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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 18th September, 2026/Bhadra 27, 1948 (Saka)

THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS REGISTRATION

(AMENDMENT) REGULATION, 2026

No. 12 of 2026

Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic

of India.

A Regulation further to amend the Registration Act, 1908, in its application to the

Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the

President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:––

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Registration (Amendment) Regulation, 2026.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar

Islands.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Short title,

extent and

commencement.

सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-18092026-276322

CG-DL-E-18092026-276322

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[Part II—

Amendment of

section 2.

Amendment of

section 17.

2. In the Registration Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),

in section 2,––

(a) in clause (1), for the words “his father’s name, or where he is

usually described as the son of his mother, then his mother’s name”, the

words “his marital status and his father’s name, or where he is usually

described as the ward of his mother, then his mother’s name” shall be

substituted;

(b) for clause (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:––

‘(2) “Book” includes a portion of a Book and also any number of

sheets connected together with a view of forming a Book or portion of

a Book and also includes a Book in electronic form.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, the expression

“electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in

clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology

Act, 2000;’;

‘(5A) “Government” means the Union territory Administration of

Andaman and Nicobar Islands headed by the Administrator;’;

(d) in clause (9), the word “and” occurring at the end, shall be omitted;

(e) after clause (9), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:––

‘(9A) “notification” means a notification published in the Official

Gazette of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and

the expression “notified” shall be construed accordingly;

(9B) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;’;

(f) in clause (10), for the word “idiot.”, the words “idiot; and” shall be

substituted;

(g) after clause (10), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:––

‘(10A) “Union territory” means the Union territory of Andaman

and Nicobar Islands.’.

3. In section 17 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (1), after clause (e), the following clauses shall be

inserted, namely:––

“(f) any decree or order or award or a copy thereof, with respect

to an immovable property, passed by a civil Court, on consent of the

defendants or on circumstantial evidence, but not on the basis of any

instrument which is admissible in evidence under section 35 of the

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 such as registered title deed produced by the

plaintiff, where such decree or order or award purports or operates to

create, declare, assign, limit, extinguish whether in present or in future,

the right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of

one hundred rupees or more; and

(g) a sale certificate issued by any competent officer or authority

under any Central Act or State Act for the time being in force;”;

(b) in sub-section (2),––

(A) in clause (vi), for the words “any decree or order of a Court”,

the words, brackets, letter and figure “any decree or order of a Court,

not being a decree or order or award falling under clause (f) of

sub-section (1),” shall be substituted;

(B) the Explanation shall be omitted.

16 of 1908.

21 of 2000.

2 of 1899.

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4. After section 19 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:––

“19A. (1) No document shall be accepted for registration, unless it is

accompanied by a true copy thereof.

(2) The true copy referred to in sub-section (1) shall be legibly

handwritten, printed, typewritten, lithographed or otherwise prepared in such

manner as may be prescribed, and such true copy shall be self-attested.”.

5. In section 20 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after the words

“persons executing the document”, the words “, and in the case of a document for

sale of property, the persons claiming under that document also” shall be inserted.

6. After section 22 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:––

“22A. (1) The registering officer may refuse the registration of a

document, if,––

(a) it is submitted without a true translation in a language

commonly understood in the district of the registering officer; or

(b) it is a document referred to in sub-section (1) of section 20; or

sufficient description to identify the property that is the subject of

registration as specified under section 21; or

(d) such document, not being a will, is presented for registration

later than four months after the date of execution, under section 23,

subject to the provisions of sections 24, 25 and 26; or

(e) the person, by whom the document is purported to be

executed,––

(i) denies the execution of the document; or

(ii) is a minor; or

(iii) appears to the registering officer to be a person with

mental incapacity; or

(iv) is dead and the representative or assign of such person

denies execution; or

(f) the document relates to transfer of property by way of

agreement to sell, sale, gift, exchange or lease or otherwise in respect

of any immovable property owned by the Central Government or

Government or any authority or undertaking of the Central

Government or Government or any authority or undertaking

constituted or established under any Central Act or any other

Regulation for the time being in force, unless such document is

accompanied by a no objection certificate issued by the competent

authority; or

(g) the document relates to transfer of property by way of

agreement to sell, sale, gift, exchange or permanent alienation or lease,

or otherwise pertaining to any immovable property which is attached

permanently or provisionally by any competent authority under any

Central Act or any other Regulation for the time being in force, or any

Court or tribunal or authority, upon the production of order of such

attachment; or

Insertion of new

section 19A.

