Patta is the document issued by Revenue department at Tamil Nadu in the rank of Tahsildar. This document ensures that the land is owned by the patta holder i.e., the name mentioned in the patta and it is not a government land. This also record the type of land in the land registry of the Govt about the type of land, owner of the land and other statistical information required by the Govt.
Normally when the property is registered by the Purchaser in the registrar office he/she also signs the Patta name transfer document along with his/her sale deed. This is initialled by the registrar and sent to the revenue office. But this never happens by itself. The patta name transfer never happens automatically. We as a responsible purchaser should follow up with revenue office. We should approach the surveyor or the deputy Tahsildar for the obtaining the patta. We should produce all the sale deed documents and Encumbrance Certificate of the property. After verification of the sale deed the surveyor will come to the site for measurement and survey of the property. After this process he will update the govt records and issue the patta in the name of the present owner. You can verify the genuinity of patta by checking your name online at http://eservices.tn.gov.in/eservicesnew/land/chitta.html?lan=en where you input all the required data and copy of the patta can be taken as printout. We can also check the "A" register of land records about the type like Nanjai, Punjai, Residential, Industrial and Heavy industry . If there is any acquisition proceedings underway they may not issue the patta. Instead they issue a notification of acquisition to the person concerned. If it is so compensation to the guideline price only given to the customer. In special case pattas are given to govt lands according to the GO passed by the Govt. For the weaker section Govt may now and then announce free patta for 1 to 3 cent of land according to the area. This will issued according to the wait list of people concerned.
