Domicile certificate, Aadhaar enrolment to be free

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified a new schedule of fees for issuing various certificates and land records, with domicile and caste certificates to be issued free of charge while levying nominal charges for other documents.
As per the order, Domicile Certificate, Character Certificate, Agriculture Certificate, Religion Certificate, new Aadhaar enrolment and mandatory biometric update up to five years, and General Caste Certificate will be issued without any fee.

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For OBC-JK, OBC-GOI, EWS, ST, SC, Legal Heir, Unemployment, RBA, Income Dependency, Family Income or Property for Rehabilitation Scheme, Unmarried, Widow, Divorce, ALC, Resident of Area Adjoining Border (IB) Certificate, Non Remarriage, Senior Citizen, Super Senior Citizen, and Dependent Certificate, a fee of Rs 20 has been prescribed. An extract of Choola will be issued on a fee of Rs 7.
The administration has fixed a fee of Rs 100 for Property Certificate up to Rs 20 lakh and Rs 500 for property value beyond Rs 20 lakh.
For Income Certificate, an applicant will have to pay Rs 20 for income up to Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50 for income between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, and Rs 500 for income above Rs 5 lakh.
Regarding land record documents, the fee for Extract of Fard Intikhab has been set at Rs 1000 for urban areas and Rs 100 for rural areas per kanal.
Extract of Girdawari, Extract of Jamabandi, Extract of Aksi Masavi or Iatha, and Encumbrance Certificate will cost Rs 500 for urban and Rs 100 for rural areas.
Attestation of mutations, inheritance mutations, copy of mutation, and demarcation of land will attract a fee of Rs 1000 for urban and Rs 100 for rural areas.
For registration of land, the Government has fixed 3 per cent stamp duty for women and 7 per cent for men along with 1.2 per cent registration charges.