APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PERMISSION AND NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFER OF LEASE RIGHTS
(Estate Office, U.T. Chandigarh — Annexure-1)
To
The Assistant Estate Officer
Office of the Estate Officer, U.T. Chandigarh
Town Hall Building, Sector 17-C
Chandigarh 160017
Date: 9 April 2026
Place: Chandigarh
SUBJECT: Application under Rule 7 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007, read with sections 3 and 22 of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, for grant of permission and a No Objection Certificate for transfer of the lease rights in House No. 1234, Sector 21-B, Chandigarh, by way of sale
Sir / Madam,
The Applicant respectfully submits this application through the Citizen Services module of the Estate Office Property Management System at estateoffice.chd.gov.in, this signed copy being submitted in support, and states as follows.
PART I — PARTICULARS OF THE PROPERTY
1. The property. House No. 1234, Sector 21-B, Chandigarh, being a residential site together with the dwelling unit constructed on it, carried on the Estate Office record under Property ID CHD/EO/21B/1234 (the Property), described more fully in the Schedule at the end of this application.
2. Area. The area of the site is 10 Marla (250 square yards). The covered area of the building standing on the site is 2,150 square feet.
3. Basis of holding. The Property was acquired by way of allotment on leasehold basis, vide Allotment Letter No. EO/AL/21B/1234/1996 dated 1 April 2026, possession having been delivered on 7 April 2026.
4. Lease deed, premium and ground rent. The lease deed in respect of the Property was executed on 8 April 2026 and registered as Serial No. 4127, Book No. 1, Volume 812, registered on 14 March 1998 in the office of the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh. Under Rule 11 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 the lease runs for thirty-three years from the date of execution of the lease deed and is renewable for two further terms of thirty-three years each, the term and the renewal of a lease granted before those Rules came into force being governed by the lease deed itself and by the rules then in force, which are saved by Rule 20(ii). The premium of the site is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only). The annual ground rent payable under Rule 12 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), and it stands paid up to 2 April 2026. The original allotment letter, the lease deed and the ground rent receipts will be produced at the counter for verification, and are not resubmitted where they already form part of the Estate Office record.
PART II — THE APPLICANT (TRANSFEROR)
5. Particulars of the Applicant. Harbans Singh Sandhu, son of Late Sh. Gurdial Singh, resident of X, holding PAN ABCDE1234F, telephone +91 98765 43210, e-mail X, and Amarjit Kaur, son of Sh. Harbans Singh Sandhu, of the same address (together, the Applicant, whether one person or more).
6. Capacity in which the application is made. The Applicant stands on the records of the Estate Office as the original allottee of the Property, holding one-half undivided share in the Property. Every person recorded as an allottee or lessee of the Property has signed this application, and each of them has sworn a separate affidavit in the terms of Annexure A. No share of the Property is being dealt with separately, and no fragmentation, division, bifurcation, apartmentalisation or amalgamation of the Property is proposed, Rule 16 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 forbidding it. This application is signed for the Applicant by Jasbir Singh Sandhu, attorney, under a General Power of Attorney dated 3 February 2025, registered as Serial No. 1188, Book No. 4, in the office of the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh; the Applicant does not sign in person, and the signature appearing below against the Applicant's name is that of the attorney. The original power of attorney is produced with this application, and, if it was executed outside India, it has been embossed by the Office of the Finance Department, Chandigarh Administration before being used. The attorney has sworn a separate affidavit in that capacity in the terms of Annexure A.
PART III — THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
7. Particulars of the proposed Transferee. Ravinder Kumar Bansal, son of Sh. Om Parkash Bansal, resident of X, holding PAN FGHIJ5678K, telephone +91 99887 76655, e-mail X, and Sunita Bansal, son of Sh. Ravinder Kumar Bansal, of the same address (together, the Transferee, whether one person or more). The Transferee is the daughter of the Applicant. The Transferee has signed the consent and undertaking at Annexure B to this application, and the Transferee's photograph, proof of identity and proof of address are enclosed.
PART IV — THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION
8. Nature of the proposed transaction. The Applicant proposes, subject to the permission now sought, that the leasehold rights in the Property be dealt with in favour of the Transferee by way of sale. Where the transaction is a sale, gift, exchange or family settlement, the whole of the Applicant's leasehold rights, title and interest in the Property is to pass to the Transferee, and no part of it is retained. Where the transaction is the addition or substitution of the name of a mother, father, spouse, son or daughter, which by Rule 7(iii) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 is not a transfer, what is sought is the alteration of the Estate Office record accordingly, and no fragmentation, division, bifurcation or apartmentalisation of the Property is intended or effected by it. The consideration agreed between the parties is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only). The value of the Property computed on the Schedule of Collector Rates in force for the Union Territory of Chandigarh is ₹25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only). An agreement to sell dated 3 April 2026 has been entered into between the Applicant and the Transferee, a copy of which is enclosed; that agreement is expressly subject to the grant of the permission now applied for.
9. No transfer before permission. The Applicant is aware that the Property cannot be transferred, and that no transfer deed in respect of it can be presented for registration before the Sub-Registrar, U.T. Chandigarh, until this permission is granted in writing and the transfer fee, or one-third of the unearned increase as the case may be, has been assessed by the Estate Office and paid. The Applicant will not part with possession of the Property, nor accept the balance consideration, until that has happened.
PART V — THE STATUTORY POSITION ON THIS PROPERTY
10. The fifteen-year bar under Rule 7(i). More than fifteen years have expired from the date of allotment of the Property, and the bar in Rule 7(i) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 therefore does not operate against the proposed transfer. The grounds on which relaxation is sought under Rule 19 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 are these: X
11. Unearned increase under Rule 7(ii). The Applicant admits that one-third of the unearned increase is payable under Rule 7(ii) of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007, and undertakes to deposit it on assessment and demand, before the transfer deed is presented for registration. The Applicant is aware that the unearned increase is the difference between the present value of the original premium — that is, the premium enhanced at nine per cent per annum, compounded annually, from the dates on which it was paid — and the current market value of the Property assessed on the average auction price for the same category of site over the last three financial years; and that the Applicant is entitled to notice and a hearing before that assessment is finalised.
12. Construction and occupation. The building on the site has been completed within the period allowed by Rule 8 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 and an occupation certificate has been obtained. The occupation certificate bears No. OC/EO/2019/2214 and is dated 4 April 2026, and a copy of it is enclosed.
13. Use and misuse. The Property is at present being used for the following purpose: residential, occupied by the lessee and family, in accordance with the allotment. The Applicant states that the site and the building are being used strictly for the purpose for which they were allotted, and no misuse or violation subsists. The Applicant is aware that this Office levies charges for misuse of a site or building under Rule 10 of the Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 at Rs. 500 per square foot of the area under misuse per month or part of a month, payable jointly and severally by the transferee and the occupier, and recoverable in respect of the Property irrespective of a change of hands. The Applicant respectfully submits, without admitting that any misuse subsists, that where the allotment of the Property was made before 7 November 2007 the rate at which, and the provision under which, any such charge may be levied fall to be determined under the rules then in force, which are saved by Rule 20(ii) of the said Rules, Rule 1(ii) confining the said Rules to allotments and auctions made after that date; and the Applicant craves leave to be heard on that question before any charge is assessed.