‘Land in housing schemes to be transferred thru online e-registry’

LAHORE:Senior Member Board of Revenue Punjab, Nabeel Javed, has announced the decision to grant powers of sub-registrars to appointed representatives of formally approved housing schemes.

Chairing a meeting, he said transfer of land in cooperative societies, private societies, and development authorities will now be conducted through online e-registry. He added that the registration of private societies with PLRA (Punjab Land Records Authority) will safeguard the property rights of the public, thereby increasing their trust in the digital system. Nabeel Javed mentioned that the registration of private societies with PLRA will occur only after approval from regulators. To ensure the transparency, security, and effectiveness of the online property transfer system, data security will be a top priority, he said and added that with the registration of private societies with PLRA, all society data will be accessible online to the public.

The digitisation process will also make the digital map of government-approved societies available on the website. Moreover, he emphasised that societies whose data is not available online will be considered illegal by the public, adding citizens can verify the legal status of housing societies through the web portal themselves.

The meeting was attended by Member Taxes Zaman Wattoo, Member Colonies Abdul Waheed Malik, Secretary Revenue Board Hafiz Ahmad Tariq, Director General Land Records Authority Iqram-ul-Haq, and Director General LDA Tahir Farooq.