India is getting digital, so is the real estate sector. The land records which were managed manually earlier are now shifted to digital platforms by a number of states in India. This is taken up as a part of Digital India Land Record Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) and Telangana is no exception here. With land records going digital, the revenue and registration services are available just at a few clicks and the property owners can easily avail these facilities.
1. Know About Dharani Portal
Telangana Government has introduced an Integrated Land Records Management Portal known as Dharani Portal (TS Dharani) for its state. This is the official website of Maa Bhoomi and offers a clear portal for the residents of Telangana to access information about the land records in all the municipalities across the state. Dharani also provides a number of revenue and registration facilities to the owners of the property. Dharani Portal managed by the Government of Telangana, functions as an integrated window and authenticates the land records of agricultural and non-agricultural land parcels of Telangana.
Property owners just need to sign in on the portal and enjoy the services offered here. The sign in requires some essential information like name, contact details, email id, property details that include address, district, state, Mandal and pincode. The owner of the property will get an OTP and after its verification and confirmation, one can login to the portal and carry on all the land related work easily.
2.Advantages of Dharani Portal
The online services offered by the Government of Telangana provides a seamless and effective approach to land registration and administration services. Dharani portal functions as a single window for a number of services related to land records. It includes registration, maintaining textual records, survey maps and settlement operations. It is available round the clock and functions as a single source of facts for the land records of the entire state of Telangana. This portal uses GIS tools to update textual and spatial data in real time. Dharani provides a transparent and an error free record management. It also keeps the stakeholders informed about various land transaction information like selling, purchasing or mortgage on real time basis.
3.Services Offered by Dharani
The services offered by Dharani Telangana can be divided into two categories, Revenue Services and Registration Services. Revenue Services include Online Mutation, Online Land conversion, Certificate for agriculture and land valuation. Whereas Registration Services include Duty and fee calculation, Group Registration, Public Data entry, Checking receipts and unit rates, Booking and rescheduling of slot Certified copy, Payment of Registration Service, Track application, Market Value Assistance, Payment of Stamp Services and Encumbrance Search.
4.How Dharani Portal Functions
The prestigious e-governance portal of Telangana, Dharani, has two sections – agricultural and non-agricultural properties. The agricultural properties include all those which are related with agriculture and the non-agriculture includes properties such as houses, flats, plots and other commercial structures. The owner, when he wants to sell his property, has to select the slot accordingly and feed in the required information and also upload the supporting documents. He also gets the chance to select the time slot as per availability.
At the appointed time, both the seller and the buyer have to reach the required office with all the necessary documents. Tehsildar Office is allotted for agricultural properties and Sub-registrar office for non-agricultural properties. In all, there are 474 Tehsildar offices and 141 Sub-registrar offices across the state where High end computers with scanners and printers and high speed broadband internet connections are set up for the registration process. Here the documents will get verified and it takes almost 30 minutes for the registration process to get over. Immediately, Mutation will also be done here. This process has become instant as compared to the earlier one, i.e. before the formation of Dharani, where the entire process required a few weeks and at times it also prolonged to months, if the documents lacked transparency.
5.Documents Needed for Mutation on Dharani
The process of transferring the title ownership name in records of the revenue department for a property is known as Land Mutation. This process takes place when the property is transferred from one owner to another and this has become easy in Telangana. This process can now be done online on Dharani portal. One needs some personal and property details to apply on the portal. In addition to these details, some other documents are also required like Registration Document, Encumbrance Certificate (EC) Seller and Pattadar Passbook Number (Optional) and Payment Receipts.
6.To Conclude
Dharani is a single window, in the state of Telangana that serves as an online platform for revenue and registration services. The property owners can enjoy easy access to land records. Mutation gets automatically triggered after the online registration of a property on Dharani. This portal serves as a single platform for maintaining land records, survey, map, updating of textual records, settlement operations etc.
Dharani portal is likely to make the procedure of registration easy and offer quality services to the property owners of Telangana. It is expected to bring in a new era in the land record management in Telangana and speed up the revenue process. The GIS system makes available a visual representation of the land record data. Dharani is bringing in transparency, smooth processing and documentation in the sector. The entire procedure related to registration is computerised and takes place in an integrated, efficient, and effective manner.
Through Dharani, the Government of Telangana offers an efficient and effective mode of services for land administration and its registration to its residents. It includes the Automation of workflow, integration of different departments’ multiple application with the help of innovative modern technology. Dharani maintains and updates textual records, survey, maps, and settlement operations along with the registration of immovable property. Automatic activation for mutation takes place immediately after the registration process gets completed. The portal is a source of facts and also updates textual data on a real-time basis with the help of GIS tools. Dharani portal has brought a revolution in the sector.
Written by Nikhil Gattu
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Written by Nikhil Gattu
