For purchase and sale of landed property, an e-Stamping Facility Centre has been opened in the Registrar Office of the district.
According to official sources, Rs 2,09,350 worth stamps have been sold on the first day of opening of the Centre. The e-Stamping Facility Centre was inaugurated by Commercial Tax secretary RS Vishwakarma and Inspector General, Registration and Stamp, Dr M Geeta.
Addressing the function, Vishwakarma said that with the e-Stamping facility, now, there would not be shortage and black-marketing of stamps used in purchase and sale of landed property. This service is safe and transparent. Photo copy or duplication of it would not be possible, he added.
Vishwakarma said that with the starting of e-Stamping facility expenditure on stationery could be saved and no need to keep stamp in the treasury. The Stamp vendor, after forming a society, can take licence from Stock Holding Corporation of India ltd (SHIl) for running the facility centre. Until printed stamp is available in the State, both e-stamp and manual stamp services will be continued.
He said, in future, such a system would be implemented, with which registration would be done within five minutes. Innovations were being made in the Registration department to bring transparency in offices and to provide facilities readily to people, he added.
IG of Registration and Stamp M Geeta said that e-Stamping was a significant facility among the various schemes started by the Registration Department during previous years. For the implementation of e-stamping, Registration Department has signed an agreement with the Stock Holding Corporation, an institution under the Finance Department.
He directed officers of the Corporation to start e-Stamping Facility Centre at Surguja, Korba and Bastar districts also. Collector Ashok Agrawal said “e-Stamping facility was transparent and safe.”
He appealed people to take maximum benefit of it and urged that the Secretary, Commercial Tax Department to start this facility at deputy registrar offices of the district. Area Manager of Stock Holding Corporation Anil Pandit said that e-Stamping facility has been started in Rajnandgaon after Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur.