Registration offices resume services partially

TNN | Apr 21, 2020, 04:46 IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Registration offices have partially resumed services in districts that fall under green and orange zones in the state. While services in green and orange B zones restarted on Monday, those in orange A zone would start functioning on Friday.
Registration affairs minister G Sudhakaran said the registration offices would function subject to a number of restrictions. “Several pleas reached before the government, citing the ordeals that people are forced to face owing to the abrupt halt in the functioning of registration offices. It was on the basis of such requests that government has decided to open registration offices in a phased manner,’’ he said.
As many as 29 deeds were registered on the first day of reopening, the minister said.
Registration service has restarted on Monday in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrisshur, Palakkad, Alappuzha and Wayanad districts. Service in districts under orange A zone category (Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam and Kollam) would resume on Friday. However, functioning of registration offices in places declared as hotspots within these districts would be regulated as per specific directions from the government, the minister said.
Service in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts falling in red zone category would be resumed only after the completion of the lockdown period. “Even in places where the services are now reopened, officials have been given strict instructions to encourage online facilities to the maximum and put restrictions in works that warrant the physical presence of citizens,” he said.
As per the restrictions, the maximum number of registrations on a single day would be limited to 10. There won’t be any restrictions in processing online applications for a number of services and certificates. Number of persons to be allowed inside the office at any given time is five and all money transactions would be via online only.