Such survey authority shall dispose of such objections on disputed boundaries u/s
10. Also, the authority shall maintain a Register of objections in Form- 42 & 44.
Also, the decisions filed in Form-13, such decision incorporated in Field Register.
8. The immediate superior survey authority to the Surveyor who issued 9(2) notices
shall be the appellate authority u/s 11 for appeals preferred against 9(2) notices.
Such appellate authority shall dispose of appeals u/s 11 by passing order /
decision in Form-35.
9. The immediate superior survey authority to the Surveyor who disposed of
petitions u/s 10(2) shall be the appellate authority u/s 11 for the appeals
preferred against u/s 10(2).
10. The survey authority shall not admit any appeal u/s 11 after expiry of the period
prescribed u/s 12(a), provided that the authority may admit the appeals after
expiry of said period on his being satisfied that appellant has good and sufficient
cause for not proffering the appeal within such period. Such good and sufficient
causes may be hospitalization for severe ill health/undergone major surgery,
NRIs, written request for reasonable additional time for obtaining required
documents, natural calamity in that period.
11. Appeals prefered u/s 11 without locus standi shall shall be rejected at the
adminission stage ifself by issuing endosement in Form-29 with proper
acknowledgement in Form-29(a).
12. Appeals preferred u/s 11 by interested parties without proper documentation to
prove their claims or rights whatever they have, such applications shall be
returned for resubmission by endorsement duly mentioning the specific reasons
for returning the application and the date by which the appeal shall be
resubmitted in Form-30 with acknowledgment in Form-30(a).

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13. The appellant may authorize his agent with written consent to file appeals and
attend the case on his behalf for all purposes till disposal of such appeal.
14. The appellate authority shall maintain a Register of Appeals and the appellate
authority shall intimate the decisions taken on the appeals to the parties
concerned.
15. The changes if any, on disposal of appeals shall be incorpor ated in the Land
Parcel maps and the Rough Land Register by the superior survey authority or
Appellate authority as the case may be.
16. Such incorporation of changes shall be carried out duly mentioning the
appropriate file references with digital signature.
17. The Surveyor or superior survey authority to Surveyor or appellate authority shall
furnish the decisions or orders u/s 9(2) or 10(2) or 11(1) to any person interested
in such orders as the case may on his application an d at the cost of the applicant.
18. Any person interested in such orders shall apply for a copy of such decisions or
orders of the survey authority in a prescribed format along with prescribed fee in
Form-36.
19. On receipt of such applications from the persons interested such decisions or
orders shall be furnished by the survey authority within 3 working days either by
hand or online with proper acknowledgement in Form-36(a).
20. The survey authority shall give reasonable opportunity to the persons interested
for redressal of the objections or appeals in the manner prescribed.
21. A Fair Land Register (Resurvey Land Register) shall be prepared from Fair Land
Register after incorporating all necessary changes in Field Register as per
decisions or orders issued on objections or appeals in the prescribed Form-37.
22. As per section 12(c), no appeal shall be admitted u/s 12(b) after the issue of
notification specified under section (13), however persons interested or
aggrieved by the decisions of survey authority may file appeals after publication
of 13 notification, then such appeals can be considered by a survey authority and
direct the appellants to approach the Civil Courts for proper remedy as per the
provision u/s 14.

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 CHAPTER-XII

CARTOGRAPHY STANDARDS
1. Scales:
The Scale of Land Parcel is irrelevant in Geo -Coordinate system as both Geo-
Coordinates of each vertex and measurements of boundaries are shown, however
to maintain uniformity, LPMs will be plotted to prescribed Scale varying from
1: 500 to 1000 depending upon the average size of land parcel.
1. Land Parcel Map : 1: 1000
2. Village Map : 1 : 3000
3. Village Boundary : 1 : 10,000
4. Correlation Sketch : 1 : 5000
5. Location Sketch : Not to Scale
6. Index Map of CORS Network : 1 : 1,00,000
7. Mandal Map : 1 : 25,000
8. District Map : 1 : 50,000

2. Land Parcel Numbers:

1. Land Parcel Number size :14
2. Adjacent Land Parcel Nos. :18
3. Base point Notation Font size :16
4. Boundary line thickness :11
5. Measurement Font size :10
3. Geo-Coordinates:
1. Geo-Coordinates Font size : 12
2. Base Point Notation size : 12
3. Row height in Table : 20
4. Topo details:
1. Point feature size : 18 to 20
2. Line feature thickness : 10

5. All Fonts should be in Aerial.

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 CHAPTER-XIII

PREPARATION OF FINAL RECORDS

1. Register of GCPs: Every GCP having Geo -cods of high precision shall be
assigned an unique ID of 11 digits and prepare district wise.These GCPs shall
be listed village wise and cause publication in the District gazzettes in Form-
39 .
2. A Register of all land parcels in a village shall be prepared in prescribed
proforma duly showing Land Parcel numbers, Bhudhaar numbers along with
area of each land parcel.
3. Land Parcel Maps: A land parcel map shall be prepar ed for one or group of
land parcels depending upon the size of the land parcels in Form-20.
4. Village Traverse data: A closed traverse of village boundary duly showing
adjacency information, Geo-cods of all survey marks along the village
boundary and khandam boundaries shall be prepared in Form-5.
5. Village Map: A village map shall be prepared duly showing all land parcels of
that village in Form-38 including details statutory notifications.
6. A Field Register for every village shall be prepared in Form-21.
7. A Land Register for every village shall be prepared in Form-37.
8. A correlation map duly showing the Village map (new) superimposed on Village
map (old) should be prepared in Form-16 for reference purpose.
9. Details of inspections as part of quality over check and super check of resurvey
shall be prepared by the officers concerned in Form-24.
10. A Register of Minor Circuit fields NOT included in any village shall be prepared
in Form-49. This Register shall be prepared for entire State.
11. A Register of boundary disputes with Forest lands shall be prepared in Form-
46.
12. A Register of Inter State boundary dispute, if any shall be prepared in Form-48.
13. A Register of Inter district boundary disputes shall be prepared in Form-47.
14. Final Examination report for every village shall be prepared in Form-40.
15. All the Land Parcel Maps and the rough Land Register shall be prepared and
approved by the Surveyor or superior survey authority as the case may be.
16. All the incorporation of changes in the Land Parcel Maps and rough Land
Register shall be carried out by the superior survey authority or the appellate
authority as the case may be with proper approval/attestation in the form of
either physical or digital signature whichever is applicable.
17. The Surveyor shall prepare and approve the Final L and Parcel Maps, Fair Land
Register and Village maps of the village with counter signature of the superior
survey authority.

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18. A Validation Register duly showing the status of Records shall be prepared at
District level in Form-51.
Above all the Registers/Records, the following Records/Registers will have
statutory value after publication of 13 notification under S&B Act.

