Association seeks faceless tehsil offices, stricter controls and five-member reform panel.
Chandigarh:
The Haryana Deed Writer Welfare Association has strongly criticised the state’s paperless registry system, calling it a half-prepared model that is causing significant inconvenience to citizens. The concerns were raised during a meeting held at the Chandigarh Press Club under the leadership of Association President Pradeep Kumar Sharma.
Sharma said the organisation supports digital reforms but believes the rollout of the Haryana Paperless Registry was rushed and inadequately planned. “If the system had been implemented with strong preparation, it could have become the best model in the country. But due to incomplete readiness, more shortcomings are visible than benefits,” he stated.
A key issue highlighted was the uploading of documents through citizen IDs, which are often operated by typists inside tehsil and sub-tehsil offices. The Association warned that typists, who are not classified as citizens, are allowed to upload up to five documents a day, creating the possibility of nearly 100 illegal uploads per month. Such registries, they said, could be treated as legally invalid.
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The Association demanded that tehsil offices be made fully paperless and faceless, similar to passport offices, to curb corruption and increase transparency. It also called for mandatory transfers of computer operators every three months, citing violations of existing rules that have allowed many operators to remain in the same posting for years.
Further demands included creating a separate portal for old mutation cases, granting registered deed writers authority to correct minor errors in Jamabandi, and removing the requirement to scan lengthy Jamabandi documents, which often span 100 to 200 pages.
Raising questions over the system’s functionality, deed writers asked why physical copies of Aadhaar and PAN were still required in a paperless setup and why document numbers continued to be handwritten instead of being generated digitally. The Association also sought an immediate increase in deed writing fees and renewal of licences for a five-year term.
The organisation emphasised that only citizens and registered deed writers should be authorised to upload sensitive revenue deeds. “A revenue deed is a highly sensitive and legal document. The right to upload documents must be given exclusively to citizens and registered deed writers,” the Association stated.
It further suggested that the government could create employment without financial burden by appointing new deed writers in newly formed districts, tehsils and sub-tehsils.
The meeting saw participation from deed writers across Haryana, including Secretary Bhupinder Singh, Vice President Gyan Singh, and Executive Members Surender Singla, Gopi Chand Jindal and Jasveer Singh.
