Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu was led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin DMK Reign is in progress. In this case, the news website Way2news published a news on the topic of ‘Increase in service charges in the registration department’. The news was widely shared and went viral. On a specific website
The message said, “The increase in fees for various services in the Tamil Nadu Registration Department has come into effect from yesterday. In this regard, the gazette issued for the receipt document Rs. 20 to Rs. 200, the fee for a single house is Rs.200 to Rs. 1000, Affidavit Registration, Contract Registration Fee Rs. 20 to Rs. 2000, for settlement, part, release documents Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 10,000,” it said.
Is this true? As the news meter (news meter) has subjected to scrutiny. Then a keyword search was done on Google to see if the service charges in the registry have been increased recently. Then, “Registrar Service Fee Increase from July 10: How Much?” On July 8, 2023, Dinamani published an article titled
It said, “The charges for various services provided by the Registry have not been changed for more than 20 years. Therefore, the Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to revise the rates for services such as registration of documents, preservation of documents to be registered, provision of copies of documents from electronic devices provided by the Registration Department.
The new fare will come into force from tomorrow (July 10, 2023). According to the Tamil Nadu government decision, the registration fee for receipt document has been increased from Rs.20 to Rs.200 and the maximum registration fee for settlement, partition and release documents between family members has been increased from Rs.4,000 to Rs.10,000. The maximum stamp duty has been increased from Rs.25,000 to Rs.40,000 and the fee for private land registration has been increased from Rs.200 to Rs. 1,000 is also pronounced.
The same news was published by Malamalar Media on 8th July 2023. Further, there is no news that the Tamil Nadu government has recently hiked the service charges for deed registration. On the contrary, the Tamil Nadu Registration Department has increased the stamp duty for contracts, public authority etc.
At the end of the News Meter search, it has been conclusively proved that the Tamil Nadu Registration Department has increased the stamp duty but has not increased the service charge of the Registry and the news regarding the increased service charge in 2023 is currently being spread wrongly.
