MANUAL-1 

Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties

[Section-4 (1) (b) (i)]

1. Aim & Objective of the Organization:

(a) The Registration Department is under the Ministry of Revenue & Disaster Management and at the Secretariat level. It is under the administrative control of Secretary to Government, Revenue & Disaster management.
(b) The Inspector General of Registration (I.G.R.), Odisha,   is the Head of the Department, who is assisted by one Joint I.G.R., three Deputy Inspector General (Dy. I.G.R.) at the zonal level-one each for the Central, Northern & Southern Zone.
(c) There are 30 Registration Districts corresponding to the 30 Revenue Districts of the State each headed by a District Registrar and assisted by District Sub-Registrar.
(d) At the Registration Sub-District level, there are 147 Sub-Registrar Offices in the State, each headed by Sub-Registrar. The Sub-Registrar is assisted by the ministerial staff.

2) Sub-Registrar:

     A Sub-Registrar is the entry level officer of the Department. He is appointed as a public servant u/s 6 of the Registration Act and performs his duties under the provisions various Acts including The Registration Act and the Indian Stamp Act. Sub-Registrar is the Registering Officer, in respect of the jurisdictional area of his office, and takes independent decision on the classification of the documents, chargeability of stamp duty and registration fee. He is the custodian of records relating to all the Deeds registered in his office, required to be preserved for eternity. He is the Ex-Officio Stamp Vendor of Non-judicial stamps. He is the Drawing and Disbursing Officer for his office. He performs his duties under the supervision of his District Registrar.

     The Office of The Sub-Registrar, Pattamundai has been functioning with effect from 15/05/1913. There is separate record room to keep the permanent records of the office. Records since 1974 have been preserved in one of the rooms of the office building. The jurisdiction of the office covers 175 Revenue villages under Pattamundai Ps and one village under Aul Ps/ Aul Tahasil respective.