Cabinet nod to amend Registration Act

The properties for which patta production or competent authority’s permission will henceforth be mandated during registration are - properties of the State Government of local authorities, properties belonging to any religious institutions to which the Odisha Hindu Religious Endowment Act, 1951 is applicable and properties recorded in the name of Lord Jagannath Mahaprabhu, Puri.
 

This apart, properties belonging to Wakfs which are under the superintendence of the Odisha Wakf Board established under the Wakf Act, 1995 also fall under this category.

The new amendment also empowers the registering officer not to register any document unless the transferor produces the record of rights that such transferor has right, title and interest over the property.