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DICDL transfer fee
This works out what it costs to transfer a Dholera allotment, using both of the two tables the policy actually contains. It matters because the sources publishing these numbers show one table and call it transfer, and the two tables are not the same.
Updated 11 August 2026. Both tables read directly from the allotment policy PDF on 11 August 2026.
There are two tables, and they carry different numbers
The allotment policy sets out transfer charges twice. Section 2.10.1, Table 5, covers the transfer of a plot and charges forty, twenty or ten percent of market value depending on how long it has been held. Section 2.10.2, Table 6, covers sub-transfer and charges twenty, ten or five percent on the same holding periods.
One more boundary worth knowing. The policy's own wording is "less than 5 years", "more than 5 but less than 15 years" and "more than 15 years". Exactly five years and exactly fifteen years fall between its own bands, so this calculator returns UNKNOWN at those two points rather than picking a side.
Both tables, side by side
| Holding period | Transfer, Table 5, section 2.10.1 | Sub-transfer, Table 6, section 2.10.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 5 years | 40% of market value | 20% of market value |
| More than 5 but less than 15 years | 20% of market value | 10% of market value |
| More than 15 years | 10% of market value | 05% of market value |
When no transfer charge is payable
The policy lists four situations. All four are quoted from the policy and the lease deed clauses inside it.
- An existing company or firm already holding land in the region is acquired one hundred percent.
- The first transfer of a sub-divided plot, where sub-transfer was applied for at the time of allotment.
- A Category 1 lessee transfers to a lessee group company at book value. A group company means an entity in which the lessee, its subsidiaries or its associates hold twenty six percent or more of the equity.
- The lessee sets up a manufacturing facility through a special purpose vehicle in which it holds twenty six percent or more.
Two limits people miss
| Rule | What it says |
|---|---|
| Sub-transfer not declared at allotment | A later sub-transfer cannot exceed fifty percent of the original land allotment. |
| Surrender | The allotment price already paid is forfeited, and vacant possession must be handed back in the original condition with all dues, taxes and levies paid. |
Where this comes from
- Table 5, transfer: 40, 20 and 10 percent of market value CONFIRMED DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended by Amendment 01 of 2019, in force from 16 February 2019.
Printed page 25 of the policy PDF, read on 11 August 2026. - Table 6, sub-transfer: 20, 10 and 5 percent of market value CONFIRMED DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended by Amendment 01 of 2019, in force from 16 February 2019.
Printed page 26. A different table from the one above, with different numbers. - The four exemptions CONFIRMED DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended by Amendment 01 of 2019, in force from 16 February 2019.
Printed pages 25 and 26, and lease deed clauses 5.20 and 5.21 on printed page 55. - The 50 percent sub-transfer limit and the surrender rule CONFIRMED DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended by Amendment 01 of 2019, in force from 16 February 2019.
Printed page 26. - The charge at exactly 5 years and exactly 15 years UNKNOWN
The policy bands are less than 5, more than 5 but less than 15, and more than 15. The two boundary points are not covered and no figure is asserted.
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