The unfortunate part, in spite of all these, however, is that the government has not given finality to this value, and has on the other hand, most shockingly, created an ‘under-valuation cell (under the Dept of Revenue)’, very clearly it would seem to provide for arbitrary extortion of underhand money from property purchasers, leading to the 'stamps and registration department' gaining the dubious distinction of topping the list of government offenders on “www.ipaidabribe.com”.

This project is an exercise to bring on the needed pressure on the political bosses, hopefully in co-ordination with other civil society organisations, to effect the necessary remedial action.

Muralidhar Rao