Mumbai: Revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that there are 1,28,290 pending land survey cases in the state, and the average time taken to resolve land survey applications is 121 days. Bawankule was replying to questions raised by MLA Bhimrao Tapkir.“In pursuance of the appointment of licensed surveyors for survey work, Maharashtra Land Revenue (Boundaries and Boundary Marks) Rules, 1969, Rule 13 of 1989 was amended. Approval has been given to determine the criteria for technical qualification, experience and age limit, honorarium, training and licensing, administrative control, and measurement matters for conducting the tender process at the district level for the appointment of licensed surveyors in March 2026,” Bawankule said in his written reply.“Studies are underway to implement a procedure such as officially measuring the relevant property before registering the land buy deed and determining its exact area, length-width, boundary, geographical location (coordinates), registering the buy deed only after that, and updating the title record by approving the change entry after registration, on the lines of the practice being implemented in other states,” Bawankule said.“To effectively implement this process in the state, necessary amendments and corrections are being examined in the relevant laws, rules, procedures and processes related to the Revenue, Registration and Stamps, and Land Records Departments,” Bawankule said.