- Register of GCPs

- Land Parcel Map with Geo-cods

- Land Register
All other above Registers/Records are supporting and auxiliary records to
prepare final statutory records.
19. The following Records/Registers of Village shall be sent to Central Survey
Office for preservation purpose.
a. Village (including Khandams) Traverse Data
b. Land Parcel Maps
c. Fair Land Register
d. Village map
e. 9(2) notices with acknowledgement
f. 10(2) orders
g. Orders in u/s 11
h. 13 notification copy
20. The following records/Registers/Files of a Village shall be sent to the Assistant
Director of Survey & Land Records.
a. Village including Khandam traverse data
b. Land Parcel Maps
c. Field Register
d. Land Register
e. Village map
f. Correlation map
g. Rough Correlation statement
h. Stone Accounts
i. 10(1) files
j. Orders u/s 11
k. 6(1) notification copy
l. 5 notification copy
m. 13 notification copy

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 n. Notises to Land holder with acknowledgment
o. Files u/s 10
p. Files u/s 11
q. Any court orders
r. List of Ground Control Points (GCPs) with location
s. Rough location sketches
21. The following records shall be sent to the District Administration
a. Resurvey Land Register (Fair Land Register)
b. Land Parcel Maps
c. Village Map
d. Location of GCPs
22. The following records shall be sent to the Tahsil dar and Village Secretariat

a. Resurvey Land Register (Fair Land Register)

b. Land Parcel Maps

c. Details of location of GCPs

d. Village Maps

e. Stone Account

23. The Assistant Director(S&LR) shall maintain an inventory of Resurvey records

of all villages in the district in Form-52.

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 CHAPTER-XIV

PUBLICATION OF FINAL RECORDS

21. After preparation of Fair Land Register, final Land Parcel Maps Village maps,
the Assistant Director of Survey & Land Records shall publish a notification u/s
13 of S&B Act in Form-41 the District Gazette.
22. The published 13 notification shall be sent to the District Collector, Revenue
Divisional Officer, Tahsildar, Village Secretariat having jurisdiction, all
Central/State Govt. Departments/Institutions having interest in that village,
District Library. Also, the 13 notification shall be displayed at least three
conspicuous places in that village to give vide publicity among all interes ted
parties.
23. It is not necessary to wait for completion of survey operations of total village
in all respects to issue 13 notification. As many as survey numbers which are
finalized under statutory process may be published 13 notification from time
to time till completion of entire village. However, copy of such notifications
shall be preserved in a systematic manner as prescribed.
24. The Assistant Director of S&LRs shall sent a set of Land Parcel Maps(LPM), Fair
Land Register(FLR), Village Maps and Register o f GCPs of a village shall be sent
to the Village Secretariat, Tahsildar, and Central Survey Office, besides keeping
one set with him.
25. The Tahsildar shall implement the survey records under the provisions of
Record of Rights Act, 1971 within 60 days after receipt of the said records.
26. All the Land Parcel Maps, Fair Land Registers, Village Maps, Register of GCPs
shall be made available in a public portal. The certified true copies of these
records shall be provided to anybody on payment of prescribed user ch arges in
a prescribed manner.

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 CHAPTER –XV

ROLES&RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS
APPENDIX-1: METHOD OF INSTRUMENT OPERATION MANUAL

APPENDIX-2: MAITENANCE OF INSTRUMENTS

APPENDIX-3: GIS SOFTWARE OPERATION MANUAL

APPENDIX-4: INTRODUCTION TO CORS NET WORK

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PROFORMAE

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 FORM-1
RESURVEY NOTIFICATION
(Rule-2, Chapter-II)
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION (5) OF A.P. SURVEY AND BOUNDARIES ACT,
1923.
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In exercise of the powers conferred under the rules made under section
26 of clause 2(c) of the A.P.Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Act. VIII of 1923)
read with section 3 and 8 of the Andhra Pradesh Board of Revenue
(Replacement by Commissioners) Act, 1977 and Proceedings of the CCLA in
Rc.No.I1/1151/99 dated 24.02.1999, the Director of Survey, Settlements&Land
Records, Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada under Section (5) of the above said Act
directs to conduct resurvey as per schedule mentioned below

SCHEDULE
District:
Sl.No Mandal Name Village Name Extent Extent
Ac.cts Hec. Ares
1.
2.
3.

Note:- The total area of Village/s mentioned in the above schedule is subject
to the area arrived at resurvey.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM -2

RESURVEY NOTIFICATION
(Rule-3, Chapter-II)
NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 6(1) OF A.P. SURVEY AND BOUNDARIES ACT, 1923.

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In continuation of the notification published u/s 5 of A.P.S&B Act, 1923, at

page No.(………) of the Andhra Pradesh State Gazette No.(….), date:
………..….(Ref.No.---------------------of the DSSLR, A.P.), the undersigned hereby
notifies under section 6(1) of the Andhra Pradesh Survey& Boundaries
Act,1923 that the survey operations of lands in the given schedule
2. Every person claiming to be interested in such lands as registered
holder of otherwise should attend either in person or by agent at the time and
place specified and from time to time thereafter when called upon for the
purpose of pointing out boundaries and supplying information in connection
therewith.
3. The survey operations will be conducted under the immediate charge
of the Survey Officers designated below and all petitions connected with the
survey should be addressed to them:
SCHEDULE
District:
Extent Extent
Sl.No Mandal Name Village Name
Ac.cts Hec. Ares
1.
2.
3.

Note:- The total area of Village/s mentioned in the above schedule is subject
to the area arrived at resurvey.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM -3

NOTICE FOR VILLAGE BOUNDARY DEMARCATION

(Rule – 5, Chapter – III)

With reference to the notice U/s 6(1) of A.P.Survey&Boundaries Act,

1923 published at page No.(…..) in the District Gazette No.(………) date:……..,
I under the authority vested in me under the rules issued under the A.P.S&B
Act, 1923, inform you that the survey of village boundary between …………….
and …………….. Villages will commence on date : ……………. at 8 AM.

2. You are requested under the provisions of the A.P.S&B Act, 1923, to
attend and point out the boundary and afford such information and render
such assistant as may be necessary.

3. You should sign and return this notice.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

To
Village Revenue Officers of ………. Villages.
All Registerd Land holders of Land holdings abutting village boundary.

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FORM -3(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated: ………… issued for demarcation of
village boundary between…………….village……………Mandal in Form-3.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM -4
CONSENT FOR RESURVEY
(Rule- 5, Chapter- III)

I, the undersigned Village Revenue Officer of ……………….. Village,

(No. ), ………………….. Mandal ………………….. District do hereby acknowledge
that the authorized survey marks, in number as specified below, have been
fixed on the village boundary between ………….. Villages, and we agreed to
village boundary surveyed by ………… surveyor and accept the responsibility
of preserving the said marks in good order.

