CDA to Stop Transfers of Properties Through Registrar Office in Islamabad

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) plans to halt additional transfers of urban properties processed through sale deeds by the registrar’s office. Transferring property through the CDA requires multiple NOCs, prompting many to use the registrar’s office instead.

Previously, properties with conveyance or lease deeds could only be transferred via sale deeds at the Joint Sub Registrar’s office. In 2022, the CDA updated its property manual, allowing further transfers through its one-window facility, provided the original sale deeds were surrendered.

The CDA plans to reverse its 2022 policy allowing property transfers through its one-window facility. A summary of this decision will be reviewed by the CDA board on Tuesday.

The FBR had banned property sales through the registrar’s office, which was contested in the Islamabad High Court.

“After sense prevailed, the FBR withdrew its letter barring sale deeds through the registrar’s office. Consequently, there was no need to keep the amendment in the CDA property manual intact, so it is going to be withdrawn by the civic authority as well,” an official told The Nation.

The summary proposes reverting to the previous practice for urban property transfers, recommending that the registrar office obtain NOCs from the CDA’s Estate Management, Building Control, and Revenue Directorate, as well as a change of title letter from CDA.

If approved, the new rules will protect all transactions between October 28, 2022, and July 31, 2024.