TN to introduce Star 3.0 software for property registration

20 Jun 2023 CW Team

State commercial tax and registration minister P Moorthy said that the department will be launching Star 3.0 software in the registration process soon and this software will weed out all the minor glitches in the process. Moorthy held a review meeting with sub-registrars of the Madurai region at the Madurai collector’s office.

Addressing the event, the minister said that all the registry works in Tamil Nadu are computerised and the registration work should take duration of not more than 15 minutes. All the payments are also made online. People coming to sub-registrar offices need not carry any cash in hand since all the transactions are made online.

If anyone demands money, the public can complain to the inspector general of registration and secretary of the department through the numbers provided at the offices. He urged the public to mention the guidance value while registering properties and pay the fees pertaining to the transaction.

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