Registration offices in non-containment zones started functioning in Mumbai on Monday. A total of 487 documents were registered on day 1.
By Varun Singh
After a long halt, finally registration offices started functioning in Mumbai. Due to the Corona virus pandemic in the country a lockdown has been imposed.
During the lockdown these offices in Mumbai were also shut. However, on Monday 10 offices started functioning.
Omprakash Deshmukh, IGR, confirmed that 10 offices in Mumbai were opened. “We opened the offices in the city of Mumbai. There are 10 such offices that have been opened, offices in containment zones are shut as they cannot be opened,” he said.
According to data available a total of 487 documents were registered with these 10 offices in the city.
481 documents registered are that of leave and license (e-registration), three are that of conveyance (sales) and remaining three are agreement relating to deposit of title deeds.
The ten offices opened include registration office Mumbai city 1, Mumbai city 2, Mumbai city marriage registration office, offices of Andheri 2, Andheri 3, Andheri 4, office of Borivali 7, office of Kurla 4 and marriage registration office of Mumbai suburban district.
These offices are open from 10 am to 5 pm for registration purposes.
The total revenue collected from the 487 documents registered stands at close to Rs 23.74 lakh.
Till Monday only 1 document was registered in Mumbai. This was a leave and license document which had fetched a mere Rs 424.
In April month only 27 documents fetching Rs Rs 43,547 were registered with the offices. The amount stood at Rs 377 crore in March.
With the offices for registering of documents starting again, there’s a hope that the state will get a decent revenue.
