THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Revenue Department has ordered to issue separate Thandaper and possession certificate for each flat in multi-storey complexes. This step was reported by Kerala Kaumudi on April 10. The significance of the new order is that the flat owner will get the right to pay tax in his own name. The current flat owners should apply to the concerned village office along with a copy of the title deed.
The order states that in the case of transfer of ownership of flats, mutation should be allowed only if the ownership of the land has also been transferred under the title deed. In cases where the ownership of the land has not been transferred, the current method the land owner paying the tax will continue.
The title deed should be checked to ensure that the land transfer has taken place. The mutation should be done by giving a sub-number of the existing Thandaper of the flat /institution. For example, if a person named A and another person named B buy a flat in an apartment on Thandaper land "100", then A should be given Thandaper of "100/1" and B should be given Thandaper of "100/2". Each sub-thandaper party will be given a separate possession certificate with undivided rights. All the survey numbers of the parent-thandaper should be added to the sub-thandapers accordingly.
Proportional area of land to be reduced