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Caretaker Appointment Agreement

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Price: ₹1,499 · GST included
Stamp duty: No possession, no rent, no property interest — Article 5, Schedule I-A, Stamp Act 1899 (PB/CH), a small fixed sum.
Registration: Not compulsorily registrable — s.17 covers a property interest or lease; this is neither.
Witnesses: Two witnesses — evidence against a tenancy claim.

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Also called

chowkidar appointment letter
watchman appointment agreement
caretaker engagement letter

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Engaging a paid caretaker or chowkidar in PB/CH? Keys with nothing in writing is how owners lose control: occupation can turn hostile, starting the Limitation Act clock, and a caretaker can claim tenancy. This engages them for a wage, lists duties, states no tenancy or rent, and requires keys back within a fixed number of days. Bars sub-letting or collecting rent without authorisation.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

No possession, no rent, no property interest — Article 5, Schedule I-A, Stamp Act 1899 (PB/CH), a small fixed sum. Stamp before signing (s.17). No exclusive possession/rent means no Article 35 lease duty.

Registration

Not compulsorily registrable — s.17 covers a property interest or lease; this is neither.

Notarisation

Not required. What matters is signing before the keys change hands.

Witnesses

Two witnesses — evidence against a tenancy claim.

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CARETAKER APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT

The engagement of a paid caretaker to look after a property, without any interest in it

Executed at Mohali on 1 April 2026.

Parties

1. The Owner — Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, son of Harbhajan Singh Sandhu, resident of House No. 1147, Sector 70, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 160071, mobile +91 XXXXX XXXXX, email gurpreet.sandhu@example.com ("the Owner").

2. The Caretaker — Ram Prasad, son of Shiv Prasad, of Village Dhakoli, Tehsil Dera Bassi, District SAS Nagar, Punjab, mobile +91 XXXXX XXXXX, who has shown the Owner voter identity card ending 3321 ("the Caretaker").

Background

A. The Owner owns the property at House No. 1147, Sector 70, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 160071, in Punjab: A two-storey house on a plot of 250 square yards, with a covered car porch ("the Property").

B. The Owner engages the Caretaker, for a wage, to look after the Property on the Owner's behalf.

1. The engagement

1.1 The Owner engages the Caretaker from 2 April 2026 until the engagement is ended under clause 5.

1.2 The Caretaker's working hours are: 8 am to 8 pm, six days a week, Tuesday off.

1.3 The Owner will pay the Caretaker a wage of ₹15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) a month, on or before day 7 of the following month, by bank transfer or against a signed receipt. The wage is not less than the minimum wage payable to the Caretaker under the law in force.

1.4 The Caretaker consents to the Owner having the Caretaker's antecedents verified by the police.

2. The Caretaker's duties

2.1 The Caretaker will carry out these duties:

Open and air every room twice a week; water the garden; read the electricity and water meters on the 1st of each month; keep the gate locked; send the Owner a photograph of the front of the house every Sunday

2.2 In every case the Caretaker will tell the Owner at once of any trespass, attempt to occupy, damage, theft, leak or fire, any notice from an authority, and any visit by anyone claiming a right to the Property.

Questions about this document

Does the Caretaker Appointment Agreement need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Does the Caretaker Appointment Agreement need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not compulsorily registrable — s.17 covers a property interest or lease; this is neither.

What does the Caretaker Appointment Agreement cost on Kaagazaat?

₹1,499, GST included.

Launch period: downloads are free for now. The prices shown apply once payments open.

Does the Caretaker Appointment Agreement need witnesses?

Two witnesses — evidence against a tenancy claim.

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