Application for Permission to Sell, Gift or Transfer an Authority Plot (GMADA / GLADA / ADA / JDA / BDA / PDA)

Stamp duty

No stamp duty on the application — s.2(14): it asks for a discretion, not an instrument. Plain paper. The AFFIDAVITS are stamped: GMADA/GLADA forms specify Rs 25 non-judicial for both the allottee's and the transferee's affidavit (Article 4, Schedule I-A, Punjab). EVERY deponent needs their own paper — a joint allotment or a second transferee each add Rs 25. Buy as a Punjab e-stamp (igrpunjab.gov.in or SHCIL) IN THE DEPONENT'S OWN NAME — a mismatch is the commonest rejection reason. The real money is FEE, by demand draft: GMADA's processing fee Rs 2,500 (residential/houses) or Rs 5,000 (commercial/other); a transfer fee of 2.5%/5% of allotment price if sought BEFORE the conveyance deed; an extension fee half-yearly from year 4 (none before), of the allotment/auction price: 2% (years 4-5), 2.5% (6-8), 3% (9-10), 3.5% (11-12), 4% (13-15) — none for a State Govt/PSU allottee. All from GMADA's form, revised each 1 April. Real stamp duty is at the DEED: sale/gift 5% + 1% cess + 1% PIDB = 7%, on the higher of consideration or the Collector rate. Whether it's computed on the allotment price or the Collector rate is GENUINELY UNSETTLED — GMADA's form just says 'as applicable on the date of execution' — ask at the Sub-Registrar, S.A.S. Nagar. No gender concession traceable. Chandigarh is excluded — a different Act (1952), its own NOC procedure and unearned increase.

Registration

Nothing in THIS PACK is registered — s.17(1) doesn't catch a discretion-application or sworn affidavits. Filed at the Estate Officer's counter: GMADA (PUDA Bhawan, Sector 62, S.A.S. Nagar) or GLADA (near Rajguru Nagar, Ferozepur Road, Ludhiana). Fee by demand draft, refused if over 3 months old — take the dated receipt, since the notified period (Punjab Right to Service Act, 2011) runs from it. GMADA's RTS form: 21 working days (website: 15); GLADA: the same pair. Appeal delay to the Additional Chief Administrator. Registration becomes compulsory NEXT: the sale/gift deed, before the Sub-Registrar of the tehsil, within 4 months (s.23, Registration Act, 1908), +4 more on penalty (s.25). Punjab fee: 1%, capped Rs 2,00,000, plus facilitation, pasting and mutation fees. Slots/e-stamp on NGDRS (igrpunjab.gov.in), locked at registration. AFTER the deed registers, return to the Estate Officer for re-transfer — a SEPARATE 15-day notified service — why this application's prayer stops at the permission. A registered deed alone doesn't make the buyer the allottee until re-allotted. Chandigarh is outside this template — its own rules under the 1952 Act.

Notarisation

The application, schedule and enclosure list are signed, not sworn. Parts B and C affidavits MUST be sworn — unsworn is the commonest rejection reason — each deponent separately (allottee, joint allottees, transferee, second transferee). Sworn before an Oath Commissioner (P&H HC appointed, S.A.S. Nagar for GMADA/Ludhiana for GLADA) or a Notary (Notaries Act, 1952). The deponent appears IN PERSON with original photo ID; the officer administers the oath, seals, dates, and enters a serial number WRITTEN on the affidavit — a faint or undated seal fails. Notary fee: Rule 10, Notaries Rules, 1956. Liability-affidavit photos: recent passport-size, signed across, plus ATTESTED photos of the transferee's legal heirs (natural persons) — a surprise item, but required; a company substitutes a board resolution. Abroad: an Indian mission's consular officer needs no further authentication; a foreign notary needs an apostille first. Chandigarh follows a different office and Act.

Witnesses

No attesting witness is prescribed for a s.43(7) application — the affidavit's oath does that work. Two witnesses at Part D are used anyway, since the Estate Office queries identity — they attest IDENTITY, not the application's truth; a witness must be an adult, not a party, with a full address and photo ID. The Authority insists every recorded allottee signs — GMADA wants signatures of all owners, self-attested photo ID both sides, and ATTESTED photos of the purchaser's legal heirs. An attorney needs a certified, current power of attorney filed. The DEED differs: a Punjab sale deed needs two witnesses before the Sub-Registrar (s.34, Registration Act, 1908); a gift deed ALSO needs s.123, Transfer of Property Act, 1882 attestation. Don't reuse a witness who takes anything under the deed, and never a minor. Chandigarh follows its own practice.