Interestingly, his work was specially commissioned to be the book cover for the government document. The draft is likely to be made final after reviewing the suggestions and objections invited by the government, which ends on March 11.

The artwork is made on a khadi fabric using natural vegetable dyes, and depicts the typical tale of a city grown on two opposite sides of a river. Thakur said, "I had kept in mind the typical east and west side of any city that springs along the banks of a river. The art gives a glimpse of Ahmedabad, but it could be linked to any urban developing society."

He said the art was made after due consultation with officials from the revenue department and the agency involved in this activity.

Superintendent of Stamps, Vinay Vyasa said, "It was part of our re-engineering process that we wanted to bring in stamp duty collection. Choosing an artwork for the Jantri cover page was another idea to make it more vibrant and contemporary and suitable to modern changes taking place around." CEPT authorities knew of Thakur's work due to his stint at Ahmedabad's Kanoria Centre for Art previously.

State Principal Secretary - Revenue Department, Vilasini Ramchandran said, “The entire Jantri draft is being prepared in consultation with the Ahmedabad-based CEPT. It was especially done in order to bring a certain aura and parameters that this activity needed, and CEPT was an obvious choice.” He said he made a special visit to Thakur's studio at the space campus located on the outskirts of Vadodara city and reviewed the work before finalising it as a cover page for the important government document. This could well be first time that the Revenue Department has undertaken such an innovative way in sprucing up its important document.