Survey - Licensed Surveyor - Training to Diploma holders in Civil Engineering - Impart training for 50 more persons at the Centre Survey Training and Research (C-STAR) - Orders - Issued

What the government approved

G.O.(Ms) No.412 dated 22 June 2021, issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, approves survey training for 50 additional Diploma holders in Civil Engineering at the Centre for Survey Training and Research, Anna University, Chennai.

An earlier government order had permitted 100 Diploma holders per batch to be trained at the Survey Training Institute, Orathanadu. The additional 50 candidates increase the available training capacity by using the existing infrastructure at the Centre for Survey Training and Research.

Why the additional training was approved

The Director of Survey and Settlement reported that around 5.98 lakh online patta transfer applications involving subdivisions were pending in Taluk offices across Tamil Nadu. The proposal to train more licensed surveyors was made to help speed up disposal of those applications.

The Centre for Survey Training and Research was established through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Tamil Nadu and Anna University in 2005. It provides training with traditional and modern survey equipment and can train around 50 people per batch.

Training and licensing process

G.O.(Ms) No.412 sets out the following process for the additional candidates:

• Candidate selection will be conducted centrally by the Principal or Joint Director (Training), Survey Training Institute, Orathanadu.
• Fifty selected candidates will be allotted to the Centre for Survey Training and Research for two months of training.
• Training at the centre will cover traditional and modern surveying.
• Candidates will then receive one month of field training in resurvey work at a place where resurvey is in progress.
• After successful completion of the three-month course, the Principal or Joint Director, Survey Training Institute, Orathanadu, will issue the surveying licence.
• The training remains subject to the procedures and arrangements laid down in G.O.(Ms) No.362 dated 4 October 2019.

Who may be affected

Diploma holders in Civil Engineering seeking training and a surveying licence are directly affected. Property owners and patta transfer applicants may be affected indirectly because the additional licensed surveyors are intended to help address pending applications involving land subdivisions. G.O.(Ms) No.412 does not decide any individual patta transfer or subdivision application.