Post offices to sell non judicial stamps

Hyderabad: Telangana Stamps and Registration department on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the postal department to provide online sale of non-judicial stamps across the State. Non-judicial stamp papers will be made available in 859 computerised post offices in Telangana State from Sept 1. 

The aim of the tie-up was to provide hassle-free and user-friendly online services to buy stamps and register properties paying cash or using debit cards. Launching an official web portal (now in English, will offer services in Telugu and Urdu) to offer services for data entry of the details initially on pilot basis at Bowenpally and Marredpally in Secunderabad,  Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali said that the project would prove handy to save time and money and avoid frauds in the transactions. 

This project, he said, will be expanded to all the districts in the near future. From Aug 11, people can avail three services of entering their details



(data entry), allocation of slot and SMS facility. Out of the 141 sub-registrar offices, 86 have own buildings and the rest were in rented buildings. The benefits include easy availability of stamps, sale at proper rates and avoid temporary shortage created by vendors. The people can get time slot from 8 am to 2.30 pm and services of clearing pending files and others from 2.30 pm to 9 pm.

Through the web portal people can pay challans from any bank, cash or cashless know status, property for registration like name, areas, boundaries, market value, SMS, EC particulars, prohibited property verification to person seeking services and others would become useful for the people. 

It is being proposed to make digitisation of all records and documents that would prove handy for the people to get their details of their properties online. Postal CGM PVS Reddy, Stamps and Registration officials Vinod Kumar Agarwal, V Srinivas Rao were present on the occasion.