Chennai,Ā Aug 18:
Tamil Nadu has introduced online, presence-less registration for first-sale plots and flats from Monday, in a move aimed at reducing visits to sub-registrar offices and improving transparency.
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay launched the system at the Secretariat. Under the first phase, documents relating to the first sale of plots in approved layouts and first-sale flats can be registered only through the online system.
The initiative, announced earlier by Commercial Taxes and Registration Minister D Logesh Tamilselvan, is part of the department’s transition to the STAR 3.0 registration ecosystem.
Builders, developers and applicants can create accounts on the Registration Department portal and submit documents without visiting registration offices. Executants, claimants and witnesses must upload Aadhaar details and complete biometric authentication through fingerprint or iris verification.
Registration officers are required to process applications within 24 hours by registering them, returning them for corrections or rejecting them. Documents returned for rectification can be resubmitted within 30 days.
Digitally signed registered documents will remain available for download through users’ accounts for 60 days. Each page will carry a QR code containing registration details, while a dynamic five-colour endorsement and digital verification system have been introduced to prevent forgery.