APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PERMISSION AND NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER OF LEASE RIGHTS
(Estate Office, U.T. Chandigarh — Annexure-1)
To
The Assistant Estate Officer
Office of the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh
Town Hall Building, Sector 17-C
Chandigarh 160017
Date: __________
Place: __________
Sir / Madam,
PART I — PARTICULARS OF THE PROPERTY
1. The property. __________, __________, Chandigarh, being __________ (the Property), described more fully in the Schedule at the end of this application.
2. Area. The area of the site is __________.
3. Basis of holding. The Property was acquired by way of __________, vide Allotment Letter No. __________ dated __________.
4. Lease deed, premium and ground rent. The original allotment letter, the lease deed and the ground rent receipts will be produced at the counter for verification, and are not resubmitted where they already form part of the Estate Office record.
PART II — THE APPLICANT (TRANSFEROR)
PART III — THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
PART IV — THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION
9. No transfer before permission. The Applicant is aware that the Property cannot be transferred, and that no transfer deed in respect of it can be presented for registration before the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh, until this permission is granted in writing and the transfer fee, or one-third of the unearned increase as the case may be, has been assessed by the Estate Office and paid. The Applicant will not part with possession of the Property, nor accept the balance consideration, until that has happened.
PART V — THE STATUTORY POSITION ON THIS PROPERTY
PART VI — PRAYER
19. The Applicant therefore prays that this Office may be pleased to:
(b) assess and communicate the transfer fee, and one-third of the unearned increase where it is payable, so that the Applicant may deposit the amount and produce the receipt;
(c) issue the No Objection Certificate in writing, so that the transfer deed may be executed and presented for registration before the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh; and
(d) pass such further or other order as the facts of the case require.
PART VII — UNDERTAKINGS BY THE APPLICANT
20. The Applicant undertakes:
(a) to deposit the transfer fee, and one-third of the unearned increase where it is assessed as payable, within the time allowed by the Estate Office, and in any event before the transfer deed is presented for registration;
(b) to clear every outstanding amount against the Property — premium, instalments, interest, ground rent, penalty, misuse charges and any other charge — before the No Objection Certificate is acted upon;
(c) not to execute, and not to permit the execution of, any transfer deed in respect of the Property before the permission applied for is granted in writing;
(d) to inform the Estate Office in writing at once if the proposed transaction is abandoned or if the identity of the Transferee changes, and to surrender the No Objection Certificate in that event;
(e) not to seek or permit any fragmentation, division, bifurcation, apartmentalisation or amalgamation of the Property, whether before or after the transfer;
(f) to abide by the conditions of the allotment, of the lease deed and of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 until the transfer is completed and the change of ownership is recorded;
(g) to make good, without demur, any amount lawfully found short-assessed on account of the unearned increase, the transfer fee, ground rent or misuse charges in respect of any period up to the date of transfer; and
(h) to indemnify the Chandigarh Administration and the Estate Officer against any loss, claim or proceeding arising from any statement in this application being found untrue.
PART VIII — DECLARATION AND VERIFICATION
21. The Applicant declares that the contents of paragraphs 1 to 20 above are true to the Applicant's own knowledge, that nothing material has been concealed, and that no part of them is false. The Applicant is aware that a permission or No Objection Certificate obtained on a false statement is liable to be withdrawn, and that the Property is liable to be resumed and a sum not exceeding ten per cent of the total amount of consideration money, interest and other dues forfeited, under section 8-A of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952.
Verified at __________ on __________.
Yours faithfully,
(Where there are more than two recorded lessees, add a signature line for each of them here. Every recorded lessee must sign.)
ANNEXURE A — AFFIDAVIT-CUM-UNDERTAKING BY THE APPLICANT
(One affidavit per deponent. Every person recorded as an allottee or lessee swears an affidavit in these terms, and so does any attorney who is acting, in that capacity. Each is a separate instrument on its own non-judicial stamp paper of the denomination the Estate Office counter requires, sworn separately before a Notary Public practising in Chandigarh or an Oath Commissioner, and carrying its own notarial register entry. A pack with two applicants and one affidavit is not complete.)
BEFORE THE ASSISTANT ESTATE OFFICER, U.T. CHANDIGARH
In the matter of: application dated __________ for permission and a No Objection Certificate for transfer of the lease rights in __________, __________, Chandigarh.
AFFIDAVIT
- 2. That the Property described in the Schedule to my application dated __________ was acquired by way of __________, vide Allotment Letter No. __________ dated __________, and that I am the recorded lessee of it and hold it in the manner stated in paragraph 13 of that application.
- 4. That no agreement to sell in respect of the Property subsists in favour of any person other than the Transferee, and that no power of attorney conferring a right to deal with the Property subsists in favour of any person other than the attorney, if any, named in my application.
- 9. That I undertake to pay the transfer fee, and one-third of the unearned increase where it is found payable under Rule 7(ii) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007, as assessed by the Estate Office, before the transfer deed is presented for registration.
- 10. That I shall remain answerable for any amount lawfully found due against the Property in respect of any period up to the date on which the transfer is recorded, and I indemnify the Chandigarh Administration accordingly.
- 11. That the statements made in my application dated __________ and in this affidavit are true and correct, and that nothing material has been concealed.
DEPONENT
VERIFICATION
Verified at __________ on _______________ that the contents of paragraphs 1 to 11 of this affidavit are true and correct to my knowledge, that no part of them is false, and that nothing material has been concealed.
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DEPONENT
ANNEXURE B — CONSENT AND UNDERTAKING BY THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
To
The Assistant Estate Officer
Office of the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh
Town Hall Building, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh 160017
- 2. That I have inspected the Property and the Estate Office record relating to it, including the User Account Statement, and that I accept the Property subject to the terms and conditions of the allotment, of the lease deed and of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007.
- 3. That I undertake to bear the stamp duty and the registration charges on the transfer deed, as Rule 15 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 requires of the transferee, and to bear such part of the transfer fee and of the unearned increase as I have agreed with the Applicant to bear.
- 4. That I undertake to use the Property only for the purpose for which it was allotted, not to misuse any part of it, and not to seek or permit any fragmentation, division, bifurcation, apartmentalisation or amalgamation of it.
- 5. That I undertake to pay the ground rent and every other charge falling due in respect of the Property from the date of transfer, and that I accept liability, jointly with the Applicant, for any amount lawfully found short-assessed for an earlier period that is recoverable in respect of the Property.
- 6. That I am aware that the change of ownership in the Estate Office record follows automatically on registration of the transfer deed at the office of the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh, and that the affidavit and indemnity documents required at registration must therefore be complete and correct at that stage.
- 7. That my photograph, proof of identity and proof of address are enclosed.
Place: __________
Date: __________
WITNESSES TO THE SIGNATURE OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
SCHEDULE — THE PROPERTY
All that piece of land and the building standing on it known as __________, __________, Chandigarh, within the Union Territory of Chandigarh, being __________, measuring __________, allotted by way of __________ vide Allotment Letter No. __________ dated __________, together with everything standing on the site and every right, easement and appurtenance belonging to it.
LIST OF ENCLOSURES
A document already on the Estate Office record need not be produced again. Subject to that, the following are enclosed:
FOR OFFICE USE — ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
Diary No. _____________ Date of receipt _____________
Documents found complete or deficient (strike out whichever does not apply). Where found deficient, the deficiency is: ______________________________
Time limit for this service under the Right to Service notification of 30 March 2026: fifty days from the submission of a complete application; forty days where a public notice is required, of which twenty days run after the notice.
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Signature and stamp of the receiving official