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Karuna Pedapudi   01 November 2025

Name discrepancy in property documents.

Dear Sirs,

In my mother's name are two adjacent properties - The top one is 5 cents, bought in 1959 and the bottom one is 2.5 cents, bought in 1963. My mother's name in the 5 cents document is T. Mariamma and in the bottom 2.5 cents document the name is P. Mary, being P taken after my father's surname. My mother's academic and government records are in the name of T. Mariamma.

The two adjacent properties are hand written documents in the telugu language. The old documents of that era were hand written by the document writers who wrote them in something called "Chain writing" in telugu. This chain writing was difficult to decipher for ordinary people. Only after our mother's death, have we gotten them typed to printed telugu documents which revealed the discrepancy in the names of our mother.

Also one of the children is an American citizen. All the children stay in different cities and are willing to give me GPA to manage the property or sell it on everyone's behalf. 

Given these conditions, kindly advise us regarding the sequence of legal steps to get control of both the pieces of the land of our family home.

Sincerely,

Karuna Sagar.



 8 Replies

P. Venu (Advocate)     01 November 2025

What is the necessity of 'taking control'? Consequent to the mother's death the property has already devolved upon the legal heirs.

kavksatyanarayana (subregistrar/supdt.(retired))     01 November 2025

With which name is her Aadhar card, pan card, and ration card? First, change her name by way of a notarised affidavit and a gazette notification.  All her legal heirs have an equal share in the property.

Dr. J C Vashista (Advocate )     02 November 2025

What is the recorded name of your mother i.e., is it T Mariamma or P Mary in various government documents as rightly observed by learned senior expert Mr. KAVK Satyanarayan ?

How does her name has changed from "T Mariamma" to "P Mary", wherein surname "P" is stated to have been taken from your father (presumably she got married between 1959 and 1963), in such a case surname has to be suffixed making it to be "T Mariama P" but not as "P Mary", which is totally different, isn't it?

Did you show title documents to a local prudent lawyer or document writer to decipher its contents, which cannot be presumed by either of the expert on this platform, (more particularly non-tamil knowing expert) that you will agree with me.

When all LRs of your mother (titleholder) are willing to give GPA to you, what is your dispute/problem for consideration and obligation of experts on this platform ?

It is advisable to consult a local prudent lawyer with relevant records for proper analyses of facts, professional guidance and necessary proceeding.

Karuna Pedapudi   02 November 2025

Dear Sirs,

  1. My mother's governmental records are all as T. Mariamma including her death certificate. The only document that bears the name of P. Mary is the 2.5 cent document, which is the reason why at the moment we cannot prove that the property owner that bears the name P. Mary is our mother.
  2. Yes, the document has been converted to a printed document after a local document writer converted it into typeset telugu. That is how we now understand it's contents.
  3. All the legal heirs are willing to give GPA to me for the purpose of representing them for the purpose of a rectification deed to identify that T. Mariamma and P. Mary are one and the same person. They are willing to give the GPA to me also for deposing infront of the attesting authority such as the sub-registrar since getting all of them to present before the authority of the sub-registrar at the same time is difficult.

     We are certain that we have to do a rectification deed. But even our document writer is not sure of the steps       involved in the process. Hence my query here.

     Thank you all for your help,

     Karuna Sagar.

      

kavksatyanarayana (subregistrar/supdt.(retired))     02 November 2025

The sale deed was executed in 1963. Can you now find the vendor or his legal heirs to obtain a rectification deed?  All your co-sharers can give you a POA from their places.  First, get the name changed.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     02 November 2025

There's no necessity for carrying out any rectification.

Instead you can adopt name change option or one and the same affidavit.

P. Venu (Advocate)     02 November 2025

Who is in possession and occupation of the property?

Karuna Pedapudi   03 November 2025

Dear Sirs,

  1. We are still in possession of the property and until recently our family home was standing on the property. We have been paying taxes for the property all these years and also the electricity and house tax for the house which was on the property.
  2. The vendor or his legal heirs are not traceable as they have changed professions and left the town altogether.

     Thank you all for your kind advice.  We will pursue the required processes guided by your instructions.

Sincerely,

Karuna Sagar. 


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