Chandigarh, July 4 -- In major relief for new property owners, the UT administration on Thursday launched an Auto-Mutation System for property transfers, eliminating the need for manual mutation applications after property registration and lengthy waiting periods.

Mutation refers to the process of updating property records to reflect a change in ownership, which usually happens after a property is sold, inherited or transferred through a gift or will.

The Estate Office has rolled out the auto-mutation system, touted as a major digital governance reform, with the objective of ensuring timely, transparent and citizen-friendly delivery of services in property ownership transfer.

While earlier new property owners would have to physically f...