Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization : Directorate of Registration & Stamp Revenue
Service Name : e-Nathikaran/CORD Registration
Applicable State : West Bengal

Website : http://www.wbregistration.gov.in/%28S%28gmrgr332a4lqvkykh5wx5u4k%29%29/e_registration.aspx

e-Nathikaran Registration

e-Registration is a part of e-Governance initiatives taken up by Government of West Bengal under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

Related / Similar Service : WB Registration e-Payment of Stamp Duty  

It is the application of electronic means, specifically Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in the interaction between the government and citizens as well as in internal government operations so as to provide document registration and related services in improved and simplified manner.

CORD:
Computerisation of Registration of Documents

Benefits:
The socio economic conditions of the developed countries differ very much from those prevailing in the developing countries of the world. As a result, ideas for sustainable development have emerged to facilitate in planning theories and practice in the decades ahead. In the process of social and economic betterment, the developed countries are much ahead to render citizen centric services through the use of I.C.T..

So the developing countries can not lag far behind and had embraced the e-Governance policies in order to reach the goal of sustainable development and to be at par with developed countries. The Registration and Stamp Revenue Directorate of West Bengal embraced that aims of the State to reach beyond current efforts to re-establish governance by identifying breakthrough strategies that re-think the core value of key-Government services, improve service delivery, reduce costs and re-define administrative process.

Stamp duties appear to have been first imposed on instruments in India in 1797 and the present Stamp Act of 1899 is a fiscal measure enacted to secure revenues for the State on certain classes of instruments. The Registration Act and Stamp Act are made interlinked and the Registering Officers are entrusted to collect such revenue under different articles of Schedule 1A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the registration fees are collected under the Table of Fees of West Bengal Registration Rules, 1962. Prior to 1994 such duty and fees were collected on the consideration/set forth value in the instruments. On 31st January, 1994 West Bengal Stamp (Prevention of Under-Valuation of Instruments) Rules, 1994 has been implemented and the registering officers are told to determine the market value of the properties which are the subject matter of the deed of sale, gift, exchange, partition, settlement and certain other classes of instruments.

The collection of revenue in the form of stamp duties and registration fees for the State Exchequer grew from Rs. 236 crores in 1994-95 to Rs.1501.31 crores in the financial year of 2008-2009.

The responsibility of the Registering Officers has become much more onerous as they are supposed to guard against drainage of revenue by determining proper market value of the properties and at the same time, he is to remain alert that the assessment made by him is proper, justified and transparent in every respect. The citizens should not be victim of arbitrariness for reasons beyond control of the Registering Officers. He has to maintain a balance in the application of his mind most judiciously to prevent loss of revenue of the State and at the same time to make due and proper justice to the citizens.

This Directorate keeps watch upon such activities of the Registering Officers (ARA-I,II & III,DSR, ADSR & SR) through the DIGR- Ranges , Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata and District Registrars of the districts.

a) Upgradation and Modernization of Infrastructure :
Office space in the Directorate is not sufficient for the accommodation of all the members of the staff. It is not congenial for controlling the functions and management of the offices under its control all over the State from the existing office.

Most of the registration offices in the State are functioning in rented buildings which are old, dilapidated in many cases and unfit to cope with the upgradation and modernization of offices. As such the Directorate has taken steps to shift such offices to better buildings available in the locality. For this purpose we have classified the offices in three categories considering the volume of works performed in such offices and looking for the space required for the offices according to its category. Since 2004-2005, it has been possible to shift a good number of offices to better accommodation. The Govt. has also incurred expenditure towards reconstruction and renovation of the Govt. buildings to make such building suitable for the computerization.

b) Use of franking machines :
The use of franking machines for payment of stamp duty has been introduced under Finance Deptt. no. 563-FT dt. 25.2.2002 for franking impression of different kinds of stamps either by proper officers or by the Authorized Users. We have authorized Centurion Bank,. Standard & Chartered Bank, Alliance Bajaj Ltd., among others till date 54 different financial institutions have been authorized to frank their documents.

c) National Land Records Modernization Programme :
The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India has sponsored a scheme in the shape of National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) with the ultimate goal of ushering in the system of conclusive title of the property in the country like Torrent System of Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., the USA, the Switzerland, Canada and Singapore. The integrated programme would modernize the management of land records, minimize scope of land disputes, enhance transparency in the land records maintenance system.

This is based on four basic principles –
i) a single window to handle land records;
ii) the mirror principle,
iii) the curtain principle and
iv) title insurance.

Under this programme the following components and activities of Registration Directorate have also been included:-
i) Computerization of the Sub-Registrar’s office;
ii) Data Entry of valuation details;
iii)Data Entry of Legacy Encumbrance Data;
iv)Scanning and Preservation of old documents, .
v) Connectivity of Registration Offices with BL & LRO offices.

Benefits of Using e-Nathikaran

There are many benefits to using e-Nathikaran, including:
** Convenience: You can apply for a license or registration from the comfort of your own home or office.
** Time savings: You can avoid the time and hassle of visiting a government office in person.
** Transparency: You can track the progress of your application online.
** Cost savings: You may be able to save money by applying for a license or registration online.