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Survey Number Mismatch Between Your Deed and Land Records? Use RTI to Get the Basis on Record

Property / Revenue

Quick answer

When the survey number in your registered document does not match the revenue record (or the online land-record portal), you are stuck between two departments. RTI lets you extract the underlying records from both sides - the registration extract and the revenue record - so the origin of the mismatch is established on paper, which is the first step to any correction.

Why this usually gets stuck

Old subdivisions (bifurcated survey numbers) never carried into one of the two records
Typographical errors at registration or data entry during digitisation
Resurvey/settlement changes reflected in one department only
Correction applications bouncing between SRO and revenue office

What an RTI gets you, on record

Certified copies of the revenue record (pahani/khatauni/7-12) for the survey number as it stands
Certified extracts of the registered document index for the same property
The records showing when and how the survey number was changed/subdivided
The status and reasons on any pending correction application

Where to file it

You may need two RTIs: one to the revenue office (Tahsildar/Tehsildar/MRO) for the land record, and one to the Sub Registrar Office for the registration-side records - see our office guides. File via your state portal (find it here) or by post.

Sample RTI questions (edit the bracketed details)

Provide a certified copy of the current revenue record for survey number [number], village [name], and the records showing any subdivision/renumbering of this survey number with dates.

Provide certified copies of the index entries relating to document number [number] dated [date], including the survey number as recorded at registration.

State the origin, date and authority for the discrepancy between the survey number recorded at registration and the current revenue record for the said property, with certified copies of the relevant orders.

Provide the current status and reasons for delay of my correction application number [number] dated [date].

Keep questions factual and specific to your own matter. Ask for records, status, dates, reasons and officer details - not opinions. Do not include anyone else's personal information.

If there is no reply in 30 days

The PIO is ordinarily required to respond within 30 days under Section 7(1) of the RTI Act. If there is no proper response, file a First Appeal with the First Appellate Authority of the same public authority; if that fails, a Second Appeal lies with the Information Commission. See the Appeal Generator.

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Frequently asked questions

Will RTI correct the survey number?

RTI establishes on record where the mismatch came from and what each department holds - the documentary basis you (or your lawyer) need for the correction proceeding. It also puts the pending correction file under scrutiny.

One RTI or two?

Often two - one to the revenue office, one to the SRO - because each holds half the picture. FileMyRTI can draft and file both.

What if the office blames the other department?

That answer itself, on record, is useful: it fixes responsibility and supports a Section 6(3) transfer or an escalation to the district officers.

Related guides

FileMyRTI is not a government website. This guide explains how the RTI Act can be used when an official process stalls; it is general information, not legal advice. Last updated: June 2026.