Yes! Except for leasing a house for your own residence, you need previous knowledge/permission of the prescribed authority (usually your immediate superior) for any immovable property transaction (buy, sell, gift, mortgage, etc.) – even if in your family member's name.

Previous sanction is mandatory if: (a) bought from someone you had official dealings with, or (b) property is outside India.

You must immediately report to the prescribed authority if the value exceeds two months' basic pay (or the limit set by Government from time to time).

Small value items (below the limit) don't need immediate reporting, but they still go into your annual return.

Yes, compulsory for all (Group A to D). Every year, declare ALL movable and immovable assets held by you, your spouse, children, and dependents as on 1st January.

Submit ONLINE via HRMS Portal by 31st January. Female officers must mention if assets were acquired from own or husband's sources.

Yes! The return is placed in the public domain for anyone to access. A copy is also sent to the Lokayukta.

• Late or non-filing → Disciplinary action
• Incomplete/misleading/false declaration → Major penalty proceedings
• Up-to-date filing is mandatory for promotion

Submit your first property return within 3 months of joining (as on date of appointment). Then file annually like everyone else.

Extent of Interest in land details (especially in government employees' Annual Property Returns/IPR forms) means the share or percentage of ownership that the person actually holds in the property. It shows how much of the property belongs to you — not always 100%.
Examples:
Full ownership: You buy a plot solely in your name → Extent of Interest: 100% or Full.
Jointly bought with your brother (equal share): → Extent of Interest: 50%.
Ancestral agricultural land inherited equally by two brothers (no partition yet): If you are one brother and a govt servant → Extent of Interest: 50% or 1/2 undivided share.
Property in father's name, but you have 1/4th share as coparcener (four brothers): → Extent of Interest: 25% or 1/4 undivided share.

In short, you only declare your own share, even if the property is jointly held with family members.

For pay scale, you have to filled the first cell-last cell value of the pay level you are presently drawing. For example, you are presently holding the post of R.I. and drawing pay in the Level-9. In this case your pay scale will be 35,400-1,12,400 i.e the first cell of Level-9 to the last cell of Level-9

No, there is no provision for offline submission. You have to submit the property statement online through HRMS only in the month of January every year.

The main benefit of copying the property statement from the previous year while submitting the current year's Annual Immovable Property Return (IPR) is that it saves a lot of time and effort by avoiding re-typing all your existing properties. How it helps: When you choose the "Copy" option (then select the previous year), the system automatically populates the current year's form with all the properties you declared in the previous year's return.You can then easily:
Delete any property that you have sold, gifted, or transferred during the year.
Add any new property that you have acquired (purchased, inherited, gifted, etc.) during the year.
Make minor updates if needed (e.g., change in share, value, or remarks).
This way, you don't have to manually re-enter details of all your old/existing properties every year, which can be many in number (especially ancestral/joint family properties).In short, it pre-fills your ongoing properties, so you only need to update the changes that happened in the current year — making the submission quicker, less tedious, and less prone to typing errors.

In the Manner of Acquisition column of the Annual Property Statement in Odisha HRMS portal (for immovable/movable properties), you need to clearly and briefly describe how you acquired the property.Standard ways to fill it:
Inheritance: Write "Inheritance" or "By Inheritance" or "Inherited from father/mother" (mention relation if needed for clarity).
Example: Agricultural land from parents → "Inheritance".

Gift: Write "Gift" or "By Gift" or "Gift from father/relative".
Example: House plot gifted by parents → "Gift from father".

Loan: Write "Purchase with Bank Loan" or "Purchased financed by House Building Loan from Bank/Government" or **"Purchase through loan".
Example: Flat bought with home loan → "Purchase with loan from SBI" (or simply "Purchase on loan").

Other common entries: Pure purchase with own savings → "Purchase" or "By Purchase".
If combined (e.g., partial loan + savings) → "Purchase partly by loan".

Give your property statement to the officer in charge of your establishment. They will upload it for you.