Scams and irregularities related to land registry in the country often come to the fore. Many a times, vicious miscreants cheat people by getting double registry of government land, of the same land.
To avoid such fraud, it is necessary that every person should know the difference between real and fake registry. In fact, after purchasing a property, the transfer of its ownership from the seller to the buyer’s side is called registry.
Registry in India is a legal process. On the basis of which land is bought and sold. But during this some cunning people take advantage of the land buyer’s lack of understanding and commit fraud. Let us tell you what things should be kept in mind during the registry so that fake registry can be detected.
Types of fraud related to land registry
According to an estimate, 40 percent of the registries in the country become fake every year. Usually people only look at the land registry and Khatauni documents but this is not enough because by looking at these documents it cannot be confirmed whether the seller has the right to own the land or not?
– Double registry of the same land
– Registry of government land –
Registry when the land case is pending –
Registry of loan mortgaged land
To avoid cases related to fraud in the land registry, first of all you should see the new and old registry of the land. If the person who is selling the land to you had bought the land from someone else, did that person have the legal right to get the land registered? Right there, you should check Khatauni. You should see the order in Khatauni. If you do not understand these documents, then definitely take the advice of a legal expert related to these matters.
Check Consolidation Records 41-45
Records 41 and 45 of Consolidation should be seen, from which it is known to which category this land belongs. Either this is not a government land or it has not come in the name of the seller by mistake. Records 41 and 45 of consolidation make it clear the actual condition of the land whether the land belongs to the Government, Forest Department or Railways. This is the most important record of the land.
Find out about the legal dispute related to the land.
Sometimes the case of will or double registry is pending in the court. That’s why whenever you buy land, see that there is no pending case on it. This can be known from the data number of the land from Tehsil and from the name of the land owner.
Apart from this, the mortgaged land i.e. the land on which there is any kind of loan, it should be checked and confirmed. At the same time, whether the person who is selling the land to you is actually in possession of the land, this should also be checked.
