The Estate Office has decided not to issue no-objection certificates (NOCs) to general power of attorney (GPA) holders for purchase
and sale of property in the city. Only the actual owner of a property would now be authorized to apply for NOC, which was not the case so far.
The rationale is that GPA does not provide ownership rights to the holder. Rather, it is a power of attorney given to the holder by the owner of property to perform certain actions on his behalf. For instance, the GPA holder can correspond with the government departments on behalf of the owner, pay bills, accept and redress notices.
Not just this, the administration has asked the EO to ask property owners to send their photographs and those of their family members, which will be attached to their files to avoid misrepresentation or impersonation.
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