Property registration to get tougher in Gurgaon

Land parcels or built-up property in un-regularized colonies might cost several times lesser than prevalent market rates but has its own perils. Taking note of such anomalies, the state revenue and disaster management department has issued tougher guidelines on purchasing and eventually registering property in un-regularized colonies in Gurgaon. These guidelines by the department are regarding sale and purchase of property in unauthorized colonies. These are in accordance with a Punjab and Haryana high court order of November 1 last year. All divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners have been sent a written communique about the same, a senior official in the department confirmed. The Gurgaon district administration has been asked to prepare a list of unauthorized colonies so that the general public can be made aware of these unauthorized colonies in this regard and public notice would be published in two newspapers being published in vernacular language in the areas concerned. Pamphlets would be displayed at important places like Tehsil or sub division or district offices, schools, community centers and bus stands so that general public could be desisted from purchasing land in unauthorized colonies. "Sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars would be intimated in clear terms that in case the land of unauthorized colonies is registered, they would face strict departmental or criminal action," said the senior revenue official. Also, a team of officers consisting of sub-divisional magistrate, district revenue officer and stamp auditor would be constituted to carry out random checks of the tehsils or sub-tehsils to ensure that no land of unauthorized colonies is registered. These teams would inspect the tehsils or sub-tehsils and verify the implementation of the orders and in case of violation, the deputy commissioners would forward such acts of omission and commission without fail. Such reports are to be sent to the state government in the first week of January and July every year, he added. Source (The Times of India, 29 Jan 2013) : "Property registration to get tougher in Gurgaon."