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Section 118 Permission Application (Non-Agriculturist Land Purchase)

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Stamp duty: This is a petition to the Collector, not a conveyance, and is not stamped ad valorem.
Registration: This application itself is not registered; it is filed with the Collector (Deputy Commissioner) of the district in which the Land lies, physically on Form LR-XIV, and — for at least some categories of application — online through the State Government's single-window portal.
Witnesses: No attesting witnesses are required for the application itself; it is signed and verified by the Applicant.

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Also called

Section 118 Application
Form LR-XIV
Application for Permission to Purchase Land under Section 118
HPTLR Act Permission
Non-Agriculturist Land Purchase Permission
Sec 118 Application
Application to Collector under Section 118
धारा 118 अनुमति आवेदन

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The application itself — the petition you file with the Collector for permission to buy land in Himachal Pradesh as a non-agriculturist. Three sworn affidavits go with it, each in this library: the Buyer Affidavit — No Earlier Land Purchased Under Section 118, the Transferor Affidavit — Will Not Become Landless (Section 118), and, where the land is recorded in joint names, the Co-sharer No-Objection Affidavit (Section 118).

You are not an agriculturist within the meaning of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, and you want to buy land in Himachal Pradesh — a plot for a house, a shop, an industrial site, or land for a hotel, homestay or other commercial or tourism use. Section 118(1) of that Act bars any transfer of land in Himachal Pradesh — by sale, gift, exchange, lease, mortgage with possession, or the creation of a tenancy — in favour of a person who is not an agriculturist, without the previous permission in writing of the State Government. That power stands delegated to the Collector (the Deputy Commissioner) of the district in which the land lies. This is the application by which that permission is sought, on Form LR-XIV, before the sale deed is executed — not after. For a purchase by sale. Section 118 also reaches gift, exchange, a lease beyond the exempted term, and a mortgage with possession, but this application is drafted for the common case: a non-agriculturist buying land by sale. Not for: an agriculturist buying from another agriculturist (no permission needed); land already held by the Applicant that requires no fresh transfer; a transfer the Act itself exempts, such as one in favour of the State Government, a local authority, or a bank or co-operative society taking a mortgage without possession — confirm the exemption applies before assuming this application is unnecessary. File this with the Transferor's affidavit that the sale will not leave them landless, the co-sharers' no-objection affidavit if the land is jointly held, and your own affidavit that you have not already acquired land under Section 118 elsewhere in Himachal Pradesh — three separate sworn papers this application is written to accompany, not restate.

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What follows is written for Himachal Pradesh. 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

This is a petition to the Collector, not a conveyance, and is not stamped ad valorem. The Collector's office may require a court-fee stamp of a nominal value on the application itself — confirm the current denomination at the office before filing; it has not been possible to confirm a figure here with confidence. The stamp duty that matters is the duty on the sale deed executed AFTER permission is granted. For a non-resident or non-agriculturist acquiring land under Section 118, a uniform stamp duty of 12% applies regardless of the buyer's gender or the value of the land, effective from 26 March 2025 — materially higher than the general residential-purchase bands of roughly 4-8% that apply between agriculturists. Budget for 12% on the consideration stated in this application, and confirm the current rate on the Himachal Pradesh Revenue Department's NGDRS portal or at the Tehsildar's office before the sale deed is engrossed, because this figure has not been re-checked since 26 March 2025.

Registration

This application itself is not registered; it is filed with the Collector (Deputy Commissioner) of the district in which the Land lies, physically on Form LR-XIV, and — for at least some categories of application — online through the State Government's single-window portal. Which route applies to an ordinary individual purchaser, as against an industrial or investment applicant, should be confirmed before filing; see the note in the fields below. The Collector's permission order is not itself the transfer. Once permission issues, the sale deed must still be executed and registered under the Registration Act, 1908 — extended to Himachal Pradesh by the Himachal Pradesh Act 2 of 1969 — before the Tehsildar or Naib-Tehsildar exercising the powers of Sub-Registrar for the Tehsil or Sub-Tehsil in which the Land lies. The registering officer will call for the permission order before accepting the deed, and a sale deed presented without it is liable to be refused. An order refusing or conditioning permission may be appealed to the Divisional Commissioner within thirty days of the Collector's order — confirm this forum and time limit are still current, and whether a further revision lies beyond it, before advising on an adverse order.

Notarisation

The application itself is not notarised. Each of the three affidavits it is filed with — the Transferor's landless declaration, the co-sharers' no-objection, and the Applicant's own declaration of no prior Section 118 acquisition — must be sworn separately before a Notary Public, an Oath Commissioner, or an Executive Magistrate, as that affidavit's own formality note states.

Witnesses

No attesting witnesses are required for the application itself; it is signed and verified by the Applicant. The affidavits filed with it carry their own witness or identification requirements, stated in each.

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APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE HIMACHAL PRADESH TENANCY AND LAND REFORMS ACT, 1972

(Form LR-XIV)

To,
The Collector (Deputy Commissioner),
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

Subject: Application for permission under section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, to purchase land by sale.

Respected Sir/Madam,

1. THE APPLICANT

Karan Mehta, son of Late Sh. Ramesh Mehta, resident of H.No. 14, Sector 8, Panchkula, Haryana 134109, PAN AKMPM4521R (the "Applicant"), respectfully submits this application.

2. STATUS OF THE APPLICANT

2.1 The Applicant is not an agriculturist within the meaning of section 2 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, and accordingly requires the previous permission in writing of the State Government under section 118(1) of that Act before the land described below can be transferred to the Applicant by sale. That power stands delegated to the Collector of this district.

3. THE TRANSFEROR

3.1 Balbir Singh Thakur, son of Late Sh. Jeet Ram Thakur, resident of Village Barot, P.O. Barot, Tehsil Baijnath, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 176125 (the "Transferor"), is the recorded owner of the land described below and is agreeable to sell it to the Applicant, subject to the permission applied for by this application.

4. THE LAND

4.1 The land proposed to be purchased (the "Land") is comprised in Khasra/Khatauni No(s). Khata No. 45, Khatauni No. 78, Khasra No. 212/1, situated in village (Mauza), Tehsil and District Mauza Barot, Tehsil Baijnath, District Kangra, admeasuring 0-08-05 hectares (1 Bigha 6 Biswa), and is recorded in the revenue records as Banjar Qadim.

5. CONSIDERATION AND PURPOSE

5.1 The sale consideration agreed between the Applicant and the Transferor for the Land is ₹18,50,000 (Rupees Eighteen Lakh Fifty Thousand only).

5.2 The Applicant intends to use the Land for constructing a dwelling house for the Applicant's own residence, and applies for permission under section 118 for that purpose alone.

6. ESSENTIALITY CERTIFICATE

6.1 Not required — the purpose is a dwelling house for the Applicant's own residence.

7. NO CIRCUMVENTION OF THE CEILING ON PERMISSIONS UNDER SECTION 118

7.1 None — the Applicant has not previously acquired any land in Himachal Pradesh under section 118 of the Act, as also declared in the Applicant's affidavit annexed to this application.

8. AFFIDAVITS FILED WITH THIS APPLICATION

8.1 This application is accompanied by: the Transferor's affidavit that the proposed sale will not render the Transferor landless; the Applicant's own affidavit that the Applicant has not previously acquired land in Himachal Pradesh under section 118 of the Act save as disclosed in paragraph 7 above; and, where the Land is recorded in more than one name, the no-objection affidavit of the other co-sharers — each sworn separately and annexed to this application, and none of them restated here.

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