TAXILA: After successful launching of e-stamp paper, the district administration is soon going to launch an e-registration system under the Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) in all tehsils of Rawalpindi.

This was stated by Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Dr Hassan Waqar Cheema while talking to newsmen after visiting the land record centre on Monday.

Additional deputy commissioner revenue Nabeel Sindhu and other staff of the revenue department and local administration were also present.

“A web portal has been launched for e-registration which will eliminate the necessity of middlemen and instances of counterfeiting,” Mr Cheema added.

He said after launching of this system the residents of the district would get rid of the decades-old revenue system.

Says web portal to eliminate necessity of middlemen, instances of counterfeiting

Besides, the dependence of owners on middlemen and chances of tampering with records during registration would be eliminated.

The DC added that the e-registration system will be linked to Nadra and the e-stamp system.

Responding to a question, he claimed that the initiative of the Punjab government was aimed at bringing transparency to the process and reducing corruption and fraud in property purchase and sale.

Mr Cheema said that under this system citizens will get the challan from the e-stamp web portal and after paying the prescribed fee in Bank of Punjab can complete the paper work at home.

The deputy commissioner said that the initiative was a revolutionary step which would end public visits to revenue offices, kutcheries and stamp vendors.

He said that instead of standing in long queues, the date and time of appointment would be generated through the system and the citizens would get a message about their appointment on their mobile phones.

Responding to a question about digitalisation of land record, Mr Cheema said the land record of tehsils Taxila, Kahuta and Kallar Syedan had been fully digitalised while 90 per cent digitalisation of land record of Gujar Khan was complete.

He said all the revenue records of these tehsils were updated at the land record system of the Punjab Land Record Authority.

Responding another question, the deputy commissioner said Jammabandi (record of rights of land) of 158 mouzas had also been completed in the district.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2023