REVENUE ADMINISTRATION

REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT

Functions.-The main functions performed by the Registration department are:-

(a) registration of documents under the Indian Registration Act (XVI of 1908);

(b) registration of marriages under-

(i) the Bombay Registration of Marriages Act, 1954,

(ii) the Parsee Marriage and Divorce Act (III of 1936), and

(iii) Special Marriage Act (III of 1872); and

(c) registration of births and deaths under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act (VI of 1886).

Organisation.- The Inspector General of Registration is the head of the department. Under him is a District Registrar for each district who supervises the registration work in the district. The Collector of the district functions as an ex-officio District Registrar. Under the District Registrar, there are Sub-Registrars with their offices at Buldhana, Chikhli, Deulgaon-Raja, Mehkar, Lonar, Khamgaon, Shegaon, Malkapur, Nandura, Jalgaon and Tamgaon. The Sub-Registrar at Buldhana, works as the headquarters Sub-Registrar and assists the District Registrar in the administration of the registration department and exercises powers under section 30 (i) of the Indian Registration Act, 1908.

The Sub-Registrars are appointed by the Inspector General of Registration.

The District Registrar is required to carry out the instructions of the Inspector General of Registration in all departmental matters. He renders advice on the difficulties raised by the Sub-Registrars in their day-to-day work. He visits the sub-registry offices in his district at least once in every two years and sends his memoranda of inspection to the Inspector General of Registration. He hears appeals and applications preferred to him under sections 72 and 73 of the Indian Registration Act (XVI of 1908) against refusals to register documents by Sub-Registrars under him. Under sections 25 and 34 of the Act, he is empowered to condone delays in presentation of documents and appearance of executants provided the delay does not exceed four months, and to direct the documents concerned to be registered on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the proper registration fee. He is also competent to order refunds in the cases of surcharges and to grant full or partial remission of safe custody fees in suitable eases. A will or a codicil may be deposited with him under a sealed cover, and it may be got registered at the cost of the party desiring it, after the depositor's death.

Senior Sub-Registrars are appointed as Inspectors of Registration. Their work is to inspect the work of all sub-registry offices in their charge. The jurisdiction of the Inspector of Registration, Akola Division extends over the district of Buldhana.

Registration of Documents.-Under the Indian Registration Act (XVI of 1908) compulsory registration is required in the case of certain documents and optional registration is provided for certain other documents. Documents which fulfil the prescribed requirements and for which the required stamp duty and registration fees are paid are registered. A record of such registered documents is kept and extracts of documents affecting property in respect of which record-of-rights is maintained are sent to the offices concerned for making mutations. Certified copies from the preserved records of registered documents are also issued to parties who apply for them. In all 21,142 and 26,642 documents were registered in the district during 1967 and 1968, respectively. Their details are as under:-

(A) Immoveable proerty

(B) Moveable property

Fees are levied for registration according to the prescribed scale but the State Government have exempted or partially exempted levy of registration fees, etc., in respect of documents pertaining to the societies registered under the Co-operative Societies Act.

Photo-copying system.-All the sub-registry offices in this district are under the photo-copying system since January 16, 1964. During the year 1968, 23,310 documents were photographed as against 20,430 in 1967.

Income and expenditure.-The average annual income and expenditure of the registration department in Buldhana district was Rs. 2,56,874 and Rs. 81,337, respectively (based on the figures for 1966 to 1968).

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