APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP / LEASE RIGHTS ON THE BASIS OF INTESTATE DEATH
(Estate Office, U.T. Chandigarh — Annexure-1, filed with the liability affidavit-cum-indemnity bond at Annexure-2 of every legal heir)
To
The Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh
(through the Assistant Estate Officer)
Town Hall Building, Sector 17-C
Chandigarh 160017
Sir / Madam,
The Applicants, being all the surviving legal heirs of the deceased recorded owner or allottee of the property described below, respectfully apply for transfer of the ownership or lease rights in it into their names, and state as follows.
PART I — THE PROPERTY
1. The property. __________, __________, Chandigarh, being __________ held on a __________ basis (the Property), described more fully in the Schedule at the end of this application.
2. Area. The area of the site is __________.
3. Allotment. The Property was allotted vide Allotment Letter No. __________ dated __________. The original allotment letter, and the lease deed or conveyance deed where one has been executed, will be produced at the counter for verification, and are not resubmitted where they already form part of the record of this Office.
4. Tenure, and the position under Rule 7 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007. __________ The Applicants respectfully set out the provisions on which that submission rests, so that the question is decided on this application and not on a later demand. Rule 7(i) of the said Rules bars the transfer of a site or building allotted at concessional rates, or on leasehold basis, for fifteen years from the date of allotment. Rule 7(ii) requires one-third of the unearned increase to be paid to Government when a transfer does take place, the unearned increase being the difference between the present value of the original premium — that is, the premium enhanced at nine per cent per annum, compounded annually, from the dates on which it was paid — and the current market value assessed on the average auction price for the same category of site over the last three financial years, with notice and a hearing to the party before that assessment is finalised. Rule 7(iii) provides that the addition, deletion or substitution of the name of a mother, father, spouse, son or daughter with the permission of the Estate Officer is not a transfer. Nothing in this application is an instrument of transfer: the share of the deceased vested in the legal heirs by operation of law at the moment of death, and what is asked of this Office is the correction of its own record to reflect that. The Applicants further submit, where the allotment of the Property was made before 7 November 2007, that whether the said Rules reach it at all is open, Rule 1(ii) confining them to allotments and auctions made after that date and Rule 20(ii) saving what was done under the rules then in force; and the Applicants crave leave to be heard on that question before any amount is assessed against them under Rule 7 or under any corresponding earlier provision.
5. The share applied for. The share of the Property standing in the name of the deceased on the record of this Office, and which is the subject of this application, is __________. No other share, and no other property, is dealt with by this application.
PART II — THE DECEASED AND THE DEATH
PART III — THE LEGAL HEIRS
13. No heir has been left out. The names of all the legal heirs of the deceased have been given in paragraph 11 above. No legal heir has been left out or omitted, whether deliberately or by oversight, and the addresses given are true and correct. The Applicants are aware that this statement is sworn on oath in the affidavit at Annexure-2, that they indemnify this Office against any claim founded on its being untrue, and that a person left out of that list loses nothing thereby, because the share of such a person vested at the death and no entry in the record of this Office takes it away.
14. Where an heir is a minor or is abroad. Where any of the heirs named above is a minor, the natural guardian has signed for that heir and the fact is stated against the name in the table at paragraph 11; the Applicants are aware that the guardian's signature carries the correction of the record only, and that any later sale or mortgage of the minor's share will need the permission of the guardian court. Where any of the heirs is outside India, that heir has either signed personally or acted through the attorney named in paragraph 22 below, and every document executed outside India has been embossed by the Office of the Finance Department, Chandigarh Administration before being used in this transaction.
PART IV — THE STATE OF THE PROPERTY
PART V — SIGNATURE AND REPRESENTATION
PART VI — PUBLIC NOTICE
PART VII — PRAYER
24. The Applicants therefore pray that this Office may be pleased to:
(b) issue the public notice referred to in paragraph 23 at the cost of the Applicants, and record the transfer on the expiry of the period allowed for objections where no objection is received;
(c) hold, in accordance with paragraph 4 above, that this application attracts neither the bar in Rule 7(i) nor any payment of unearned increase under Rule 7(ii) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007, and hear the Applicants before any contrary view is acted upon or any such amount is assessed;
(d) issue a fresh allotment letter, or endorse the existing one, in the names of the Applicants, and correct the demand for ground rent and every other charge accordingly; and
(e) pass such further or other order as the facts of the case require.
