Documents relating to Application for Amendment for additional palace of business

[Sarjeet Shekhawat]

I have applied for an amendment to include an additional place of business. However, the department is requesting a fresh agreement with stamp duty payment as per the Stamp Act. My question is, if my rent agreement is already notarized on a valid stamp (more than ₹500) and the agreement tenure is more than 11 months, can the department force me to pay additional stamp duty?

[Shilpi Jain]

No. See if you would want to escalate to higher authority in department regarding the non-addition of APB due to frivoulus reasons.

[Raam Srinivasan Swaminathan Kalpathi]

Off late, it has become very challenging to change place of business or to add additional place of business.  The documents are being scrutinised very minutely and any insignificant variation is rewarded with rejection.  

AI Summary

Stamp duty: department cannot demand new stamp payment when notarized rent agreement already bears valid stamp and long tenure. Application to add an additional place of business queried whether the department can require a fresh lease with new stamp duty when an existing notarized rent agreement already bears a valid stamp and tenure exceeds eleven months. Forum replies indicate that additional stamp payment should not be compelled and recommend escalation against refusal, while noting increased departmental scrutiny of place of business amendments.