LAND GRABBING

 

• Verify the land document and the mother document of the property. 
• Obtain an encumbrance Certificate (EC) of the property for the last 20 years and verify it thoroughly.
• Obtain the property's Patta and Chitta and verify it with the Revenue records.
• Ascertain whether the property is approved by DTP (or) CMDA.

• Ascertain from the Tashildhars office whether the patta has been transferred. If so, obtain a copy of the patta.
• Make sure the photographs of the buyer and seller are affixed on the document before registering the document.
• PAN number must be prominently written on the property documents at the time of registration if the value of the property is above Rs.5 lakhs.
• Ascertain the classification of the land (Patta, Grama Natham or Poromboke) before purchasing.
• If the sale posthumous(after the death of the owner of the land) enquire about the legal heirs and make sure that a legal heir certificate from the Tahsildhar is obtained. 

• Don't go for an agreement without verifying the Power of Attorney.
• Don't purchase the land without identifying the real owner.
• Avoid registration through brokers.
• Brokers should not be allowed to sign as witness.
• In an ancestral property, all descendants should be informed and necessary signatures should be obtained from the before registration.
• Never finalize the property deal by seeing the photo copy of the land document.
• Don't register the document it a case against the property is pending in court.
• If the property is under mortgage in a bank/financial institution, always obtain a NOC.
• Don't buy property owned by minors without the proper permission of the court.
• Don't buy government land or Poromboke land.