Closing The Loop

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Further reforming property records through the use of technology, Goa's state revenue department will now issue record of rights (RoR) and property maps online, untouched by human hands. 

A recent notification read that copies or extracts of a computerised property record, map or plan issued online by the proper authorities without any signature, is now bonafide. 

Zooming In

While land records and mutations are going fully online in Goa, the revenue department has also delegated select powers of the director of settlement and land records, to deputy collectors and inspectors of surveys and land records. 

This means deputy collectors and land record inspectors can now combine land parcels under adjoining survey numbers if they are owned by the same person, adding more speed and reliability to an erstwhile centralised process. 

Broader View

“The mutation certificate can be obtained online, thus reducing the need for citizens to make repeated visits to government departments to pursue their applications. We are slowly closing the loop,” quoted an officer to the press.

Speaking of closures, Goan authorities have started issuing mutation and partition notices online already. 

Walking the talk, eh? 👌