Lok Sabha Question No. 2010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Notaries
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2010 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

## Notaries

## 2010.  KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE :

Will the Minister of Law and Justice be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  Notaries  sanctioned  and  working  as  on  date State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  total  number  of  notaries    appointed  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  assessment  regarding  the adequacy of the number of Notaries vis-à-vis requirements in various States in the country and if so, the details and the outcome thereof.
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  requests  from  various  States including Karnataka to increase the number of Notaries fixed for the concerned States: and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSICE (SHRI DV SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) the  total  number  of  Notaries  sanctioned  and  working  as  on  date appointed by the Central Government State/UT-wise is placed as Annexure-'A'.
- (b) the  total  number  of  notaries  appointed  by  the  Central  Government during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State/UT-wise  is placed as Annexure -'B'.
- (c) no, Madam.
- (d) the Government has received requests from the State of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan,  Uttrakhand,  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh  for  increase  in the  number  of  Notaries  fixed  for  the  concerned  States,  however,  no  request from the State of Karnataka has been received.
- (e) the requests received from the State Government are under consideration.

## ANNEXCURE-A

## State wise details of Notaries appointed by Central Govt.As on Date

| State                |   Quota of Notaries | No.of Notaries appointed   |   Available Vacancies | Pending applications   |
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar    |                  50 | -                          |                    50 | -                      |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                 575 | 412                        |                   163 | 28                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                 325 | -                          |                   325 | -                      |
| Assam                |                 575 | 02                         |                   573 | 1                      |
| Bihar                |                 925 | 61                         |                   864 | 86                     |
| Chandigarh           |                 108 | 75                         |                    33 | 39                     |
| Chhattisgarh         |                 400 | 12                         |                   388 | 34                     |
| Delhi                |                 610 | 540                        |                    70 | 141                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                  25 | -                          |                    25 | -                      |
| Daman & Diu          |                  50 | -                          |                    50 | -                      |
| Goa                  |                  63 | 14                         |                    49 | 6                      |
| Gujarat              |                1173 | 1020                       |                   153 | 2171                   |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                 450 | 04                         |                   446 | 22                     |
| Haryana              |                1338 | 896                        |                   442 | 505                    |
| Jharkhand            |                 450 | 14                         |                   436 | 32                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |                 350 | -                          |                   350 | -                      |
| Kerala               |                 704 | 635                        |                    69 | 299                    |
| Karnataka            |                 844 | 797                        |                    47 | 804                    |
| Lakshadweep          |                  25 | -                          |                    25 | -                      |
| Meghalaya            |                 175 | -                          |                   175 | -                      |
| Maharashtra          |                2463 | 2251                       |                   212 | 632                    |
| Manipur              |                 225 | -                          |                   225 | -                      |
| Mizoram              |                 200 | -                          |                   200 | -                      |
| Madhya Pradesh       |                1125 | 74                         |                  1051 | 109                    |
| Nagaland             |                 200 | -                          |                   200 | -                      |
| Odisha               |                 750 | 24                         |                   726 | 44                     |
| Punjab               |                1197 | 823                        |                   374 | 291                    |
| Pondicherry          |                 100 | 96                         |                     4 | 3                      |
| Rajasthan            |                1000 | 604                        |                   396 | 1173                   |
| Sikkim               |                 100 | -                          |                   100 | -                      |
| Tamil Nadu           |                 907 | 886                        |                    21 | 392                    |
| Tripura              |                 100 | 12                         |                    88 | 10                     |
| Uttar Pradesh        |                2188 | 1634                       |                   556 | 324                    |
| Uttarakhand          |                 325 | 35                         |                   290 | 23                     |
| West Bengal          |                 450 | 176                        |                   274 | 44                     |
| TOTAL                |               20545 | 11097                      |                  9452 | 7213                   |

## Annexure as referred to in the reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2010 for answer on 10.12.2015

ANNEXCURE-B

## STATE WISE QUOTA OF NOTARIES AND VACANCIES THEREIN AS ON DATE

| State               |   Quota of Notaries | No. of Notaries appointed   |   Available Vacancies |
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar    |                  50 | -                           |                    50 |
| Andhra Pradesh      |                 575 | 412                         |                   163 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                 325 | -                           |                   325 |
| Assam               |                 575 | 02                          |                   573 |
| Bihar               |                 925 | 61                          |                   864 |
| Chandigarh          |                 108 | 75                          |                    33 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                 400 | 12                          |                   388 |
| Delhi               |                 610 | 540                         |                    70 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                  25 | -                           |                    25 |
| Daman &Diu          |                  50 | -                           |                    50 |
| Goa                 |                  63 | 14                          |                    49 |
| Gujarat             |                1173 | 1020                        |                   153 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                 450 | 04                          |                   446 |
| Haryana             |                1338 | 896                         |                   442 |
| Jharkhand           |                 450 | 14                          |                   436 |
| Jammu &Kashmir      |                 350 | -                           |                   350 |
| Kerala              |                 704 | 635                         |                    69 |
| Karnataka           |                 844 | 797                         |                    47 |
| Lakshadweep         |                  25 | -                           |                    25 |
| Meghalaya           |                 175 | -                           |                   175 |
| Maharashtra         |                2463 | 2251                        |                   212 |
| Manipur             |                 225 | -                           |                   225 |
| Mizoram             |                 200 | -                           |                   200 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                1125 | 74                          |                  1051 |
| Nagaland            |                 200 | -                           |                   200 |
| Odisha              |                 750 | 24                          |                   726 |
| Punjab              |                1197 | 823                         |                   374 |
| Pondicherry         |                 100 | 96                          |                     4 |
| Rajasthan           |                1000 | 604                         |                   396 |
| Sikkim              |                 100 | -                           |                   100 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                 907 | 886                         |                    21 |
| Tripura             |                 100 | 12                          |                    88 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                2188 | 1634                        |                   556 |
| Uttarakhand         |                 325 | 35                          |                   290 |
| West Bengal         |                 450 | 176                         |                   274 |
| TOTAL               |               20545 | 11097                       |                  9452 |