Where is the Sub-Registrar for Panaji?

The Office of the Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Tiswadi, SPACES Building, 2nd floor, Patto, Panaji, as listed by the Registration Department.

Who handles mutation for Panaji city survey property?

The Mamlatdar. Notification No. 16/1/3/2020-REV-I/8658 dated 13-01-2021 delegated mutation powers in city survey areas to the Mamlatdars.

What if I possess city property but am not recorded in Form D?

You can apply to the Inspector of Surveys and Land Records under Rule 6(1) of the City Survey Rules. After notice and a hearing an order is passed, and an appeal lies within 60 days to the Superintendent of Surveys and Land Records.

Where is the DSLR head office?

Directorate of Settlement and Land Records, Swami Vivekanand Road, Panaji. Certified copies of new cadastral plans for City Survey Panaji and Tiswadi are issued at this office.

City guide

Panaji

This guide is still being prepared and has not been reviewed. It shows only the parts we can state with confidence. Check the official portal before relying on it.

Panaji is in Tiswadi taluka, North Goa. Deeds are registered with the Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Tiswadi, at SPACES Building, Patto. Panaji is one of Goa's four city survey areas, so property inside the city survey limits is recorded in Form D rather than Form I & XIV.

Definition

Form D: The property record used in Goa's city survey areas (Panaji, Margao, Mapusa and Vasco), issued by the Inspector of Survey and Land Records, City Survey.

When you need it

Before buying a flat or plot in or around Panaji, to confirm whether it falls in the city survey (Form D) or a village (Form I & XIV), and to know which offices handle registration and mutation.

Steps

Find out whether the property is inside the Panaji city survey or in a surrounding village, and get Form D or Form I & XIV accordingly.
Get Form D online on Goa Online, or from the ISLR City Survey office in Panaji.
For a new flat, check the project on Goa RERA.
Apply for a Nil Encumbrance Certificate at the Sub-Registrar, Tiswadi.
Register the deed through NGDRS-Goa with the Sub-Registrar, Tiswadi.
Follow up the mutation with the Tiswadi Mamlatdar, who has handled city survey mutation since January 2021.

What you need to search

P.T. sheet and chalta number (Form D), or survey and sub-division number (village)
Title deeds
Society or project documents for flats
RERA registration number for new projects

How to read it

Form D identifies a city property by P.T. sheet and chalta number. Check that the holder named matches the seller and that the chalta matches the deed.

Red flags

A city survey property described only by a village survey number, or the reverse
The holder in Form D differs from the seller
A pending confirmation-of-possession case before the ISLR City Survey
The project is not on Goa RERA

Questions

Where is the Sub-Registrar for Panaji?: The Office of the Civil Registrar-cum-Sub-Registrar, Tiswadi, SPACES Building, 2nd floor, Patto, Panaji, as listed by the Registration Department.
Who handles mutation for Panaji city survey property?: The Mamlatdar. Notification No. 16/1/3/2020-REV-I/8658 dated 13-01-2021 delegated mutation powers in city survey areas to the Mamlatdars.
What if I possess city property but am not recorded in Form D?: You can apply to the Inspector of Surveys and Land Records under Rule 6(1) of the City Survey Rules. After notice and a hearing an order is passed, and an appeal lies within 60 days to the Superintendent of Surveys and Land Records.
Where is the DSLR head office?: Directorate of Settlement and Land Records, Swami Vivekanand Road, Panaji. Certified copies of new cadastral plans for City Survey Panaji and Tiswadi are issued at this office.

Sources

Registration Department, Goa - Sub-Registrar offices

General information only, not legal advice.

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