Circular No. 47568/L1/2018, Survey Numbers Incorrectly Classified as Refer Street Value, 27 November 2018
The Inspector General of Registration of the Registration Department issued Circular No. 47568/L1/2018 on 27 November 2018 to correct survey numbers wrongly classified as "Refer street value" in the Market Value Guidelines portal. It requires field inspection and verification of previous registrations before the survey number is assigned an appropriate agricultural land, house site or other classification.
What the circular governs
Circular No. 47568/L1/2018 addresses survey numbers that are not part of a street but are incorrectly shown as "Refer street value" in the guideline value records. The earlier instruction was that survey numbers forming streets should not receive a separate value and should instead carry the "Refer street value" notation.
The incorrect use of that notation created problems when documents were presented without street details. Registration officers could ask parties to follow the highest street value in the village. If that value was not followed, the document could be referred to the District Revenue Officer or Special Deputy Collector (Stamps) for valuation under section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, delaying return of the registered document.
Procedure for correcting a survey number
The Registration Department prescribes the following process:
- If a document concerns a survey number wrongly marked "Refer street value", and the document does not identify a street or the presenter states that the property is not on a street, the registration officer must keep the document pending.
- The registration officer must send a proposal to the Deputy Inspector General of Registration for further action.
- The Deputy Inspector General of Registration must inspect the property and examine the encumbrance certificate to determine whether earlier documents for that survey number were registered using a street value.
- If the property is not situated on a street, the survey number may be placed in the appropriate classification.
- Agricultural land must be assigned an appropriate agricultural land classification. A house site must be assigned an appropriate house site classification.
- If no suitable classification exists, the Deputy Inspector General of Registration may create a new classification.
Who may be affected
Circular No. 47568/L1/2018 applies to incorrectly classified survey numbers in villages, town panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations. A property must not be classified as a house site merely because it lies within an urban local body. If the land is agricultural, it must receive the appropriate agricultural value classification.
A document need not be presented for registration before a correction can be made. Deputy Inspectors General of Registration may act when the discrepancy is identified through a complaint or during inspection of other locations.
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Common questions
What happens if my survey number is wrongly shown as Refer street value?
The registration officer may keep the presented document pending and send a proposal to the Deputy Inspector General of Registration. The officer must inspect the property and check earlier registrations before assigning the correct classification.
Will agricultural land inside a municipality automatically be treated as a house site?
No. The circular states that location within a town panchayat, municipality or municipal corporation is not by itself a reason to apply a house site classification. Agricultural property must receive the appropriate agricultural land classification.
Can the guideline classification be corrected without presenting a sale document?
Yes. The Deputy Inspector General of Registration may correct the classification when the discrepancy is discovered through a complaint or during another inspection.
What records will be checked before correcting the classification?
The Deputy Inspector General of Registration must inspect the location and examine the survey number's encumbrance certificate to see whether previous documents were registered at a street value.
