In just 15 days, over 4,000 property registrations have been cleared in Mohali under Punjab’s newly introduced ‘Easy Registry’ system, an initiative that’s already being hailed as a game-changer for the state’s bureaucratic machinery, as per a report by ET Realty.
Launched on May 27 by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, with AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal standing by his side, the system has slashed wait times and choked off avenues for routine corruption.
The district revenue office has logged close to 5,000 applications since the rollout, clearing 80 per cent of them. Kharar led the tally with 1,125 approvals, followed by Zirakpur (1,081), Mohali (859), Derabassi (463), Majri (353), Banur (81), and Gharuan (45).
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Rejections, officials said, were mostly due to absent building plans, sewerage connections, or missing NOCs from municipal bodies.
The new system, first launched at the sub-registrar office in Mohali’s District Administrative Complex, is part of the state’s broader push for digitised governance. The pilot will be extended across Punjab starting July 15, with full implementation planned by August 1.
The Easy Registry system is designed to cut out middlemen and bring transparency to the property registration process. Online appointments are scheduled, documents are submitted, and everything in between is handled online. You don't have to wait when it's time to sign because pre-scrutiny takes 48 hours.
Citizens can use tools like ‘Draft My Deed’ and ‘Calculate My Fees’ to create sale deeds and estimate costs independently. To help users avoid inflated fees and shady private deed writers, the system includes tools like ‘Draft My Deed’ and ‘Calculate My Fees’. Citizens can either write up sale deeds themselves or get help from low-cost ‘Seva Sahayaks’ or nearby Sewa Kendras.
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Payments are handled online through a single gateway, cutting out cash and minimising opportunities for under-the-table dealings. A WhatsApp number is now live for people to report bribes or irregularities.
Mann has also warned officials not to raise baseless objections during the registration process. Any such instances, he said, would be investigated by the deputy commissioner and could result in suspension.
In a move to make land records more understandable to ordinary people, the state has scrapped technical terms like jamabandi, khatauni, khasra, and bhulekha, replacing them with plain-language alternatives in Punjabi, the report added.
With Mohali’s early success as proof of concept, Punjab is looking to take the model statewide, and possibly even nationally.
