Office Memorandum No. 81/2025/RASD of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Uttarakhand dated 1st August, 2025 on the administration of a family settlement [C18-5ZC]

No. 81/2025/RASD

GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, dated the 1st August, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The administration of a family settlement by trustees of a family settlement under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Uttarakhand on the manner in which the administration of a family settlement by trustees of a family settlement is to be regulated under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024.

2. The matter has been examined. Every trustee of a family settlement carrying on the administration of a family settlement shall make an application in Form VIII to the Family Court within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the administration of a family settlement is undertaken, and the Family Court shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Registration and Stamps Department, Government of Uttarakhand.

(Secretary to Government)