Chapter II A PREPARATION OF SURVEY MAP FOR REGISTRATION OF TITLE DEEDS

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, with effect from such date as may be notified by the Government and different dates may be notified for different areas, no registered holder of any land in the State shall transfer or otherwise dispose of any land within that notified area without presenting a survey map along with the title deeds for registration prepared in accordance with the provision of this a section. (2) In the areas notified under sub-section (1), the survey map to be presented along with a title deed for registration, shall be prepared by an officer authorized by the Government in this behalf or a licensed surveyor and got approved in the manner prescribed. (3) A fee as prescribed shall be realized for the preparation or approval of survey map under this section. (4) The land register at the time of preparation of survey map shall be up-dated based on the transfer of ownership of the land at the time of registration.

(1) No person other than an officer authorized by the Government in this behalf or a licensed surveyor shall execute any work of preparation of survey map in any notified area for the purpose of registration of title deeds in that area. (2) The manner of licensing the surveyors, the officer by whom such licenses are to be issued, the qualifications to be possessed by such surveyors and the service charges to be levied by such person may be such as may be prescribed.