11 computerised sub-registrars' offices to start functioning soon

By Anil Sastry

BANGALORE, SEPT. 4. The Department of Stamps and Registration has computerised 11 of the 12 sub-registrars' offices (SROs) in the City, which will start functioning by September 10. This will help people to obtain documents regarding their property from these offices without any delay.

The sub-registrars' offices at Shivajinagar, Kengeri, Bangalore North, Sriramapura, Yelahanka, Anekal, Jayanagar, Rajajinagar, Gandhinagar, Basavanagudi, and Bangalore South have been computerised. Computerisation work at the K.R.Puram office is on.

An average of one lakh documents are being registered in the 12 offices in the City each year, accounting to nearly 50 per cent of the total registrations done in the State. More than 60 per cent of such registrations is sale deeds. Similarly, more than 1.5 lakh applications seeking encumbrance certificates of immovable property are submitted to the SROs each year.

One has to wait for months, in some cases, for more than six months, to get back the registered document with an endorsement of the SRO. Be it the registration of a sale deed or a mortgage deed, a lease deed, a partition deed or a gift deed, the beneficiary of the deed is made to wait for a long time. Precious time is lost, particularly in cases of sale deeds, as the buyer will not be in a position to obtain loans on the land or the building from financial institutions to develop it without the sale deed.

With the computerisation of these offices, the officials can now return the registered documents to the people within a day. The document will be returned to the person concerned with an endorsement after scanning and storing it in the computer.

Mr. N.C.Muniyappa, Inspector-General of Registration and Commissioner of Stamps, said the SROs had to return the documents to the people within a day of submission now. However, there would be a delay if the documents were impounded (to be referred to the District Registrar for suspected undervaluation of the property).

People go to the SROs to obtain encumbrance certificates of property. An encumbrance certificate will show existence or non- existence of any previous liability on the property, and is essential for obtaining loans on the property. Similarly, courts seek encumbrance certificate when the property is involved in a litigation. Encumbrance certificates will be sought for the past 13 years, and in some cases for 30 years.

Mr. Muniyappa said the department would create a data-base of properties in the City by April 2002, after which, encumbrance certificates would be issued on demand. There was a proposal to make encumbrance certificates available to the applicants through the computerised kiosks at sub-registrars' offices, he added.

The other advantage of computerisation of these offices is the availability of registration modules. While the guidance value of the property is available on the net, www.revdept.kar.nic.in or www.kar.nic.in/property-registration, other details such as registration fee to be paid, value of construction on the land and other fees are not available on the net. Mr. Muniyappa said these details would be included and made available to the people in the form of calculation sheets.

The computerisation work is entrusted to the National Informatics Centre on a turnkey basis at a cost of Rs. 2.65 crores. The sub- registrars' offices across the State will be computerised in a phased manner.

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