No.of ‘A’ class stones:

No. of ‘B’ class stones:

No.of Rock marks :

Signatures of

1. Village Revenue Officer of ……… village

2. Village Revenue Officer of ……… village

3. Village Revenue Officer of ……… village

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 FORM-6
DETAILS OF SURVEY MARKS PLANTED
(Rule 18(2), Chapter-III)

Village :
Mandal :
District :

No. of No. of
No.of Rock marks
‘A’ - Class stones ‘B’ -Class stones
engraved
planted planted Remarks
Old/new
Existing Newly Newly
OS planted Existing OS planted Existing OS Newly planted
(1a) (1b) (2a) (2b) (3a) (3b) (4)

Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by :

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-7(a)
CREDENTIAL OF VILLAGE SURVEYORS TO CONDUCT RESURVEY
(Rule- 1, Chapter – IV)

1. Under the authority vested in me under the Andhra pradesh Survey &
boundary Act, 1923. I have directed Sri………………………….. village surveyor , to
demarcate and survey the lands of khandam number….. of ……………. Village,
…………….. Mandal,………………… District.
2. The land holders of the village are informed that they should attend in
person or by authorized agent, when required to do so by the village
surveyor, and afford such information and assistance as may be neces sary.
3. The Village Revenue Officer shall attend with village revenue accounts,
whenever required and arranged for the attendance of land holder s and
supply coolies on payment, if necessary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

To
Sri ……………………,
Village Surveyor,
………………….. Village.

Copy to the Village Revenue Officer, ………………… village for necessary action.
Copy to the Panchayat Secretary of ………………….. village,…………………….. Mandal for
information.

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 FORM-7(b)

CREDENTIAL OF DEPUTY SURVEYOR TO CONDUCT RESURVEY

(Rule- 1, Chapter – IV)
1. Under the authority vested in me under the Andhra pradesh Survey &
boundary Act, 1923. I have directed Sri…………………………..Deputy Surveyor, to
demarcate and survey the lands of ……………. Village, …………….. Mandal,
………………… District.

2. The land holders of the village are informed that they should attend in
person or by authorized agent, when required to do so by the deputy
surveyor, and afford such information and assistance as may be necessary.

3. The Village Revenue Officer shall attend with Village reveue accounts,
whenever required and arranged for the attendance of land holders and
supply coolies on payment, if necessary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

To
Sri ……………………………..,
Dy Surveyor,
………………………. Mandal.

Copy to the Tahsildar of ……………………………. Mandal for information.

Copy to the Dy. Inspector, O/o Revenue Divisional Officer, …………………….. division for
information.

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 FORM-7(c)
CREDENTIAL OF SURVEYOR TO CONDUCT & INSPECT RESURVEY
(Rule- 1, Chapter – IV)

1. Under the authority vested in me under the Andhra pradesh Survey &
boundary Act, 1923. I have directed Sri………………………….. Surveyor, to survey
and inspect the lands of……………. Village, …………….. Mandal, …………………
District.
2. The land holders of the village are informed that they should attend in
person or by authorized agent, when required to do so by the surveyor, and
afford such information and assistance as may be necessary.
3. The Village Revenue Officer shall attend with village reveue accounts,
whenever required and arranged for the attendance of land holders and
supply coolies on payment, if necessary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

To,
Sri …………………………………….,
Surveyor,
…………………. Mandal.

Copy to the Tahsildar of ……………………………. Mandal for information.

Copy to the Dy. Inspector, O/o Revenue Divisional Officer, …………………….. division fo r
information.

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 FORM-7(d)

CREDENTIAL OF DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF SURVEY TO INSPECT RESURVEY

(Rule- 1, Chapter – IV)

1. Under the authority vested in me under the Andhra pradesh Survey &
boundary Act, 1923. I have directed Sri………………………….. Deputy Inspector of
Survey, to inspect Government and private lands of……………. Village, ……………..
Mandal, ………………… District, at random in the manner prescribed.
2. The land holders of the village are informed t hat they should attend in
person or by authorized agent, when required to do so by the Deputy
Inspector of Survey, and afford such information and assistance as may be
necessary.
3. The Village Revenue Officer shall attend with Village reveue accounts,
whenever required and arranged for the attendance of land holders and
supply coolies on payment, if necessary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

To,
Sri ………………………,
Dy. Inspector of Survey,
O/o ………………………,
………………………….

Copy to the Reveue Divisional Officer/Assistant Directo r ……………….

Division/District for information.

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 FORM-7(e)
CREDENTIAL OF INSPECTOR OF SURVEY TO INSPECT RESURVEY
(Rule- 1, Chapter – IV)

1. Under the authority vested in me under the Andhra pradesh Survey &
boundary Act, 1923. I have directed Sri………………………….. Inspector of
Survey, to inspect Government and private lands of……………. Village,
…………….. Mandal, ………………… District.
2. The land holders of the village are informed that they should attend in
person or by authorized agent, when required to do so by the Inspector
of Survey, and afford such information and assistance as may be
necessary.
3. The Village Revenue Officer shall attend with Village reveue accou nts,
whenever required and arranged for the attendance of land holders and
supply coolies on payment, if necessary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

Sri …………………………………,
Inspector of Survey,
O/o ………………………,
…………………………….

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 FORM-8

NOTICE TO THE VRO / DEPARTMENT / INSTITUTION OFFICER

CONCERNED FOR GOVT. LANDS
(Rule – 4, Chapter – IV)
To,
1) The Village Revenue Officer
……………………. Village
…………………..…Mandal
………………………District

1. With reference to the 6(1) notice under Andhra Pradesh S&B Act,1923
issued by the Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records ……………
District, you are hereby informed that the survey of the ……..village will
commence on date……….. at about ………AM/PM.
2. You are requested under the provision of the Andhra Pradesh S&B
Act,1923 to attend and point out the boundary, and afford such
information and render such assistance as may be necessary.

Survey Number Classification Nature Nodal officer, Department

--- Govt.Land Puntha Village Revenue Officer

--- Govt.Land Puntha Village Revenue Officer

--Select Survey --Select Land

-- Select Nodal officer--
no.-- Holder--

3. You should sign and return this notice.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :
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FORM-8(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:………….. for field demarcation as

per schedule mentioned.
Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-9

NOTICE TO THE LAND HOLDERS FOR PRIVATE LANDS

(Rule – 4, Chapter – IV)

1. With reference to the 6(1) notice under Andhra Pradesh S&B Act,1923
issued by the Assistant Director, Survey & Land Records …………… District, you
are hereby informed that the survey of the ……..village will commence on
date……….. at about ………AM/PM.
2. You are requested under the provision of the Andhra Pradesh S&B Act,1923,
to attend and point out the boundary, and afford such information and render
such assistance as may be necessary.
Survey Katha Signature of the
Name of Land Holder
Number Number Land Holder

---

---

3. You should sign and return this notice.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORM-9(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated: ……………. for field demarcation as per
schedule mentioned.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 Form-10

AUTHORIZATION LETTER FROM LAND HOLDER APPOINTING HIS/HER

AGENT
(Rule – 6, Chapter – IV)

I have received the resurvey notice dated : …………………….. for conducting resurvey as
per the schedule mentioned below .
Schedule
Survey/ Extent
Sub-
Village Name Survey Date
division Hec. - Ares Ac. - Cts
number

I pursuant to the notice received, I hereby appoint the following person on my behalf to
attend and show the field boundaries as I could not be available at the time of survey. My agent
will furnish the required information to the survey staff.
1) Name :
2) Father Name :
3) Age :
4) Address :

Mobile No. :
E-Mail ID :
5) ID proof : Aadhar card / Pan Card/ any photo identity card.

