GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
ORDER
WHEREAS, as per notification issued under G.O. (P)No.57/2022/TAXES dated 30th May, 2022
published as S.R.O.No. 533/2022 in the Kerala Gazette Extra ordinary No. 1770 dated 30th May, 2022
the Government of Kerala have exempted the registration fees for the registration of the instrument of
conveyance (gift deed) of a total of 160 cents of land in Resurvey No.301/1 and 301/3 in Block No.76
of Koottikkal Village in Kanjirapally Taluk in Kottayam District, in favour of 32 beneficiaries who will
Taxes (J) Department
G.O.(P)No.202/2025/TAXES.
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 17th
December
, 2025
2nd Dhanu, 1201
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KERALA GAZETTE
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EXTRAORDINARY
ആധികാരികമായി ്പസിദെപടുതുനത
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dated 05-09-2012 with RNI
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get 5 cents each, as part of rehabilitation of 32 families of Koottikkal and Mundakkayam Panchayaths
of Kottayam District, who lost their houses during the flood in October, 2021;
AND WHEREAS, subsequently it has come to the notice of the Government that the documents
could not be registered at the time when this relaxation was granted. Currently, 2 acres and 10 cents of
land have been purchased in the 11th ward of Koottikkal GramaPanchayat, Koottikkal village, where
houses have been provided free of cost in favour of 25 beneficiaries. Each beneficiary has been allotted
between 3.5 cents and 7 cents of land and exemption from payment of registration fees for the
registration of the aforementioned documents are required;
AND WHEREAS, the Government have considered the matter in detail and decided to grant
exemption from registration fees under the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XVI of 1908) by
superseding the above said order;
NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) of section 78 of the
Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XVI of 1908), and in supersession of G.O.(P)No.57/2022/TAXES
dated 30th May, 2022 published as S.R.O.No. 533/2022 in the Kerala Gazette Extra ordinary No. 1770
dated 30th May, 2022, the Government of Kerala, is of the opinion that, it is necessary in the public
interest so to do, hereby remit the registration fees chargeable under the said Act for the registration of
the instrument of conveyance of 40.6 Ares of land in Resurvey Nos. 301/1 and 301/3 within Resurvey
block No. 76 of Koottikkal Revenue Village in Kanjirapalli Taluk in Kottayam District being
transferred free of cost in favour of 25 beneficiaries who lost their houses during the flood in
Koottikkal in October 2021, on condition that each beneficiary shall get a maximum of 7 cents of land
comprising of a house.
By order of the Governor,
K R JYOTHILAL
Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)
The Government have notified G.O.(P)No.57/2022/TAXES dated 30th May, 2022 published as
S.R.O.No. 533/2022 in the Kerala Gazette Extra ordinary No. 1770 dated 30th May, 2022 exempting
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registration fees for the registration of the instrument of conveyance in favour of 32 beneficiaries who
will get 5 cents each, as part of rehabilitation of 32 families of Koottikkal and Mundakkayam
Panchayaths of Kottayam District, who lost their houses during the flood in October, 2021.
Subsequently, the documents could not be registered at the time when this relaxation was granted. Now,
the registration of the instrument of conveyance is to be made being transferred free of cost in favour of
25 beneficiaries who lost their houses during the flood in Koottikkal in October, 2021, on condition
that each beneficiary shall get a maximum of 7 cents of land comprising of a house. In order to give
effect to the intention of the Government, the Government have decided to issue an order in
supersession of the above said order.
The order is intended to achieve the above object.
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