How to get an EC and check market value on IGRS Telangana

An Encumbrance Certificate lists the registered transactions on a property for a period: sales, mortgages, gifts. It is the quickest way to spot a loan or an earlier sale the seller has not told you about.

Search an EC online

1. Click Encumbrance Search (EC) in Online Services. It needs a citizen login: register once with your mobile or email.
2. Sign in as Citizen.
3. Search by document number and year, by house or apartment number, or by survey number in a village.
4. Select the district and Sub-Registrar office (always required) and a period long enough to cover the history you need. Lawyers usually ask for at least 13 years, often 30.
5. Compare every entry with the property in the sale deed. Look for mortgages that were never released and sales to other people.

Online EC covers transactions from 1 January 1983. “Data not found” is not proof of a clean title: confirm with the Sub-Registrar office.

Check the government market value

1. Open Market Value search ↗. No login is needed.
2. Under Non-Agriculture Rates, choose Land Value (plots, houses) or Apartment Value (flats).
3. Select district, mandal and village (and division in Hyderabad).
4. Read the rate per sq yd and its effective date for your locality.

Stamp duty is charged on the higher of this value and the price. Work it out with the stamp duty calculator. Market values were revised from 5 June 2026.

Certified copies

For older registered deeds use Certified Copies of Registered Documents (through MeeSeva, with district, SRO, year and document number). New registrations have their own route under the same citizen login.

Sources

• AssetlyHQ, “IGRS Telangana: EC, registration and Bhu Bharati land records”, published 3 May 2026, checked on the portal 16 October 2026.