Patta Chitta Helpline & Customer Care

1100, the helpline the Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement gives on the land records portal. It is the Tamil Nadu Mudhalvarin Mugavari (CM Helpline) number. As of now, the department's contact page shows no separate office phone.

The same 1100. Mudhalvarin Mugavari also takes complaints on its own portal. Mention the district, taluk, village and survey number so the complaint reaches the right office.

[email protected], printed with the helpline on the land records portal. Land records customer service also answers at [email protected].

Commissionerate of Survey and Settlement, No.1, Survey House, Kamarajar Salai, Chepauk, Chennai 600005. You need not visit an office just to see a record, since the portal shows it online.

The survey number and sub-division number, or the patta number, or the owner's name. For a patta transfer, keep the Application ID.

The registered deed - sale, settlement, partition or gift - plus ID proof and residence proof. Tamil Nilam takes transfers both with and without a sub-division of the survey number.

Rs 60 per application at a Common Service Centre, as the land records portal states. You can also apply yourself on the Tamil Nilam citizen portal.