Chandigarh: Haryana govt has announced its 100% stamp duty exemption on lifetime transfer of immovable property within blood relations also covers grandchildren through daughters — a benefit that had been held up by a wording ambiguity in the Hindi version of a 2014 notification.The clarification, issued through a corrigendum, puts ‘dohata-dohati/nati-natin’ on an equal footing with a son’s children and is expected to end confusion at sub-registrar offices over such property transfers.Financial commissioner, revenue and disaster management, Dr Sumita Misra said govt had issued the corrigendum to remove the long-standing ‘linguistic ambiguity’ and ensure that eligible families are not denied the exemption because of the wording used in the Hindi notification.On June 16, 2014, govt had remitted 100% stamp duty under Section 9 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, on property transfer deeds executed during the owner’s lifetime in favour of specified blood relations, including parents, children, grandchildren, siblings and spouses.However, while the English notification referred broadly to “grandchildren”, its Hindi version specifically mentioned “pautra-pautri”, commonly understood as a son’s children. This resulted in confusion over whether children of daughters were covered under the exemption.The corrigendum, published in Haryana Govt Gazette on Aug 13, replaces “pautra-pautri” with “pautra-pautri / dohata-dohati/nati-natin’.Dr Misra said the clarification would provide legal certainty across revenue and registration offices and prevent eligible property transfers from being subjected to unnecessary stamp-duty disputes or procedural hurdles.
