Circular No. 56154/C1/2017, Patta Forms and Subdivision Fees, 2018

What the circular governs

Circular No. 56154/C1/2017 of the Tamil Nadu Registration Department explains how subdivision fees must be handled during document registration. STAR 2.0 sends patta transfer applications electronically to the Revenue Department after registration for survey numbers other than natham and urban survey numbers.

The instructions apply to registration officers and to parties registering property that may require subdivision.

When a subdivision fee applies

A subdivision fee is not required when the area transferred equals the total area of the relevant survey number or subdivision survey number. When the transferred area is smaller, the fee depends on the property location:

• Corporation area: Rs.60.
• Municipality area: Rs.50.
• Other area outside a municipality: Rs.40.

One fee is sufficient where one property within a single set of four boundaries lies in one survey number or subdivision survey number. If that property covers several survey numbers and its area is less than their combined total area, a separate fee must be collected for each number.

If one document describes four properties under separate boundaries within the same survey number, four fees must be collected. The relevant survey number is the final subdivision number assigned by the Revenue Department.

Special cases

Circular No. 56154/C1/2017 provides that:

• No subdivision fee is required for an undivided share document relating to a flat.
• A fee must be collected for natham residential property when subdivision is required.
• For agricultural land or plots, an undivided share attracts a fee if the larger portion containing that share is smaller than the full survey area.
• A fee already collected through STAR 2.0 need not be collected again when the same property is transferred before the Revenue Department completes the subdivision.

Patta forms and urban notices

For rural survey numbers, registration officers need not obtain a separate Form 6 because the patta form is sent through the software. For natham and urban survey numbers, Form 6 must be obtained from the document parties, assigned a separate serial number and sent to the appropriate Tahsildar every Tuesday.

For urban property, the required notice to the local body must also be sent. Sending only that notice is not sufficient, and Form 6 for patta transfer must be sent as well.