J&K government makes domicile, caste certificates free of charge
‘Property registration at 3 percent for women, 7 percent for men’
STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, APRIL 17 (STC): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced that domicile and caste certificates will be issued free of charge. For other documents, the applicants would be charged nominal fee.
According to an official notification, Domicile Certificate, Character Certificate, Agriculture Certificate, Religion Certificate, new Aadhaar enrolment and mandatory biometric update up to five years, and General Caste Certificate will be issued without any fee.
The notification envisages that an extract of Choola will be issued at a fee of Rs. 7.
For OBC-JK, OBC-GOI, EWS, ST, SC, Legal Heir, Unemployment, RBA, Income Dependency, Family Income or Property for Rehabilitation Scheme, Unmarried, Widow, Divorce, ALC, Resident of Area Adjoining Border (IB) Certificate, Non Remarriage, Senior Citizen, Super Senior Citizen, and Dependent Certificate, a fee of Rs. 20 has been prescribed.
The administration has fixed a fee of Rs. 100 for Property Certificate up to Rs. 20 lakh and Rs. 500 for property value beyond Rs. 20 lakh.
For Income Certificate, an applicant will have to pay Rs. 20 for income up to Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 50 for income between Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 5 lakh, and Rs. 500 for income above Rs.5 lakh.
Regarding land record documents, the fee for Extract of Fard Intikhab has been set at Rs.1000 for urban areas and Rs. 100 for rural areas per kanal.
Extract of Girdawari, Extract of Jamabandi, Extract of Aksi Masavi or Iatha, and Encumbrance Certificate will cost Rs. 500 for urban and Rs. 100 for rural areas, officials said.
Attestation of mutations, inheritance mutations, copy of mutation, and demarcation of land will attract a fee of Rs. 1000 for urban and Rs. 100 for rural areas.
For registration of land, the government has fixed 3 per cent stamp duty for women and 7 per cent for men along with 1.2 per cent registration charges, the notification added.
(Straight Talk Communications)
