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Complaint for Delay in Returning Title Deeds

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Also called

  • Letter to bank for release of original property documents after loan closure
  • title deed release reminder
  • complaint for non-return of original title deeds
  • RBI 30-day property document release complaint
  • claim for Rs. 5,000 per day compensation for delay in releasing title deeds
  • letter for satisfaction of charge and return of documents
  • escalation letter to Principal Nodal Officer for title deeds
  • complaint where the bank says the title deeds are lost.

When you need it

Use this one when the lender has not returned your original documents (and, usually, not removed its charge either) more than 30 days after closure; use Complaint for Delay in Removing a Charge instead if your documents already came back and only the registered charge itself is still unsatisfied. For when a loan secured on property is fully repaid or settled, the account is closed, and the lender hasn't returned your title deeds or removed its registry charge.

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RBI's circular of 13 September 2023 (DoR.MCS.REC.38/01.01.001/2023-24) requires regulated lenders to release all original property documents and remove registered charges within 30 days of repayment/settlement. For lender-attributable delay beyond that, it must give written reasons and pay Rs. 5,000/day compensation. If originals are lost/damaged, the lender must help get duplicates at its cost, with an extra 30 days (60 total) before compensation starts. States the rule, computes the days and money, demands the documents and charge satisfaction, and sets the escalation ladder: branch, then the Principal Nodal Officer/Grievance Redressal Officer, then — bank/NBFC — the RBI Ombudsman under the Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2026; a housing finance company goes to the National Housing Bank instead (same entitlement, different route). Also covers the lender saying the deeds are lost. Don't use this if: the 30-day period fell due before 1 December 2023; the loan isn't a 'personal loan' in RBI's sense (business/firm/company/LLP/trust loans are outside the compensation entitlement, though the demand itself still works); the account isn't yet closed, or closure is disputed; your lender is an unregulated credit society or chit fund (co-operative BANKS, RRBs, small finance banks, NBFCs/HFCs, AIFIs and ARCs ARE covered); or you're a legal heir claiming after the borrower's death (a different request).

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What follows is the position for this kind of document. The amount is set by the state the property is in and it changes, so the figure for your own state is worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office before you pay anything.

Stamp duty

None — a complaint/demand letter creates or extinguishes no right, so it's not an "instrument" under s.2(14), and no Schedule I article charges it. Plain paper or letterhead. Two points, only if the lost-documents procedure is invoked. If the lender asks YOU to execute an indemnity/affidavit, that's a different, separately-stamped document (Article 34, or 35 in Maharashtra, for indemnity; Article 4 for affidavits), usually notarised — don't sign a blank one; the RBI circular puts the cost of duplicates on the lender. Conversely, an indemnity FROM the lender (paragraph 7.3(f)) is stamped at the lender's cost — don't supply that paper.

Registration

None — creates no property right (s.17). The separate mortgage discharge matters: a registered mortgage's discharge is normally registered; a deposit mortgage's satisfaction is at CERSAI (and the Sub-Registrar, if required). Demand confirmation of both.

Notarisation

Not required — adds cost, no more force than a signed letter. What matters is proof of receipt: sign in ink, keep a copy, get it acknowledged.

Witnesses

None — needs proof of delivery instead: a branch stamp on a second copy, or, if refused, the date/time/refuser's name and same-day registered post.

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Rakesh Kumar Malhotra
Flat 802, Sunrise Residency, Plot 14, Sector 70, Mohali 140307, Punjab
Mobile: +91 XXXXX XXXXX
Email: rakesh.malhotra@example.com

Date: 1 April 2026

To
The Branch Manager
XYZ Housing Finance Limited
Sector 70, Mohali Branch
Shop 3-5, Ground Floor, Vardhman Arcade, Sector 70, Mohali 140307
Email: kharghar.branch@xyzhfc.example.in

Sent: By hand, against acknowledgement

SUBJECT: LOAN ACCOUNT NO. HL/KHR/2016/0043128 — CLOSED ON 3 April 2026 — ORIGINAL PROPERTY DOCUMENTS NOT RELEASED — DEMAND FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS, SATISFACTION OF CHARGE, AND COMPENSATION OF Rs. 13,25,000 UNDER RBI CIRCULAR DoR.MCS.REC.38/01.01.001/2023-24 DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2023

Dear Sir / Madam,

  1. 1. THE LOAN ACCOUNT

1.1 I am the borrower under the Housing Loan bearing Loan Account No. HL/KHR/2016/0043128, serviced at your Sector 70, Mohali Branch.

1.2 Sunita Malhotra is the co-borrower under the same loan account and joins in this letter.

1.3 The sanctioned amount was Rs. 42,00,000.

1.4 The sanction letter is dated 2 April 2026.

  1. 2. THE SECURITY

2.1 The loan was secured by a mortgage over the following immovable property ("the Property"):

Flat No. 802, 8th Floor, 'A' Wing, Sunrise Residency Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., built on Plot No. 14, Sector 70, Mohali 140307, admeasuring 78.5 sq. m. carpet area, within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of SAS Nagar (Mohali) and the registration sub-district of Kharar, District SAS Nagar (Mohali).

  1. 3. THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH YOU

3.1 In connection with the loan, the following original documents were deposited with you and have remained in your custody since:

  1. 1. Original Agreement for Sale dated 12.06.2016 registered at Sr. No. MOH-4/5231/2016.
  2. 2. Original registration receipt.
  3. 3. Original stamp duty and registration fee receipts.
  4. 4. Original Allotment Letter dated 02.05.2016 issued by the developer.
  5. 5. Original Possession Letter dated 28.11.2016.
  6. 6. Original Share Certificate No. 118 (Distinctive Nos. 586-590) issued by the Society.
  7. 7. Original chain of title documents: Deed of Conveyance dated 04.03.2011 in favour of the Society.
  1. 4. THE LOAN IS CLOSED

4.1 I closed the loan account on 3 April 2026 by full prepayment. Nothing is outstanding on the account.

4.2 This is evidenced by your No Dues Certificate dated 4 April 2026, a copy of which is enclosed.

  1. 5. YOUR OBLIGATION AND THE TIME LIMIT

5.1 The Reserve Bank of India, by its circular DoR.MCS.REC.38/01.01.001/2023-24 dated 13 September 2023 titled "Release of Movable / Immovable Property Documents on Repayment/Settlement of Personal Loans", has directed that regulated entities shall release all original movable and immovable property documents, and remove charges registered with any registry, within a period of 30 days after full repayment or settlement of the loan account.

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