What the 7/12 tells you
The Satbara extract combines the Record of Rights (form 7) with the crop register (form 12). It names the current holders, records the area, notes the land type and — critically — carries the 'other rights' column where loans, tenancy claims and disputes appear.
The columns that catch problems
Read the 'other rights' column first. A bank charge, a tenancy entry under the Kul Kayda, or a court-order notation there can stall your purchase for years. Then read the mutation (ferfar) numbers and pull each one — the story of how the current owner got the land is written in those entries.
Verify it online, then verify it on paper
Pull the digital extract from the Maharashtra land records portal yourself rather than accepting a seller's printout, and cross-check the survey number, area and holder names against the registered deed chain. Then have an advocate run the full 30-year search. The online extract shows you today; the search shows you the history.