Documents

presented for

registration to be

accompanied by

true copies

thereof.

Amendment of

section 20.

Insertion of new

section 22A.

Grounds for

refusal of

registration of a

document.

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[Part II—

Amendment of

section 28.

Amendment of

section 34.

Insertion of new

section 34 A.

Person claiming

under document

for sale of

property also to

sign document.

Amendment of

section 45.

Amendment of

section 46.

(h) the document relates to the transfer of property in respect of

which the approval of the Central Government or Government or any

authority or undertaking of the Central Government or Government or

any authority or undertaking constituted or established under any

Central Act or any other Regulation is required under any law for the

time being in force, before entering into any transaction in connection

with such immovable property, unless such document is accompanied

by an approval (by whatever name called) issued by the competent

authority; or

(i) the appropriate registration fee under this Act has not been paid; or

(j) the registering officer finds that the document has not been

executed by the person by whom it is purported to have been executed

based on information accessed and examined; or

(k) the registering officer finds that he is not satisfied about the

identity of the persons appearing before him and alleging to have

executed the document.

(2) The power under this section shall not be construed as empowering

the registering officer to adjudicate upon questions of title or ownership of

property, which are within the jurisdiction of any competent Court or other

authority under any law for the time being in force:

Provided that such a decision of refusal shall apply to documents

executed on or after the date of promulgation of the Andaman and Nicobar

Islands Registration (Amendment) Regulation, 2026.

(3) The reasons for refusal to register shall be recorded as specified

under section 71.”.

7. In section 28 of the principal Act, for the words, brackets and letters

“clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)”, the words, brackets and letters “clauses (a), (b),

(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g)” shall be substituted.

8. In section 34 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (1), after the words “persons executing such

document,”, the words “and in the case of document for sale of property, the

persons claiming under that document” shall be inserted;

(b) in sub-section (3), in clause (b), after the words “executed the

document,”, the words “or they are claiming under the document” shall be

inserted.

9. After section 34 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:––

“34A. No document for sale of property shall be registered under this

Act, unless the person claiming under such document has also signed it.”.

10. In section 45 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “cause the contents thereof”, the

words “cause a true copy of the contents thereof” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words “copy has been made”, the words

“true copy has been filed” shall be substituted.

11. In section 46 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:––

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“(2) When any such order is made, the Registrar shall, unless a true

copy of the will has already been filed under section 45, open the cover and

cause a true copy of the will to be made and filed in his Book No. 3 and

make a note on such copy that the original has been removed into Court in

pursuance of the order aforesaid.”.

12. In section 50 of the principal Act, for the words, brackets, letters and

figures “clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 17, sub-section (1)”, the words,

brackets, letters and figures “clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of sub-section (1)

of section 17” shall be substituted.

13. In section 51 of the principal Act,––

(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:––

“(2) True copies of all documents, and the Memoranda,

registered under sections 17, 18 and 89 which relate to immovable

property, other than wills shall be filed in Book 1.”;

(b) in sub-section (3), for the words “entered all documents”, the words

“filed the true copies of all documents” shall be substituted;

namely:––

“(5) Where any of the Books mentioned in sub-section (1) is

destroyed, or in the opinion of the Registrar, is in danger of being

destroyed, or becoming illegible wholly or partially, the Registrar may,

by a written order, direct such Book or such portion thereof as he

thinks fit, to be reconstructed or recopied, as the case may be, and

authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed, and the copy

prepared and authenticated under such direction shall, for the purposes

of this Act, be deemed to have taken the place of and to be the original

Book or portion thereof and all references in this Act, to the original

Book or portion thereof, shall be deemed to be references to the Book

or portion so prepared and authenticated.”.

14. In section 52 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for clause (c), the

following clause shall be substituted, namely:––

“(c) subject to the provisions of section 62, where a document is

admitted to registration, a true copy thereof shall, without unnecessary delay,

be filed in the appropriate Book, according to the order of its admission.”.

