Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, July 18: In response to the invitation in respect of the Revenue Department, A & N Administration’s simplification of the process of various services offered by District Administration, Mr. Dipankar Mistry, Pramukh, Panchayat Samiti, Diglipur submitted a plethora of suggestions through a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary, A & N Administration which he shot yesterday for their incorporation and implementation.
According to the letter/information, the Pramukh felt it obligatory to respond to the Administration’s invitation for simplification of the process of various services offered by District Administration and he said that the simplification of the process is genuinely called for.
Mr. Dipankar Mistry said in his letter that, people apply (online) for the No-Dues & Non-Encumbrance certificate against their land for disposal (sale/gift/transfer, etc), but there is a long time lag between when the stakeholders apply and when they obtain the documents issued from DC’s Office. Hence, the concerned Tehsildar of the respective Tehsil is empowered to issue No-Dues, Non-encumbrance and Valuation certificates so as to enable the land sellers and buyers (respectively) dispose & purchase their land without much hassle, Mr. Mistry suggested. The diversion of land to House Site & Commercial Site was pigeonholed years ago, Mr. Mistry said. As a result, people are not in a condition to build their houses despite having their own land. On the other hand, the unemployed aspirants intending to set up business establishments are being severely affected due to the cessation of diversion of land in commercial and which needs to be resumed on priority was the Pramukh’s another suggestion to the Administration.
The Pramukh also argued in his letter that, the A & N Administration issued an Order vide No. 274, 19 F.No.3-21/SR/Stamp Duty/2015, dated 22nd Oct. 2019 to fix Minimum reference Circle Rate for purpose of effecting transfer of interest in land/immovable property by way of conveyance/gift/exchange etc in various areas of the Union Territory of A & N Islands with immediate effect in the year 2019 and which is in force. But, a number of villages like Sitanagar, Krishnapur, Keralapuram, Sagardweep, Vidyasagarpally etc coming under Diglipur Tehsil was left out in fixing the Minimum reference Circle Rate for their land. As such the stake holders aren’t in a condition to sell their land in order to meet their financial crisis/requirement. Hence, the matter is taken into consideration and the Minimum reference Circle Rate is fixed for the land of these villages without further delay, put forth by the Pramukh as a suggestion.
According to Mr. Dipankar Mistry, as per LRR 1966, if the stakeholder, in this case it is a registered settler owning 4.05 hectare of land, intends to dispose of a part of his land, then he has to retain 2 hectare of land in his possession and in record and the rest 2 hectare he can sell/transfer. But, how this very rule applies to one who has purchased a land for example measuring an area 0.1350 hectare which is much below 2 hectare of land, and when he intends to dispose a small part his land, he will have to transfer the rest area of his land; now, when the individual doesn’t hold/posses 2 hectare of land, then how does he come under the domain of this 2 hectare rule? Mr. Mistry vehemently argued. And when so done, the owner, bereft of land reportedly becomes an undesirable person in the family and is subjected to sufferings and oppressions, the Pramukh further said. In view of the reasons, he urged that the bar on this 2 hectare of land be lifted to free the people from the clutches of this illogical rule was one of the prime suggestions floated by the Pramukh.
Delegation of power in respect of land registration and name corrections in land records etc. were other suggestions which found place in the Pramukh’s suggestions.
