SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government administration has notified a new schedule of fees for issuing various certificates and land records, with domicile and caste certificates to be issued free of charge while levying nominal charges for other documents.
According to an official order, Domicile Certificate, Character Certificate, Agriculture Certificate, Religion Certificate, new Aadhaar enrolment and mandatory biometric update up to five years, and General Caste Certificate will be issued without any fee.
An extract of Choola will be issued on a fee of ₹7, the order added.
For OBC-JK, OBC-GOI, EWS, ST, SC, Legal Heir, Unemployment, RBA, Income Dependency, Family Income or Property for Rehabilitation Scheme, Unmarried, Widow, Divorce, ALC, Resident of Area Adjoining Border (IB) Certificate, Non Remarriage, Senior Citizen, Super Senior Citizen, and Dependent Certificate, a fee of ₹20 has been prescribed.
The administration has fixed a fee of ₹100 for Property Certificate up to ₹20 lakh and ₹500 for property value beyond ₹20 lakh.
For Income Certificate, an applicant will have to pay ₹20 for income up to ₹1 lakh, ₹50 for income between ₹1 lakh and ₹5 lakh, and ₹500 for income above ₹5 lakh.
Regarding land record documents, the fee for Extract of Fard Intikhab has been set at ₹1000 for urban areas and ₹100 for rural areas per kanal.
Extract of Girdawari, Extract of Jamabandi, Extract of Aksi Masavi or Iatha, and Encumbrance Certificate will cost ₹500 for urban and ₹100 for rural areas, officials said.
Attestation of mutations, inheritance mutations, copy of mutation, and demarcation of land will attract a fee of ₹1000 for urban and ₹100 for rural areas.
For registration of land, the government has fixed 3 per cent stamp duty for women and 7 per cent for men along with 1.2 per cent registration charges, the order added. (KNS)