15. In section 53 of the principal Act, the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:––

“Provided that where the Book is in electronic form, all entries and

numbers in that Book and the Book maintained manually shall be identical.”.

16. In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words “copied, or filed a memorandum

of”, the words “filed a true copy or a memorandum of” shall be substituted.

17. In section 55 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (2), for the words “document entered or

memorandum filed”, the words “document of which a true copy or a

memorandum, is filed” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (4), for the words “authority entered”, the words

“authority of which a true copy is filed” shall be substituted;

Amendment of

section 50.

Amendment of

section 51.

Amendment of

section 52.

Amendment of

section 53.

Amendment of

section 54.

Amendment of

section 55.

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[Part II—

Amendment of

section 58.

Amendment of

section 60.

Amendment of

section 62.

Insertion of new

sections 68A and

68B.

Prohibition of

unlicensed

person.

Grant of licence

to document-

writers.

“document of which a true copy is filed” shall be substituted.

18. In section 58 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (1), after clause (a), the following clause shall be

inserted, namely:––

“(aa) in the case of a document for sale of property, the signature and

addition of every person admitting the claim under such document, and, if

such claim has been admitted by the representative, assign or agent of any

person, the signature and addition of such representative, assign or agent;”;

(b) in sub-section (2), after the words “execution of a document”, the

words “and in the case a document for sale of property, any person admitting

the execution of such document, or any person admitting the claim under that

document” shall be inserted.

19. In section 60 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words “the

document has been copied”, the words “the true copy of the document has been

filed” shall be substituted.

20. In section 62 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:––

“(1) When a document is presented for registration under section 19,

the translation together with the true copy of such document, shall be filed in

the appropriate Book.”.

21. After section 68 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be

inserted, namely:––

‘68A. (1) No person, who is not licenced as provided under

section 68B, shall engage in the profession of document-writer and any

document drawn-up and signed by a person who does not hold a licence,

shall not be accepted for registration by the registering officers:

Provided that no advocate or pleader shall be required to have a licence

under section 68B.

(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an executant of a document

from preparing a document to be presented for registration or from

performing any other act on his own behalf for which a licensed

document-writer could have been otherwise engaged.

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to a document executed outside

India or outside the Union territory or a will or a document scribed by a

licensed document-writer authorised for one sub-district or district, as the

case may be, or a document executed by or on behalf of the Union territory

or local authorities or other corporate bodies.

68B. (1) The Registrar of a district or any other officer authorised by

him in this behalf may, grant a licence in such form, to a document-writer or

his apprentice, subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed.

(2) The licence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be—

(i) granted after conducting a written test in such manner as may

be determined by the Administrator; and

(ii) valid for one sub-district or one district.

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(3) A licence may be granted to any person who has been in the

profession of the document-writer for at least ten years prior to date of

commencement of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Registration

(Amendment) Regulation, 2026, without requiring him to appear in the

written test referred to in sub-section (2), if the Registrar of a district or any

other officer authorised by him in this behalf is satisfied that he is otherwise

fit to take the profession of a document-writer.

(4) A licence granted under sub-section (1) shall remain valid for three

years from the date of grant of the licence and shall be subject to renewal

before the expiry of its period of validity, on such terms and conditions, as

may be prescribed.

(5) The licence granted under sub-section (1) may, at any time, be

suspended or cancelled for breach of such conditions, as may be prescribed,

or for any other reason to be recorded in writing by the Registrar of the

district or an officer authorised by him, after giving the document-writer an

opportunity to show cause against the proposed suspension or cancellation of

the licence and after the same has been duly considered.

(6) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Registrar of the district or

an officer authorised by him, may prefer an appeal to the Inspector-General

of Registration within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of such

order passed under this section:

Provided that the Appellate Authority may entertain such appeal after the

expiry of the said period of thirty days, if he is satisfied that the appellant was

prevented by a sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the given time.

Explanation.––For the purposes of section 68A and this section, the

expressions,––

(i) “apprentice” means a person who assists a document-writer in

the preparation of document and transcribing them (including copies, if

any) to be presented for registration; and

(ii) “document-writer” means and includes a person engaged in the

profession of preparing documents, namely, doing the work of

conveyancing, investigation of titles, preparation of draft deeds and

engrossing and transcribing the deed, including copies, if any, for

registration, as well as conducting searches and inspection under this Act.’.

