Stamp Duty Refund Process

So things haven’t been as perfect as you would have expected with your registration procedure and to make things worse you have already paid stamp duty to the state. Since you are right now on this page, I will make a wild guess and deduce that you wish to have your stamp duty refunded. Good for you, however, there’s a slight problem, the first thing you need to realize is that your money has already been received by the state government and the second thing is that to get it back from them wouldn’t be any less of a mean feat. So how can you go about it?


The whole of the stamp duty refund procedure could be described into two general steps:

1. Step 1: Filing a stamp duty refund application.
2. Step 2: Dedicated follow up.

• Step 1. Stamp duty refund application (Maharashtra)

To file a stamp duty refund application you have to complete an online procedure and an offline procedure.

Online procedure: To complete the online procedure you could go to state government’s Department of Registration and Stamps website. Complete the form and download or print a copy of completed form.

Offline procedure: To complete the offline procedure for stamp duty refund you will need to download various forms from IGR Maharashtra’s official website like;

• Application form
• Jabab
• Checklist
• Receipt for the Value of stamps (Two Copies)
• Affidavit
• Pratidnyapatra

Besides the aforementioned list you will further need some other documents, they are as following:

• Photocopy of I.D. (Preferably Pan Card)
• Original Gras Challan/Simple receipt Challan or ESBTR certificate
• A draft of the Agreement which you couldn’t register or Cancelled Agreement
• A cancelled cheque of the account where you wish to receive the refunded stamp duty and registration fee amount

Attach all the downloaded forms and rest of the documents together. Create two more photocopies of all the completed forms and attached documents. One photocopy will be attached with the file you are about to submit, the other photocopy will be served as your acknowledgement.

• Step 2: Dedicated follow up.

Filing of the stamp duty application is just the beginning and you will need to maintain consistent and dedicated follow-up of the concerned government office. Make sure that no additional requirements are asked of you by the concerned office. Usually there is a deduction of Rs. 1000/- (max) only out of your stamp duty and registration fees and the rest is refunded to you. Sometimes the application is rejected.

Those of you who intend to file stamp duty refund application personally, you could check if you are eligible for refund from here: Are you eligible for stamp duty refund?

I hope that you have been informed about the basics properly and sincerely wish that you do get your Stamp duty & Registration fees amount back.

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