The State Government has brought in a new statute, which would govern land allotment in the Capital Region by eliminating hurdles.
As per the Government of Odisha Rules of Business, general control over New Capital and Government land within the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area and leasing and transferring of sites are the subject matters of the General Administration (GA) Department.
Accordingly, the GA Department was allotting Government land in the BMC area for different purposes under the provisions of the Government Grants Act, 1895.Now, the Government Grants Act, 1895 has been repealed by Parliament vide the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017.
As the Act has been repealed, the GA Department has proposed for an amendment of the Odisha Government Land Settlement Rules (OGLS), Rules 1983 by inserting a separate Schedule for allotment of land within the BMC limits.
So, a new Rule No. 5AA has been inserted in the Odisha Government Land Settlement Rules providing that the land within the BMC limits shall be governed as per the procedure laid down in Schedule-IV-A and a new Schedule No.
IV-A has been added to the OGLS Rules enumerating the procedure for such allotment.A preliminary notification for the draft OGLS (Amendment) Rules,
2020 was published in an extraordinary issue of the Odisha Gazette No. 948 dated the July 6, 2020 under the notification of the Government of Odisha in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department No.
RDM-LRGEA-STATUT-AAOI-2O2O- 21427 /R&DM dated the July 3 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby till the expiry of a period of 30 days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Odisha Gazette.
The final notification of the rules was published on September 8, 2020.