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• 14 years ago
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Hi My name is ********** and i recentky sold my flat to a friend. we have been trying to register this with the authorities but they refuse to do so and are demanding a hefty bribe. What should i do? I a

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Please do your homework and get all the documents required in order. Please go through the website of the registration department of Delhi and note all the procedures listed. Their website address is as follows:&nbsp;</p>
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http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_revenue/Revenue/Home/Sub+Registrar+Offices/</p>
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I did not find a citizens charter on the website, but never mind; carry the rules and regulations which can be downloaded from the website with you and demand that the official follows it If any official refuses to register the property, seek details as to why he is not registering the property. It si your right to have the property registered. Nobody can refuse your right. At the worst, people will make you wait, but if your papers are in order, then there is no way that anybody can stop you from registering your flat. Some of the standard techniques used by people who successfully resist bribing are as follows:</p>
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(a) Do not be submissive. Look confident. Look the person who demands a bribe in the eye.&nbsp; Ask him for his name, call him by his name. Do not call him -sir. Be polite but do not show unnecessary respect.&nbsp; Be firm and confident.</p>
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(b)&nbsp; Tell him clearly what you want and that you are applying in the prescribed format. Also tell him that you suspect that things will move only if you pay a bribe. Tell him very clearly, that you will not pay a bribe.</p>
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(c) if he asks you for money, then loudly, so that others also hear what you are saying, say that you will give him a bribe only if he gives you a receipt. Or make it very clear that you will not pay him one paisa.</p>
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(d) If something is being refusted, then ask him to show the government rule under which he is returning your application. As I said, please carry the FAQs from our website.</p>
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(e) Keep an application under the Right to Information Act ready and promptly file it before him, if he is not willing to provide the details.</p>
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(f) Talk about going to senior officials of the department, as also the Vigilance department with a complaint, in case your work is not done. Please find out and mention the names of such higher officials. In the case of Delhi, the head of registration are the the Bangalore Urban District, the DC is Mr. Aiyappa. Most people who engage in petty corruption are also cowards! They will immediately do the work. Also be ready to send complaints to the public grievance cell of the DC&rsquo;s office with all details. Do this on a weekly basis, till people do your work.&nbsp;</p>
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Once you do all this, most officials back off and immediately do your work. They are always afraid of knowledgeable&nbsp; people.</p>
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(g) You can also have some fun by trying some Gandhigiri and pay the officials concerned in zero rupee notes. These can be downloaded from</p>
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<a href="http://india.5thpillar.org/ZRN">http://india.5thpillar.org/ZRN</a></p>
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