Please advise number of Circulars issued by your department to District Registrars in 2006-07 and 2007-08 along with circular nos. and date.

Application for seeking information under RTI Act

The Public Information Officer,
c/o. Pramukh Sachiv,
Kar Evam Nibandhan Vibhag,
Uttar Pradesh Shashan,
Lucknow.

Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005

Dear Madam/ Sir,

Please provide the following information under Right to Information Act 2005.

1. Please advise number of Circulars issued by your department to District Registrars in 2006-07 and 2007-08 along with circular nos. and date.

2. Are these Circulars available on website. The address of web site may also be provided.

3. Are these Circulars available as Documents? What is the cost of documents?

4. Are these Circulars available on CDs? What is the cost of CD?

5. Please advise that where the value of the land in a ‘Sale Deed’ is taken on the basis of Circle/ Sector Rates issued/ notified by District Magistrate/ Collector of the District, can the sub ordinate officers use their discretion to raise the value of the land?

6. Please provide information that are the ADMs have discretionary powers to assess the value of the land other than what District Magistrate has notified?

7. The Circle/ Sector Rates are notified by District Magistrate for a given period. Please provide information if the Sub- Registrar/ ADM’s can use discretionary powers to fix different rates for the different months during that period?

8. Please provide information that do ADM’s have powers to levy fine for Deficit in Stamp Duty on a Sale Deed, if the Sale Deed has been registered by sub- registrar on the basis of sector rates fixed by the District Magistrate?

9. What is the procedure to be followed, amount of fee to be paid and name of authority to file Appeal against the Orders of ADMs passed for Deficit in Stamp Duty under Section 47A, Indian Stamp Act

10. Are these procedures available on website? The address of web site may be provided.

11. Are the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) available on website of your Department.

12. Please provide address of the web site of Kar Evam Nibandhan Vibhag. U.P.

13. Please advise email ID, postal addresses, phone and fax nos. of Pramukh Sachiv and other officers of Kar Evam Nibandhan Vibhag.

14. Please advise the procedure followed by the ADMs and Divisional Commissioners to communicate the Judgment passed by them on U.P. Stamp Act Cases/ appeals to the applicant/ appellant.

15. Please provide the name, address, telephone nos. and email ID’s of the authorities where 1st and 2nd appeal against judgment/ orders passed by ADM’s under Indian Stamp Act as applicable in U.P. can be made.

16. Please advise the number of instructions/ notifications sent during 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 by your department and Inspector/ Director General, Stamps & Registration, Allahabad to DMs/ ADMs/ Sub Registrars.

17. Please provide the copies of instructions/ notifications sent during 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 by your department and Inspector/ Director General, Stamps & Registration, Allahabad to DMs/ ADMs/ Sub Registrars about the procedure to be followed in case of deficiency in value of Stamp Duty paid on sale deeds of property.

18. Please advise address of the officer/ office where appeal against the reply sent by you can be made.

19. Are you aware that ‘Times of India’ dated 3 Jul 2006, quoting a World Bank reported that 77.5% have to pay 'office expense' at the sub-registrar's office apart from the officially collected stamp duty and registration fee.

20. What are the steps your office has taken to plug loop holes and against use of discretionary powers by officers to their advantage?

I state that the information sought does not fall within the restrictions contained in Section 8 and 9 of the Act and to the best of my knowledge it pertains to your office. This is to certify that I, Rajiv Kumar Agarwal s/o. of Shri Shobha Ram Agarwal, am a citizen of India.

I am depositing Rs. 10/- per Indian Postal Order Nos. 34C 015793 and 94 for Rs. 5/- each as prescribed application fee.

Yours sincerely,

(Rajiv Kumar Agarwal)
1st floor, KK-3, Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad – 201002
Email ID : rajiv50@gmail.com

Place: Ghaziabad
Date: 07-Aug-2007