So, I request you to permit my agent to attend the Survey work on my behalf.

Yours Truly
………………………..
Name :
Address:
Survey notice reference number:

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 FORM-11

APPLICATION TO FILE OBJECTION WHILE DEMARCATING FIELD

BOUNDARY
(Rule-7, Chapter-IV)
To
-----------------

-----------------

-----------------

Sir/Madam

I have received notice to attend on dt. _________ at Sy. No: ____ to show
the boundaries of my landholding.
During demarcation, I raised objection for East/ West/ North/ South side of
boundary of my landholding.
Hence, I request to resolve my boundary dispute by referring documents/
survey records at the earliest.

Yours Truly

Signature of the landholder

Address
_____________
_____________
_____________
_____________

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FORM-11(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the application for objection while demarcating the field
boundary by Sri …………………………..claiming land in Sy.No: …. Village: …………, Mandal:
……………………..,District: …………………..in Form-11.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-12
NOTICE TO SURVEY AGAINST THE OBJECTION RECEIVED DURING FIELD
SURVEY
(Rule – 3, Chapter – XI)

The under signed has received Appeal / Objection dur ing field survey in
respect of demarcation of field boundary in Sy.No. ………. Village …………………..
Mandal ………………………. District…………….
Sri ………………………………………… is directed to attend at Sy.No. ………… on
Dt: …………. at ………..AM/PM to conduct the survey of disputed boundary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-12(a)
Acknowledgement

I, acknowledge the receipt of the noticed dated: ………….. issued against the
objection filed in Sy.No.……, Village……………………, Mandal …………………,
District………………

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-13

DECISION OF SURVEY OFFICER U/S 10(1) AGAINST THE OBJECTION FILED

DURING DEMARCATION
(Rule-7, Chapter-XI)

1. Register No. of complaint : ________________

2. Date of complaint : ________________
3. Nature of dispute : ________________

4. Name of the Survey Officer : ________________

5. Designation : ________________
6. Date of disposal : ________________
7. Date of fiels inspection : ________________
8. Date of decision carried out in records : ________________
9.

Report of the Survey Officer after conducting survey u/s 10(1)

This report should state clearly the nature of complaint

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 Detailed map

Scale 1:………

Black line indicates boundary claimed by Sri: ________________

Red line indicates boundary claimed by Sri: ________________

Green line indicates boundary claimed by Sri: ________________

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11. Evidence documentary or oral discussion:

12. Decision:

Place : Signature of Survey Officer

Date :

Certified that the decision has been carried out in the field, on ……………………..

Place:

Date : Signature of Survey Officer

Certified that then necessary corrections according to the decision have been carried out in
the records (Data base)

Place:
Date : Signature of Survey Offic er

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Land parcel finalised map u/s 10(1)

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 FORM-16

ROUGH CORRELATION MAP

(Rule-8,Chapter-XIII)

District: Mandal: Village:

Total Land Parcels
Total Survey Numbers }:
Extent Correlation of
Nature of ownership
Land Parcel No. in Old Sy.Nos./
Govt./Private
Ac. Cts Subdivision

1 2 3 4

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 FORM-17
LOCATION SKETCH AS PER THE CONCENT GIVEN BY LAND HOLDERS
(Rule-4&5, Chapter-X)

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 FORM-18
LOCATION SKETCH – DEMARCATION OF AQUACULTURE LANDS
(Rule-7,Chapter-X)

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 FORM No-21
FIELD REGISTER
(Rule - 46, Chapter -IV)
AS PER ROR/ADANGAL AS PER RESURVEY
Nature of
Nature of Name of Enjoyment
Sy. No.
Extent as Classification Pattadar Purchase / Extent
/ Land
Sl. per ROR Govt. Dry / Khata and Succession
Sub - Parcel
No. /Adangal Govt. Wet / No. Father's / / Assigned/
division No.
Ac. Cts Govt. Husband’s Ceiling /
No.
Poramboke Name Acquisition /
Hc. Ares Ac. Cts
Alienation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9a 9b

AS PER RESURVEY
Evidence for
acquiring
Total Nature of Name Rights
Correlation Nature of
extent as Classification Source of Father's / 1B /
Sy.No. / Khata ownership
per RSR / GD / GID / GW of lawful Husband’s registration
Sub - No. Govt.
SFA / GAW / Irrigation Enjoyer Name Deed No. /
division /Private
in Ac.cts GUAW / GP Any other
lawful
document
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

AS PER RESURVEY PERSONAL DETAILS S&B ACT STATUTARY WORK

Nature of
Land use Whether
Agricultural Type Remarks Postal Address individual
Aadhar Mobile Email
/ of on (Cols. for notice REMARKS
No. No. Address
Non - crop 8 to 20) communication Received or
agricultural / Not
public use

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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 FORM-22
VILLAGE BOUNDARY INSPECTION REPORT
( Rule-13, Chapter VII)
I have conducted field inspection of Village Boundary between ------------------
-------- and ---------------------------Villages--------------Mandal ------------------District, on Dt: ---------
-------------- in the presence of -------------.
The details of inspection are as follows:

1. GNSS Rover Codes used by Surveyor :

2. GNSS Rover Codes used by Inspecting Officer :

3. Whether corodinate data of both GNSS Rovers t allied or not, Yes/ No.

Remarks(If not tallied) :

4. Whether any over- lapping/ gaps of boundaries observed during inspection

5. What is the quality of work done by Village Surveyor

6. Reasons for deviation of original boundary

7. Whether outturn realized as per norms or not.

8. Reasons for less/ high out Turn

9. Whether corrections are carried out as per Inspeciton Report

10. Details of corrections Attended

11.Certificate of correction by inspecting authority :

Sl.No. As per Village Surveyor Survey As per Field Inspection Remarks
Total Nol of Details of
Details of
1 Survey Stones No. of Stones inspected Survey
Survey Marks
Measured Marks

Geo Codes of Geo codes observed at

2
Survey Marks the time of inspection

Inspected by :

Signature :

Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-23 (Part A) FORM-23 (Part B)
INSPECTION REPORT BY INSPECTING AUTHORITY INSPECTION REPORT BY INSPECTING AUTHORITY
(Rule-15, Chapter-VII) (Rule-15, Chapter-VII)
Date of inspection: ---------------------- Mandal: ---------------------------- village: --------------------- When work is found bad, the following combined statement should be prepared
---- Inspecting officer Demarcation Geo co-ordinates
Khandam no: ----------------- Area: --------------------------
-
Name of the surveyor: ------------------------------------------------------ Designation: --------------- Orders of
--
the
Name of the inspecting officer: ---------------------------------------------- Designation: ---------------

Designation
--- Assistant
Abstract Name

Quality of work
Quality of work
director
(A)

