Lok Sabha Question No. 3616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Appointment of Notary Officers
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th DECEMBER 2016

## Appointment of Notary Officers

## †3616 SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of notaries State-wise and district-wise including the number of  such  districts  where  notary  officers  have  not  been  appointed,  State-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether proposal has been received  for the appointment of notary officers in district Kaushambi and district Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) if so,  the action taken thereon; and
- (d) the time by which notary officers are likely to be appointed in those districts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE  AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) State/UT-wise  number  of  notaries  along  with  the  available  vacancies  is  at Annexure-1.  The  Notaries  Rules  does  not  provide  for  district-wise  vacancies and therefore, the department does not appoint notaries district-wise.
- (b) No
- (c) & (d) Question does not arise.

## ANNEXURE-1

## State-wise number of Notaries appointed by Central Govt.

| State                | Quota of Notaries   | No.of Notaries appointed   | Available Vacancies   |
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar     | 50                  | -                          | 50                    |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 865                 | 412                        | 453                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 325                 | -                          | 325                   |
| Assam                | 575                 | 02                         | 573                   |
| Bihar                | 925                 | 61                         | 864                   |
| Chandigarh           | 108                 | 99                         | 9                     |
| Chhattisgarh         | 400                 | 12                         | 388                   |
| Delhi                | 1000                | 540                        | 460                   |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 25                  | -                          | 25                    |
| Daman& Diu           | 50                  | -                          | 50                    |
| Goa                  | 63                  | 14                         | 49                    |
| Gujarat              | 1760                | 1678                       | 82                    |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 450                 | 04                         | 446                   |
| Haryana              | 1338                | 1099                       | 239                   |
| Jharkhand            | 450                 | 14                         | 436                   |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 350                 | -                          | 350                   |
| Kerala               | 1000                | 635                        | 365                   |
| Karnataka            | 1266                | 1126                       | 140                   |
| Lakshadweep          | 25                  | -                          | 25                    |
| Meghalaya            | 175                 | -                          | 175                   |
| Maharashtra          | 3700                | 2251                       | 1449                  |
| Manipur              | 225                 | -                          | 225                   |
| Mizoram              | 200                 | -                          | 200                   |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 1125                | 74                         | 1051                  |
| Nagaland             | 200                 | -                          | 200                   |
| Odisha               | 750                 | 24                         | 726                   |
| Punjab               | 1197                | 993                        | 204                   |
| Pondicherry          | 100                 | 96                         | 4                     |
| Rajasthan            | 1500                | 1204                       | 296                   |
| Sikkim               | 100                 | -                          | 100                   |
| Tamil Nadu           | 1360                | 886                        | 474                   |
| Tripura              | 100                 | 12                         | 88                    |
| Telangana            | -                   | -                          | -                     |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 2188                | 1634                       | 556                   |
| Uttarakhand          | 325                 | 35                         | 290                   |
| West Bengal          | 450                 | 176                        | 274                   |