In a bid to simplify the sale deed format, the Punjab government has decided to remove the Urdu and Persian words from the standard format.
Land laws in India were largely introduced during the times of the Mughals. As a result of this, Urdu, Arabic and Persian terms that were used in those times are still part of the administrative lingo.
An order issued by the Punjab department of revenue, rehabilitation and disaster management on October 10 says that the language used in property registration documents should be simple and easy to understand for the common man, The Indian Express reported. English as well as simple Punjabi has been used to set the new pro forma for sale deeds in Punjab.
The move by the revenue department comes days after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said that the state would ensure that the registration document was lucid which can be understood even by a matriculate.
New sale deed format in Punjab
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