Location:
Sawantwadi / Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Experience:
Minimum 5 years of active legal practice Engagement: Full-time / Priority Retainer Reporting To: Head – Legal / Development Head / Founder’s Office Travel: Sawantwadi, Dodamarg, Sindhudurg and adjoining areas Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Advocate with strong local practice in civil, revenue and property matters. The candidate will independently examine land titles, analyse property documents, prepare Search and Title Reports and advise management on whether a land parcel has a clear, marketable and transferable title.

Key Responsibilities
• Conduct legal due diligence for land proposed for acquisition or development.
• Prepare survey-wise Search and Title Reports after searches at Sub-Registrar, Talathi, Tahsildar, Land Records and court offices.
• Prepare a complete chronological chain of title and identify missing or defective links.
• Analyse sale deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, release deeds, wills, succession records, powers of attorney, mortgages and court orders.
• Verify 7/12 extracts, 8A extracts, mutation entries, Ferfar records, property cards, survey maps, Index II and registered instruments.
• Review issues relating to:
• Fragmentation and consolidation
• Succession and legal heirs
• Limitation and adverse possession
• Tenancy and actual possession
• Encumbrances and mortgages
• Access, easement and boundary rights
• Agricultural, forest, restricted-tenure and other land classifications
• Identify pending litigation, attachments, government claims, reservations and third-party interests.
• Draft and review sale deeds, agreements for sale, development agreements,



powers of attorney, release deeds, indemnities, declarations and access agreements.
• Represent or coordinate representation before civil courts, revenue authorities, Collector, District Courts and appropriate higher forums.
• Recommend practical curative measures for title defects, including mutation certification, release deeds, family settlements, succession proceedings, mortgage releases, surveys and access documentation.
• Maintain secure custody of original property documents and prepare clear Green / Amber / Red legal-risk reports for management. Required Candidate Profile
• Advocate enrolled with the appropriate State Bar Council.
• Minimum 5 years of active practice.
• Regular practice in Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg or nearby civil/revenue courts.
• Solid experience in land-title verification, Search and Title Reports, revenue records, succession and property litigation.
• Ability to independently read Marathi land and revenue records.
• Strong English legal drafting and opinion-writing skills.
• Knowledge of local registration, mutation, court-search and government-record procedures.
• High standards of confidentiality, integrity and professional independence. Preferred Experience
• Experience advising developers, banks, landowners or institutional purchasers.
• Familiarity with land matters in Sawantwadi, Dodamarg and Sindhudurg.
• Experience with multiple survey/hissa numbers, fragmented holdings, access disputes, tenancy and environmental or forest-related concerns.
• Knowledge of Goa land records will be an added advantage. LanguagesMarathi: Mandatory English: Strong drafting ability Hindi: Working proficiency Konkani: Preferred

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