Property tax / house tax: paying it and changing the name

Property tax / house tax: paying it and changing the name
You pay the property tax on your house and keep the receipt, or get your name put on the tax record of a house you bought or inherited.
For whom: Anyone who owns a house or building in Telangana: in Hyderabad (GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri corporations), in another municipality, or in a gram panchayat.
Published on 30-10-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.

Only if

Where is the house? Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025) · What do you need to do? Pay the tax
1.
Open the CURE property tax payment page. Enter your PTI number, or the mobile number registered with the tax, check the owner name, door number and tax shown, and pay online.
💻 Online
onlinepayments.ghmc.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
💰 Fee: The tax on your house, as the page shows it.
Not confirmed: The GHMC website now links the "Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Act, 2026". The file was too large for us to open, so we have not checked its rules on rebates, interest or name changes.
2.
If you cannot pay online, pay at a MeeSeva centre or at the Citizen Service Centre in your circle office, and take the computer receipt.
🏢 At a MeeSeva centre
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
Not confirmed: These ways of paying are from GHMC pages written before GHMC was split into three corporations. Ask at your circle office which counters your corporation uses. Check MeeSeva's charge on the board at the centre.
3.
After paying, download the receipt from "Print Receipts" on the same page, and keep it.
💻 Online
onlinepayments.ghmc.gov.in ↗

Only if

Where is the house? Another municipality or municipal corporation · What do you need to do? Pay the tax
4.
On the CDMA eMunicipal portal, open Property Tax. Enter the 10-digit PTIN, choose the district and municipality, see the dues, and pay with "Proceed To Pay Online".
💻 Online
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
💰 Fee: The tax on your house, as the portal shows it.
⏱️ within 30 days · The tax is for each half-year and is due within 30 days of the start of the half-year. If it is not paid by the end of June (first half) or the end of December (second half), simple interest of 2% a month is added.
Not confirmed: The due date and the interest are from section 100 of the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019, as the Centre for Good Governance explains it; we could not open the Act itself. The 27 municipalities merged into GHMC from 13 December 2025 now pay on the Hyderabad (GHMC) portal.
5.
If you pay the whole year's tax in one go before 30 April, the rules give you a rebate. Pay by then if you want it.
✋ You do this yourself
Not confirmed: The rules set the rebate's percentage; we did not see this year's rate in an official paper. Check at the municipal office or on the portal.
6.
Check that the payment went through under "Check Your Payment Status", and download the receipt.
💻 Online
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗

Only if

Where is the house? A gram panchayat (village) · What do you need to do? Pay the tax
7.
The gram panchayat serves the house tax demand notice within a month of the start of the financial year. Pay the Panchayat Secretary within 30 days of receiving it, and take a receipt.
🏛️ Gram panchayat office (Panchayat Secretary)
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
💰 Fee: The house tax on the notice.
⏱️ within 30 days · Within 30 days of receiving the demand notice.
Not confirmed: The Act lets the Government make rules for a rebate on paying in advance in one go; we did not find whether such a rebate exists now. Ask the Panchayat Secretary.
8.
Or pay online with "Property Tax" in the citizen services of the e-Panchayat portal.
💻 Online
epanchayat.telangana.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
Not confirmed: When we opened the citizen services page it went back to the home page, so we did not see the screens inside.

Only if

Where is the house? Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By a sale or gift deed registered at the Sub-Registrar · When was the deed registered? On or after 16 June 2021 / Between 1 June 2016 and 15 June 2021
9.
For deeds registered from 1 June 2016, the mutation fee is paid to the Sub-Registrar at registration, and the circle office starts the name change by itself. Check it under "Know your mutation status".
💻 Online
eodb.ghmc.gov.in ↗
💰 Fee: 0.1% of the market value, paid at registration.
⏱️ within 30 days · Within 30 days of the application reaching the circle office.
Not confirmed: The GHMC website now links the "Core Urban Region (Integrated Governance) Act, 2026". The file was too large for us to open, so we have not checked its rules on rebates, interest or name changes.

Only if

Where is the house? Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · When was the deed registered? Before 1 June 2016
10.
Apply online for the name change in the "Mutation of Property" form, with the assessment number and your mobile number.
💻 Online
sa.ghmc.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number), The registered sale, gift or will deed, and the link documents before it, Notice of transfer, signed by both the seller and the buyer, A recent encumbrance certificate (EC), Non-judicial stamp paper of ₹20 for each copy of a document, An affidavit-cum-indemnity bond on ₹50 stamp paper, notarised, The property tax receipt, paid up to date, The owner's death certificate, A succession certificate or legal heir certificate
💰 Fee: 0.1% of the market value.
Not confirmed: The list of documents and the fee are from GHMC's older procedure paper and citizen's charter. We did not see the online form's screens inside. They may have changed under the new 2026 Act; ask at the circle office.

Only if

Where is the house? Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By inheritance, a will or a court order
11.
Apply online for the name change in the "Mutation of Property" form, with the assessment number and your mobile number.
💻 Online
sa.ghmc.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number), The registered sale, gift or will deed, and the link documents before it, Notice of transfer, signed by both the seller and the buyer, A recent encumbrance certificate (EC), Non-judicial stamp paper of ₹20 for each copy of a document, An affidavit-cum-indemnity bond on ₹50 stamp paper, notarised, The property tax receipt, paid up to date, The owner's death certificate, A succession certificate or legal heir certificate
💰 Fee: 0.1% of the market value.
Not confirmed: The list of documents and the fee are from GHMC's older procedure paper and citizen's charter. We did not see the online form's screens inside. They may have changed under the new 2026 Act; ask at the circle office.

