GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Land & Land Refoms Department
LR-(A-III) Branch
WRITERS’ BUILDING CALCUTTA – 700001
Land & Land Refoms Department
LR-(A-III) Branch
WRITERS’ BUILDING CALCUTTA – 700001
Memo No. : 1480 (18)-GE (M)/3M-35/09
Dated : 18.03.2010.
Sub :Important points to be ascertained before initiation of any proposal for inter-departmental
transfer of Government land.
transfer of Government land.
It is often seen that proposals for inter-departmental transfer of Government land -- be it vested land or land belongs to any Department of the State Government other than the Land & Land Reforms Department, are initiated by the DLLROs without proper examination of all necessary points and such proposals are sent to the Land & Land Reforms Department without adequate papers/information causing unnecessary delay in finalisation of such proposal of inter-department transfer of land. In order to avoid such delay the following instructions should carefully be noted.
1. The name of the concerned Department of the State Government who requires land. The ‘Requiring Body’ should be the Department itself. If the ‘Requiring Body’ is a Corporation or a ‘Body’ which functions as an Autonomous Body under the administrative control of the Department, they can not be equated with the Department itself and the land can not be transferred to the Department. In such cases such ‘Requiring Body’ will have to take the land on lease as per Government norms from this Department.
2. Formal proposal requesting transfer of land should come to the Land & Land Reforms Department from the concerned Department and not from the end of any sub-ordinate office of that Department. Necessary instructions have already been issued by the Land & Land Reforms Department in this regard vide this Department’s Memo No. Memo No. 30258 (18)-GE (M)/3M-35/09 dated 03.07.2009. It may be the case that the land-requiring Department itself approaches the District Magistrate & Collector or the DLLRO for transfer of land instead of approaching the Land & Land Reforms Department. In that case, such formal proposal from the land requiring Department should be entertained. However, proposal from any sub-ordinate Office of a land-requiring Department e.g. any Directorate. District Head of Office like Superintendent of Police. Chief Medical Officer of Health and so on and so forth should not be entertained.
3. The proposal so furnished by the concerned Department should contain quantum of land, detailed schedule of land with plot wise break up and sketch map. A copy of the relevant letter of the land-requiring Department addressed to the District Magistrate & Collector or the DLLRO (if that happens at all) seeking transfer of land should be furnished with the proposal.
4. Before initiating any proposal for inter-departmental transfer of land as proposed by any Department of State Government who has furnished formal proposal as mentioned in point no. 2 above, the following points are required to be ascertained.
i) Whether the land proposed for settlement is acquired or vested.
ii) If acquired whether there is any case against compensation on land acquisition and whether acquisition process is complete.
1. The name of the concerned Department of the State Government who requires land. The ‘Requiring Body’ should be the Department itself. If the ‘Requiring Body’ is a Corporation or a ‘Body’ which functions as an Autonomous Body under the administrative control of the Department, they can not be equated with the Department itself and the land can not be transferred to the Department. In such cases such ‘Requiring Body’ will have to take the land on lease as per Government norms from this Department.
2. Formal proposal requesting transfer of land should come to the Land & Land Reforms Department from the concerned Department and not from the end of any sub-ordinate office of that Department. Necessary instructions have already been issued by the Land & Land Reforms Department in this regard vide this Department’s Memo No. Memo No. 30258 (18)-GE (M)/3M-35/09 dated 03.07.2009. It may be the case that the land-requiring Department itself approaches the District Magistrate & Collector or the DLLRO for transfer of land instead of approaching the Land & Land Reforms Department. In that case, such formal proposal from the land requiring Department should be entertained. However, proposal from any sub-ordinate Office of a land-requiring Department e.g. any Directorate. District Head of Office like Superintendent of Police. Chief Medical Officer of Health and so on and so forth should not be entertained.
3. The proposal so furnished by the concerned Department should contain quantum of land, detailed schedule of land with plot wise break up and sketch map. A copy of the relevant letter of the land-requiring Department addressed to the District Magistrate & Collector or the DLLRO (if that happens at all) seeking transfer of land should be furnished with the proposal.
4. Before initiating any proposal for inter-departmental transfer of land as proposed by any Department of State Government who has furnished formal proposal as mentioned in point no. 2 above, the following points are required to be ascertained.
i) Whether the land proposed for settlement is acquired or vested.
ii) If acquired whether there is any case against compensation on land acquisition and whether acquisition process is complete.
