Puducherry amends its licensed land surveyor rules and fixes a fee scale for field demarcation

7 November 2026

The Puducherry government has taken a set of steps to speed up field demarcation and to deal with public grievances over delays in land survey services, including the notification of the Puducherry Licensed Land Surveyors and Licensed Land Draughtsman Rules, 2019. An official release said amendments have been brought into the existing rules to strengthen the professional competency, technical standards and accountability of licensed surveyors. Following the amendment, 10 candidates have enrolled for demarcation work and have been given two months of institutional training covering traditional chain survey methods and modern techniques, including the Electronic Total Station assisted by Differential Global Positioning System and Continuously Operating Reference Stations technology. The list of enrolled licensed surveyors with addresses and contact details will be hosted on the revenue department website, and the public and government departments may engage them directly. The government has also fixed the fee payable for demarcation, from 400 per application for fields below 5,000 sq. ft. to 1,300 per application for one acre and below, with 200 more for every 10 acres beyond one acre.