Kagaznama

Mutation on a Will

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Price: Free
Stamp duty: No stamp duty: a s.34 mutation report transfers nothing (outside Schedule I-A); duty was due on the source instrument.
Registration: Not registrable — outside s.17, Registration Act, 1908.
Witnesses: Not ordinarily required; the authority may call for witnesses or identifiers at attestation or hearing.

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Also called

will mutation application
mutation after testamentary succession

When you need it

An owner died leaving a will; the beneficiary wants the record updated: deceased, date of death, will date, beneficiary, identifiers, share claimed. Mutating isn't proving the will — if genuineness, capacity or heir objections are disputed, the authority may need more evidence or leave parties to court.

A contested will isn't self-proving; mutation isn't a conclusive title adjudication.

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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: a s.34 mutation report transfers nothing (outside Schedule I-A); duty was due on the source instrument. No court fee. Cost is the Rs 600 mutation fee (Punjab Revenue Dept, 6 Sep 2026), recovered under s.38(2) at attestation from the person favoured; late reporting (past 3 months) risks a s.39 fine up to 5x — Rs 3,000.

Registration

Not registrable — outside s.17, Registration Act, 1908. The Patwari logs it in the register of mutations, the Kanungo validates it, returning an intkal number and order. An unregistered instrument needing registration can't found a mutation.

Notarisation

Not required unless the authority asks for an affidavit, declaration or attested copy.

Witnesses

Not ordinarily required; the authority may call for witnesses or identifiers at attestation or hearing.

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MUTATION ON A WILL

Application date: 2 April 2026

TESTAMENTARY BASIS

Applicant/beneficiary: Aarav Sharma, Sector 21, Panchkula. The claim is based on will and death of testator, reference Document no. 118 dated 01 September 2026, dated 1 April 2026.

The presently recorded owner is Harpreet Singh and the applicant asks that Aarav Sharma be entered to the extent described below.

ESTATE PROPERTY

District SAS Nagar, Tehsil Kharar, Village Kharar. Revenue/property identifiers: Khewat 114, Khatauni 226, Khasra 18//12 min.. Interest claimed under the will: 4 kanal agricultural land, full ownership share..

Requested testamentary share: Full interest to be entered in favour of Aarav Sharma.. Existing record: Jamabandi 2022-23, Khewat 114.

WILL AND SUCCESSION MATERIAL

Document status: Required source document attached. Supporting succession records: Signed application and current record copy.

The request is confined to mutation on the testamentary basis presented. If the will, heirship, capacity, execution or competing testamentary claim is disputed, the mutation authority should follow the lawful hearing/evidence route rather than treat this application as conclusive proof of the will.

HEIRS AND OBJECTIONS

Known objection/competing-claim status: No known objection has been communicated.

REQUEST

Please consider the testamentary record, affected-heir notice requirements and the existing record of rights, and decide the mutation accordingly.

LEGAL BASIS

In Punjab this application is the report of a change in rights under section 34 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. It is addressed to the Circle Revenue Officer through the Halqa Patwari of the revenue estate, and can be handed to the Patwari or lodged at the Fard Kendra of the tehsil or sub-tehsil; the Halqa Patwari enters it in the register of mutations, the Field Kanungo validates the entry, and the Circle Revenue Officer, a Naib Tehsildar or Tehsildar, attests, sanctions or rejects it. A mutation records a change of rights; it does not create title. An entry in the record of rights is presumed true only until the contrary is proved (section 44 of the Act), and section 45 sends anyone who disputes it to a civil suit for a declaration. In Chandigarh only the Union Territory's revenue villages carry a jamabandi; there the Patwari holds the record of rights and the Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar of the Union Territory attests the mutation. A sector property held from the Estate Office has no jamabandi and is not mutated this way: the Estate Office's own transfer procedure applies.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

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

Personal data in this document is collected only to apply for and administer mutation on a will in the relevant land or estate record, communicate about that purpose, verify expressly supplied land-record information and retain an evidentiary filing record.

Questions about this document

Does the Mutation on a Will need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

No stamp duty: a s.34 mutation report transfers nothing (outside Schedule I-A); duty was due on the source instrument.

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Does the Mutation on a Will need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not registrable — outside s.17, Registration Act, 1908.

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What does the Mutation on a Will cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

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Does the Mutation on a Will need witnesses?

Not ordinarily required; the authority may call for witnesses or identifiers at attestation or hearing.

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