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Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) To further improve ‘ease of doing business’, the Maharashtra Revenue Department has issued a gazette notification under which document registration can now be done at any stamp office in Mumbai. Jurisdiction restrictions have been removed.
Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said, “Citizens, business and company owners in Mumbai and its suburbs can now register documents (judgment documents) at any of the six stamp offices in Mumbai. The earlier requirement of registering documents only at the stamp office within the concerned area of residence or business has now been done away with.”
He further said, “Now, residents of Mumbai city and its suburbs can complete the document registration process for property agreements, lease agreements, inheritance deeds and other important documents at any stamp office including Borivali, Kurla, Andheri, Mumbai City and the main stamp office near Old Custom House (Stamp District Collectorate, Ext. 1 & 2).”
The move by the Revenue Department comes days after it launched ‘One District One Registration’, under which citizens can register their documents anywhere in the district. The Revenue Department is also considering ‘One State One Registration’ soon. This will facilitate citizens to register their documents anywhere in the state.
Stamp duty and registration fees are one of the major sources of states’ own revenue generation. The state had raised Rs 60,000 crore in 2024-25 and has set a target of Rs 65,000 crore for 2025-26. Mumbai contributes approximately Rs 15,000 crore annually in stamp duty and registration fees.
Bawankule had announced last week that land survey cases would be resolved within 30 days. The Revenue Department has already issued a gazette notification in this regard. Minister Bawankule said, “Sub-division, boundary demarcation, non-agricultural conversion, Gunthewari regularization, joint land acquisition survey, forest rights claim survey, urban land survey, village settlement survey and other surveys required for acquiring property rights will now be completed expeditiously.”
–IANS
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