Question

Which Forms are combined to compare to prepare as 7/12 extract?
A. Village Form No.7 & Village Form No. 12
B. Town Form No. 7 & Town Form No. 12
C. City Form No. 7 & City Form No. 12
D. District Form No. 7 & District Form No. 12

Answer 1

Hint: This extract is a document which gives information about specific pieces of land. This document is maintained for the purpose of collecting tax by the revenue department of the state. Buyer has the right to get the duplicate copy under the Right to Information Act.

Complete Answer:
- 7/12 is an important document which indicates the legal status of the plot. It is helpful to find the record and ancestral information about particular land. This document is maintained for the purpose of collecting tax by the revenue department of the state. It is issued by the Tehsildar or the concerned legal authority.
- This extract is a two-form mixture. Form 7 talks about the facts and rights of the Landowners, while Form 12 lists information about the type and use of the land. The regional word for the 7/12 Maharashtra Extract Paper is ‘Saat –Baara-Utara.’
- Buyer can get the copy of information after filing a petition or paying the official fee under Right to Information Act. In this piece of document, one can find the legal status or land ownership which can affect due to past disputes, litigation or court orders etc.
- This 7/12 document is helpful to identify the exact location and physical nature of the land. It also helps to keep the record of the crops sown on agricultural land that were last grown. This important document is widely used in rural and semi-rural areas to identify their owners for sanctioning loans to agriculture and non-agricultural land.

Hence, the correct answer is Village Form No. 7 & Village Form No. 12.

Note: These documents are now digitally available. One can obtain it’s copy from the tehsildar’s office which has jurisdiction over the city where that land is located.