Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization : Directorate of Registration & Stamp Revenue
Service Name : Locate Registration Office
Applicable State : West Bengal

Locate Here : https://wbregistration.gov.in/(S(5cvgzljklnrlog3kgpslpzyy))/index.aspx
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Related :
WB Registration e-Requisition Form Filling : www.statusin.in/10130.html

The refusal can be broadly classified into two categories – refusal of acceptance of documents and refusal of duly presented document.

Refusal of acceptance of documents :
A document brought for registration shall not be accepted under the following circumstances:-
(a) If the document is written in a language which the registering officer does not understand and which is not commonly used in the district and if it is unaccompanied by a true translation and also by a true copy.
(b) If it contains unattested interlineations, blanks, erasures or alterations which in the opinion of the registering officer, require to be attested or entered in a “Kaifiyat” at the foot of the document.
(c) If the description of the property is insufficient to identify it or does not contain the information required.
(d) If the document is unaccompanied by a copy or copies of any map or plan which it contains.
(e) If the date of execution is not stated in the document or if the correct date is not ascertainable.
(f) If the document is presented after the prescribed time.
(g) If the document is presented in wrong office.
(h) If the document is presented by a minor, an idiot, or a lunatic or by any person who has no authority.

Refusal of duly presented document :
A document duly presented for registration shall not be admitted to registration under the following circumstances:-
(a) If the executant fails to appear and admit execution within the prescribed time.
(b) If the executant denies execution.
(c) If the person by whom the document purports to be executed be dead, and his representative or assign denies execution.
(d) If the person purporting to have executed the document appears to be a minor, an idiot, or a lunatic.
(e) If the registering officer is not satisfied of the identity of the person appearing before him and alleging that he executed the document.
(f) If the registering officer is not satisfied as to the truth of the allegation that a person who executed the document is dead.
(g) If the admitting agent’s power-of-attorney has not been made in accordance with the Act, or if an alleged representative or assign has failed to prove his status.
(h) If the registering officer is not satisfied as to the fact of execution in the case of a will or of an authority to adopt presented after the death of the testator or donor.
(i) If the prescribed fee or fine has not been paid.

Valuation and Stamp Duty

1. What is meant by market value?
As per section 2(16B) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, “market value” means, in relation to any property which is the subject matter of an instrument, the price which such property would have fetched or would fetch if sold in open market on the date of execution of such instrument as determined in such manner and by such authority as may be prescribed by the rules made under this Act or the consideration stated in the instrument, whichever is higher.

2. Whom to contact to find out the market value of a property?
To know the market value of the property one can contact with the office of the Sub- Registrar/Additional District Sub-Registrar within whose sub-district the whole or some portion of the property to which such document relates is situate or with the office of the Registrar to whom the said Sub-Registrar/Additional District Sub-Registrar is subordinate or with the office of the Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata.
Please click on the appropriate link in “Citizen Service” from where you can find the market value of your property.

3. In case of construction or flat or apartment, which area is taken into account for assessment of true market value – carpet, built-up or super built-up?
For the purpose of assessment of true market value, super built-up area is taken into account.

4. What is stamp duty?
It is a type of tax which is paid for the transaction performed by way of document or instrument under the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899.

5. Why stamp duty has to be paid?
The payment of proper stamp duty on instruments bestows legality on them. Such instruments get evidentiary value and are admitted as evidence in Court of law. The instruments which are not duly stamped are not admitted as evidence