UT Admn all set to introduce conclusive land titling system

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 31  

Chandigarh is all set to become the first city in the country where the Central Government will introduce the conclusive titling regime. 

Union Minister for Rural Development  Chaudhary Birender Singh,  while  making the announcement here today, said with the introduction of the conclusive titling regime, civil disputes in various courts are likely to reduce drastically and the ownership of various properties shall be guaranteed by the state. 

Incidentally, Chandigarh will be the first city in the country to introduce the  system.   

Under the new system, the Estate Office will issue an online certificate of property title that shall certify the ownership rights to the extent of share percentage of the respective property. This certificate displays unique land parcel ID apart from the mandatory details like file number, site address, name of the owner, father/husband/authorised signatory’s name and associated Aadhaar number and the respective share percentage towards the property.

The certificate shall also depict the key map of the sector where the property lies along its zoomed view and adjacent plots (north, south, east, west).  The certificate also has a provision to show the mortgage related information.  

The unique feature of the certificate is that apart from it being digitally signed, it contains a QR Code. Upon scanning the QR Code from any smart mobile/device, the latest certificate showing the property title/ownership would be displayed. This would reduce cases of cheating/malpractice and provide clean title.

The certificate will be generated by an intranet application that has been developed by the Department of IT, SPIC and Estate Office in association with Infosys, Chandigarh. The certificate, apart from QR code, would also be available online via the Estate Office website by entering the text information at search or via a GIS- enabled map.The proof of concept has been done and shortly, the Estate Office will be implementing this system.

Vijay Madan, Secretary, Land Resources, held a meeting at the UT Guest House to take stock of the preparations by the UT Administration to move to a conclusive titling regime from the present presumptive titling system. 

Parimal   Rai, Advisor to the UT Administrator, Finance Secretary, Home Secretary, Deputy Commissioner, Special Secretary (IT) and Director, IT-cum-AEO, were  among those  present on the   occasion.