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Appeal to the Chief Administrator against an Estate Officer's Order (and the Revision that follows)

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Price: Free
Stamp duty: No stamp duty on the memorandum itself — not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Chandigarh).
Registration: Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach an appeal memorandum; the Sub-Registrar will decline it.
Witnesses: No attesting witnesses — this isn't a deed between parties, so the two-witness rule for a sale/gift/exchange doesn't apply; don't have friends sign as witnesses.

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Also called

Estate Office appeal
Appeal against resumption order
Appeal against forfeiture order
Section 10(1) appeal
Section 10(4) revision
Rule 18 appeal
Rule 18(i) appeal
Rule 18(iv) revision

When you need it

File this when the Estate Office has passed an order against you and you want it undone. In Chandigarh the Estate Officer's allotment file is your title — there's no jamabandi, Patwari or Tehsildar mutation — so a resumption, cancellation, forfeiture, penalty or misuse order operates directly on that record until reversed.

Section 19, Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 bars courts from entertaining any suit over these orders: the statutory ladder is your only remedy, every rung running on thirty days from communication of the order (condonable for sufficient cause). First rung: appeal to the Chief Administrator, UT Chandigarh (s.10(1) of the Act for orders under s.8/8-A; Rule 18(i), Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 for Rules orders). Second rung — the trap: revision does NOT go to one authority. An order under s.8/8-A goes to the Central Government (s.10(4)); an order under the 2007 Rules goes to the Adviser to the Administrator (Rule 18(iv)). Filing in the wrong forum wastes the clock while s.19 blocks every other route. Covers resumption/forfeiture (s.8-A), penalty/arrears (s.8), cancellation (Rule 14), misuse charges (Rule 10), transfer/NOC refusals (Rule 7) and unearned-increase assessment (Rule 7(ii)) — not a bare show-cause notice, a Right-to-Service delay (No Dues Certificate, mutation), a CHB flat, or an OBPS building-plan rejection. Two open cautions as at September 2026: a 10 February 2023 Estate Office freeze on transfers/mutations of residential property (pending a Heritage Conservation Committee decision) may still be running; and whether the 2007 Rules' misuse-charge regime reaches a pre-7-November-2007 allotment (Rule 1(ii) vs Rule 20(ii)) is unsettled.

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What follows is written for 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

No stamp duty on the memorandum itself — not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Chandigarh). The Administration's rates table lists 25 registrable instruments (sale/gift/conveyance 5%, exchange 3%, etc.); an appeal memorandum is none of them — plain paper. The affidavit at the foot IS chargeable, under Article 4, Schedule I-A (a co-appellant's second affidavit is a separate charge) — get an adjudicated figure from the Collector (Treasury Officer) under s.31/42 if unsure. A court fee likely applies under Article 11, Schedule II, Court Fees Act, 1870, but the current amended figure isn't published — confirm with the Chief Administrator's receipt counter before filing; a memorandum short of it is returned, and the thirty days keep running. Money the order demands (a misuse charge, penalty, deposit) is a receipted payment, not stamp duty — pay under protest, in writing.

Registration

Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach an appeal memorandum; the Sub-Registrar will decline it. What matters instead is the office's own filing diary/receipt number, endorsed with the date — your only proof of timely filing; get it in writing before leaving the counter. The thirty days run from the date the order was COMMUNICATED to you, not the date it bears. No notified time limit governs the Chief Administrator's disposal of the appeal itself. A favourable order isn't self-executing — take a certified copy to the Estate Office to correct the allotment file.

Notarisation

The memorandum itself isn't notarised — you sign it and its verification. The supporting affidavit must be sworn before a Notary Public, an Executive Magistrate, or an Oath Commissioner (Punjab & Haryana High Court); Estate Office policy now accepts a notarised affidavit in place of one attested by an Executive Magistrate. Notary fees are capped under the Notaries Rules, 1956. The deponent must appear in person with original ID — a scanned signature isn't enough. If the deponent is abroad, the affidavit must additionally be embossed by the Chandigarh Finance Department before filing. One affidavit per deponent: a co-appellant swears and registers a separate one.

Witnesses

No attesting witnesses — this isn't a deed between parties, so the two-witness rule for a sale/gift/exchange doesn't apply; don't have friends sign as witnesses. In their place: the appellant's sworn verification, the supporting affidavit, in-person identification of the deponent, proof of the order's communication date, and the office's filing diary/receipt number as proof of timely filing. Where an attorney signs, add an affidavit that the power of attorney is unrevoked. Annexures are self-attested as true copies, not witnessed; bring originals and enough copies for each respondent.