Only if

Where is the house? Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record
12.
Once it is approved, download the mutation certificate from the GHMC website.
💻 Online
ghmc.gov.in ↗

Only if

Where is the house? Another municipality or municipal corporation · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By a sale or gift deed registered at the Sub-Registrar · When was the deed registered? On or after 16 June 2021
13.
The CDMA portal does not take name-change applications for deeds registered from 16 June 2021. Enter your PTIN under "View Assessment Details" and check whether your name is now on the tax record.
💻 Online
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number)
Not confirmed: By the Act (section 104), the new owner's name goes on the tax record at once when the set amount is paid; a 2016 order has the Sub-Registrar collect that fee at registration. We found no official page on the current amount and route. If your name has not come, ask at the municipal office.

Only if

Where is the house? Another municipality or municipal corporation · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By a sale or gift deed registered at the Sub-Registrar · When was the deed registered? Between 1 June 2016 and 15 June 2021 / Before 1 June 2016
14.
For a deed registered before 16 June 2021, apply on the "Mutation" page of the CDMA portal with the owner's mobile number, the OTP and the PTIN.
💻 Online
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number), The registered sale, gift or will deed, and the link documents before it
Not confirmed: The documents and fee the portal asks for appear only after login; we did not see them. The portal's "Mutation Application Procedure" file was not found when we tried it.

Only if

Where is the house? Another municipality or municipal corporation · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By inheritance, a will or a court order
15.
When the house comes by inheritance or a court order, both sides (the old owner's side and you) must give notice of the transfer to the Municipal Commissioner. The Commissioner makes the change within the time the Act sets.
🏛️ Municipal office (Commissioner)
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number), The registered sale, gift or will deed, and the link documents before it, The owner's death certificate, A succession certificate or legal heir certificate
Not confirmed: The rule is from section 104 of the Act (as the Centre for Good Governance explains it). The time limit is in Schedule III of the Act, which we did not read. We found no official list of the form, documents or fee; ask at the municipal office.

Only if

Where is the house? Another municipality or municipal corporation · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record
16.
Once the name is changed, get the certificate from "Download Mutation Certificate" on the CDMA portal.
💻 Online
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗

Only if

Where is the house? A gram panchayat (village) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By a sale or gift deed registered at the Sub-Registrar
17.
For a non-agricultural property (a house or plot), the name in the panchayat records is meant to change by itself at registration. Ask the Panchayat Secretary to check that it has changed.
🏛️ Gram panchayat office (Panchayat Secretary)
📎 The registered sale, gift or will deed, and the link documents before it
💰 Fee: 0.1% of the registered value of the property or ₹800, whichever is more; collected at registration.
Not confirmed: This is from a 2020 order, which says it happens through the Dharani portal. Dharani has since been replaced; we found no official page on how it is done now.

Only if

Where is the house? A gram panchayat (village) · What do you need to do? Change the name on the tax record · How did the house come to you? By inheritance, a will or a court order
18.
For a house that came by inheritance or without registration, apply to the gram panchayat for a name change ("Building Mutation"). The service is also in the e-Panchayat citizen services.
🏛️ Gram panchayat office (Panchayat Secretary)
📎 An old tax receipt, or the property tax number (PTIN / assessment number), The owner's death certificate, A succession certificate or legal heir certificate
Not confirmed: We found no official list of the documents, fee or time limit for this service in a gram panchayat. Ask the Panchayat Secretary.

Documents you need

If you don't have it:
It is on an old receipt. In Hyderabad you can also search with the mobile number registered with the tax.
Not confirmed: GHMC's papers ask for it under section 208 of the old GHMC Act. Ask at the circle office whether it is still needed under the new 2026 Act.
If you don't have it:
From the Registration Department.
→ Encumbrance certificate (EC) and certified copy of a deed
If you don't have it:
→ After a death in the family

If something goes wrong

If it is rejected
In a municipality, if you think the tax is wrong, give a revision petition to the Commissioner within 60 days of the notice; the Commissioner must decide within 30 days. You can appeal against that decision to the Regional Director of Municipal Administration within 30 days. The CDMA portal has "Revision Petition" and "Appeal Petition". In Hyderabad, give the revision petition at the circle office.
CDMA portal: Revision Petition
cdma.cgg.gov.in ↗
Not confirmed: GHMC's older citizen's charter gives 30 days for a revision petition in Hyderabad; it may have changed under the new 2026 Act. We found no official page on whom to object to in a gram panchayat.
If it is late
In Hyderabad, if the name change takes more than 30 days, complain on the GHMC grievance portal or to the helpline 040-21111111. Elsewhere, complain online on Prajavani, or at the Prajavani grievance day at your District Collectorate.
GHMC grievance portal
igs.ghmc.gov.in ↗📞 04021111111
Not confirmed: This helpline and portal are GHMC's; we did not find whether the Cyberabad and Malkajgiri corporations have their own.
If you are asked for more money
The tax is only what the portal shows. Take a computer receipt for every payment; in Hyderabad, tax collection and receipts are all computerised, with no manual transactions. If you are asked for more, complain on the GHMC grievance portal or on Prajavani.
Prajavani (the government's grievance system)
prajavani.cgg.gov.in ↗
Also
If there is a dispute over who owns the house, among heirs or with anyone else, it is a legal matter. For free legal help, go to the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in your district court complex. Toll-free: 15100.
District Legal Services Authority (DLSA)
telangana.nalsa.gov.in ↗📞 15100
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Updated on 30-10-2026
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