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Partition Deed by Metes and Bounds

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Price: Free
Stamp duty: Article 45, Schedule I-A, Indian Stamp Act 1899.
Registration: Compulsorily registrable (section 17(1)(b)); present within four months (section 23, limited extension under section 25).
Witnesses: No statutory two-witness attestation rule was identified for a partition deed; all parties execute before registration.

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registered partition deed
metes and bounds family partition

When you need it

Co-owners agree on an actual physical division and want the deed itself to create separate title — unlike a memorandum of an old oral partition, this operates PRESENTLY, so it must state exact metes, bounds, areas, shares, easements, possession and encumbrance responsibility (registration compulsory, section 17(1)(b), Registration Act 1908; Article 45). Chandigarh sector property needs the division reflected in the Estate Office file; a Punjab development-authority allotment needs section 43(7) permission; revenue-assessed agricultural land may need the statutory revenue-partition route instead.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

Article 45, Schedule I-A, Indian Stamp Act 1899. Punjab: the published table carries no partition line — take the draft to the Tehsildar (ex officio Sub-Registrar) for a written duty assessment before buying stamp paper; duty falls on the SMALLER shares separated (four equal sharers pay on three-quarters; a two-thirds sharer separating pays on one-third — Punjab Stamp Manual, note 84). Don't assume the Chandigarh figure crosses over. Chandigarh: the Administration's calculator returns 2% on consideration or the Collector rate, whichever higher. Stamp before or at signing (section 17); an understamped instrument is inadmissible until cured (section 35).

Registration

Compulsorily registrable (section 17(1)(b)); present within four months (section 23, limited extension under section 25). Fee: Punjab 1% (min Rs 50, max Rs 2,00,000) plus Rs 200 pasting; Chandigarh 1% capped at Rs 10,000 plus Rs 20 pasting.

Notarisation

Notarisation does not substitute for registration.

Witnesses

No statutory two-witness attestation rule was identified for a partition deed; all parties execute before registration.

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PARTITION DEED BY METES AND BOUNDS

Instrument/application date: 1 April 2026

Party 1: X, X. Party 2: X, X. Other parties: X

Property: X; X. Regime: Punjab freehold/revenue-record property. Title source: X. Assessment value: ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only). Encumbrances: X.

EXISTING SHARES

Relationship: X. Existing shares: X.

DIVISION / ALLOTMENTS

Scope: Complete partition of the identified property. Party 1 allotment: X / X. Party 2 allotment: X / X. Other allotments: X

COMMON RIGHTS

Common access/easements retained as stated. Details: X.

POSSESSION

Separate possession delivered.

EQUALISATION

ENCUMBRANCES / DUES / DOCUMENTS

X. X. X.

AUTHORITY / FUTURE DEALING

Freehold property with no allotting-authority division permission. Future dealing: X.

INDEMNITY

DISPUTES

FILING

Filing/registration office: X.

OPERATIVE EFFECT

The parties hereby partition the identified property in accordance with the allotments and boundaries above, subject to registration and any required authority approval.

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: Article 45 applies to an instrument of partition. Section 17(1)(b) requires registration; section 23 gives four months for presentation and section 25 provides the limited further-period route. Punjab authority property remains subject to section 43(7) of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995. The stamping note sets out how the Article 45 duty is assessed, and the registration note gives the fee.

Chandigarh: Article 45 and section 17(1)(b) apply to an operative private partition deed. Sector/estate property must also be reflected in the Estate Office file under the 1952 Act and 2007 Rules. The stamping and registration notes give the partition duty and the registration fee; the Estate Office fee was not confirmed. Rule 16 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 and Rule 14 of the Chandigarh (Sale of Sites and Buildings) Rules, 1960 both forbid fragmentation of a site or building, and the Supreme Court held on 10 January 2023, in Residents Welfare Association v. Union Territory of Chandigarh, that a residential unit in Phase-I may not be fragmented, divided, bifurcated or apartmentalised. Check the Estate Office position before dividing a sector site or building by metes and bounds.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this partition deed is to identify every co-owner, create separate title to measured allotments and support registration and post-registration record updates.

The record will be held by Kagaznama and may be shared with the parties, court/Sub-Registrar/revenue or Estate authority, surveyor, lender and advocates as needed for the stated partition process.

Questions about this document

Does the Partition Deed by Metes and Bounds need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Article 45, Schedule I-A, Indian Stamp Act 1899.

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Does the Partition Deed by Metes and Bounds need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Compulsorily registrable (section 17(1)(b)); present within four months (section 23, limited extension under section 25).

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What does the Partition Deed by Metes and Bounds cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

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Does the Partition Deed by Metes and Bounds need witnesses?

No statutory two-witness attestation rule was identified for a partition deed; all parties execute before registration.

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