Organization Structure

The present Survey & Land Records Department was formed by integrating the Staff allotted from formerly Madras State, Cochin State and Travancore State, under a Director of Survey & Land Records from 1.11.1956. On 31.1.1977, the post of Director of Survey & Land Records was converted in to IAS Cadre and then Director was posted as Additional Director. The department consists of three wings namely the field wing consisting of surveyors and head surveyors mainly, the office wing consisting of draftsman and head drafts man and an administrative wing. The manpower ratio in the two wings is 2:1. The administrative staff is deployed from the revenue department and headed by a Deputy Collector, designated as Assistant Secretary. The Director is assisted by the Additional Director and Dy.Directors at the head quarters and two regional Joint Directors and 12 field wing deputy Directors at the Directorate. The resurvey operations are carried out by the Asst.Directors of every district. The Superintendents of Survey & Land Records at the District Establishment looks after land records maintenance (LPM) and the SSLRs at other offices looks after resurvey.

STRUCTURE OF SURVEY & LAND RECORDS DEPARTMENT

STRUCTURE OF SURVEY DIRECTORATE