Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma has directed the Revenue and land Reforms Department to complete the land digitisation process by November 15. While holding a meeting with all Additional Collectors, District land acquisition officers and officials of SAR Courts along with land registration officers and Secretaries of the Department on Monday, the CS also hinted that 648875.97 acre of land across the State were identified under suspicious transfers.
“The identified lands under suspicious transfer have been computerised and have been categorised as per their land holders. The land holding should also be matched with socio-economic survey so that all illegal land holdings can be marked. The Government is considering to distribute such lands among landless,” said the Chief Secretary.
It was informed that out of 264 circles 197 circles have been brought online and the rest circles would be digitised by November 7 so that all the circles are brought online by November 15. 122 demands for land from different Departments have been fulfilled with releasing 709.22 acre of land and the rest 220 such requests would be met in next 15 days. The CS directed that request for land from the Industry Department would be made available to the Additional Collectors within a week.
In the last four months Rs 3669.24 crore has been paid as compensation against the land acquired and another Rs 1022.94 would be disbursed in a month time. 68.702 acre of Government land for Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor has been transferred and Rs 45.05 crore against 235.039 acre of raiyati land have been paid to the beneficiaries. Also, against the demand for 1137.845 acre land for Tori-Shivpur rail line 1113.385 acre of land has been transferred and for the rest the process is on.
The CS also directed to disposes mutation process within 30 days for without objection cases and within 90 days for with objection under the Right to Service Act and also for clearing cases pending before the SAR Courts.