Survey Map not Matching Land Parcel: What to Do Next

Reviewed on: 2026-05-30.

If survey map not matching land parcel, collect the account, application, transaction, policy, property, employee, pension, scholarship or bill reference and send one precise written complaint to the office that can correct the record or release the money. Ask for a written reason if the request is refused or kept pending. Escalate with the same evidence bundle to sub-registrar, tehsil, revenue office, municipal office and state land-records helpdesk. Use RTI only for records held by a public authority: file movement, deficiency notes, dispatch records, sanction details, payment advice, inspection reports or reasons recorded on file.

Use the correct external forum. Use DILRMP or the other official source linked below where it fits the subject. For consumer-service disputes, consider National Consumer Helpline and e-Daakhil. For public departments, CPGRAMS, state grievance portals and RTI may help. For high-value or time-sensitive cases, take professional advice before limitation expires.

• DILRMP
• CPGRAMS
• RTI Online

Preserve proof, write a dated complaint with reference numbers, and ask for a written decision or correction instead of relying on calls.

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1. Step 1: What to do when survey map does not match land parcel? (a) Survey map: (i) survey map — official map of land parcel, (ii) not matching: survey map does not match — actual land, (iii) 2026: digital survey — but discrepancies common, (b) key rules: (i) Land Revenue Act: survey map — authoritative, (ii) discrepancy: can be corrected — via revenue officer, (iii) RTI: can be filed — for survey records, © common scenarios: (i) survey map — wrong boundaries, (ii) area — mismatch, (iii) encroachment — survey map wrong, (iv) re-survey — how to request?, (v) mutation — based on wrong survey, (d) rights: (i) landowner has right to correct survey map, (ii) right to revenue grievance, (iii) right to RTI — for survey records, (e) authority: Revenue Surveyor + Tehsildar + SDM, (f) law: Land Revenue Act + RTI Act 2005.

1. Step 2: Comparison table — survey map scenarios. (a) Wrong boundaries: (i) issue: survey map — wrong boundaries, (ii) remedy: revenue surveyor + correction, (iii) timeline: 30-90 days, (iv) example: wrong; complained; corrected, (b) Area mismatch: (i) issue: area — mismatch, (ii) remedy: re-survey + correction, (iii) timeline: 30-90 days, (iv) example: mismatch; re-surveyed; corrected, © Encroachment: (i) issue: encroachment — survey map wrong, (ii) remedy: revenue + court, (iii) timeline: 90-180 days, (iv) example: wrong; complained; corrected, (d) Re-survey: (i) issue: re-survey — how to request?, (ii) remedy: application to Tehsildar, (iii) timeline: 30-90 days, (iv) example: requested; re-surveyed; corrected, (e) Mutation wrong: (i) issue: mutation — based on wrong survey, (ii) remedy: correction + re-mutation, (iii) timeline: 30-90 days, (iv) example: wrong; corrected; re-mutated. (Note: Revenue surveyor. Re-survey. RTI for records.)

1. Step 3: How to correct survey map. (a) Step 1: Get survey map — from revenue office, (b) Step 2: Compare — with actual land, © Step 3: Application — to Tehsildar for correction, (d) Step 4: Revenue surveyor — inspects, (e) Step 5: Correction — in records, (f) Step 6: RTI — for status.

1. Step 5: Practical tips. (a) get survey map — first, (b) compare — with actual land, © Tehsildar — for correction, (d) RTI — for status, (e) Example: A landowner found survey map showing wrong boundaries; applied for correction; re-surveyed; corrected in 60 days.

1. Step 6: Key provisions. (a) Land Revenue Act, (b) Survey map, © Re-survey, (d) Tehsildar, (e) RTI Act 2005.

See Survey Map and Mutation and How to File RTI.