What it costs · 17 of 35 steps publish a figure
What each step costs, where anybody says so
There is no single price for buying land here, and anyone who quotes you one is adding up numbers that are mostly not published. What is published is set out below, word for word, with the step it belongs to.
Two things are worth knowing before you read it. The large amounts are percentages rather than fixed fees, so they scale with the value of the deal: stamp duty and the registration fee together, and inside Dholera SIR the charge for selling an allotted plot. The small amounts are the counter fees for searches and copies, which are measured in tens and hundreds of rupees. Everything else is not published at all.
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The published amounts, word for word
Nothing here is rounded or converted. Where a source states a percentage, the percentage is printed; where it states a rupee figure, the figure is printed as the source writes it.
| Step | What you are doing | What the source says you pay | Who you pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05GJ-DD-05 | Search the Sub-Registrar registers | Court fee ticket of Rs. 5/- affixed on Form No. 3, PLUS search fee of Rs. 20/- for the first year and Rs. 10/- for each subsequent year. Worked example given in the source: searching survey number xyz for 2007 to 2010 = 20 + 10 + 10 + 10 = Rs. 50/- total. | Sub-Registrar office in whose jurisdiction the property |
| 06GJ-DD-06 | Encumbrance certificate at the office | Rs. 100 (source states, in Gujarati: 'જેની ફી 100 રૂપિયા છે') | Sub-Registrar office |
| 08GJ-DD-08 | Certified copy of Index-2 | OFFLINE (stated): court fee ticket of Rs. 3/- affixed on Form No. 3, PLUS copy fee of Rs. 20/-, PLUS a court fee ticket (stamp duty) of Rs. 300/- submitted with the form. ONLINE: application fee + Index2 fee + copy fee are auto-computed by the portal from the number of copies requested; the amounts are not printed in the help file. | Offline: Sub-Registrar office. Online: iORA |
| 09GJ-DD-09 | Certified copy of a registered deed | Court fee ticket of Rs. 3/- affixed on Form No. 3, PLUS a per-page copy fee that varies with page size: 18.5 cm x 11.4 cm = Rs. 10/- per page; 25.4 cm x 15.2 cm = Rs. 15/- per page; 30.5 cm x 19.0 cm = Rs. 20/- per page; 34.3 cm x 21.6 cm = Rs. 20/- per page. PLUS a court fee ticket (stamp duty) of Rs. 300/- per copy. Worked example given in the source: a 20-page document at 25.4 x 15.2 cm = 20 x 15 = Rs. 300 copy fee. | Offline: the Sub-Registrar office where the document was |
| 12GJ-PERM-02 | Farmland for an industrial use | No application fee is stated. A PENALTY is stated: failure to send the notice within 30 days makes the purchaser liable, in addition to the non-agricultural assessment, to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees as the Collector may direct. | Collector |
| 15GJ-NA-01 | Non-agricultural permission | A Rs. 3-00 court fee stamp is prescribed on the application form itself. A challan for the LAND MEASUREMENT FEE must be enclosed (amount not specified in the resolution). NA conversion tax / assessment amounts are NOT stated in this resolution. | Empowered officer by area: |
| 17GJ-REG-02 | Stamp duty on the sale deed | Article 20(a) Conveyance - Immovable Property: (a) AGRICULTURAL LAND - 4.9% of the consideration value or the market value, whichever is higher; (b) NON-AGRICULTURAL LAND - 4.9% of the market value. Original wording retained verbatim; no rounding or conversion applied. Other rates from the same official table that a land buyer meets: Article 17 Certificate of Sale - same 4.9% basis; Article 28 Gift - 4.9%; Article 26 Exchange of Property - 4.9%; Article 5(g)(a) Agreement for construction development / transfer of immovable property - 3.50% (agricultural: of consideration or market value whichever higher; non-agricultural: of market value); Article 45(f) Power of Attorney for sale of immovable property for consideration - same 4.9% basis; Article 45(g) Power of Attorney for development of immovable property - 3.50% of market value; Article 43 Partition - 0.25% of market value up to 10 crore, 0.50% above 10 crore; Article 36(a) Mortgage deed with possession - 4.9% of consideration; Article 36(b) Mortgage deed without possession - 0.35% up to 10 crore, 0.70% above 10 crore (maximum 11.2 lakh); Article 30(b) Lease of immovable property, premium or money advance - 4.9% of the advance premium, money or fine; Article 57 Transfer of Lease - 4.9% of market value. | Garvi e-payment |
| 18GJ-REG-03 | Registration fee on the sale deed | Article 20(a) Conveyance: 1% of the consideration amount. Same 1% applies to Article 17 Certificate of Sale, Article 20(b) conveyance related to Co-operative Societies Act, Article 20(c) conveyance related to NTC/Board, Article 20(d) conveyance on amalgamation/reconstruction, Article 45(f) power of attorney for sale for consideration, Article 49(b) release in any other case, Article 52 settlement, and Article 57 transfer of lease. Article 26 Deed of Exchange, Article 28 Gift and Article 43 Partition Deed: 1% of market value. Article 20(aa) Conveyance of movable property: 1% of consideration, maximum Rs. 10,000. Article 30 Lease, all time slabs: 1% of the average lease amount. Fixed Rs. 100 registration fee applies to a range of articles including Article 5(ga) Development Agreement, Article 45 Powers of Attorney, Article 16 Cancellation, and a Will. | Garvi e-payment |
