My mom owns a house in Mumbai.
She is a housewife.
Property agreement is of 2008. Stamp duty as per 2008’s value of property was duly paid at that time.
But the property could not be registered in 2008 as my mom is mentally not well & so we could not take her to registration office.
Now when I went for registration of the property, I am told that again I will have to pay stamp duty & that too as per today’s property value. So now the stamp duty is running into Lakhs of rupees.
MY POINT IS:-
The said property is not been newly bought or sold today when I am registering it. There is no new transaction.
I am just getting it registered. So why should I pay stamp duty again & that too as per today’s value.
Also, I could not get property registered as my mom is mentally not well & so we could not take her to registration office.
But stamp duty was duly paid in 2008 as per then property’s value & as per 2008 Property agreement.
Please advise!