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Govt land digitisation fails to fix errors; ‘settlement only solution’ experts say

  • Aatif Qayoom By Aatif Qayoom
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  • 07 Apr 2026

Srinagar, Apr 06: The government’s push to digitise land records in J&K has failed to fix long-standing errors, raising concerns among revenue experts and landholders. The initiative aimed to bring clarity, reduce disputes, and ensure transparency. However, on the ground, many of the same issues persist.

Revenue experts said digitisation has only shifted old records into a new format without correcting core faults. They pointed to mismatched entries, missing updates, and unresolved boundary disputes. In several cases, digital records mirror flawed manual entries, leading to confusion rather than clarity.

A senior revenue official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Rising Kashmir that digitisation alone cannot resolve structural problems. “If the base data is wrong, the digital record will carry the same mistake,” he said.

He added that such errors have triggered a rise in land disputes across J&K, with many cases pending in courts. Families remain locked in legal battles for years, often over small parcels of land.

“In one case, two families are fighting in court because the same plot is shown under two names in the digital record,” an expert said. “Both sides have documents, but the system itself carries the error.”

Experts said these discrepancies are affecting daily life and economic activity. Landowners face delays in property transactions, banks reject loan applications due to mismatched records, and government schemes linked to land ownership get stalled.

“A farmer could not sell land in an emergency as it was recorded in his father’s name in one record and in his own name in another,” an expert said. “These are basic errors, but they create serious problems.”

Officials had projected digitisation as a major reform to streamline ownership details and reduce litigation. However, stakeholders said the absence of proper settlement has limited its impact. Without field verification and accurate demarcation, errors continue to persist.

Experts stressed that land settlement is essential before digitisation. Settlement involves ground surveys, ownership verification, and correction of historical discrepancies.

“Most disputes today exist because settlement was never properly completed,” an expert said. “Decades of errors cannot be fixed through digitisation alone. Settlement must come first.”

They warned that unless corrective steps are taken, digitisation may deepen the problem by giving flawed data official status.

“People trust digital records as final,” an expert said. “If those records are incorrect, disputes will increase.”

Experts urged the administration to initiate comprehensive settlement operations across J&K, stating that digitisation should follow only after records are verified on the ground.

Until then, land records will remain a source of conflict rather than clarity.

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