Registered plots to have own number

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 14

The state government has decided to give a unique number to the plots of government and government-approved colonies in the revenue records which will show the ‘khasra’ number as well as the plot number.

This step of the Revenue Department is aimed at saving people from swindlers. Under this scheme, those who want to purchase property in cities or on the periphery will get a separate ‘khewat’ (ownership) number which will do away with the common account (sanjha khata) of land.

Now, common land for roads, parks, streets and drains cannot be sold out because such land will formed a separate ‘khewat’ in the revenue record. The work is being initiated as a pilot project in Sector 79, Mohali, by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).

Revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria said the records would be updated in such a manner that when a coloniser sells a plot a tatima and field book will be prepared for that particular plot so that every plot gets a unique number in the revenue records and will ultimately form an independent ‘khewat’. He said a map of the residential colony would be superimposed on the revenue map.

A specific plot will get registered in the buyer’s name rather than part of the colony, as was the earlier practice.