CHENNAI: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday launched mandatory presence-less registration for the first sale of plots and first sale of flats in apartment projects, a move developers say could cut registration time while reducing the need to visit registration offices.
Under the new system, those who want to register should create a login ID on department website and submit property documents online. The seller, buyer and witnesses should upload their Aadhaar details.
Registrars should register the property documents submitted online within 24 hours or send them for correction or reject them, by following the existing procedures. Documents returned for correction should be resubmitted within 30 days.
Once registration is complete, the registrar should put his digital signature and make them available in the user’s ID. Certified copies can be collected after 60 days. The government has also built in additional safeguards against document tampering and forgery.
The registration endorsement will use a dynamic, randomly generated combination of five colours, with the combination varying for each document. The colour digital version of the registered document will remain available online for 60 days, while certified copies issued subsequently will be in black and white. The colour coding is intended to allow the owner to verify the authenticity of the original registration endorsement.