Errors found

Errors found
Item Work done Inspected by % of Remarks

% of error

% of error
examined

examined
by surveyor inspector inspection

Items

Items
(1) (2) (3) (5)
(4)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1.Area Hec.Ares
Surveyor
measured Acre.cents
2.C-ordinates observed
Deputy
3.Stones
inspector
(a)Newly planted
of survey
(b)Refixed
Inspector
(c)Repaired
of survey
Quality Check
(B)
Process Items Errors % of error Quality Remarks
examined found check
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1.Demarcation
Signature of inspecting authority

2.Observation
of Geo cods

Signature of inspecting authority

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 FORM-23 (Part C)
FORM-23 (Part D)
INSPECTION REPORT BY INSPECTING AUTHORITY
INSPECTION REPORT BY INSPECTING AUTHORITY
(Rule-15, Chapter-VII)
(Rule-15, Chapter-VII)
Geo-coordinates

Difference
Land Remarks
Demarcation Particulars of error Surveyor Inspector between
Land parcel number

parcel Point
Stones planted Register omission noticed Remarks column (3)&(4)
number ID
should be entered
Errors found

Errors found

here (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

examined

examined

E E E
Entries
Stones

N N N

E E E

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) N N N

E E E

N N N

E E E

N N N

E E E

N N N

E E E

All errors and omissions have been rectified

Signature of inspecting authority
Signature of inspecting authority
NOTE: The spatial data of every field inspected on the ground should be tested. If any error
NOTE: when errors in details are noticed by inspecting officers, the number of errors so noticed
found the fact should be noted against the fiel d.
and the number of details inspected should be in remarks column. If no such remarks are made
it will be presumed that there are no errors in details

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 FORM-24
REPORT ON SUPER CHECK
( Rule-9,Chapter-XIII)
I have carefully examined the inspection report received vide field No.-------------------------- in respector of Sri -----
----------------, DIoS/IoS and the follwing observations are made.

Sl.No. Description Remarks

1 2 3
Is there any deviation of Geo Codes of GCP found when compared with
1
two GNSS Receivers, If, Yes, which Rover is tallied with GCP

2 What is the percentage of Field inspection done

3 Details of Errors observed durig super check

Whether corrections were incorporated in respect of errors observed

4
during super check

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 FORM-25
REPORT ON FINAL EXAMINATION OF RECORDS
(Rule-32 , Chapter- VII)
District: ……………………… Mandal: …………………………………… Village: …………………………………
Sl. Directions Report o f Inspector of
No. Survey in field
Field Survey
1. Area Ac.Cents Hec.Ares
Old :
Resurvey :
2. No. of land parcel maps
Old(FMBs) :
Resurvey(LPMs) :
3. See that all the existing survey numbers are
resurveyed .
4. See that all the landholdings within the revenue
village are surveyed.
5. See that all the Government lands are surveyed with
reference to existing land records. If any deviation
found mention the remarks with justification.
6. See that all the required survey stones are planted
and recorded in the stone register.
7. See that all important Topo-details are surveyed
Statutory
8. See that all the (5) notification is published and filed
9. See that all the 6(1),(2) notices are served upon
landholders and filed.
10. See that all the survey notices issued to the
landholders
11 See that all the objection petitions are disposed of
properly.

*****************
12. See that all the 9(2) notices are served upon the
landholders with proper acknowledgement.
13. See that all the 10(2) notices are served upon the
landholders with proper acknowledgement.
14. See that all the 10(2) notices are served upon the
landholders with proper acknowledgement.

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15. See that all the appeal petitions u/s 11 are filed in
properly.
16. See that all the appeal petitions u/s 11 are disposed
of properly.
17. See that all the 13 notifications are published and
filed.
Records and Registers
18. See that Filed Register is written in the prescribed
format and filled in without omission.
19. See that Land Register is written in the prescribed
format and filled in without omission.
20. See that stone registers are prepared.
21. See that rough correlation sketch is prepared.
22. See that village boundary and Khandam boundary
Traverse is prepared as per norms.
23. See that all the GCPs in the Village are listed with
separate location sketch and shown in village map.
24. See that all the land parcel maps are plotted as per
specifications & scale.
25. See that Village map is plotted.
Inspections
26. See that all corrections due to field inspections ,
objections, appeals, disposals have been carried out
in survey records with due attestation by the
appropriate authorities.
General

27. Quality of survey done

28. Efficiency of surveyor

Station:
Date: Inspector of survey

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 Form-26
NOTICE TO LAND HOLDERS u/s 9(2)
(Rule 27, Chapter-V)

To,
………………………,
………………………,
………………………
The subjoined statement is an extract from the …………………….. Survey Field Register
of village ………….., giving particulars of the lands registered and surveyed in your name.
Appeals, if any against the survey should be presented within 60 days from the date of
service of this notice to the Deputy Inspector of Survey who stationed at the O/o Tahsildar,
Jaggayyapeta.
Field maps may be had on application and payment of the prescribed fees through
Grama Sachivalayam which are, except in special cases Rs.50/- per map.
N.B: - No appeal will lie in pursuance of this notice in respect of boundaries decided
during the present survey under section 10(1) of Act, 1923.
Place:
Date : Survey Officer
As per revenue accounts of fasli As now surveyed
Resurvey Sub- Area Area
Land Parcel Survey division Remarks
number number number Hc. Ares Ac. Cents Hc. Ares Ac. Cents

or letter
(1) (2) (3) (4a) (4b) (5a) (5b) (6)

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FORM-26(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:……….. issued u/s 9(2) of A.P.
Survey & Boundaries Act, 1923.
Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 Form – 27
NOTICE TO LAND HOLDERS u/s 10(2)
(Rule -10, Chapter-IX)

To,
………………………,
………………………,
………………………
The objection for demarcation has been brought to the notice during the survey and
the same has been attended and decision being given.
The subjoined statement is an extra ct from the …………………….. Survey Field R egister
giving particulars of the lands registered and surveyed in your name. Appeals, if any against
the survey should be presented within 60 days from the d ate of service of this notice to the
Deputy Inspector of survey who stationed at the O/o Tahsildar, Jaggayyapeta.
Field maps may be had on application and payment of the prescribed fees through
Grama Sachivalayam which are, except in special cases Rs.50/- per map.
Place:
Date : Survey Officer
As per revenue accounts of fasli As now surveyed
Resurvey Sub- Area Area
Land Parcel Survey division Remarks
number number number Hc. Ares Ac. Cents Hc. Ares Ac. Cents

or letter
(1) (2) (3) (4a) (4b) (5a) (5b) (6)

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FORM-27(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:………… issued u/s 10(2)

of A.P. Survey & Boundaries Act, 1923.

Place: Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :
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 FORM-28

APPLICATION FOR FILING APPEAL u/s 11

(Rule-7, Chapter-IX)
To
The appellate Authority,

…………………..

…………………..

Sir/Madam,

I have received notice U/s 9(2)/10(2) that any person effected by the
decision u/s 9 or 10 may appeal to the prescribed officer.

