About US

Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, West Bengal is one of the oldest directorate under Government of West Bengal. Earlier the directorate was known as the Directorate of Registration. It was redesignated at its present form in the year 1994. As per available information, the earliest record on systematic registration in Presidency Division was started on 01.02.1781. Mr. Edward Tiretta was first appointed for a salary of one thousand sicca as registrar of memorials of deed affecting lands.

Initially the directorate was under the administrative control of Education Department. Later on it was moved under the administrative control of Judicial Department of Government of West Bengal. It has been working under administrative control of Finance Department of Government of West Bengal since 1993.

Since its inception in the British period, the directorate has been providing service to the people at all levels. It has taken several initiatives so as to provide better service to the people as well as to strengthen the exchequer. Among those, probably the two most important initiatives are – introduction of the concept of market value for calculating the amount of stamp duty chargeable on instruments relating to immovable properties, and implementation of Computerization of Registration of Documents (CORD) under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).