From today, you can access your land records in Maharashtra online

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to inaugurate the project on Tuesday; people won’t need to go to collector’s or tehsil offices for document

mumbai Updated: May 01, 2018 13:28 IST
You can log on to Mahabhulekh and search for the 7/12 extract.

People who own land in Maharashtra will be able to access crucial land record documents online, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurates the project later in the day.

The government will make available the 7/12 extract — a crucial document from the Land Register of any district in Maharashtra that gives complete information about a particular piece of land — online with a digital signature. This means that a printed copy of this document can be submitted for official use as well. “From now on, people won’t need to go to the collector’s or tehsil offices to get the 7/12 extract. These records can be accessed from anywhere. It will reduce human interference, which will help us curb corruption and keep a check on fraudulent cases,” said a revenue officer, requesting anonymity.

How to access land records
  • You can log on to Mahabhulekh and search for the 7/12 extract by clicking on options for division, district, tehsil, village followed by the name or survey number, a revenue official said.

The 7/12 extract is a part of the land ownership register maintained by the state’s revenue department. It has the plot’s survey number, the name of the owner, its cultivator, the type of cultivation, transfer of ownership, among other details. An essential document, it establishes clear title and ownership and is used widely for all rural and semi-rural land deals.

Till now, land records available online were in a read-only format without a digital signature, and could not be used for official purposes.

Anyone who owns property in Maharashtra can download the document from the state government’s and portals. The download option will also be available on the Aaple Sarkar mobile application.

The digitally signed land records will also be available on DigiLocker, a national digital locker system launched by the central government, said a senior officer from the state’s revenue department, requesting anonymity.

The project is part of the Centre’s Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), launched in August 2008, to improve transparency and reduce frauds in property deals. The project is expected to make digital database available with the land records department, sub-registrar offices and tehsil offices across the state.

Every year, the state revenue department gets around 20 lakh applications for land ownership records.