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Mutation pending for months after I bought land
What usually matters in this situation, and the papers to keep ready before you meet an advocate or free legal aid (call 15100).
Your situation
- What do you need? My mutation application is stuck or rejected
- How did you get the property? I bought it
Where you stand
- In your favour Mutation does not decide ownership — a wrong entry does not by itself take away your title.
- Next step An RTI and a written reminder to the Tehsildar often move a stuck mutation.
Do these now
- File an RTI for the status and file notings of your application
Often moves a stuck file. Where: State RTI portal or by post.
Papers to gather
- The document that gives you the property (sale deed, gift/partition deed, will, or allotment)
Mutation follows the title document. Where: Your records; certified copy from the Sub-Registrar. - Current record extract (7/12, khatauni, jamabandi, patta, khata or property tax record)
Shows the entry to be changed. Where: State land records portal or Tehsil / municipal office. - Land revenue or property tax receipts
Supports possession and the correction. Where: Your records. - Your mutation application, acknowledgement and any rejection order
Needed for appeal or follow-up. Where: Tehsil / municipal portal. - ID proof of all applicants
Asked in every application. Where: Aadhaar / voter ID.
What the law says
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.
Saboot will also ask
- Is it farm land or a house/plot in a town?
- Is anyone objecting?
Similar situations
- 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
Sources
- Department of Land Resources — land records (DILRMP)
- RTI Online (Government of India)
- NALSA — free legal aid
The full guide: Land or property records wrong, or mutation / name transfer stuck (khata, 7/12, jamabandi, patta) · All situations