22. In section 69 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the

following clause shall be inserted, namely:––

“(bb) providing for the grant of licences to document-writers and

apprentices to document-writers, the suspension and cancellation of such

licences, the terms and conditions under which licences may be granted and

generally for all other purposes connected with the writing of documents to

be presented for registration;”.

23. After section 70, the following shall be inserted, namely:––

‘PART XIA

REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

70A. This Part shall apply to the areas only in respect of which a

notification is issued by the Government under section 70B.

70B. (1) The Government may, by notification, direct that in any office

as may be specified therein, the process of registration of any category or

categories of documents may be completed and copying done with the help

of the electronic devices like computers, scanners and the compact disks and

copies preserved on such devices and retrieved when required.

Amendment of

section 69.

Insertion of new

sections 70A,

70B and 70C.

Application of

this Part.

Documents

scanned by

electronic

devices in

notified areas.

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[Part II—

Saving.

Insertion of new

section 80A.

Recovery of fees

and provision for

refund.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for

the time being in force in the Union territory, a copy of any document

registered and scanned using electronic devices and certified or attested by

the registering officer in-charge of the office, shall be admissible as evidence

of any transaction as is described in the said document.

(3) The registration and authentication of electronic records shall be

carried out using secure authentication mechanisms, including, but not

limited to––

(a) “electronic signature” as defined in clause (ta) of

sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000;

(b) Aadhaar based e-authentication under the Aadhaar (Targeted

Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services)

Act, 2016; and

by the Central Government.

(4) All data storage, processing and retrieval under this section shall

comply with the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection

Act, 2023, including appropriate data protection, encryption, access

control, audit trails and cyber security protocols to ensure confidentiality,

integrity and availability of personal and sensitive data.

(5) The Government shall ensure periodic review and updating of the

technological infrastructure and protocols used for electronic registration

and document management, in alignment with the prevailing national cyber

security standards and data protection laws.

70C. Nothing contained in this Part shall apply,––

(i) to any document, which in the opinion of registering officer,

is not in a fit condition to be processed by means of electronic

devices; and

(ii) in the case of unforeseen eventuality like breakdown of the

computerised system of registration:

Provided that the registering officer shall record the reasons

therefor in writing:

Provided further that the registering officer shall ensure that the

data and images of the documents registered during the period of

non-application of this Part, due to a breakdown of the computerised

system, are duly incorporated into the computer system, after the

same is restored, in such manner as may be prescribed.’.

24. After section 80 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:––

“80A. (1) If on inspection or otherwise, it is found that any fee

payable under this Act has not been paid or has been paid insufficiently,

such fee may (after failure to pay the same on demand within the period

specified therein), on a certificate of the Inspector-General of Registration,

be recovered as an arrear of land revenue from the person from whom such

demand is made, and such certificate issued by the Inspector-General shall

be binding on the parties:

Provided that no such certificate shall be granted unless due inquiry

is made and such person is given an opportunity of being heard.

21 of 2000.

18 of 2016.

22 of 2023.

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45 of 2023.

(2) Where the Inspector-General of Registration finds the amount of

fee in excess of that which is legally chargeable has been charged and paid

under the provisions of this Act, he may, upon an application in writing or

otherwise, refund the excess fee so charged and paid.”.

25. For section 81 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

substituted, namely:––

“81. Every registering officer appointed under this Act and every

person employed in his office for the purposes of this Act, who, being

charged with the endorsing, copying, translating, registering or filing a true

copy of any document presented or deposited under its provisions, endorses,

copies, translates, registers or files a true copy of such document in a manner

which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or

knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause, injury, as defined in

clause (14) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, to any person,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven

years, or with fine, or with both.”.

26. In section 82 of the principal Act, in clause (b), for the words and figures

“section 19 or section 21”, the words “this Act or the rules made thereunder” shall

be substituted.

