T.N. government to move most of the property registration process online within six months: Minister

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Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration D. Logesh Tamilselvan

Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration D. Logesh Tamilselvan | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam

With the nonsubjective of eliminating corruption and overcrowding astatine Sub-Registrar Offices, the Tamil Nadu authorities is chalking retired a connection to simplify spot registration by taking astir of the process online, Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration D. Logesh Tamilselvan said connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).

“From entering each the applicable details required for the registration of properties to the outgo of the registration fee, the full process volition beryllium made online. This connection is connected the cards. We are chalking retired a program connected however to instrumentality this system. Once implemented, radical volition person to sojourn the Sub-Registrar Office lone for the last authentication process,” the Minister told The Hindu.

Currently, the Registration Department is moving towards the online registration of the archetypal merchantability of plots and flats, merchantability deeds relating to the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, and memoranda of deposit of rubric deeds (MODs). This strategy volition beryllium rolled retired successful the archetypal week of August, helium said.

“We are moving retired a program to grow the scope of online registration by making astir 90% of the spot registration process online. This volition instrumentality astir six months from now. The eventual nonsubjective is to destruct corruption, simplify the process, and trim overcrowding astatine Sub-Registrar Offices,” helium said.

He besides said complaints from the public, including connected societal media platforms, regarding the registration process were being taken earnestly and addressed promptly. “Instructions person been issued to guarantee that the nationalist does not look immoderate benignant of hardship. That is the Chief Minister’s goal. He [C. Joseph Vijay] is intimately monitoring developments successful the Registration Department,” helium said.

“There were immoderate irregularities reported with respect to GST refunds. An enquiry has been initiated. Measures are nether mode to guarantee taxation compliance. The Roving Squad of the Commercial Taxes Department has been instructed to forestall the question of unaccounted goods and guarantee that determination is nary taxation evasion,” helium said.

Incentives for women

Asked whether the Registration Department has immoderate connection to summation incentives connected registration fees for immovable assets registered successful the names of women, the Minister said the taxable is nether discussion. Currently, the registration interest for each immovable assets, including houses, plots, and cultivation lands valued up to ₹10 lakh, is reduced by 1% erstwhile registered successful the sanction of women.

The Minister said instructions had been fixed to officials to guarantee that line values were fixed for each survey numbers by the extremity of this month. He besides said officials had been instructed not to support documents pending for a agelong clip and to instrumentality punctual action.

Published - June 11, 2026 05:52 p.m. IST

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