The sale of 72,023 e-stamps in different districts of Haryana has generated a revenue of Rs 1,194 crore between April and December 2016.
“Haryana Government has implemented Property Registration System in the state, which is first of its kind initiative in the country,” said a spokesman of Revenue and Disaster Management Departmen.
He said that the citizens would be able to generate stamp papers by using e-GRAS server of Finance Department even at his home or office by paying stamp fee through internet banking. This would not only abolish the usage of security printed stamp papers, but would also eliminate the frauds concerning to fake stamp papers.
Apart from this, the state would also be able to save more than Rs 20 crore being paid by the State Government in terms of commission charges and maintaining huge inventory of stamp papers in the treasuries, said he.
The spokesman said that the State Government has made mandatory e-stamping in districts of Faridabad, Gurugram, Sonipat and Panchkula. The name and address of the purchaser, purpose of purchase get printed on the stamp paper and record of same remains available in the system.
The purchaser is required to provide his cell phone number and he could generate stamp only after he feeds the code sent on his cell phone through SMS. This keeps a track of purchaser and prevents generation of stamp paper by an unauthorized person, he said.
The spokesman said that the registering authority is required to deface the stamp paper online and indicate the defacement to him.
The entire system would also indicate if the stamp paper has already been defaced by some authority, thus a person cannot use the same stamp paper more than once. Back dating of stamp paper is not possible, he added.
In case of fraudulent transfer of property by unauthorized persons, the system would be able to track the purchaser through cell number and internet connection used for generating stamp. The e-Stamp amount goes to the government’s account immediately after generation of challan.
He said that citizen or public could generate e-Stamp from home, cyber cafe, e-Disha help desk and Common Service Centres using the e-GRAS portal of Finance Department. Apart from this, the stamp vendor could also generate e-Stamp and provision of their commission was available in the software.
Even Common Service Centres are generating e-Stamps for use of citizens, he added.
The spokesman said that facility has also been provided to generate multiple affidavits and agreements in single go.