Chhattisgarh homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address
- [ ] District
- [ ] Municipal corporation / municipality / Nagar Panchayat / Gram Panchayat status
- [ ] Survey/khasra/property identifiers
- [ ] Existing/proposed/running property
- [ ] Existing total rooms
- [ ] Proposed guest rooms
- [ ] Confirm proposed guest rooms do not exceed current 9-room implementation ceiling
- [ ] Proposed guest capacity/beds
- [ ] Owner residence plan
- [ ] Manager/caretaker residence plan
- [ ] Operating-entity identity
- [ ] Food-service plan
- [ ] Foreign-guest plan
- [ ] Incentive/subsidy dependency
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Registered title/ownership proof
- [ ] Mutation/inheritance papers where relevant
- [ ] Co-owner details
- [ ] Co-owner authority requirement confirmed with CTB
- [ ] Lease documentation if applicable
- [ ] Written confirmation of lessee eligibility if relevant
- [ ] Applicant Aadhaar
- [ ] PAN
- [ ] Email/mobile details
- [ ] NIDHI number if applicable
- [ ] Authorised manager details
- [ ] Police-clearance requirement confirmed
- [ ] Police-clearance document
- [ ] Entity eligibility confirmed where company/LLP/firm proposed
### Property readiness
- [ ] Road width recorded
- [ ] Plot area measured
- [ ] Covered area measured
- [ ] Room schedule prepared
- [ ] Room sizes measured
- [ ] Bathrooms/toilets recorded
- [ ] Lobby/lounge area recorded
- [ ] Dining area recorded
- [ ] Parking arrangement recorded
- [ ] Fire equipment inventoried
- [ ] Water availability checked
- [ ] Electricity/load checked
- [ ] Waste/sewage arrangement checked
- [ ] Building sanction/use checked
- [ ] Completion/occupancy requirement checked
- [ ] Fire-NOC applicability checked
- [ ] Forest/wildlife/heritage/environmental location screened
- [ ] Accessibility requirements assessed
### Application
- [ ] Correct CTB category confirmed
- [ ] Current fee obtained directly from portal/CTB
- [ ] Homestay name entered
- [ ] Authorised manager entered
- [ ] Complete postal address
- [ ] Ownership type
- [ ] Police clearance status
- [ ] Distances from transport/commercial nodes
- [ ] Room details
- [ ] Facility details
- [ ] Tariffs
- [ ] Owner/manager background
- [ ] Ownership proof uploaded
- [ ] Police-clearance upload prepared
- [ ] Every declaration read before acceptance
- [ ] Submission acknowledgement retained
### Inspection
- [ ] Current checklist obtained from CTB
- [ ] Applicant copy of submitted form retained
- [ ] Ownership originals available
- [ ] Police document available
- [ ] Physical room configuration matches application
- [ ] Tariffs match application
- [ ] Fire/safety facilities present as declared
- [ ] Deficiency/query responses documented
- [ ] Inspection report/correspondence retained
### Operations
- [ ] Registration certificate retained/display requirement confirmed
- [ ] Domestic guest-record requirement confirmed
- [ ] Foreign guest Form III reporting system operational
- [ ] Foreign records retained for at least one year
- [ ] FSSAI/FoSCoS position established before food business
- [ ] GST analysis completed
- [ ] Staff/employer registrations reviewed
- [ ] Staff police-verification requirement checked
- [ ] Guest billing system
- [ ] Rate-change procedure confirmed
- [ ] Complaint contacts
- [ ] Fire/safety maintenance schedule
- [ ] Waste arrangements
- [ ] Insurance assessment
- [ ] Incident escalation procedure
### Renewal / changes
- [ ] Determine whether certificate is current-policy lifetime registration or legacy certificate
- [ ] If legacy, use CTB renewal lookup and obtain written validity confirmation
- [ ] Track ownership changes
- [ ] Track manager/operator changes
- [ ] Track room additions/removals
- [ ] Track building alterations
- [ ] Obtain CTB amendment approval where required
- [ ] Do not assume registration transfers automatically on sale/inheritance