Gujarat cuts red tape, state residents can get their documents registered online

New Delhi: Chief Minister of the state Mr. Vijay Rupani will introduce the Gujarat Amendment Bill 7/2020 in the upcoming session of the Legislative Assembly to introduce necessary amendments in The Registration Act-1908. The purpose of the amendments are to make document registration simple, transparent and efficient.

A citizen in Gujarat can now upload and register his/her documents online without seeking the help of a lawyer or a document writer. An online draft will be made available to the citizens for the same. This will save the fees that citizens were required to pay for getting their documents written. It will also save time that was lost in such processes.

Earlier, the land mafias used to take away ownership of land by producing fake Power of Attorney documents. The Chief Minister has also introduced an amendment wherein the person who registers for a certain piece of land will have to submit necessary proofs claiming the ownership right. For agricultural land, he/she will be required to produce 7/12 document and a property card incase it is a City Survey Land.

The amendments have been made for the sale, lease, or transfer of land of either the state government or central government, or Central-State Ventures.

The authorised person will be required to present an approval from the concerned officer while registering online.
The CM has introduced three new sections in The Registration Act-1908. All those who engage in pressuring people for registering documents online or engage in fraud, misuse Power of Attorney, or engage in registration by providing false information will face a prison term of 7 years or a fine equal to the market price of the concerned land or both.

The price of lands in Gujarat have constantly increased due to an overall growth in the socio-economic and agricultural sector in the state. This increased the possibility of illegal grabbing lands of farmers , citizens or those belonging to the state government through threats, fraud, producing counterfeit documents etc.

The amendments introduced by the Chief Minister will curb all such activities and make the process transparent and put a leash on such elements.