new delhi the city government took the first step towards creating a foolproof system to record property titles a move that will go a long way in preventing fraudulent registry and takeoversthe delhi cabinet on monday approved a draft bill to introduce a new property titling system the new legislation proposes to set up a nodal body delhi urban property registration titling recording authority to maintain complete records of all properties the details provided will be scrutinised to identify the real and final owners of all urban propertiesnow the draft bill will go to the home ministry law ministry and ministry of land resources for approval following that it will be tabled before the delhi assembly this entire process would take at least a yearunder the new system it is proposed that each property will be issued a digitised unique identification number a tribunal will also be set up to resolve disputes relating to immovable properties this aims at dealing with fraudulent claims about ownership of a property as records will be available to prove the real owner in court at present no property ownership records are available with the authoritiesthe proposal talks of a transition period of three years in case of undisputed cases the titling authority will carry out a survey in phases to establish the title of properties provisional titles will be awarded for three years during the transition period after which final titles will be awardedthe draft also talks of an indemnity fund to compensate an appellant whose claim to a property that may have been fraudulently registered by someone else is found to be genuinecurrently the registration of the properties under the registration act 1908 is not mandatory moreover it only provides proof of presumed ownership and is not a conclusive proof of title also property titling system for urban areas is essential for better efficiency and this is one of the key mandatory reforms under the jnnurmsince there is no foolproof scrutiny mechanism and records of properties are maintained by the subregistrar office or the landowning agency at the time of registry or mutation the officials bank on affidavits filed by owners it has been seen that due to lack of data the same property gets registered more than once by different ownersdraft includes setting up urban property registration and title recording authority for which government will appoint a chairman and a maximum of five members besides setting up service areas for public facilitation it will maintain a register of titles issue certificates of recording of titles and impose penalties for violation of provisions it will survey immovable properties in urban areas record entries assign unique identification no to properties maintain electronic records registration will be mandatory new system will reduce litigation and prevent encroachment property transactions will be simpler illegal multiple registrations will not be possible