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Officials claim that the new rules will help in curbing unlawful practices, says M. Sai Gopal
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The process of registration of land or buildings has just got a bit tedious. The Department of Stamps and Registration however, describe the new set of rules as one that would go a long way in curbing unlawful practices adopted by some while registering a land or building.
From now on, any person wishing to register land or even a building would have to submit a digital photograph of the property in question. The digital photograph should show the date, time and year of the picture taken. The new rule, which has already come into force from October 15, would only be applicable for municipal areas.
Route map must
Officials from the department are also insisting on mandatory submission of a detailed route map to the spot, where the property is located, along with the photograph. The decision to introduce such rules comes in the wake of spate of misinformation being submitted while applying for registration.
“We have seen cases where a property was 2,000 sft but on paper the person who came for registration mentioned it just as 1,200 sft. Later, when our inspectors visited the spot, we came to know about the truth. The mistake is on both the sides and that’s why this new set of rules would help us,” an official from Stamps and Registration department told The Hindu.
Fake DDs
Till now, if any person wanted to purchase stamp papers of higher denomination had to submit a Demand Draft equalling the cost of the stamp papers to the department. However, on several occasions, these Demand Drafts proved to be either fake or in some cases were not honoured.
“From now on, any person who wants to purchase stamp papers of higher denominations from us must pay in the form of challan to a bank and then submit the same to us. This would go a long way in cutting down the nuisance of fake demand drafts,” the official informed.
Earlier, the department had planned to implement the new rules all over the State. However, the officials decided to implement them in municipalities and later extend them to villages and smaller towns.
“Any move to reduce illegal activities at the sub-registrars office is a welcome one. The paperwork may become a bit cumbersome but it’s worth it. There are several instances where the information submitted through documents did not correlate when re-checked,” says President for Builders Forum for Andhra Pradesh, C. Sekhar Reddy.
Mr. Reddy described the department’s move to ask persons to first submit funds in the bank and get challans for stamp papers and registered documents as a bit problematic. “Carrying huge amounts of cash to a bank is pretty tough these days. We are demanding that once a person submits a demand draft, let the department deliver the stamp papers or registered documents after collecting funds from the bank. This would hardly take a few days,” he said.
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