| 19GJ-REG-04 | Presenting the deed for registration | Stamp duty per GJ-REG-02 plus registration fee per GJ-REG-03. If registration is done at a private residence, an ADDITIONAL fee applies: Ahmedabad Rs. 200; all district headquarters Rs. 200; all other places Rs. 100; in jail Rs. 100. | Sub-Registrar office having jurisdiction over the property |
| 26RERA-01 | Complain to GujRERA | Rs. 1,000 (rupees one thousand). Rule 11(1) prescribes it 'in the form of demand draft'; the GujRERA website user manual for online complaint registration states 'Proceed filling form (Fees: 1000/-)'. | Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority |
| 27RERA-02 | Claim compensation or interest | Rs. 1,000 (rupees one thousand) in the form of demand draft | Adjudicating Officer |
| 28RERA-03 | Appeal to the RERA tribunal | Rs. 1,000 (rupees one thousand) by demand draft | Gujarat Real Estate Appellate Tribunal |
| 29RERA-04 | Check a RERA registration | Project registration fee under Rule 3(3), payable by demand draft: Group Housing - Rs. 5 per sq. m. if the project land is less than 1000 sq. m. and Rs. 10 per sq. m. if it exceeds 1000 sq. m., maximum Rs. 5,00,000. Mixed Project - Rs. 10 per sq. m. below 1000 sq. m. and Rs. 15 per sq. m. above, maximum Rs. 7,00,000. Commercial - Rs. 20 per sq. m. below 1000 sq. m. and Rs. 25 per sq. m. above, maximum Rs. 10,00,000. Plotting - Rs. 5 per sq. m., maximum Rs. 2,00,000. Real estate agent registration: Rs. 10,000 for an individual, Rs. 50,000 for other than an individual. Extension application: one half of the registration fee. Withdrawal of a registration application: 10% of the registration fee or Rs. 50,000, whichever is more, is retained as processing fee and the remainder refunded. | Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority |
| 30SIR-ALLOT-01 | DICDL plot, first come first served | Processing fee INR 20,000 (Rupees Twenty thousand only) by DD or banker's cheque in favour of Dholera Industrial City Development Limited, PLUS Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) of 5% of the reserve price. Land price per DICDL's published Land Pricing Policy, Table A, in Rupees per square metre: Industry / Physical Infrastructure (Utilities) 4,000; Residential 6,000; High Access Corridor 6,000; Central Business District (CBD) / City Centre 8,000; Knowledge & IT 4,000; Tourism and Hospitality 8,000; Recreation & Sports 4,000; Solar Energy Park 400. Rates are exclusive of applicable GST, registration fees and stamp duty, and exclusive of land filling cost; land is allotted 'as-is, where-is'. | Dholera Industrial City Development Limited |
| 31SIR-ALLOT-02 | DICDL plot by auction or tender | Processing fee INR 20,000 to DICDL along with the tender package submission or auction registration, PLUS EMD of 5% of the reserve price of each plot put up for auction. If the successful bidder fails to deposit 10% of his bid in the prescribed time, the EMD and processing fees are forfeited and the plot is put up for allotment again. | Dholera Industrial City Development Limited |
| 32SIR-ALLOT-03 | Selling an allotted DICDL plot | Transfer fee by period of usage of the property: less than 5 years - 20% of the market value; more than 5 years but less than 15 years - 10% of the market value; more than 15 years - 5% of the market value. | Dholera Industrial City Development Limited |
| 34SIR-DEV-02 | Building use permission | A scrutiny fee is required - the checklist has a line for the fee amount deposited with a receipt number and date - but THE AMOUNT IS BLANK on the published form. | Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority |
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The 18 steps with no published amount
For these, no government page we read states a figure. That does not mean they are free. It means the amount is decided at the counter, fixed case by case, or simply never published, and each box below opens the gap that records what was searched.
- 01. Check the 7/12 land record. No fee published
- 02. Check the 8-A khata record. No fee published
- 03. Check past mutation entries. No fee published
- 04. Get a digitally signed land record. No fee published
- 07. Encumbrance certificate online. No fee published
- 10. Check the jantri rate. No fee published
- 11. Permission to buy farmland. No fee published
- 13. Premium to lift a tenure restriction. No fee published
- 14. Permission when the seller is Scheduled Tribe. No fee published
- 16. Drafting the sale deed. No fee published
- 20. Mutation after the sale. No fee published
- 21. Varsai inheritance entry. No fee published
- 22. Measurement and demarcation. No fee published
- 23. Urban property card. No fee published
- 24. Title and possession certificate. No fee published
- 25. Property tax in Dholera SIR. No fee published
- 33. DSIRDA development permission. No fee published
- 35. Single window for a new unit. No fee published
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How to use this without getting it wrong
Read the wording rather than the number. Several of these fees are conditional: the search fee changes with the number of years searched, the copy fee changes with the page size, and the Dholera transfer charge falls from a fifth of market value to a twentieth depending on how long you have held the plot. A figure lifted out of its sentence stops being true.
The value date on every quotation is 4 August 2026, which is when the source was read. Fees are revised by circular and a circular does not always reach the page it changes, so treat anything here as the published position on that date and check the source link on the step page before you pay.