Kerala govt to enact Land Settlement Act to resolve property disputes
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Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the primary time within the historical past of Kerala, the state authorities is to pilot the ‘Land Settlement Act’ to resolve all land settlement disputes. The invoice to be piloted by the income division is prone to be tabled earlier than the present session of the meeting. According to sources within the income division, earlier than formulating the draft invoice, the federal government will maintain talks with the Opposition and search the authorized opinion of the Advocate General.
Under the proposed Act, the federal government goals to undertake the Herculean activity of finishing the digital survey of land first. Then the income division will put together an inventory of presidency lands and the draft listing of titles of all lands. As of now, there is no such thing as a Settlement Act within the state. Hence the federal government couldn’t intrude in any of the title disputes and supply proof to settle them. In 1905 and 1907, there was a settlement register within the erstwhile Travancore princely state, and the Malabar settlement register was formulated in 1933.
Though land survey in state started in 1966, it might be accomplished solely in 900 villages. However, in keeping with the calculation of the federal government, the completion of digital survey will pave the way in which for the Land Settlement Act. During digital survey, authorities land and personal property will probably be clearly demarcated. The title holder’s title may also be documented. Moreover, the fundamental nature of the land and each geological side will probably be recorded.
Once the Act is enacted, authorities can have the small print of each title holder. “Once the survey is completed, revenue department will have all details of ownership of lands,” a prime income official advised TNIE. “After the enactment of the Act, there will be foolproof records of each land, including its title. The important factor is that the government could interfere in any land dispute between individuals and institutions as it has definitive title documents in its possession,” he stated. The authorities additionally thinks that the settlement register ready as per the Act will assist cut back the huge variety of civil instances associated to possession disputes.
“The poorly maintained land records is one of the main reasons that pave the way for litigations,” an official stated. “The revenue department is also thinking of appointing a settlement officer. Now, the government cannot provide title for a particular plot of land as it does not have any specific document related to it. Once the title of the land is ascertained and recorded, the government can authentically provide the actual position of the land,” he added. The state authorities’s initiative comes after the NITI Aayog got here up with a Model Act and Rules on Conclusive Land Titling. The state Act will probably be totally completely different from the NITI Aayog’s draft act.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the primary time within the historical past of Kerala, the state authorities is to pilot the ‘Land Settlement Act’ to resolve all land settlement disputes. The invoice to be piloted by the income division is prone to be tabled earlier than the present session of the meeting. According to sources within the income division, earlier than formulating the draft invoice, the federal government will maintain talks with the Opposition and search the authorized opinion of the Advocate General.
Under the proposed Act, the federal government goals to undertake the Herculean activity of finishing the digital survey of land first. Then the income division will put together an inventory of presidency lands and the draft listing of titles of all lands. As of now, there is no such thing as a Settlement Act within the state. Hence the federal government couldn’t intrude in any of the title disputes and supply proof to settle them. In 1905 and 1907, there was a settlement register within the erstwhile Travancore princely state, and the Malabar settlement register was formulated in 1933.
Though land survey in state started in 1966, it might be accomplished solely in 900 villages. However, in keeping with the calculation of the federal government, the completion of digital survey will pave the way in which for the Land Settlement Act. During digital survey, authorities land and personal property will probably be clearly demarcated. The title holder’s title may also be documented. Moreover, the fundamental nature of the land and each geological side will probably be recorded. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Once the Act is enacted, authorities can have the small print of each title holder. “Once the survey is completed, revenue department will have all details of ownership of lands,” a prime income official advised TNIE. “After the enactment of the Act, there will be foolproof records of each land, including its title. The important factor is that the government could interfere in any land dispute between individuals and institutions as it has definitive title documents in its possession,” he stated. The authorities additionally thinks that the settlement register ready as per the Act will assist cut back the huge variety of civil instances associated to possession disputes.
“The poorly maintained land records is one of the main reasons that pave the way for litigations,” an official stated. “The revenue department is also thinking of appointing a settlement officer. Now, the government cannot provide title for a particular plot of land as it does not have any specific document related to it. Once the title of the land is ascertained and recorded, the government can authentically provide the actual position of the land,” he added. The state authorities’s initiative comes after the NITI Aayog got here up with a Model Act and Rules on Conclusive Land Titling. The state Act will probably be totally completely different from the NITI Aayog’s draft act.
