Delhi's Registration Map Now Follows Its Revenue Map: 13 Districts, 39 Sub-Registrar Offices

On 3 September 2026 Delhi set up 13 registration districts and 39 registration sub-divisions, with immediate effect, and gave each sub-division an office of the Sub-Registrar. The boundaries are the revenue districts and sub-divisions Delhi drew on 25 December 2025. If you own a flat in Delhi and have a deed to register, the Sub-Registrar whose area takes in your flat is now set by those revenue boundaries.

What the notification says

The notification is F. No. 223/SDM-II(HQ)/Land/2025/610 of the Revenue Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, dated 3 September 2026. It ran in the Delhi Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV, No. 263, in Hindi and English. Neeraj Semwal, IAS, Secretary (Revenue) cum Divisional Commissioner, signed it in the name of the Lieutenant Governor.

The notification makes four changes.

1. It sets up 13 registration districts and 39 registration sub-divisions, under section 5 read with section 7 of the Registration Act, 1908.
2. It fixes their territorial jurisdiction as "co-terminus with the boundaries of the respective revenue districts and sub-divisions" notified on 25 December 2025, by notification F.223/SDM-II(HQ)/Land/2025/285 in Delhi Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV, No. 3961.
3. It sets up an office of the Registrar in each of the 13 districts and an office of the Sub-Registrar in each of the 39 sub-divisions.
4. It replaces "all previous notifications on the subject" and says it "shall come into force with immediate effect".

A deed registered before 3 September 2026 is not reopened

The notification carries a savings clause. The change is "without prejudice to the validity of anything done or any action taken, or any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred" under the notifications it replaces, before this one took effect.

So a sale deed, gift deed or relinquishment deed you registered in Delhi before 3 September 2026 keeps its standing under the old office structure. The notification changes which office handles a registration from that date. It does not touch a registration already done.

The 13 districts and their 39 sub-divisions

The schedule to the notification lists them as follows.

The schedule names a sub-division, not a locality. A flat in Saket or Vasant Kunj is not listed by colony name, and the notification does not say which sub-division takes in which colony. That boundary sits in the 25 December 2025 revenue notification.

What the notification does not say

It gives no office addresses. It carries no table matching the Sub-Registrar offices that existed before 3 September 2026 to the 39 new ones. It sets no rule for a registration that was booked under the old structure and falls due after it.

So the one thing to confirm, before a registration date is fixed, is which of the 39 sub-divisions covers your flat. Check it with the Delhi Revenue Department or through the lawyer handling the deed. If a relative or an agent in Delhi registers for you under a power of attorney, give them the sub-division name along with the address. Our guide to sending a power of attorney from the USA to India covers how that document is executed abroad.

Where this sits

Two of our recent reports touch Delhi registration from other sides: GPA sale papers and the stamp penalty, on what an unregistered agreement to sell costs in a Delhi court, and DILRMP 3.0 and the land stack, on the national programme for land records and registration.

For the checks to run on a Delhi title before you buy, see our legal due diligence guide. For a flat you already own in the capital, see NRI property management in Delhi.

FAQ

When did Delhi's 13 registration districts take effect? On 3 September 2026. Notification F. No. 223/SDM-II(HQ)/Land/2025/610 of the Delhi Revenue Department says it comes into force with immediate effect. It ran in the Delhi Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV, No. 263, dated 3 September 2026.

How many Sub-Registrar offices does the notification set up in Delhi? It sets up an office of the Sub-Registrar in each of 39 registration sub-divisions, and an office of the Registrar in each of 13 registration districts. Each registration sub-division has the same boundary as the revenue sub-division of the same name, as notified on 25 December 2025.

Is a deed I registered in Delhi before 3 September 2026 still valid? The notification says it is without prejudice to the validity of anything done or any action taken under the notifications it replaces. It does not reopen a registration completed before 3 September 2026. For a question about your own deed, ask a Delhi property lawyer.

Which Sub-Registrar office covers my flat in Delhi? The notification lists the 39 sub-divisions by name, from Jangpura to Rajouri Garden, but gives no addresses and no colony lists. Confirm your flat's sub-division with the Delhi Revenue Department before a registration date is fixed.

Under which law did Delhi set up the new registration districts and Sub-Registrar offices? Under section 5 read with section 7 of the Registration Act, 1908. Notification F. No. 223/SDM-II(HQ)/Land/2025/610, dated 3 September 2026, cites those two sections and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi's other enabling powers, and replaces all earlier notifications on the subject.

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Sources

• Notification F. No. 223/SDM-II(HQ)/Land/2025/610, Revenue Department, Government of NCT of Delhi, dated 3 September 2026, in Delhi Gazette, Extraordinary, Part IV, No. 263 (N.C.T.D. No. 202), eGazette ID SG-DL-E-04092026-275980. Five pages in Hindi and English, carrying the Government of India Press signature on upload, read in full on 13 September 2026: https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2026/275980.pdf
• The Delhi Revenue Department website refused connections from our desk on 12 and 13 September 2026, so the copy read is the Government of India eGazette file: https://revenue.delhi.gov.in