Society Registration: Citizen Portal User Guide

What the guide covers

The Society Registration: Citizen Portal User Guide is an online application manual from the Inspector General of Registration and Stamps. It is intended for citizens creating and registering a society through the Citizen Portal, rather than for registering a property transaction or proving ownership of land.

The manual explains the portal buttons and symbols, including Previous, Proceed, Update, Cancel, Add, Reset, Edit, Delete, Search, Save as Draft and Save and Continue. It also identifies mandatory fields, check boxes and radio buttons.

Society information required

The Society Registration: Citizen Portal User Guide directs an applicant to log in, select Registration, choose Society Registration and click Apply for Society Registration. The applicant must then provide:

• The proposed society name and date of formation.
• The society address, including country, state, district, taluk, village, door number, street and pin code.
• The registered district and contact details.
• The society's main objective, category and sub-category.
• Financial year start and end dates and the annual general meeting due date.
• Entrance fee, monthly subscription, grace period, applicable dates and amount payable.
• The address of any property owned by the society.
• Fee concession eligibility, where applicable.

Member information required

The Society Registration: Citizen Portal User Guide requires members to be classified as executive or non-executive. The portal collects enrolment and designation information, along with each member's name, relationship details, date, age, gender, marital status, identification type, identification number and profession.

Applicants must also enter each member's address and contact information. A check box can be used where a member's address is the same as the society's address. The Add function records the details, while Reset clears entered values and restores defaults.

Later application stages

The Society Registration: Citizen Portal User Guide lists further screens for witness details, fee details, society by-laws, acknowledgement and electronic payment. It also covers bank details, online payment terms and conditions, transaction processing, checking registration status, downloading the society registration and printing it.

For a property buyer or owner, the property-related entry is limited to the address of property owned by the society. The guide does not state that the application establishes title or records a transfer of property.