Old Land Records Odisha
Bhulekh shows Odisha's Record of Rights as it stands now, the Hal. Where the old Sabik record and the Yadasta are kept, in the Revenue Department's words.
See the Record of Rights as it stands today
Get ROR
Pick the village, then choose the Khatiyan or Plot — we pull the original Khatiyan straight from Bhulekh.
Odisha's old land records are the records of the settlement before the current one. The Revenue Department's papers call the record of the current settlement the Hal ROR and the record of the settlement before it the Sabik ROR, and they speak of the "Sabik record like Yadast/ land register" (its procedure of December 2025). Bhulekh (bhulekh.ori.nic.in) shows the Record of Rights as it stands now; its FAQ says the "Information Provided online is updated". The papers that tie an old Sabik plot to today's Hal plot are kept by the Tahasil, whose Record Keeper checks the Sabik-Hal correlation, by the settlement and consolidation authorities (the Yadasta) and by the registration side (the encumbrance certificate).
What the law makes of an old record
Every entry in a finally published Record of Rights "shall be evidence of the matter referred to in such entry and shall be presumed to be correct until it is proved by evidence to be incorrect" (Section 13(3) of the Orissa Survey and Settlement Act, 1958).
Where a later record changed an entry, the same section says "the later entry shall be presumed to be correct until it is proved by evidence to be incorrect, but the previous entry shall be admissible as evidence of the facts existing at the time such entry was made". So the Hal entry is the one presumed right today, and the old Sabik entry is evidence of how things stood when it was made.
How an old plot is traced to today's
In a mutation case on an old deed, the Record Keeper checks the land's record "along with the Sabik-Hal correlation of the land schedule", and the Tahasildar "may obtain the Yadasta, LR report, and Encumbrance Certificate relating to transactions involving the land from the Settlement, Consolidation, and Registration Authorities respectively, with respect to the relevant Sabik plot corresponding to the Hal plot under mutation" (Revenue Department procedure, December 2025).
The Revenue Inspector's enquiry form asks for the flow of title "to be narrated through a flow chart from Sabik Recorded tenant to present petitioner" (the same procedure).
Today's record, online
Bhulekh shows a Record of Rights by district, tahasil and village, searched by khatiyan, plot or the tenant's name: the front page carries the tenant, the rent and the cess, and the back page the plots (Bhulekh's own FAQ).
Read next
Checking it before money moves
You can read the land record from a name or a plot number, and search the same name across the District Courts, the High Court, the tribunals and the Supreme Court. Both answer in minutes and cite the page each fact came from, so an advocate can check the source rather than take a summary on trust.
100 credits free · no credit card required
Related questions
- Odisha Land Record By Name — search Odisha land records by owner name
- Red Zone Land Meaning in Odisha: BDA Map and Rules
- Land Mutation Odisha — what the record shows, and when
- Blue Zone Land Meaning in Odisha: BDA Map Colours
- Land Ceiling Act Odisha — Odisha land records, answered
- 1 Acre Land Price In Village Odisha — Odisha land records, answered