Selling or Transferring a YEIDA Residential Plot: Permission, the 5% Transfer Charge, Documents and What to Check

A plot allotted by YEIDA is not like a registered freehold plot that you can sell by signing a deed. You hold an allotment, and later a lease, from the Authority, and the Authority controls who may take it over. This guide uses three primary documents: the transfer clause of YEIDA’s RPS10/2026 brochure, YEIDA’s own “Application for Transfer of Allotment Right to Residential Plot”, and its form for transfer to legal heirs. It covers the process, the charge, the exemptions and the checks for both sides.

What the brochure says about transfer

Clause 25 of the RPS10/2026 brochure sets out three cases:

• Legal heirs. On the death of the allottee or lessee, the plot can pass to the legal heirs with prior written permission of the CEO or an authorised officer, subject to the conditions in force on that date. No transfer charge is payable on succession.
• Everyone else. A transfer to anyone other than a legal heir needs a written request from the allottee or lessee and prior written permission. Permission may be granted on payment of transfer charges and compliance with other conditions set under the Authority’s policy on the date of permission, and takes effect only after the charges are deposited and the other requirements are met. The CEO or an authorised officer may accept or reject the request.
• Companies. If the plot was allotted to a company or private limited firm, a change in its constitution or shareholding is also governed by YEIDA’s current policy.

The brochure also says the plot may be used only for residential purposes. Using it for a shop, office, clinic, nursing home or school is a breach that can lead to cancellation. A buyer inherits that restriction.

The five-year bar in some categories

The RPS10/2026 brochure, and the RPS10/2025 brochure before it, bar transfer for five years from the date of allotment in three reserved categories: category B (industrial establishments and tenure-holders of land acquired by YEIDA or for the Jewar airport), category C (bona fide industries) and category D (farmers whose land YEIDA acquired or bought). We read the general-category terms (category A) in both brochures and found no such bar there. Each scheme has its own terms, so confirm this against the brochure for your own allotment.

How a transfer is applied for

YEIDA’s transfer application is addressed to the Deputy CEO and signed by both the transferor and the proposed transferee, with their photographs and signatures attested by a gazetted officer or banker. It must come with:

1. A non-refundable processing fee of ₹1,000, by demand draft or pay order in favour of YEIDA.
2. A demand draft for the transfer charges.
3. An attested copy of the up-to-date extension of time for construction, if applicable, issued by the Property Section, or the occupancy certificate issued by the Building Cell.
4. A joint affidavit by the transferor and transferee on ₹20 stamp paper, taking responsibility for dues and disputes, in YEIDA’s format. In it the transferee undertakes to pay all dues falling after permission and to abide by the brochure, the allotment letter and the lease deed.
5. For a family transfer, an affidavit in the prescribed format stating the relationship between the two parties.

YEIDA’s separate procedure checklist for a sale to an unrelated buyer also lists the original agreement to lease where one exists, with an indemnity bond on ₹100 stamp paper for its cancellation, a no-dues certificate to the date of transfer, a further indemnity bond on ₹100 stamp paper, and the ₹100 form. Check the current list with YEIDA, because the checklist dates from 2017.

Submitting the form is not permission. The transfer takes place only when YEIDA grants specific permission, and it is effective from the date of that approval. After permission, the transferee takes the plot on the terms of the allotment. YEIDA publishes an “agreement to lease after transfer” format for plots where the lease deed has not yet been executed (the format cites the 2009 residential scheme), and the lease deed follows the process described in our guide to what happens after a YEIDA plot allotment.

What the transfer costs

As an illustration only: if the total cost at the current sector rate were ₹1 crore, 5% would be ₹5 lakh. The form also makes the parties responsible for all government duties on the transfer; see our guide to stamp duty and registration in Uttar Pradesh.

The 5% figure is official but not dated 2026. Two YEIDA documents state it: the transfer application form (file created June 2018) and YEIDA’s “Procedure for Transacting Property Related Matter” (file created March 2017). The procedure document also refers to an office order on transfer charges, whose web link code suggests 31 December 2015, but we could not open that order. The RPS10/2025 and RPS10/2026 brochures say only that the charges “in force at that time” apply, and the form says rates can change without notice. YEIDA’s September 2026 corporate office and school brochures use 5% for institutional plots, and property dealers quote 5% for 2021 and 2024 (not official sources). We found no 2026 notification, so for a firm figure ask YEIDA’s property department for a written calculation for your plot.

Transfer to legal heirs

YEIDA has a separate “Application for Mutation of Residential Plot/Flat to Legal Heirs”. The legal heirs apply to transfer the plot to one of themselves, with attested signatures of all the heirs and an indemnity bond on ₹100 stamp paper in which the heir who is to receive the plot indemnifies YEIDA against claims. The other legal heirs each submit a no-objection affidavit. YEIDA’s procedure checklist for a transfer on the allottee’s death also lists the original death certificate, identity proof of the heirs, a ration card copy, a certificate of the family members issued by the SDM or tehsildar, no-objection affidavits on ₹10 stamp paper, a ₹1,000 processing fee and a newspaper notice inviting objections. This is separate from the land-record process for farmland, which is covered in our guide to varasat and mutation in Uttar Pradesh.

Checks for the seller

• Clear all dues first. No application is processed until all dues are paid up to the date of lodging, and dues that fall due before permission is granted must also be cleared.
• Confirm there is no five-year bar on your allotment category.
• Do not rely on a private agreement. A sale agreement alone is not YEIDA’s permission.
• Deadlines do not move. YEIDA says no extension of time for payment or for building will be allowed because a transfer was permitted.

Checks for the buyer

• Ask for the allotment letter and the latest dues statement, and check the plot against YEIDA’s records before paying.
• Ask YEIDA in writing whether your plot can be transferred now. A July 2012 post on a property group reported a decision by the three NCR authorities that transfer of allotment rights would not be allowed for plots where an agreement to lease had been executed (in Sectors 18 and 20), with owners selling only after possession, a lease deed and registration. We found no current YEIDA document repeating that, and the current brochure and forms provide a permission route, but older allotments can carry older terms.
• Do not buy on a power of attorney or an agreement to sell as a substitute for permission. See our guide to power of attorney and agreement to sell risks.
• Know what you take on. The transferee is bound by the brochure, the allotment letter and the lease deed, including the building deadline and the residential-use rule. YEIDA’s published lease deed formats also contain a clause giving YEIDA a claim to 25% of the “unearned increase” on a sale or foreclosure of mortgaged or charged property, and a right of pre-emption. We could not find how YEIDA applies it, so ask in writing; see our guide to the clauses in a YEIDA lease deed.
• Permission can be withdrawn. If it was obtained by misrepresentation, fraud, coercion or concealment, YEIDA can withdraw it and act against either party.
• Disputes over a transfer approval fall under the courts of Gautam Budh Nagar or the Allahabad High Court, according to YEIDA’s form.
• Loans and mortgage: the brochure allows a mortgage only after the lease deed and with YEIDA’s prior written permission, and YEIDA takes first charge over the plot. See loans for a YEIDA plot.

Common questions

Please verify before you commit. Transfer rules, charges and forms are set by YEIDA and can change. Read the brochure for your own scheme and confirm the current process with YEIDA before paying anyone. This is general information, not legal advice; use a local advocate for a specific plot.

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