PART VIII — UNDERTAKINGS
25. The Applicants, jointly and severally, undertake:
(a) to pay every sum found due in connection with the Property, and to abide by the provisions of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 and the rules framed under it, and by the conditions of the allotment letter;
(b) to obtain the statutory occupation or completion certificate wherever one is or becomes due in respect of the Property, to remove any building violation or misuse found at any stage at their own cost, and to pay such penalty or charges as may lawfully be levied;
(c) to execute the lease deed, conveyance deed or redemption deed in respect of the Property, if not already executed, wherever applicable;
(d) not to seek or permit any fragmentation, division, bifurcation, apartmentalisation or amalgamation of the Property;
(e) to defend at their own cost any claim, suit or proceeding raised by any person in respect of the Property or in respect of this transfer, and to indemnify the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh, the Chandigarh Administration and their employees against every loss, damage, claim, demand or expense arising on account of it;
(f) to make good forthwith any loss suffered by the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh or its employees on account of this transfer; and
(g) to inform this Office in writing at once should any further legal heir, Will or claim in respect of the estate of the deceased come to their knowledge.
PART IX — DECLARATION
26. The Applicants declare that the contents of paragraphs 1 to 25 above are true to their own knowledge, that nothing material has been concealed, and that no part of them is false. The Applicants are aware that a transfer obtained on a false statement is liable to be withdrawn; that the Property is liable to be resumed and a sum not exceeding ten per cent of the total amount of consideration money, interest and other dues forfeited under section 8-A of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952; and that concealment or misrepresentation attracts legal action under section 217 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under section 318(1) read with section 318(4) of that Sanhita, as the case may be.
Yours faithfully,
(Add a signature line for every remaining legal heir named in paragraph 11. Every legal heir must sign. An application signed by some of the heirs only is not a complete application.)
ANNEXURE-2 — LIABILITY AFFIDAVIT-CUM-INDEMNITY BOND
(One for each legal heir, on non-judicial stamp paper of the denomination the Estate Office checklist requires — Rs 100 on the checklist current at estateoffice.chd.gov.in when this template was prepared. Affix the deponent's recent photograph in the box at the top before it is sworn. Each is a separate instrument, sworn separately before a Notary Public practising in Chandigarh or an Oath Commissioner, witnessed by the same two witnesses, and carrying its own notarial register entry. A pack with four heirs and one affidavit is not a complete pack.)
(Photograph of the deponent)
BEFORE THE ESTATE OFFICER, U.T. CHANDIGARH
AFFIDAVIT-CUM-INDEMNITY BOND
- 1. That this undertaking pertains to __________, __________, Chandigarh, being __________ held on a __________ basis, allotted vide Allotment Letter No. __________ dated __________, of which the __________ share stood in the name of the deceased on the record of the Estate Office.
- 3. That the names of all the legal heirs of the deceased have been mentioned above, that no other legal heir has been left out, and that the addresses indicated above are true and correct.
- 7. That I have verified and ensured that the allotment of the said site or building has not been cancelled or resumed, and that no such proceeding is pending before any Authority or Court.
- 14. That no fragmentation, division, bifurcation, apartmentalisation or amalgamation shall be made in the said site.
- 15. That I undertake to pay all sums due in connection with the said property and to abide by the provisions of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 and the rules framed thereunder, and by the conditions mentioned in the allotment letter. As to Rule 7 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007, I say as follows. __________
- 16. That I shall be personally liable for settling all court cases, dues and liabilities pertaining to the said property, if any, and shall indemnify the Estate Office and the Chandigarh Administration against the same.
- 17. That I shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh and its employees against all losses, damages, claims, demands or expenses that may arise on account of the transfer of the said property; and that in case the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh or its employees suffer any loss on account of that transfer, I undertake to make good such loss forthwith out of this and my other properties.
- 18. That if any person raises any claim regarding the said property, or agitates this transfer in any Court of Law, I shall defend such litigation at my own cost and shall indemnify the Estate Office and the Chandigarh Administration against any loss arising therefrom.
- 20. That my specimen signatures are as under:
(i) _________________ (ii) _________________ (iii) _________________
VERIFICATION
It is certified that the statements made above are true and correct to the best of the deponent's knowledge and belief, and that nothing material has been concealed. In case of concealment or misrepresentation, the deponent shall be liable for legal action as per law, including under section 217 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under section 318(1) read with section 318(4) of that Sanhita, as the case may be.
__________________________
Deponent-cum-Executant
SCHEDULE — THE PROPERTY
LIST OF ENCLOSURES
A document already available in the records of the Estate Office need not be submitted afresh; a self-attested or notarised copy may be provided, or the fact that it is already on the record may be indicated. Subject to that, the following are enclosed:
Note: any document prepared or executed outside India must be submitted only after it has been embossed by the Office of the Finance Department, Chandigarh Administration.
FOR OFFICE USE — ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
Diary No. _____________ Date of receipt _____________
Documents found complete or deficient (strike out whichever does not apply). Where found deficient, the deficiency is: ____________________________
Time limit for this service under the Right to Service notification of 30 March 2026: forty days where a public notice is required, of which twenty days run after the notice, the time running only from the submission of a complete application. Designated officer: the Assistant Estate Officer. First appeal: the Estate Officer. Second appeal: Secretary Estate.
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Signature and stamp of the receiving official