In this connection, I have verified survey records and found that the
variation in……………………………………………. sides as per land parcel no. ……………..

Hence, I request to resolve my boundary dispute by referring documents/

land records/position at the earliest.

Yours Sincearly ,

Signature of the landholder

Address:
…………………..
…………………..
…………………..
…………………..

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FORM-28(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the appeal petition dated:……… u/s 11 against the
notice u/s 9(2) / 10(2) served on Sri ………………………….. of
Sy.No.….Village…….………,Mandal…….……………,District……….………. in Form-27.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-29
ENDORSEMNT FOR NOT ADMITTING APPEALS U/S 11
( Rule-11, Chapter-XI )
File No:……………………. Date:………………...

Sub:-Resurvey-Appeals u/s 11 of A.P. S&B Act 1923- Filed by Sri: …………….

- Sy.No………(LPNo. ……….), ………………… Village, ……………………….. Mandal
………………….District-Appellate authority- examined and endorsed-Reg.
Ref:Appeal Registration No. ……….. Dt: ………………. Filed by
Sri: …………………….
*****

Nature of complaint/Appeal:

Gist of the complaint/Appeal:

In pursuance of the reference cited, you are hereby informed that

the appeal filed by you has been examined and rejected with the following
reasons.
1.
2.
3.
The endorsement has been issued by the appellate authority u/s 11 for
…………………….. village.

Signature of the Appellate Authority

Place : Name :
Date : Designation :
(Stamp)
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FORM-29(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the endorsement dated: ……………… for not

admitting the appeal in r/o Sy.No.(-----) LP.No.(--), ……………….village,
…..……………Mandal.
Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-30

ENDORSEMENT RETURNING THE APPEAL PETITION U/S 11 FOR

RESUBMISSION
( Rule-12, Chapter-XI )

File No:……………………. Date:………………...

Sub:-Resurvey-Appeal petition u/s11 of A.P.S&B Act 1 923- Filed by Sri:

………………………………- Sy.No………(LPNo. ……….), ………………… Village,
……………………….. Mandal, …………………..District-Appellate authority-examined -
returned for resubmission-regarding
Ref:-Appeal Registration No. ……….. Dt: ………………. Filed by
Sri: …………………….

*****

Nature of complaint/Appeal:

Omissions: Records/Registers/Documents/Orders under 9(2) or 10(2)

In pursuance of the reference cited, you are hereby informed that the Appeal
petition filed by you has been examined and returned here with for the above reason
and request you to resubmit by enclosing the relevant
Record/Registers/Documents/Orders by Dt: …………….
The endorsement has been issued by the appellate authority u/s 11 for
…………………….. village .

Signature of the Appellate Authority

Place : Name :
Date : Designation :
(Stamp)
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FORM-30(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the endorsement dated: ……………… for resubmission of

appeal petition u/s 11 …………….village……………Mandal in Form -30.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-31
NOTICE TO SURVEY ON APPEAL u/s 11
(Rule – 48, Chapter – IX)

The under signed has received the Appeal petition dated:…….. against the
orders issued u/s 9(1) /10(1) vide proceedings No. …………….. issued by
……………………….. in respect of boundary dispute in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey
No………...)Village ………………….. Mandal ………………………. District.

Sri ………………………………… is directed to appear before the under signed

on …………. at …………………AM/PM to finalize the disputed boundary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-31a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:………… issued against to Appeal

dated:…….. filed u/s 9(1)/10(1) filed by …………….. in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey
No………...)Village …………………… Mandal………………… District………………

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-32
NOTICE TO PLAINTIFF – IF CONDUCTS COURT
(Rule – 19, Chapter – IX)

The under signed has received objection / Appeal dated:…….. in

respect of ……………………….. Village ………………….. Mandal ………………………. District
regarding boundaries in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey No………...)

Sri ………………………………… is directed to appear before the under signed

on …………. at ……AM/PM to finalize the disputed boundary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-32(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:……………. issued for finalization

of disputed boundary in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey
No………...)Village……………,Mandal………………,District……………

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-33
SUMMON TO DEFENDANT
(Rule – 24, Chapter – IX)

The under signed has received objection / Appeal dated:………. in

respect of ……………………….. Village ………………….. Mand al ………………………. District
regarding boundaries in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey No………...)

Sri ………………………………… is directed to appear before the under signed

on …………. at …………………AM/PM to finalize the disputed boundary.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-33(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:……. issued for finalization of

disputed boundary in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey No………...)Village
…………………… Mandal………………… District………………

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-34
SUMMON TO WITNESS
(Rule – 24, Chapter –IX)

The under signed has received objection / Appeal dated:………. in respect

of………………..Village,……………..Mandal, ………………District regarding boundaries
in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey No………...)

Sri ………………………………… who is witness to settle the disputed

boundary between …………………. (Plaintiff) and …………………. (Defendant)
directed to appear before the under signed on …………. at …………………AM/PM.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-34(a)
Acknowledgement

I acknowledge the receipt of the notice dated:……… in respect of disputed

boundary in L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey No………...)Village ……………………
Mandal………………… District……………… as witness.

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 Form-35
DECISION OF SURVEY OFFICER ON APPEALS u/s 11
(Rule-8, Chapter XI)

District maintanance unit,.....................District .

1. Register no. of complaint/appeal:

2. Date of complaint/appeal :

3. Nature of dispute village boundary/field boundary:

4. Section of the act under which complaint or appeal is disposed of :

5. Name of Survey Officer:

6. Designation:

7. Date of disposal :

8. Date of purport of decision communicated:

9. Date of decision carried out in the field:

10. Date of decision carried out in the records:

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 (page.2)
Report of surveyor who prepares sketch on page.3

This report should state clearly the nature of the complaint of both parties

N.B-The surveyor making the above report should prepare a true copy of the
field register for the survey fields in which the dispute lies and for all its
adjoining survey fields and insert the copy of the register betwe en pages 2 and
3 of this form

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 (Page-3)
Detailed map

Scale: 1: .........
Note: Blue wash -area in dispute, area of disputed land hectares-ares / Ac.-
cents.
Black line denotes boundary claimed by:
Red line denotes boundary claimed by:

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 (Page-4)

1. Petitioner/appellant :
Name:

Represented by:
2. Defendant/Respondent :
Name:

Represented by:

3. Nature of complaint or appeal:

II. Description of documents filed by both parties with exhibit letters or

numbers should be stated here; also number of witnesses examined by each
party to the dispute.

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 (Page-5)
Deposition

Before

1. Name :

2. Father’s name :

3. Age in years :

4. Place of Residence :

5. Mobile Number :

6. Email ID :

7. Occupation :

8. Sworn Deposition :

Signature of the witness.

Taken down before me, read over to the party in........................ language,
and accepted by him to be correct.

Station:
Signature of Survey Officer.

Date:

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 (Page-6)

III. Evidence, documentary, or oral discussed.

IV. Decision

Station : Signature :
Date : Designation :

i) Certified that the purport of the above decision has been communicated to the parties
concerned on

Signature of Survey Officer

ii) Certified that the decision has been carried out in the field on

Signature of Survey Officer

iii) Certified that the n ecessary corrections according to the decision have been carried out
in the records (From Database).

