Steps simplified for issuing Residential Certificates in Kerala

In the light of petitions received in mass contact programme of Kerala Chief Minister Sri.Oomman Chandy, Government have simplified and issued new guidelines for issuance of Residential Certificate by the Municipalities/Corporations/Panchayats.  Now those who are staying in the unauthorised buildings having less than 100 sq.m will get temporary residential certificates from the LSGIs (Local Self Government Institutions) for applying for ration card, water connection, election ID Card, electricity connection etc. Moreover, those who are staying in the huts/building constructed in the Purambokes/Govt. land will also get temporary residential certificates from LSGIs. To download Government Order please click here.

Correction in Birth Certificate

The Government have issued instructions to liberalise the procedure of correction of name in Birth Certificates.  It is reported that hundreds of complaints received regarding correction in the Birth Certificate. So Government have issued circular about the procedures to be followed:

1. If parents have entered wrong name in the birth certificates (like pet names etc., spelling mistakes etc), the name can be corrected as per the name entered in the Admission Register of the concerned school. For this the parents (Joint affidavit by Father and Mother) (in case of minors)/person have to submit an affidavit stating the reasons why the wrong name entered in the Birth Register and to remit Rs.50/- as compounding fee. The name is only corrected as same in the SCHOOL CERTIFICATE and not as entered in any other documents (like PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENCE ETC). To get a copy of the circular please click here. 

Like wise you can expand the initials of your name also. The procedure is same. To get a copy of the circular please click here.

For correcting the Birth Certificate you should approach the Local Birth Registrar of the concerned Local Self Government Institutions i.e. Secretaries of Grama Panchayats and Registrars of Municipalities and Corporations with the affidavit, the original birth certificate issued earlier and affidavit. You have to remit Rs.50/- as compounding fee. After correction you have to apply for a new certificate. 

Hoardings to be displayed on all construction sites.

Government have instructed the Local Self Government Institions (Panchayat/Municipality/Corporations) to display the details of Development Permit in all buildings which has an area of 300 Sqm (in cases of residential buildings) and 150 Sqm (in cases of non-residential buildings). The circular can be downloaded from here

As the Govt. Circular, the advertisement hoarding should contain following details:

1. Name, address and phone number of builder/developer.
2. Order number and date of layout approval.
3. No. and date of development and building permit.
4. Name of LSGI who is issued permit.
5. Validity of permit.
6. No of floors approved.
7. Type of occupancy with details.
8. Conditions in the Permit, if any.
9. Coverage of construction and FAR (Floor Area Ration).
10. Details of recreational space in case of Group A1 Occupancy.
11. No. of parkings and loading and unloading area.
12. Minimum width of road to site and building.
13. Details of other occupancy (other than residential occupancy) in cases of  flats/apartments.

The LSGI's should oversee that these instructions are duly complied.

Let us hope, this order will not vanish without any result !!!!

Online Birth and Death Certificates introduced in Kerala

The Kerala Government have issued Order to legalise the online Birth and Death Certificates downloaded from the site of Local Self Government Department. The order can be downloaded from here.

The Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates of Panchayats, Corporation and Municipalities are available in the website www.cr.lsgkerala.gov.in


From the website first you have to chose, the District and type of LSGI and then concerned Panchayat/Municipality/Corporation.

For downloading the Birth Certificate, you should know the Date of Birth, Sex of Child and name of Mother. There are Mandatory.

For downloading Death Certificate, name of the deceased, date of death and sex of the deceased are mandatory.

Now this certificate with bar code (without signature) will accept for all Government Purposes.

Ownership Certificate at your finger tip

Here is a good news for tech savy citizens of Kerala. Now you can download Ownership Certificate of Local Self Government Institutions (Corporations / Municipalities / Grama Panchayats) from the "Sanchaya" website hosted by IKM.  Now this certificate is limited to those LSGIs with the facility of epayment only.

See a model ownership certificate downloaded from the site.