Certified parcha copy in Sikkim

Sikkim draws the line between the two grades clearly. The reference parcha pulled from ILRMS is perfect for checking a holding, comparing the recorded holder against a seller's papers, or confirming a Khasra before a meeting, but it is not accepted on its own for a transaction. The issued parcha, printed on the Khatiyan number at the given Block and Revenue Circle and signed at the revenue office, is the copy a bank, a court or the registration side will take.

Getting the issued copy is a matter of asking the right office for the right holding. A buyer applies at the revenue office for the exact Khatiyan and plot and receives the signed parcha against the scheduled fee, and the office issues it once the record is in order. Because different desks want different grades, it is worth asking the receiving institution which copy, and how recent, it needs before applying, rather than discovering at the counter that a reference printout will not do.

What no copy does, reference or issued, is prove title or eligibility. The parcha attests that the record shows a particular holder, Khasra and Khata, as evidence of the record, but the entry can be changed by a later mutation, and it says nothing about who may lawfully own. Title rests on the Land Passbook and the registered deed; eligibility rests on the COI. A certified parcha naming your seller is a useful cross-reference, and no substitute for either.

Requesting is simple; choosing the right holding and reading the copy's limits is the safeguard.

Getting the copy

Match to purpose

Send the grade each desk wants, and never read an issued record as title or eligibility.

Four ways a Sikkim parcha copy is misused.

The one thing to fix about a certified parcha is where it stops. Stamped and dated, it settles that the record shows a particular holder, Khasra and Khata, and no further. It does not prove conclusive ownership, because the entry can be changed by mutation, and it does not prove eligibility, which only the COI can. Lean on the copy and skip the deed and the COI, and a buyer has certified the wrong things. So use the issued parcha for what it is worth and no more. Take it for the exact holding, read it against the Land Passbook and the registered deed, and confirm eligibility through the COI. When the issued record, the title documents and the COI all agree, a Sikkim purchase is on firm ground. When they do not, the parcha is only a faithful account of a record that, on its own, could never carry the purchase.