chennai the tamil nadu government has increased the fee for transfer of power of attorney to nonfamily members from the existing flat rate of 10000 to 1 of the propertys market value the hike will come into effect from july 10the registration charges for partition family settlement and release of documents have increased from 4000 to 10000 and the stamp duty from 25000 to 40000the state also increased the registration fees and stamp duty of 20 services provided by the registration department under section 78 of the registration act 1908 after 20 yearsthis includes searching of the registers for making or granting copies of reasons entries or documents before on or after registration for the safe custody and return of documentswe have been seeing a lot of issues in power of attorney especially in landgrab cases hence we want to discourage this and increase sales by the landowners said an official from the registration departmenthowever developers say a hike in registered power of attorney charges will have an impact on customers sanjay chugh city head and director anarock property consultants said although it will bring additional revenue to the registration department it would also add an additional cost burden for projects that are slated for joint developmentredevelopmentsridharan chairman lyra properties and national vicepresident south confederation of real estate developers associations of india credai termed it as a steep hike we will urge the government to reconsider the same as this may cause hardship to the end users the homeplot buyers since cost will escalate he saida release from the state registration department said the additional charges for private attendance by the subregistrar at the residence has been increased from 200 to 1000 many vips elderly persons who cannot come to the registration offices avail of this service said an officialthe other hike is in the fee for the receipt document for mortgage from 20 to 200