27. After section 82 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be

inserted, namely:––

“82A. (1) On and from such date as the Government may, by

notification, appoint in this behalf, no person shall write a document for

another person for presentation to a registering officer, except under a

licence granted in accordance with the rules made under this Act:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply, where the writer

of such document is an authorised agent of the executants, or a pleader

engaged by the executants, for drawing up the document or the registered

clerk of such pleader.

(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, for the

first contravention, be liable to a penalty of ten thousand rupees and, for

every subsequent contravention, be punishable with fine which may extend

to ten thousand rupees.

82B. Any notification of table of fees payable under this Act, made by

the Administrator of the Union territory before the commencement of the

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Registration (Amendment) Regulation, 2026

shall be and shall be deemed always to have been validly made in

accordance with law, at all material times when such notification was made

and any fees imposed, collected or recovered at any time before the

commencement of the said Regulation under such rule shall be deemed to

have been validly assessed, imposed, collected or recovered and shall not be

called in question in any Court or tribunal or before any officer or authority

whatsoever merely on the ground that such notification was made without

power to do so or that such fees was invalidly imposed, collected or

recovered under such notification.”.

28. In section 83 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following

sub-section shall be substituted, namely:––

“(1) No prosecution for any offence under this Act shall be commenced

save by or with the permission of the Inspector-General or any officer

empowered in this behalf by the Government.”.

Substitution of

new section for

section 81.

Penalty for

incorrectly

endorsing,

copying,

translating,

registering or

filing documents

with intent to

injure.

Amendment of

section 82.

Insertion of new

sections 82A and

82B.

Penalty for

writing

documents

without licence.

Validation of

notifications

relating to table

of fees.

Amendment of

section 83.

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[Part II—

Amendment of

section 84.

Insertion of new

section 87A.

Delegation of

powers.

Insertion of new

sections 89A and

89B.

Power to make

rules.

Laying of rules.

29. In section 84 of the principal Act,––

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “Indian Penal Code”, the words

and figures “Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (3), for the words and figures “In section 228 of the

Indian Penal Code”, the words and figures “In section 267 of the Bharatiya

Nyaya Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted.

30. After section 87 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:––

“87A. The Government may, by order, published in the Official

Gazette of the Union territory, delegate all or any of the powers conferred on

them under this Act to the Inspector-General of Registration, who shall

exercise the same subject to such restrictions and conditions as Government

may impose.”.

31. After section 89 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be

inserted, namely:––

“89A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 69, the

Administrator may, by notification and subject to the condition of previous

publication, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the

foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following

matters, namely:––

(a) the manner of preparation of true copies accompanied to

documents for registration under sub-section (2) of section 19A;

(b) the manner of reconstruction or recopying and authentication

of Book or portion of such Book by the Registrar under sub-section (5)

of section 51;

written tests for granting of a licence by the Registrar under

sub-section (1) of section 68B;

(d) terms and conditions for renewal of licence by the Registrar

under sub-section (4) of section 68B;

(e) the conditions for suspension or cancellation of licence under

sub-section (5) of section 68B;

(f) any other form of digital verification under clause (c) of

sub-section (3) of section 70B;

(g) the manner of restoration of documents through electronic

devices mentioned under the second proviso to section 70C; and

(h) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed, or in

respect of which provision is to be made, by rules.

(3) Every rule made under this section shall be notified in the Official

Gazette of the Union territory and, unless they are expressed to come into

force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are

so notified.

89B. Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be

after it is made, before each House of Parliament.”.

45 of 1860.

45 of 2023.

45 of 1860.

45 of 2023.

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32. In section 90 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (d), for the

words “grants or assignments by Government of land or of any interest in land”,

the words “grants, assignments or leases by Government of immovable property or

of any interest in immovable property” shall be substituted.

33. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this

Regulation, the Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette of the

Union territory, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this

Regulation as may appear it to be necessary for removing the difficulty:

Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of

two years from the date of commencement of this Regulation.

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after

it is made, before each House of Parliament.

Amendment of

section 90.

Power to remove

difficulties.

UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002

AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.

DROUPADI MURMU,

President.

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DR. RAJIV MANI,

Secretary to the Govt. of India.

MGIPMRND—713 GI—18.09.2026

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GORAKHA

NATH

YADAVA

Digitally signed

by GORAKHA

NATH YADAVA

Date: 2026.09.18

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