Signature of Survey Officer

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 FORM-36
APPLICATION TO OBTAIN COPY OF DECISION / ORDER BY SURVEY
OFFICER
(Rule-18, Chapter-XI)

Request to furnish a copy of orders dated:………., (file No. …………) issued u/s 9,

10 & 11 of Survey & Boundaries Act, 1923 in respect of L.P. No. ………. (Old

Survey No………...)Village ………………… Mandal …………………. District……………..

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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FORM-36(a)
Acknowledgement
( Rule-19, Chapter-XI )

I acknowledge the receipt of the copy of orders dated:………. received from

……………….. as requested in Ref. No………………….. for L.P. No. ………. (Old Survey
No………...)Village …………………… Mandal………………… District………………

Place : Signature :
Date : Name :
Designation :

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 FORM-37
Fair Land Register(FLR)
( Rule-21,Chapter-XI)
District: Mandal: Village:
Old Survey Extent
Land
No./Sub.Divn. Bhudhar No.
Parcel No.
No./Letter Ac. Cents Hect. Ares
1 2 3 4a 4b

Nature of
Nature of Land Use
Source of Asessment rate Total Tax
Classification Agrl./Non.
Irrigation per acre levied
GW/GD/Por Agrl./Public
Use
5 6 7 8 9

Crop
Nature of
details of Name of the S/o. Khata No. As
Acquisition of
Agriculture Pattadar W/o. per 1B
Rights
Land
10 11 12 13 14

Land
Parcel
Adhar No. Mobile No. email. ID Remarks
Map
Tagged
15 16 17 18 19

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 FORM-38
VILLAGE MAP - DISPLAY

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 FORM-39
VILLAGE WISE GROUND CONTROL POINTS(GCP’s)
(Rule-1,Chapter-XIII)
Survey and Land Records Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh have established
the following Ground Control Points (GCPs) which are permanent in nature and shall be
protected and maintained in the manner prescribed. The GCP Shall be used as permanent
reference points for any Geo spatial Survey by all interested
agencies/Departments/individuals. Any person indulge damaging and destroying GCP in
any manner is a serious offence under the rules in vogue

District: Mandal:

Name of the Geo-Co-ordinates-WGS84 data

Sl.No Unique ID
village Northing Easting Zenith

1 2 3 4(a) 4(b) 4(c)

Description of
Location of
Remarks
GCP(Location Map
Tagged)
5 6

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 FORM-40

FINAL CHECK MEMO (FCM)

( Rule-14,Chapter-XIII)

Name of Reference of Statutory

Total Extant Publication of Notifications Under AP S&B
Village with
Name of Name of Village wise Act-1923
Sl.no reference to
District Mandal GCP's in District
Panchayat
Gazette
Gazette Hec. Ares Ac Cts. Sec(5) Sec6(1) Sec(13)

1 2 3 4 5a 5b 6 7a 7b 7c

Final Examination Report

Village
Village Total No Fair Land Correlation
Traverse Field Register
Map of.Land Register Map
Data (Yes/No)
(Yes/No) Parcels (Yes/No) (Yes/No)
(Yes/No)
8a 8b 8c 8d 8e 8f

Final Examination Report Date of

handingover Date of
of Survey implementation
Remarks
Quality Register Register Records for in Revenue
Inspection of of Newly Revenue Records
Reports Area's Identified administration
(Yes/No) (Yes/No) Area
8g 8h 8i 9 10 11

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 FORM-41

RESURVEY NOTIFICATION u/s 13 of SURVEY & BOUNDARIES ACT,

1923.
(Rule – 1, Chapter – XIV)

NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 13 OF A.P. SURVEY AND BOUNDARIES ACT, 1923 .

****

In continuation of the notification published u/s 6 of A.P.S&B Act,

1923, at page No.……………..of the District Gazette No.----------- Dated ----------
(Ref.No.---------------------of the Assistant Director, S & LRs-------------- District)
the under signed hereby notifies under section 13 of the Andhra Pradesh
Survey& Boundaries Act,1923 that the survey operations are concluded in
respect of lands in the given schedule

2. The survey operations concluded as per schedule in respect of

boundary demarcation and recorded measurements are conclusive and can be
altered only with the decree of any civil court u/s. 14 of Survey and Boundaries
Act, 1923.

SCHEDULE

District :
Mandal :
Sl.No Village Land Parcel Numbers

No. Name

1.

2.

3.

Place: Signature :

Date : Name :

Designation :

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 Name of the Survey Objection Registration

6(a)
Officer No.

District:

2
File No. With Date Date of Receipt

6(b)
3
Date of Service of Name of the Applicant
Mandal:

6c)
Notice U/s.10(2)

Referred to U/s.10(1)
4(a)
No. &
Name

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Date of Report

6(d)
FORM-42

No.
4(b)
(Rule-14,chapter-IX)

Survey
Existing

In Field

7(a)
Between

4(c)
No. &
Name
Village:

In Records

7(b)
No.
4(d)

Nature of correction
Survey
Existing

7©
REGISTER OF OBJECTIONS ON VILLAGE BOUNDARIES

required
5

Name, Designation Gist of the application

Date of incorporation of Corrections

and Signature of
7(d)

Correction Authority
 FORM-43
REGISTER OF APPEALS ON VILLAGE BOUNDARIES
(Rule-13,chapter-IX)

District: Mandal: Village:

Registration No.

Date of Receipt

Between
Name of the

Gist of the
Appellate
Appellate
Appeal

Existing Existing
No. & No. &
Survey Survey
Name Name
No. No.
1 2 3 4(a) 4(b) 4(c) 4(d) 5

Appeals U/s.11 Date of incorporation of Corrections

Correction Authority
Nature of correction

Name, Designation
and Signature of
In Records
Disposal

required
In Field
Date of

Name of Designation of appellate

Authority

6(a) 6(b) 7(a) 7(b) 7© 7(d)

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 Objecton Registration

1
Name of the Survey

District:

6(a)
Officer No.

2
Date of Receipt

File No. With Date

6(b)
3
Name of the Applicant Mandal:

Date of Service of

6c)
Referred to U/s.10(1)
Notice U/s.10(2)

4(a)
Sy.NO.
Date of Report

6(d)

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4(b)
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Classification
(Rule-14,chapter-IX)

In Field

7(a)
Between

4(c)
Village:

Sy.NO.

In Records

7(b)
Nature of correction
4(d)

7©
REGISTER OF OBJECTIONS ON FIELD BOUNDARIES

required
Classification

Name, Designation
Date of incorporation of Corrections

and Signature of

7(d)
5

Correction Authority Gist of the application

 FORM-45
REGISTER OF APPEALS ON FIELD BOUNDARIES
(Rule-13,chapter-IX)

District: Mandal: Village:

Name of the Appellate

Registration No.

