Amritsar residents face delays as property registrations hit by strike

The entire process of property registration came to a halt in Amritsar on Tuesday, following a call for mass leave by the Punjab Revenue Officers Association.

Jagseer Singh Mittal, a member of the association, said property registration was stopped at all 13 tehsils and sub-tehsils in the district.

These include Sub-Divisional Magistrates 1 and 2, Amritsar Tehsildar offices 1 and 2, and all sub-divisions of Baba Bakala, Ajnala, Ramdas, Attari, Tarsikka, Jandiala Guru, Majitha, and Lopoke.

On average, over 500 properties are registered daily in these offices.

People who came to the offices to register their properties were dismayed and inconvenienced, many having travelled from distant parts of the district.

Several vital public services continued uninterrupted, including the issuance of marriage certificates, certificates for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, court-related matters, and miscellaneous work.

However, the number of property registrations, releases of Farad for Zamanat, loans from banks, and various certificates issued has decreased drastically.