Come Nov 1, state to have paperless land registration system

Beginning November 1, Haryana will move to a paperless land registration system, making physical documents obsolete across all tehsils. All property deeds will now require only digital signatures, ending the risks of tampering, forgery, or loss of files. Financial Commissioner Revenue and Disaster Management Sumita Misra today held a high-level video conference with all Deputy Commissioners to review the progress of the ongoing digital reforms.

The meeting marks a historic shift from a 58-year-old system to a modern framework aimed at improving efficiency, transparency, and citizen convenience. QR code-based feedback systems will soon be introduced at all tehsil offices, allowing residents to instantly rate their service experience and report any issues in real time.

To ensure public convenience, stamps purchased before November 3 will remain valid until November 15, for use under the new digital system, and witnesses can be changed digitally, if required. Misra directed all tehsildars, naib tehsildars, and registration staff to complete their user accounts on the Revenue Department’s portal by tomorrow, ensuring the seamless transition of every district into the online system.

A deadline has been issued to clear all pending property mutation cases, which must be resolved by the end of this week. The department is reviewing the existing 10-day mutation verification rule and will soon introduce an auto-mutation system, launching on November 25, to automatically record ownership transfers and prevent delays and disputes.

In a major reform aimed at eliminating corruption, manual collection of fees has been banned. All payments will now be made through the official e-Governance payment gateway, ensuring transparency and accountability. Deed writers have also been directed to stop manual drafting, as only deeds generated through the official portal will hold legal validity. The online deeds will be automatically verified against land records and digitally signed by the relevant authorities.