Date of Receipt

Between

Gist of the
Appellate
Appeal

Sy.NO. Classification Sy.NO. Classification

1 2 3 4(a) 4(b) 4(c) 4(d) 5

Appeals U/s.11 Date of incorporation of Corrections

Correction Authority
Nature of correction

Name, Designation
and Signature of
In Records
Disposal

required
In Field
Date of

Name of Designation of appellate

Authority

6(a) 6(b) 7(a) 7(b) 7© 7(d)

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 FORM-46
REGISTER OF BOUNDARY DISPUTES WITH FOREST LANDS
( Rule-11,Chapter-XIII)
Reference of
Reference of Statutory
Statutory Notifications
Notifications Name of Under Forest Act
Name of Name of Name of Under AP S&B Adjacent (Adjacent
Sl.no
District Mandal Village Act,1923 Forest Disputed
Boundary Boundary)

Sec(5) Sec(13) Sec(5) Sec(15)

1 2 3 4 5a 5b 6 7a 7b

Old Traverse Data as per Revenue Record (Traverse Sheet of Main or Village Circuit / Details of Disputed
MC Field) Boundary
Observed Angles Bearings Distances Nature of
Station
Dispute(Over lap
name Degree Minutes Corrections Degree Minutes Chain Links
/Encroachement)
8 9a 9b 9c 10a 10b 11a 11b 12

Details of Disputed Boundary

As per Existing Record As per New Record

Survey
Linear
No/ Sub Land
Extent Classification from ID to ID Distance in
Division Parcel No.
meters
No
13a 13b 13c 14a 14b 14c 14d

Remarks
Extent Name of Evidence for
Extent in Ownership
in Registgerd Land claim of
Ac. Cts Classification
Hect. Ares Holder Rights

14e 14f 14g 14h 14i 15

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 FORM-47
REGISTER OF INTER DISTRICT BOUNDARY DISPUTES
(Rule-13,Chapter-XIII)
Reference of Statutory Notifications Under AP
Reference of Statutory Notifications Under AP
S&B Act-1923 (Adjacent Disputed Boundary
S&B Act-1923 of (Disputed Boundary District)
District)

Sl.no
Name Name Name Name Name Name
of of of Sec(5) Sec(13) of of of Sec(5) Sec(13)
District Mandal Village District Mandal Village

1 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e

Old Traverse Data as per Revenue Record (Traverse Sheet of Main or Village Circuit) of
Disputed District
Name of Station Observed Angles Bearings Distances
Village name Degree Minutes Corrections Degree Minutes Chain Links
4 5 6a 6b 6c 7a 7b 8a 8b

As per Old Record As per New Record

Survey
Nature Linear
No/ Land
of from Distance
Sub Extent Classification Parcel to ID
Dispute ID in
Division NO
meters
No
9 10a 10b 10c 11a 11b 11c 11d

As per New Record

Extentn Name of Remarks

Extent in Ownership Evidence for
in Registgerd
Hec. Ares Classification ownership
Ac. Cts Land HOlder

11e 11f 11g 11h 11i 12

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 FORM-48
REGISTER OF INTER STATE BOUNDARY DISPUTES
( Rule-12,Chapter-XIII)

Reference of Statutory Notifications Under AP S&B Reference of Statutory Notifications Under-----Act

Act-1923 issued b y Adjacent State ------

Sl.no
Name Name
Name of Name of Name of Name of
of Sec(5) Sec(13) of Sec(5) Sec(13)
Mandal Village Mandal Village
District District

1 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e

Old Traverse Data as per Revenue Record (Traverse Sheet of Main or Village Circuit/Minor
Circuit) of AP State
Observed Angles Bearings Distances
Name of Station
Village name Degree Minutes Corrections Degree Minutes Chain Links

4 5 6a 6b 6c 7a 7b 8a 8b

Details of Disputed Boundary

As per Existing Record As per New Record

Nature
Survey
of Linear
No/ Land
Dispute Distance
Sub Extent Classification Parcel from ID to ID
in
Division NO
meters
No
9 10a 10b 10c 11a 11b 11c 11d

Details of Disputed Boundary

As per New Record

Remarks
Name of
Extent in Extent in Ownership Evidence for
Registgerd
Ac. Cts Hec. Ares Classification Right of claim
Land Holder

11e 11f 11g 11h 11i 12

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 FORM-49

REGISTER OF MINOR CIRCUIT FIELDS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY VILLAGE

(Rule-10,Chapter-XIII)

District: Mandal: Village:

Adjacency Information of Newly Identified Area

Name of
the
New LP Extent of village
Sl. Newly
Number from North East South West
No. Surveyed
Created which
Area M.C. is
created Year Year Year
Year of
Village of Village of Village of Village
Survey
Survey Survey Survey
1 2 3 4 5(a) 5(b) 6(a) 6(b) 7(a) 7(b) 8(a) 9(b)

Nature Claim of
History /
of Occupancy
Remarks
Occupacy by Whom

10 11 12

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 FORM-50
LIST OF RECORDS TO BE SENT TO CENTRAL SURVEY OFFICE (CSO)
(Rule – 59, Chapter – IX)

The following is the list of village wise records to be sent to the CentralSurvey Office:

1. Traverse Data.
2. Ground Control Points Location Data.
3. Land Parcels Maps.
4. Fair Land Register.
5. Field Registers.
6. Fair Location Maps.
7. Areas List.
8. Final Inspection Reports.
9. Correlation map.
10. State & District Guzzette Publications.

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 FORM-51
VALIDATION REGISTER AT DISTRICT LEVEL
( Rule-18,Chapter-XIII)

Extent as per present Resurvey

Initial/Resurvey details
details

Sl. Name of Name of Name of

No. District Mandal Village Extent
Year Extent
Year of
of
survey
Hec. Acre. survey
Acre.
Ares Cents Hec. Ares
Cents
1 2 3 4 5a 5a1 5a2 5b 5b1 5b2

Nature of Details of Gazette

survey block / Notifications under
System Publication of
initial / AP S&B Act,1923 Date of Completion
of Village wise
Resurvey / completion of Date of 9(1)
Resurvey GCP in District
Revision / Sec Sec Sec Field Survey Notices issued
Gazette
Supplementary (5) 6(1) (13)

6 7 10 11a 11b 11c 8 9

Date on which Date of

Date on which
Validation implementation of
original records Date of final
extracts were resurvey records
were sent to records Remarks
submitted to under RoR/A.P.Land
Central Survey printed
District Titling Act,2019
Office
Administration
14 15 16
12 13

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 FORM-52

INVENTORY OF RESURVEY RECORDS

( Rule-23, Chapter-XIII)

Total Total Total No.

extent No. of Total of village
Sl. Year of
District Mandal Village land No.of map Field Register
No. Resurvey Hec. Ac.
parcel khandams sheets of
Ares Cts.
maps A0 size
1 2 3 4 5 6a 6b 7 8 9 10

Year of
implementation
Geo-Referenced of lands under
Land Register Village Traverse Remarks
maps RoR act /A.P.
Land Titling Act,
2019.
11 12 13 14 15

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