Buying Land in Mohali

Mohali — land purchase legal rules

The Act text we read limits how much land a family may hold, not who may buy. The main check is land classification: village common land (Shamlat Deh) vests in the Gram Panchayat, and a private seller cannot pass title to it.

Mohali — Shamlat records and land acquisition

⚠ Shamlat Deh (village common land) is the record to check first. Section 4 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 vests land recorded as shamilat deh in the village panchayat, and Section 5 requires it to be used or disposed of for the benefit of the village inhabitants. Mohali has had documented cases. In May 2021 the Tribune reported a Vigilance Bureau inquiry into the illegal sale of 2,714 acres of shamlat land at Majrian and over 1,000 acres at Seonk (The Tribune, May 2021). In February 2025 the state dismissed a naib tehsildar after an inquiry found that, while posted at Majri in 2016, he had approved the transfer of 10,365 kanals 19 marlas of shamlat land at Seonk to private parties; the Enforcement Directorate had filed a prosecution complaint against him in July 2023 (The Tribune, February 2025). The old page said a scheme was still running through the revenue office in mid-2026; we found no report that says so, and the line is removed. Match every khasra number with the seller's jamabandi (fard) and ask the revenue office for the parcel's mutation history before paying an advance.

⚠ Part of Mohali's growth area is being acquired by the state. In November 2025 the Tribune reported a social impact assessment by Punjab Agricultural University for Aerotropolis pockets E to J, about 3,537 acres in eight villages, planned under the 2013 central land acquisition Act (The Tribune, November 2025). On 21 July 2026 it reported awards for 3,522.98 acres worth ₹23,457 crore, at between ₹6.28 crore and ₹8.29 crore an acre depending on the village (The Tribune, July 2026), and in April 2026 landowners from about a dozen villages were protesting the acquisition (The Tribune, April 2026). We did not read GMADA's own notifications; the section-by-section hearing list on the old page came from an aggregator and is dropped. Ask the Land Acquisition Collector's office whether the khasra sits in any notification.

⚠ Two other Punjab rules touch Mohali buyers. The Land Pooling Policy 2025 was notified on 4 June 2025 and amended on 25 July (GMADA policy page); the state withdrew it by notification of 14 August 2025, and the High Court disposed of the challenges on 11 September (The Tribune, September 2025), so a pitch based on pooling returns is quoting a withdrawn policy. For farmhouses, the Cabinet cleared a policy on 16 November 2025 for the kandi belt from Mohali to Pathankot: plots of at least one acre (4,000 sq yd), no commercial use, ground plus one floor and a Forest Department NOC for delisted land (The Tribune, November 2025). We did not read the policy text, so ask which villages it covers.

Connectivity

How Mohali connects

An airport terminal inside the district and a scheduled IndiGo link to Noida International Airport at Jewar.

Shamlat Deh cases on record

Vigilance and mutation cases at Majrian and Seonk are reported (The Tribune, 2021; The Tribune, 2025). Match the khasra with the jamabandi and ask for the mutation history.

Aerotropolis acquisition

Acquisition runs under the 2013 Act and awards were announced in July 2026 (The Tribune). Confirm the parcel is not inside a notification before any purchase.

Title errors are costly at these land values

Reported awards reach ₹8.29 crore an acre, so a title error is expensive. Budget for a lawyer's search of the records, not a quick look at the fard.