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Commencement Certificate Application

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Price
Free
Stamp duty
No stamp duty: it creates no right in property, so it is not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899.
Registration
Not registrable: creates no right in property; section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't apply.
Witnesses
Not required.

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Also called

  • construction commencement application
  • commencement notice
  • start-of-work permission request

When you need it

Once you hold the building approval, get commencement-stage clearance before starting work. Terminology varies: some authorities issue a commencement/intimation or stage inspection instead of a separate certificate; this covers either.

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It confirms the lawful start against the sanction. Do not start while a required condition is outstanding.

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What follows is written for Punjab and 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: it creates no right in property, so it is not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Print on plain paper; pay only the authority's fee. Any affidavit filed is stamped separately.

Registration

Not registrable: creates no right in property; section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't apply.

Notarisation

Not required, unless the authority asks for an affidavit.

Witnesses

Not required. The owner's and the professional's signatures suffice.

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COMMENCEMENT CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

Application date: 1 April 2026

Applicant: Aarav Sharma, Sector 21, Panchkula, capacity Owner/allottee. Phone: 98765 43210; email: aarav@example.com.

Site: Plot 118, Sector 66, SAS Nagar, Punjab (Residential plot/building), Plot 118, Sector 66; allotment AL-118., area 836.13 sq m. Title/allotment: Conveyance deed no. 2345 dated 10 June 2022. Jurisdiction Punjab; authority GMADA / competent building authority.

Prior approval: BP/2026/118 dated 01 September 2026. Proposed commencement: 2 April 2026. Stage: Site preparation and excavation.

  1. 1. SITE READINESS

Demarcation: Official demarcation completed. Reference: DEM/2026/118 Pre-construction NOCs: All identified pre-construction NOCs obtained. Pending: Tree-felling permission for one roadside tree.

  1. 2. CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS

Contractor/site safety: Contractor and site-safety arrangements are in place. Temporary services: Temporary power/water arrangements sanctioned or safely arranged.

  1. 3. PROFESSIONAL TEAM

Architect: Ar. Simran Kaur (CA/2012/55555). Structural engineer: Er. Neeraj Khanna (SE/CHD/2024/118).

  1. 4. ENCLOSURES

Documents: Sanctioned plans, demarcation, architect appointment, structural drawings..

  1. 5. REQUEST

Please issue the applicable commencement-stage approval, permit confirmation or prescribed notice acknowledgment before work starts, and identify the next mandatory inspection stage.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

Personal data in this document is collected only to prepare, submit and administer the applicable commencement-stage construction approval or notice, communicate about that purpose, verify expressly supplied property and approval information, and retain an evidentiary application record.

The record will be held by Kagaznama and may be shared only with the applicant, owner, architect, engineer, licensed professional, project consultant, lender, contractor, competent planning/building/fire/environment/water authority, or other person directly involved in the stated approval.

If the application is withdrawn, refused or does not proceed, personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If it proceeds, the record will be retained for the approval/project plus 12 months, except where a statute or authority record-retention rule requires a longer named period.

A person named here may withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, request correction or erasure when the stated purpose has ended, or raise a grievance by writing to privacy@example.com. The record-holder should acknowledge and respond within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or unrelated financial credentials, and none should be written into it. Collect identity and professional-registration details only where the receiving authority actually requires them.

Questions about this document

Does the Commencement Certificate Application need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

No stamp duty: it creates no right in property, so it is not an instrument under section 2(14), Indian Stamp Act, 1899.

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Does the Commencement Certificate Application need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not registrable: creates no right in property; section 17, Registration Act, 1908 doesn't apply.

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What does the Commencement Certificate Application cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

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Does the Commencement Certificate Application need witnesses?

Not required.

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