Khotang Sets Service Fees for Land Transaction Professionals to Prevent Fraud

Khotang. Service fees have been determined to control fraud by transcription professionals for service recipients of the Land Administration Office, Khotang. The District Land Service Center Management and Facilitation Committee has set service fees for transcription professionals affiliated with the land service center, effective from today. The meeting chaired by the committee's coordinator and District Coordination Committee chief San Bahadur Rai has set a service fee of Rs 1,500 for land resignation/gift deeds and donation deeds, Rs 1,000 for partition deeds/partition receipts with cash, an additional Rs 400 for plot division, Rs 400 per heir for more than two heirs, Rs 1,500 for joint and separate partition, an additional Rs 200 per heir, Rs 1,500 for exchange deeds, and an additional Rs 200 for plot division. Fees for inheritance distribution/divorce deeds and joint property are Rs 1,500, with an additional Rs 200 for plot division, Rs 1,500 per file for name transfer, Rs 500 per record for record establishment/records burned in 2062, and Rs 1,500 for registration/mortgage between individuals/blockage, according to the Land Service Center Management and Facilitation Committee. Fees for post-death gift deeds are Rs 1,500, Rs 1,500 for court settlement compliance, an additional Rs 200 per person for more than one person or plot division, Rs 1,500 per file for alloy/foster child, Rs 1,000 for agreement/contract/transaction promissory notes and sale agreements, Rs 1,500 per heir for land ceiling/blockage release/heir certification, and Rs 500 for record/land ownership copy/amendment and house registration, informed committee coordinator Rai. Fees for ownership transfer per file are Rs 1,500, Rs 1,000 for land reduction/tenant land reduction applications, Rs 500 per file for canal reduction/increase, Rs 500 for plot integration/current survey, Rs 1,500 per file for out-of-district verification, and Rs 1,500 for agreement contracts, according to the Land Service Center Management and Facilitation Committee. Coordinator Rai informed that the Land Service Center Management and Facilitation Committee decided to set service fees after receiving complaints from service recipients of the Land Administration Office that they were being defrauded by transcription professionals. "As there was no service fee set for transcription professionals in the district, service recipients were being defrauded. To control this, service fees for transcription professionals have been set for the first time in the district," he said, "If more than the prescribed service fee is charged, action will be taken according to the law. Service recipients also need to be vigilant about this." It has been stated that in cases where a deed has been prepared and submitted but cannot be executed due to personal reasons, a maximum of 25 percent of the mentioned service fee can be charged as remuneration. The provision in Rule 387 (1) of the Land Administration Directive, 2081, states that the fee can be revised as needed by a committee decision each financial year. The meeting was attended by Chief District Officer Mahesh Kumar Gurung, Land Administration Officer Dhruvkumar Karki, Survey Officer Suman Shrestha, Parsuram Bishwakarma of the Nepal Association of Transcription Professionals, Land Service Representative Parsuram Khatri, and President of the Federation of Commerce and Industry Khotang, Rajanprasad Acharya. The chief and representatives of the stakeholders present at the meeting signed collectively, expressing their commitment to abide by and enforce the committee's decision.