Lok Sabha Question No. 368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Notary Public
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

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

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY 03.02.2021

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 368 Notary Public

## 368. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

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

- (a) the total number of notary public appointed by the Union Government in the last three years, State/UT wise;
- (b) whether  the services of these Notary  Advocates  are  for a specific period/years and their services are to be renewed after their term ends and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of certificates of notaries that have been renewed during the last three years and the current year, State/Court-wise;
- (d) whether there is adequate number of notaries in proportion to the population in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether proposals for appointment of notaries in various States are pending with the Union Government and if so, the details and the present status thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to appoint the notaries against the vacancies available in various States/UTs in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SH. RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) The tabulated details of the total number of Notary Public appointed state/UT wise in years 2018, 2019 and 2020 are given below-

|   Sl.No. | State               |   No. Notaries appointed in 2018 |   No. Notaries appointed in 2019 |   No. Notaries appointed in 2020 |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar    |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      |                              172 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        4 | Assam               |                               13 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        5 | Bihar               |                              117 |                               51 |                                0 |
|        6 | Chandigarh          |                               29 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        |                              182 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        8 | Delhi               |                              324 |                                0 |                                0 |
|        9 | Dadra& Nagar Haveli |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       10 | Daman& Diu          |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       11 | Goa                 |                               16 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       12 | Gujarat             |                             1896 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh    |                               95 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       14 | Haryana             |                              374 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       15 | Jharkhand           |                               43 |                               23 |                                0 |
|       16 | Jammu& Kashmir      |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       17 | Kerala              |                              441 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       18 | Karnataka           |                              570 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep         |                                3 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       20 | Meghalaya           |                                1 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       21 | Maharashtra         |                             1949 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       22 | Manipur             |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       23 | Mizoram             |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       24 | Madhya Pradesh      |                              193 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       25 | Nagaland            |                                0 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       26 | Odisha              |                               56 |                               10 |                                0 |
|       27 | Punjab              |                              351 |                                0 |                                0 |
|       28 | Pondicherry         |                               25 |                                0 |                                0 |

| 29   | Rajasthan     |   442 |   344 | 0   |
|------|---------------|-------|-------|-----|
| 30   | Sikkim        |     0 |     0 | 0   |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |   748 |     0 | 0   |
| 32   | Tripura       |     7 |     0 | 0   |
| 33   | Telangana     |    79 |     0 | 0   |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |   298 |     0 | 0   |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |    14 |     0 | 0   |
| 36   | West Bengal   |    80 |    11 | 0   |
|      | Total         |  8518 |   439 |     |

(b) Section  5  of  the  Notaries  Act,  1952  provides  for  entry  of  names  in  the Register  as  prescribed  under  section  4  and  issue  or  renewal  of  Certificates  of Practice for a period of five years at a time.  Under Section 5(2) of the Notaries Act subsequent renewal is for a period of five years at a time which is a continuing process.

(c) The tabulated details of Certificates renewedState/UT wise are given below-

|   Sl.No. | State               | No. of Certificates Renewed in 2018   | No. of Certificates Renewed in 2019   | No. of Certificates Renewed in 2020   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar    | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 75                                    | 90                                    | 32                                    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   |
|        4 | Assam               | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   |
|        5 | Bihar               | 22                                    | 4                                     | 10                                    |
|        6 | Chandigarh          | 22                                    | 3                                     | 5                                     |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh        | 4                                     | 1                                     | Nil                                   |
|        8 | Delhi               | 55                                    | 87                                    | 38                                    |
|        9 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   |
|       10 | Daman &Diu          | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | Nil                                   |
|       11 | Goa                 | 3                                     | 3                                     | 1                                     |
|       12 | Gujarat             | 305                                   | 57                                    | 131                                   |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh    | Nil                                   | Nil                                   | 1                                     |

|   14 | Haryana        | 205   | 91   | 81   |
|------|----------------|-------|------|------|
|   15 | Jharkhand      | 7     | 2    | Nil  |
|   16 | Jammu& Kashmir | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   17 | Kerala         | 283   | 25   | 31   |
|   18 | Karnataka      | 271   | 52   | 74   |
|   19 | Lakshadweep    | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   20 | Meghalaya      | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   21 | Maharashtra    | 753   | 228  | 243  |
|   22 | Manipur        | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   23 | Mizoram        | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   24 | Madhya Pradesh | 29    | 5    | 11   |
|   25 | Nagaland       | 1     | Nil  | Nil  |
|   26 | Odisha         | 3     | Nil  | 4    |
|   27 | Punjab         | 192   | 80   | 91   |
|   28 | Pondicherry    | 42    | 14   | 7    |
|   29 | Rajasthan      | 218   | 32   | 73   |
|   30 | Sikkim         | Nil   | Nil  | Nil  |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu     | 178   | 152  | 115  |
|   32 | Tripura        | 5     | Nil  | 3    |
|   33 | Telangana      | Nil   | 1    | Nil  |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh  | 351   | 253  | 200  |
|   35 | Uttarakhand    | 3     | 5    | 2    |
|   36 | West Bengal    | 28    | 10   | 18   |

(d) In  terms  of  Schedule  appended  to  the  Notaries  Rules,  1956,  the  details  of maximum  number  of  Notaries  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  and maximum number of  Notaries  to  be  appointed  by  the  State  Government  or  UT Administration are given. Thus, separate Quotas for Central Government Notaries/State  Government  and  UT  are  given.  These  Quotas  are  periodically revised in view of number of applications from various States and UT's. The law Departments of State/UT Governments also forward requests for enhancement of their  quotas  in  respective  States/UT's  and  their  quotas  are  also  increased.  Thus, there  are  adequate  number  of  notaries  in  proportion  to  the  population  in  the country.

(e) The  Notary  Section  is  in  receipt  of  ONLINE  applications  from  aspirant candidates from various States/UTs for appointment of notaries. These applications will be scrutinized from the point of view of eligibility criteria prescribed in the Notaries  Act,  1952.  Thereafter,  the  decisions  for  holding  of  interviews  in  these States/UTs will be taken by the appropriate government.

(f) Notary Cell of this Department receives online applications for appointment of  Notaries,  which  is  an  ongoing  exercise.    These  online  applications  are  being scrutinized  from  the  point  of  view  of  eligibility  criteria  prescribed  under  the provisions Notaries Act, 1952. It is pertinent to submit that in the year 2018-2019, a total of 8957 Notaries were appointed in various States/UT's.

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