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Land or property records wrong, or mutation / name transfer stuck (khata, 7/12, jamabandi, patta)
Mutation only updates government records for tax — it does not decide who owns the land. But wrong records cause real trouble, so fix them early.
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Land and property records are kept by the state revenue department (rural) or the municipal body (urban) under state land revenue laws. Mutation is ordered by the Tehsildar / Revenue Officer after notice to everyone affected; appeals lie to higher revenue officers. Courts have repeatedly held that mutation entries do not create or end ownership — title depends on documents such as a sale deed, will, partition or inheritance. Many states now give a time limit for mutation and let you apply and track online.
General information, not legal advice.
Papers that usually help
- The document that gives you the property (sale deed, gift/partition deed, will, or allotment)
Mutation follows the title document. - Current record extract (7/12, khatauni, jamabandi, patta, khata or property tax record)
Shows the entry to be changed. - Death certificate and legal heir certificate / succession papers
Needed for inheritance mutation. - No-objection or consent from other heirs (if any)
Avoids objections and delay. - Older records and maps (previous mutations, survey map, partition records)
Proves the record is wrong. - Land revenue or property tax receipts
Supports possession and the correction. - Your mutation application, acknowledgement and any rejection order
Needed for appeal or follow-up. - ID proof of all applicants
Asked in every application. - File an RTI for the status and file notings of your application
Often moves a stuck file.
Questions Saboot will ask you
- What do you need?
- How did you get the property?
- Is it farm land or a house/plot in a town?
- Is anyone objecting?
Sources
- Department of Land Resources — land records (DILRMP)
- RTI Online (Government of India)
- NALSA — free legal aid
Common situations
- Mutation pending for months after I bought land
- Need to transfer land records after a parent’s death
- Wrong area or name in the land record
- Land needs to be measured again
- Family objecting to mutation in my name
- City property tax records in someone else’s name
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