Mysuru sub-registrar offices to go paperless in 3 months

Mysuru: The department of stamps and registration has decided to upgrade all 14 sub-registrar offices in Mysuru district within the next three months to provide paperless services to the public.The move is part of the department's efforts to strengthen digital governance. Sub-registrar offices in Mysuru district generate an average revenue of about Rs 1.5 crore per day for the state govt. Of the 14 sub-registrar offices, five are located within the Mysuru city limits, while the remaining nine function across the district's nine taluks.On average, each sub-registrar office handles around 40 to 50 property registration transactions on all working days.With the revenue department having made considerable progress in digitising land records across all its wings — including naada kacheris, taluk offices, and the deputy commissioner's office — under the Bhoo Suraksha scheme, the department of stamps and registration has stepped up efforts to streamline the property registration process online. This initiative aims to transform sub-registrar offices into fully paperless service centres.The department has already begun training its officers and staff, as well as other stakeholders involved in property registration. These include personnel working at Village One centres, Bapuji Seva Kendras, Karnataka One centres, advocates, property deed writers, and others associated with the functioning of sub-registrar and stamp duty registration offices in Mysuru district.Online property registration is being facilitated through the Kaveri Online Services portal. The portal enables users to calculate stamp duty, pay fees through e-challans, log in to enter property details, and book appointments at sub-registrar offices for biometric verification and final registration.The Kaveri portal also assists the department by automatically calculating stamp duty, registration fees, and cess based on market value. It provides multiple e-payment options, including UPI and net banking, and generates challans digitally.As the govt is in the process of developing a new platform for digital e-stamping and end-to-end paperless administration in sub-registrar offices, the department of stamps and registration has intensified training programmes. Officers, advocates, staff, and other stakeholders are being trained in online stamp generation, digital record writing, document storage, retrieval, and digital sharing to support fully online property registration.With people already receiving scanned and digitally stored property documents through the Bhoo Suraksha portal, the digitisation of land records by the revenue department has further simplified the functioning of sub-registrar offices and eased the transition to paperless registration.Speaking to TOI, district officer of the department of stamps and registration Vijayalakshmi said training had commenced for staff, advocates, and personnel from online service centres involved in sub-registrar office operations. She added that training in all related processes would be completed across the district within the next three months.Advocate Umashankar said the digital upgradation of all sub-registrar offices in Mysuru district would simplify property registration by completing the process within 15 minutes. He added that the initiative would save time, enhance transparency and accountability, empower citizens, and eliminate malpractices, middlemen, and corruption in property registration.