To facilitate the general public during lockdown period, Haryana Government has issued consolidated revised guidelines, to carry out the delivery of public services namely Registration of Instruments under Sections 17 and 18 of the Registration Act, 1908 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The State Government has decided to limit number of deeds to be registered in a tehsil or sub-tehsil to 24 per working day with a gap of five minutes each so as to maintain social distancing and to avoid over-crowding,” said an official spokesman.
He said that in the State, registration of instruments pertaining to transfer of property and delivery of copies of revenue records, registration deeds, entries and attestation of mutations, attestation of affidavits and issuance of various kinds of certificates, such as Scheduled Caste Certificates, Backward Class/OBC Certificates, issuance of Residence Certificates, Domicile Certificates, and Income Certificates etc will start from April 20.
He informed that since tehsildars (sub registrars) and naib tehsildars (joint sub registrars) are also engaged in disaster management related duties, it has been decided that all these work would be carried out from 4 pm to 5 pm on all working days. Similarly, registration of sale deeds etc. will be undertaken during 2 pm to 4 pm only on working days.
The spokesman further said that for the purpose of identification, there is no requirement of any lambardar or advocate to identify the executants or in whose favour the sale deeds are being executed as witnesses if they have aadhar cards or any other government issued photo identity cards. This will also be applicable in case of attestation of affidavits and Caste certificates etc.
To maintain social distancing and to avoid overcrowding in tehsils or sub-tehsils, the applicants will come after seeking prior on-line appointments. The online appointments will also serve as a pass for movement from their residence to the concerned tehsil or sub tehsil. Online appointment can be taken only either by the seller or transferor or the GPA/SPA, as the case may be, or by the vendee(s)/transferee(s) in whose favour the deed is being executed.
If after completion of 14 days of quarantine or isolation period of affected person (s) in a containment zone, if a cluster is taken out of containment zone the revised guidelines will be applicable and these activities may be carried out therein accordingly, the spokesman said.
All the Deputy Commissioners will ensure that this work is carried out strictly as per Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s guidelines relating to Covid-19 and lockdown and there is no violation of conditions of social distancing, he added.