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MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 10(1) OF THE CAPITAL OF PUNJAB (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1952

BEFORE: The Chief Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, UT Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh 160009, being the appellate authority under section 10(1) of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 and under Rule 18(i) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007

Diary / Registration No. ____________________ of 20________
(to be allotted by the office at the receipt counter on the day of presentation; the appellant must obtain it in writing on the spare copy before leaving the counter)

IN THE MATTER OF:

Harjinder Singh Bedi, son of Late Sh. Gurbachan Singh Bedi, resident of House No. 1234, Sector 27-B, Chandigarh 160019
... APPELLANT / PETITIONER

AND Manjit Kaur Bedi, wife of Sh. Harjinder Singh Bedi, resident of House No. 1234, Sector 27-B, Chandigarh 160019
... CO-APPELLANT / CO-PETITIONER

VERSUS

The Estate Officer, Union Territory of Chandigarh, Town Hall Building, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
... RESPONDENT

Presented on: 1 May 2026

SUBJECT: Challenge to EO/MU/2026/3391 dated 4 April 2026, being an order of resumption of the site or building and forfeiture of a part of the consideration money under section 8-A of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, passed in respect of the property described in the Schedule at the foot of this memorandum.

MOST RESPECTFULLY SHOWETH:

1. WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS, AND WHY IT IS ADDRESSED TO THIS AUTHORITY AND NOT ANOTHER.

This document is presented as: MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL UNDER SECTION 10(1) OF THE CAPITAL OF PUNJAB (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1952. In it, the person presenting it is called "the appellant", and where this document is a revision that expression means the petitioner in revision; the property described in the Schedule is called "the said property"; the order challenged is called "the impugned order"; the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 is called "the Act"; and the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 are called "the 2007 Rules".
The forum is fixed by statute. It is not a matter of preference or of convenience, and the appellant has satisfied himself or herself of it before addressing this document. The position is as follows.
(a) An order of the Estate Officer made under section 8 or section 8-A of the Act is appealable to the Chief Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, within thirty days of the date of communication of that order, under section 10(1) of the Act.
(b) An order of the Estate Officer, or of any other competent authority, made under the 2007 Rules is appealable to the Chief Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, within thirty days of the date of communication of that order, under Rule 18(i) of the 2007 Rules.
(c) A revision against an order of the Chief Administrator passed in a matter arising under section 8 or section 8-A of the Act lies to the Central Government under section 10(4) of the Act, and is addressed to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Union Territories Division), North Block, Central Secretariat.
(d) A revision against an order of the Chief Administrator passed under the 2007 Rules lies to the Adviser to the Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh, under Rule 18(iv) of the 2007 Rules, and must likewise be made in writing within thirty days of the date of communication of that order.
(e) Those two revisional authorities are different authorities. Which of them has jurisdiction turns on whether the order in the first appeal was made under the Act or under the 2007 Rules, and on nothing else. A revision presented to the wrong one is liable to be returned unheard, and the thirty days continue to run while it is being returned. Where the impugned order rests on both the Act and the 2007 Rules, the appellant states so expressly in paragraph 4 below so that the question of jurisdiction is raised at the threshold rather than at the end.
(f) THE HEADING AND THE ADDRESSEE ARE A MATCHED PAIR, AND THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OF THEM. The heading at the top of this page names the provision under which this document is presented. The authority named immediately beneath it must be the authority that provision gives. The four permitted pairs are: an appeal under section 10(1) of the Act, to the Chief Administrator; an appeal under Rule 18(i) of the 2007 Rules, to the Chief Administrator; a revision under section 10(4) of the Act, to the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs; and a revision under Rule 18(iv) of the 2007 Rules, to the Adviser to the Administrator. There is no fifth pair. If the heading of this document and the authority named beneath it are not one of those four, this document has been mis-addressed, and it must be corrected before it is presented at any counter.
(g) The Chief Administrator may in addition, of his own motion or on an application, call for the record of any proceeding in which the Estate Officer has passed an order, in order to satisfy himself as to its legality or propriety, under section 10(3) of the Act and Rule 18(iii) of the 2007 Rules; and no order prejudicial to any person may be passed in that exercise without giving that person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(h) Section 19 of the Act bars every court from entertaining any suit or proceeding in respect of the recovery of any arrears or penalty under section 8, the resumption of any site or building under section 8-A, the forfeiture of any money under that section, or any order made in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the Act. This statutory ladder is therefore the appellant's only remedy, and a step in it that is abandoned or allowed to lapse is a remedy lost, not a remedy postponed.

Questions about this document

Does the Appeal to the Chief Administrator against an Estate Officer's Order (and the Revision that follows) need stamp paper or stamp duty in Chandigarh?

No stamp duty on the memorandum itself — not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Chandigarh).

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Does the Appeal to the Chief Administrator against an Estate Officer's Order (and the Revision that follows) need registration in Chandigarh?

Not registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach an appeal memorandum; the Sub-Registrar will decline it.

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What does the Appeal to the Chief Administrator against an Estate Officer's Order (and the Revision that follows) cost on Kagaznama?

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Does the Appeal to the Chief Administrator against an Estate Officer's Order (and the Revision that follows) need witnesses?

No attesting witnesses — this isn't a deed between parties, so the two-witness rule for a sale/gift/exchange doesn't apply; don't have friends sign as witnesses.

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