Property and registry

Property and registry in Punjabi, Hindi and English, ready to print on court paper. Made free in Dastavo.

• Adoption deed (Hindu law)Recording an adoption between Hindu families. Registration is advisable; agency adoptions follow other rules.
• Affidavit for transfer of an allotted plot or house (development authority)Transferor or transferee of a plot or house allotted by HSVP, GMADA, PUDA, GLADA or an Improvement Trust: no dispute, loan or other agreement, dues paid, and the allotment terms accepted.
• Agreement to sell (ikrarnama) with earnest moneyThe agreement signed when earnest money is paid, before the sale deed.
• Agricultural land lease for a crop year (theka / chakota)Giving farm land on cash rent (theka) for a crop year; for longer, use the registered lease.
• Application for certified copies of land or registration recordsAsking the Fard Kendra, Patwari, Tehsildar or Sub-Registrar for a certified copy of a land record or deed, or a non-encumbrance search.
• Application for partition of joint land (taksim)Asking the Assistant Collector to partition a joint khewat and separate your share by metes and bounds.
• Application to correct a wrong entry in the girdawari or jamabandiAsking the Tehsildar or Patwari to check a wrong girdawari or jamabandi entry on the spot and correct it.
• Cancellation of an agreement to sellBoth sides calling off a property deal and settling the earnest money.
• Codicil (change to a will)Changing part of a will without rewriting it.
• Demarcation (nishandehi) applicationAsking the revenue office to mark out the boundaries of your land.
• Development (collaboration) agreement: landowner and builderA landowner gives land to a builder to develop, for a share of the flats or of the sale money: approvals, RERA, timeline, costs, the power of attorney, defaults and arbitration.
• Earnest money (bayana) receiptA one-page receipt for earnest money paid on a property deal.
• Easement agreement: right of way, water channel or pipelineA neighbour gets a path, a water channel or a pipeline across the other's land: the route and its size, permanent or for a term, the price, upkeep, and the right passing with the land.
• Exchange deed (tabadlanama)Two owners swapping properties.
• Family settlement memorandumRecording a settlement the family has already made orally.
• General power of attorneyLetting someone manage your property and cases for you.
• Gift deed to a blood relative (hibbanama)Gifting property to a close relative. Many states charge little or no stamp duty on these.
• Gift deed to a person who is not a close relativeGifting property to someone outside the close family; full stamp duty usually applies and the deed must be registered.
• Joint will of husband and wifeOne will for a couple: each one's property goes to the survivor, then to the children; an executor and two witnesses.
• Leave and licence agreementPermission to occupy without creating a tenancy.
• Memorandum of deposit of title deeds (equitable mortgage)The owner records handing the original title deeds to a bank or lender as security for a loan, with the list of deeds and the lender's receipt.
• Mutation (intkal) applicationGetting land entered in the new owners' names in the revenue record.
• No-objection certificate from a co-ownerA co-owner agreeing to another co-owner's connection, loan or other step.
• Partition deedCo-owners dividing a property between them, each getting a defined part.
• Paying-guest (PG) agreementA room or bed, with or without meals, for a student or working person: charges, deposit, house rules, notice and police verification. A licence, not a tenancy.
• Possession letterRecording the day possession and keys were handed over.
• Rectification deedCorrecting a typing mistake in a registered deed, signed by the same parties.
• Registered lease (over 11 months)A lease of a year or more, which must be registered.
• Release / relinquishment deed (haq tyag)An heir giving up a share of inherited property to another co-owner.
• Rent agreement, residential (11 months)Letting a house or flat for up to 11 months, with rent, deposit, bills and notice.
• Rent agreement, shopLetting a shop for up to 11 months, for a named business.
• Rent receiptA receipt for one month's rent or a period, for the tenant's record or an HRA claim.
• Revocation of a power of attorneyCancelling a power of attorney. Register it where the power was registered, and tell the attorney.
• Sale deed, agricultural landSelling farm land, described by khewat, khatoni and khasra numbers.
• Sale deed, plot or houseThe registered deed that transfers a plot or house to the buyer.
• Simple mortgage deedPledging property for a private loan without giving possession.
• Special power of attorneyLetting someone do one named job for you.
• Special power of attorney by an NRI (executed abroad)For someone living abroad who needs a relative to act in India. It is signed before a notary or consulate abroad and stamped in India within three months.
• Surrender of tenancy and handover receiptOwner and tenant record the day the keys came back: meter readings, rent and bills paid, the deposit refunded or adjusted, and no further claims. Signed by both.
• Will (vasiyat)A simple will naming who gets what, signed before two witnesses.

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