deed of Family settlement needs to be stamped and registered . pay stamp duty demanded by Stamp office .
1)my grandfather had 2 immovable properties, one in chandigarh and one in delhi 2) my grandfather had 3 sons and 6 daughters 3)vide his unregistered Will , he bequeathed his entire property as above to his 3 sons in exclusion to his daughters 4)he died in 1984. my father died in 1986 5)my tauji, chacha ji, we 2 brothers made a unregistered family settlement ,that (a) chandigarh property for me and my brother.......in exclusion to others (b)first floor of delhi property for my chachaji.......in exclusion to others (c) ground floor of delhi property for my tauji.......in exclusion to others the estate officer chandigarh wants stamp duty for transferring chandigarh property in name of we 2 brothers on the ground that we have purchased the shares from chacha ji and tauji is estate officer correct in their legal demand its unfortunate that to inherit property we are burdened with tax if , i dont have money to pay stamp, would i never have this property in my name
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deed of Family settlement needs to be stamped and registered . pay stamp duty demanded by Stamp office .
He is correct. Unless requisite stamp duty is paid effect cannot be given to the terms of family settlement.