Job Title: In-House Legal Counsel / Legal Officer (Advocate)

Working Hours: 9:00 AM 6:00 PM

Primary Objective: To oversee, organize, and manage all legal documentation across project sites, conduct thorough due diligence, maintain flawless master records, and ensure all legal/sales paperwork (including Sale Agreements) is fully executed and ready before properties are offered for sale.

Daily Schedule & Workflow Overview

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Morning Review & Daily Audit (Master File Check & Requests)
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM Core Legal Work (Title Search, RTC/EC Updates, Drafting)
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Lunch Break
2:15 PM – 4:30 PM Inter-departmental Coordination (Sales & Site Verification)
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Evening Archiving, Master File Filing & Next-Day Planning

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Title Due Diligence & Mother Document Management
- Mother Document Repository: Collect, trace, verify, and maintain all primary property land titles ("Mother Documents"), including historic deeds, conversion orders, land use permits, and partition deeds.
- Property Record Collection:



Regularly fetch and update essential land and revenue records such as RTC (Record of Rights, Tenancy, and Crops / Pahani), EC (Encumbrance Certificates), Khata certificates, tax receipts, and mutation extracts from local revenue authorities.
- Title Search Reports: Prepare comprehensive internal legal scrutinies and Title Clearance Reports for newly acquired land or ongoing project sites to ensure transparent, marketable, and unencumbered titles.

2. Master File Maintenance & Site Document Control
- Master File Ownership: Create, maintain, and safeguard a dedicated, standardized Master File for each project site containing:
- Approved plans and sanctions
- Environmental & local body approvals
- Mother documents and revenue records (RTC, EC)
- RERA registration documents and NOCs
- Digital & Physical Archiving: Ensure every document in the Master File is indexed, scanned, digitally backed up, and physically

📌 Inhouse Counsel (Mangalore)
🏢 Somayaji Estates
📍 Mangalore