The Gazetteers Department

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. In 1964 and 1965, there were Sub-Registrars at Wardha, Arvi and Hinganghat, in Wardha district. 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 advises on the difficulties encountered 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 the 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 that the documents concerned be registered on payment of a fine not exceeding ten times the proper registration fee. He is also competent to order refunds in the ease of surcharges and to grant full or partial remission of safe custody fees in suitable cases. A will or 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 Inspector of Registration, Amravati Division, Amravati has jurisdiction over sub-registry offices at Wardha, Arvi and Hinganghat in Wardha district.

Registration of Documents.

The Indian Registration Act (XVI of 1908), prescribes compulsory registration in respect of certain class of documents and also provides that certain other class of documents may be registered at the option of the parties concerned. In such cases want of registration does not create any legal disability. Documents which fulfil the prescribed requirements are registered subject to payment of required stamp duty and proper registration fee.

A record of such registered documents is kept and extracts of documents affecting immovable property in respect of which Record of Rights is maintained are sent to the officers concerned for making mutations. Certified copies from the preserved records of registered documents are also issued to parties who apply for them.

In all 9,865 documents were registered in the district during 1965. Of these 9,278 documents falling under compulsory registration were of the aggregate value of Rs. 15,994,499, documents falling under optional registration numbered 106 and their aggregate value was Rs. 2,58,349 and 364 documents affecting movable property were of the aggregate value of Rs. 5,092,216 and 117 were wills.

Fees are levied for registration according to the prescribed scale, but the State Government has in some cases fully exempted and in some other cases partially exempted the registration fees payable in respect of documents pertaining to the co-operative societies registered under the Co-operative Societies Act. Similarly partial exemption in respect of search fee payable for the issue of no encumbrance certificate is also granted in favour of the borrowers applying for loans to the Land Development Banks.

Photo copying system.

The photo copying system has been introduced in this district with effect from january 16,1964.

Income and Expenditure.

The annual income and expenditure of the department in the district was RS. 1,41,554 and Rs. 25,700, respectively in 1964 and Rs. 1,54,444 and Rs. 36,614, respectively, in the year 1965.

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