Soon draft your own property registration papers online

By Realty Quarter Bureau

Maharashtra will be the first state in the country which will soon introduce the system of filing your very own property registration papers eliminating the role of agent (middleman). The state Inspector of General Registration (IGR) said once person clicks on the link (make my registration) it will open a separate portal where all kinds of registrations can access adding that people will require Aadhaar to make use of this facility. The main objective of this portal would be to eliminate the role of middleman and allow citizens to prepare their own sale of deed document through specific formats uploaded on the portal. The documents can be submitted online to the registration department, provided the individual has Aadhaar card. They can later be submitted to the respective sub-registrar office,” they added.

The portal is presently being readied in consultation with advocates as the set of documents that will be put up on the portal will be of various types. “The developer or the seller can select any option, can pay stamp duty through online system and even forward the readied document to the sub-divisional office. The printed document of the final registration will have to be submitted later at the registration office. Presently, citizens take help of advocates to draft their sale deed document or even lease agreement. This way they are completely dependent on the advocate or other persons and end up spending huge amounts. “Once the facility is made available to general public, the prevailing procedure will change. For developers, it will be easy to register the documents of the buyers and for those who want to sell a re-sale property, the seller will be able to do so from the confines of his/her home,” the official added.

Explaining the process, officials from the IGR department said the citizens cannot only draft the document, but can also raise their query in case of doubt to the department. “Once the forms are filled, an edit option will enable the citizens to make changes. It will also enable people to pay the stamp duty and registration charge as per the amount entered,” she said.

“It will help in bringing down visits to the registration office and also keep a check on corrupt practices at sub-registrar offices,” IGR officials said.