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HR in Mumbai and Management in Chennai each sign the same contract with their own DSC token, in order, and it comes back doubly signed and filed — without either of them leaving their desk, and without a cloud service ever touching the document.
Any document where two or more people must sign in a fixed order, with legally strong DSC signatures:
One contract, one signature at each end, in sequence. The same five steps run for every file — a batch of 50 works the same as one.
HR opens the PDF and adds two signer boxes — “HR” and “Management” — one under the other, then saves the prepared file. Each person now has a marked place to sign.
HR clicks their box and signs with the Mumbai DSC token. The first signature is now locked into the file.
HR assigns the task to Management and attaches the file. It travels over your own office network to the Chennai desk — no emailing, no cloud, fully tracked. (Simpler alternatives below.)
Management opens the task, clicks the “Management” box and signs with the Chennai DSC token. The contract now carries both signatures, each with its green validity tick.
The doubly-signed contract is filed into the right folder and the task is marked done. The audit trail shows who signed, where, and when — your eOffice record.
The counterparty is a client, a vendor, a director who signs twice a year? Don’t make them install a PDF suite. Send a secure Web-sign link — they open it in any browser and sign with their own DSC token via a tiny one-time helper, the way emSigner works on government portals.
In novel pdf studio, choose Web-sign — no app needed, pick the document and the signing box. The app encrypts the file and gives you one secure link to share over WhatsApp or email.
The recipient reviews the document right in the page. The decryption key travels inside the link itself and is never sent to any server — the document decrypts on their device only.
A tiny one-time helper, novelSigner, connects the browser to their DSC USB token — a real IT-Act signature, green tick and all. First-time recipients are offered the small download right on the page.
The signed PDF returns to your app automatically, encrypted end-to-end. Each link works exactly once and then expires — forwarded or leaked links open nothing.
Same security, zero friction: nothing readable ever sits on a server, the key never leaves the link, and the recipient needs no account, no app — just their token.
The same flow is how departmental approvals work: one officer puts up the file, another approves it. Every movement is recorded — the accountability the maker–checker principle exists for.
The dealing officer prepares the order or note, adds the two signer boxes, and signs first with their own DSC token — the maker’s signature is locked in.
The file moves to the approving officer over the department’s own network — no email attachments, no cloud service, and the movement itself is on record.
The approving officer reviews, clicks their box and countersigns with their DSC. The approved order is filed with a complete audit trail — who signed, in what order, and when. If the file is not in order, it simply goes back to the maker.
Why departments choose this: both signatures are real DSC signatures under the IT Act, the document never leaves the department’s own network, and the sequence itself — maker first, checker second — is enforced by the signer boxes, not by convention.
Two desks, linked by your own office server over a private site-to-site VPN. Nothing goes to the public internet except licence checks.
Prepares & signs first
Signs second & approves
Three ways, from full eOffice to zero-setup. Pick by how much automation and audit you want.
A small workflow relay on your own office server holds the queue. HR assigns each contract to Management; it appears in their “My tasks”, they sign, it’s filed — every step recorded.
A “To sign” folder synced to both PCs. HR drops the signed-once file in; it appears in Chennai within seconds; Management signs and moves it to “Done”.
HR signs box 1 and sends the encrypted file; Management signs box 2 and sends it back, unlocked with a short code. Works anywhere, today.
Start today, build up later. Prove the daily habit with the email or shared-folder method first. Move to Team tasks once the server and VPN are in place — the signing steps for HR and Management stay exactly the same.
₹4,100 per year, 2 computers — the Enterprise plan: everything in Business, plus batch compress, Smart Filing, novel Connect, Workflow Automation and team approval routing. Try the whole suite free for 7 days, or talk to us about your signing workflow.