AAP Government’s Decision Brings Major Relief to 24 Cooperative Societies Over 7,000 Flat Owners in Mohal Benefited
Mohali January 15,2026
In a major pro-people decision of the Aam Aadmi Party government, pursued effectively by Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh, significant relief has been provided to members of cooperative housing societies. As a result of this decision, 24 cooperative housing societies and more than 7,000 flat owners have been directly benefited.
The Punjab Government had earlier issued a notification dated December 20, 2025, making it mandatory for all housing cooperative societies and other cooperative societies registered under the Punjab Cooperative Societies Act, 1961, which allot immovable properties such as plots and flats to their members, to get such properties registered with the Revenue Department under the Registration Act, 1908.
As per the provisions of that notification, original or first allottees were granted complete exemption from stamp duty if they got their properties registered within 90 days. However, subsequent buyers or allottees were required to pay 50 percent stamp duty, provided the registration was completed within 120 days of the issuance of the notification.
Following the issuance of this notification, there was widespread resentment among subsequent allottees and buyers, who argued that those who were allottees or property owners as on the date of the notification should also be treated as original allottees and granted full exemption from stamp duty. Since a majority of house building cooperative societies in Punjab are located in Mohali, a large number of members of these societies met Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh repeatedly from the very date of the notification and urged him to intervene and secure relief for them. During several meetings with society members, the MLA consistently assured them that he would take up the matter with the government and ensure substantial relief.
As a result of these sustained efforts, the Punjab Government issued a fresh notification on 12.01.2026, granting major relief to subsequent allottees and buyers. Under this revised notification, property owners who get their properties registered up to 31 January 2026 will be required to pay only one percent stamp duty. Those who register their properties between 1 February 2026 and 28 February 2026 will have to pay stamp duty at the rate of two percent, while registrations completed between 1 March 2026 and 31 March 2026 will attract stamp duty at the rate of three percent. Property owners who fail to get their properties registered by 31 March 2026 will be required to pay full stamp duty as per the applicable rules.
Apart from the relief in stamp duty, the concerned property owners of cooperative societies have also been granted complete exemption from SIC, PIDB and SIDF charges, while the registration fee at the rate of one percent will remain payable as per rules. Due to this significant relief, there is a wave of happiness among property owners of cooperative house building societies. As a result, a large number of representatives of various cooperative societies met Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh today to express their gratitude.
Speaking on the occasion, the MLA said that he would further pursue with the government that those property owners who purchase stamp duty certificates and submit their documents to the concerned Sub-Registrar by 31 January 2026, but whose registrations are delayed for reasons beyond their control, should continue to be charged stamp duty at the rate of one percent even if their registrations are completed after that date. He also said that if house building cooperative societies cause undue delay in providing mandatory documents such as NDCs or NOCs, the Punjab Cooperation Department should appoint Special Registrars at its own level to ensure that the registrations of such properties are completed without hardship to the allottees.