A seller I've been talking to says it'll be simpler and faster to do the transfer through a General Power of Attorney rather than a regular registered sale deed. I've read a bit online saying this is risky but wanted to hear from people who've actually dealt with GPA sales in practice before I say yes or no.
A GPA is not a substitute for a registered sale deed, and courts have been clear about that repeatedly. Insist on a proper registered conveyance in your own name. Buying through a GPA instead means whatever chain-of-title problem exists now just gets handed down to whoever you eventually sell it to as well, it doesn't disappear, it moves.
That's what I was worried about. Is there ever a legitimate reason someone uses a GPA in a property sale at all, or is it always a red flag?
There are legitimate uses, like an NRI owner giving someone a GPA specifically to execute a registered sale deed on their behalf since they can't be present. That's different from the GPA itself being treated as if it were the transfer. The document you actually need as a buyer is still a registered sale deed executed either by the owner or by their properly authorised GPA holder, not the GPA standing in for it.
Also check that the GPA holder's own authority document is itself registered and still current before you go any further. Old or informally executed GPAs cause exactly the kind of dispute you're trying to avoid.
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