Lok Sabha Question No. 477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Notary Public Licences
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.477 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## NOTARY PUBLIC LISCENCES

## †477   SHRI   ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a) Whether the Government have granted Notary Public licenses in the States;
- (b)   If so, the State/UT-wise details thereof; and
- (c)  the details of total number of Notary Public Licenses granted in Rajasthan including Udaipur district?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHURY)

(a) to (c) Yes,  Madam. A  statement  showing  State/UT-wise  number  of  notaries appointed  by  the  Central  Government    as  on  30.01.2019  is  at  Annexure.  The department does not maintain district-wise data relating to notaries.

## Annexure

## State-wise number of Notaries appointed by Central Government  as on 30.01.2019

|   S.No. | State/UT            | No. of Appointed Notaries till 2018 Till 30.01.2019.   |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman& Nicobar    | -                                                      |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 412                                                    |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | -                                                      |
|       4 | Assam               | 15                                                     |
|       5 | Bihar               | 178                                                    |
|       6 | Chandigarh          | 98                                                     |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh        | 12                                                     |
|       8 | Delhi               | 548                                                    |
|       9 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | -                                                      |
|      10 | Daman &Diu          | -                                                      |
|      11 | Goa                 | 16                                                     |
|      12 | Gujarat             | 1682                                                   |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh    | 4                                                      |
|      14 | Haryana             | 1099                                                   |
|      15 | Jharkhand           | 57                                                     |
|      16 | Jammu &Kashmir      | -                                                      |
|      17 | Kerala              | 636                                                    |
|      18 | Karnataka           | 1130                                                   |
|      19 | Lakshadweep         | -                                                      |
|      20 | Meghalaya           | 1                                                      |
|      21 | Maharashtra         | 2242                                                   |
|      22 | Manipur             | -                                                      |
|      23 | Mizoram             | -                                                      |
|      24 | Madhya Pradesh      | 74                                                     |
|      25 | Nagaland            | -                                                      |
|      26 | Odisha              | 80                                                     |
|      27 | Punjab              | 990                                                    |
|      28 | Pondicherry         | 97                                                     |
|      29 | Rajasthan           | 1653                                                   |
|      30 | Sikkim              | -                                                      |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu          | 883                                                    |
|      32 | Tripura             | 19                                                     |
|      33 | Telangana           | -                                                      |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh       | 1838                                                   |
|      35 | Uttarakhand         | 53                                                     |
|      36 | West Bengal         | 261                                                    |