Chandigarh Housing Board Joint Application for NOC to Transfer Lease Rights, with No Dues Certificate Application

Stamp duty

Neither Part A nor Part B carries stamp duty — not an instrument under section 2(14), Stamp Act, 1899; plain paper. The affidavits and indemnity bonds DO — per the Board's own published note: Rs 5 stamp paper for each affidavit, Rs 15 for each indemnity bond (its wording mixes 'judicial' and non-judicial paper, but that's the Board's own figure and what the counter uses) — one sheet per deponent/bond. These small denominations qualify for e-Sampark's Rs 500 online cap. The deed that follows is NOT charged at the widely-quoted 5%/6% conveyance rate — a Board flat moves by a TRANSFER OF LEASE RIGHTS, charged at 3% (a transfer within blood relation is duty-EXEMPT entirely); confirm this at the Sub-Registrar, since using the wrong line overpays by 2%+ of the whole price. Registration fee is 1% capped at Rs 10,000 plus Rs 20 pasting. Duty is on the higher of consideration or the collector rate (Board flats run roughly Rs 7,200–11,000/sq.ft depending on floor). No gender concession exists. The Board's own money — processing fee (Rs 200–6,000 by category), Rs 10,000 publication charge, and the 15%/2.5% transfer fee plus GST — is separate from stamp duty entirely. Two Board sources disagree on which bank receives it (Axis/SBI vs. HDFC/online) — ask at the counter and keep the receipt.

Registration

Neither application is registrable — section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't reach a No Dues or NOC request; nor are the affidavits/indemnity bonds. File at the Board, 8 Jan Marg, or online via Service Plus. What IS registrable is the deed of transfer of lease rights that follows — compulsorily, under section 17(1), Registration Act, 1908, at the Sub-Registrar (narrow hours, photos affixed). Section 23 gives four months from execution, extendable four more (s.25) at up to 10x the fee; absolutely time-barred after eight months. Registration fee 1% capped at Rs 10,000 plus Rs 20 pasting. Unlike an Estate Office property, the Board does NOT auto-mutate on registration — mutation is a SEPARATE 20-working-day application to the Accounts Officer, with its own form, indemnity bond, photographs and a certified copy of the registered deed. Budget for this extra step; a registered deed with no Board mutation isn't on the Board's record, and the next sale will stall on it. Also check: if no registered Sub-Lease Deed exists on your file yet, the NOC itself obliges the Board to execute one — expect that cost too.

Notarisation

Every affidavit MUST be sworn — before a Notary or Executive Magistrate, per the Board's own published note — covering the allottee's (and each further allottee's), the purchaser's (and each further purchaser's), and the attorney's where one acts; each on its own stamp paper, with the notary's register number and seal. The two applications (Part A/B) are NOT sworn — just signed and dated on every page. The indemnity bonds are executed before two WITNESSES, not notarised (though a notary attesting them anyway is accepted). A power of attorney copy must be notary-attested. Anything executed outside India needs embossing by the Chandigarh Finance Department first — this catches NRI sellers routinely and can't be fixed at the counter on the day. ID photocopies are self-attested; no notary needed for those.

Witnesses

The applications need no witness — just every allottee's and purchaser's signature on every page, dated. The indemnity bonds DO need two witnesses each, with self-attested ID copies on file — pick uninvolved adults whose ID you can obtain. Also required: three self-attested photographs with specimen signatures split across photo and sheet, for both allottee and purchaser (formats vary — use whichever sheet the counter hands you). The deed that follows is stricter: two witnesses, the FIRST qualifying under paragraph 127, Punjab Registration Manual (a councillor, gazetted officer or advocate; or rurally a Lambardar/Sarpanch/Panch), known to the Sub-Registrar. Don't assume your indemnity-bond witnesses qualify here — usually they won't.