विधिक वारिस प्रमाण-पत्र (वारिसान सर्टिफ़िकेट) के लिए आवेदन

स्टाम्प ड्यूटी

Not an instrument of transfer — no ad valorem duty, cess or registration fee; it is not among the 11 priced instruments on Punjab's table. Punjab counter cost: the office form with a fixed Schedule II, Court Fees Act, 1870 stamp; Annexure A affidavit with a fixed Article 4, Schedule I-A duty (deponent's own name; ask the vendor the current denomination — the table is undated). Filing via a Sewa Kendra adds its own facilitation charge and two extra Right-to-Service days. Chandigarh's published numbers: "green sheet" plus Rs 1.25 court fee, an attested affidavit on Rs 5 stamp paper, the death certificate original, and (for service claims) a department letter to the DC's office, plus six-month residence proof. e-Sampark service charge Rs 50, stated time 20 working days. Two unrelated stamp-buying thresholds in Chandigarh: online e-Stamp is capped at Rs 500 for citizens; physical vendors serve up to Rs 50,000, the Central Treasury (State Bank of India, Sector 17) above that. The duty that actually bites comes later, on the instrument dividing or transferring what is inherited. Punjab: sale/gift 5% plus 1% cess, 1% registration fee (capped Rs 2,00,000), 1% PIDB, plus tiered facilitation charges of Rs 1,000-5,000. Chandigarh: sale/gift/conveyance 5% (portals say 6%, unconfirmed — verify at the Sub-Registrar, 30 Bays Building, Sector 17), 1% registration (capped Rs 10,000) plus Rs 20 pasting; a blood-relation transfer is exempt, a family settlement is 2%. Chandigarh Collector rates (1 April 2026-31 March 2027): Sectors 1-12 Rs 2,37,900 per square yard, 14-37 Rs 1,81,300, 38 onwards Rs 1,33,200.

रजिस्ट्री

Neither the application nor the certificate is registrable — s.17 doesn't reach a revenue-officer application, and s.18 optional registration adds nothing; it's an administrative record, not a title document. What follows depends on jurisdiction. Punjab village/agricultural land: the certificate isn't operative — the MUTATION is (s.34, PLRA; s.34(3) duty to enter even unreported), validated by the Field Kanungo, sanctioned by the CRO (fee Rs 600 + Rs 200 pasting). Report death within 3 months (s.39: fine up to 5x the fee). Mutations ordered by 15 June enter the new jamabandi (para 7.56); also raisable online at jamabandi.punjab.gov.in. Punjab authority land (GMADA etc.): the certificate goes in WITH the transfer application at the estate branch — 45 days, wanting the death certificate, a liability affidavit and photo ID from every heir, mortgage clearance, and the certificate (or the Councillor/Sarpanch/Group A affidavit alternative); fee revised each 1 April. A will or disagreement sends the authority to probate instead. Chandigarh sector property: no Punjab-style mutation — the Estate Officer's allotment file is the record, transmission applied for at the Estate Office. Auto-mutation (since 2025) triggers only off a REGISTERED DEED, not a death — apply regardless. Following RWA v. UT Chandigarh (SC, 10 Jan 2023), the 10 Feb 2023 Public Notice permits in-family transfers but STOPS others pending a Heritage Committee decision — ask if that freeze still runs. Rule 16 bars fragmenting a site. A Housing Board flat instead goes to the Board (25 working days). Time limits on the CERTIFICATE: Punjab — Tehsildar/SDM decides, SDM first appeal, DC second; 15 working days. Chandigarh — 20 working days per e-Sampark. Keep the dated, numbered acknowledgement; the clock runs only from a COMPLETE application.

नोटरी

The application is signed, not notarised. Annexure A MUST be sworn before a Notary, an Oath Commissioner, or an empowered Executive Magistrate/Tehsildar — under s.3, Oaths Act, 1969 (s.5 affirmation has equal force). The deponent must be an adult. Oath Commissioners sit at district courts (Punjab, and Sector 43, Chandigarh); Notaries at tehsils; a small fee. The officer completes the jurat, signs, seals and registers it — copy the serial number onto your file. Chandigarh's Estate Office now accepts a notarised affidavit instead of an Executive-Magistrate-attested one; documents executed outside India need Finance Department embossing first (Punjab has its own embossing counter). An heir abroad swears before an Indian consular officer or notarises locally with apostille, posting the original — not a scan. Annexure B is NOT notarised.

गवाह

No attesting witnesses are required, for the application or the affidavit — the jurat authenticates. The will's s.63/s.67 and the gift's ss.122-123 rules belong elsewhere. What the counter wants is IDENTIFICATION: rural Punjab — the Lambardar, Sarpanch or a Panch; urban Punjab and Chandigarh — a ward Councillor or gazetted officer; a Group A officer everywhere. Two identifiers, with names, parentage, address, signature; never one who takes a share under this certificate. Expect a local enquiry and a possible public notice; attend, carry originals. Annexure B is a no-objection, not a relinquishment. Part 1: heirs who sign; Part 2: any heir told but not signing, matching paragraph 8(d). NEVER sign Part 1 for someone else, and never drop a name from Schedule I to solve a missing signature — the commonest reason a certificate is cancelled years later. A share is given up only by a separate, duty-bearing, registrable instrument (s.17(1)(b); s.49). A later Chandigarh deed registration needs two witnesses, the first qualifying under paragraph 127, Punjab Registration Manual.