Lack of transparency in online permissions taken under land revenue laws

- Lokabhimukha Guidance - H.S. Patel IAS (Retd.)

- Online permissions need to be simplified under “Ease of Doing Business”.

Among the important laws regulating land/property are the provisions of Land Revenue Act-1948, TP Act 1879, Saurashtra Gharkhed (Suitable to the districts of Saurashtra). Matters related to land/property touch most of the population in one way or another. Importance of revenue records relating to land/property as a document of ownership/occupancy. When the Land Revenue Act or the Land Reforms Acts were enacted, all the sections of these Acts were operative. Among the limited provisions now used are Section-37(2), 38, 61, 65, 65B, 66, 67 of the Land Revenue Act, Section-203 to 211 Revision and Appeal Provisions of Title Rules under Chapter-10A. Similarly in the Act, Section-43 (new proviso) 63 as well as 74 and 76 provide for revision and appeal. Thus the provisions of Section-54 / 55 under Saurashtra Gharkhed are applicable. Maintenance of revenue record - As per Revenue Account Manual (RAM) considering revenue village as administrative unit, sample no. 1 to 18 (except CT survey) are conducted. Even today these revenue forms include Village Form No.1 (Permanent Bill) Village Revenue Area - Form No.6, Record of Title Register, Form No.7, Tenant's Land, Area, Shape Form No.-8 Total Holding of Tenant's Land Form - 12 Tulwari - Phanipatrak etc. All the village models are complementary and the revenue system implemented during the British rule is the pillar in the basic revenue administration.

Computerization of land revenue has been implemented since 2003 and accordingly village talati who was earlier the custodian of revenue records (Sample No.1 to 18) has been transferred to the branch known as Idhara Center of Mamlatdar office after computerization of all records and now the custodian of revenue records. Important sample no. 7/12 as well as all the merit papers notes are available online. After computerization of the original record, several errors remain such as change in occupants, area loss etc. If there is a computerization error in the original certified record, then the authorities have been empowered to suo moto correct it automatically, but according to information, some parties are still facing difficulties due to the inaction of the revenue authorities in this matter. . Most transactions are done by the revenue department of the state government as part of transparent administration and to be disposed of within the time frame. Such permission of non-cultivation under Section-65 of the Land Revenue Act, submissions coming before me from all over the State are of such a nature that since 1951 there is verification of the authenticity of the revenue records/notes and the most important thing is that of the occupier of the land concerned, the cultivator of the land and all subsequent dealings in that regard, this To state that the implementation of land revenue reforms after independence and all Tenure Abolition laws and making all land revenue liable for land revenue, the promulgation of revenue records of all districts of the state - around 1951, should be verified as part of the Aadhaar calculation. But when all the transaction notes of the respective occupiers are authenticated by the revenue authorities and if any non-agricultural note or any other law is found to be in violation, the officer/officer approving the note shall be held responsible, i.e. when the concerned party applies for conversion of the land to non-agricultural occupation. Only these notes are rejected on the ground that they are open to scrutiny or revision. According to the judgment of 10 GLR Raghavnatha Supreme Court, Reasonable Time has been fixed to take the notes for revision within the time limit of the right notes or the orders of the revenue officers. So the onus is on the revenue authorities to take action within the time frame. There are a number of cases in the state today where non-agricultural applications are rejected on the point of noting in revision. In this way the records of the government reserving land, changing the area of ​​land, violation of subdivision rules, collection of stamp duty are all these transactions when approved by the revenue authorities and when the revenue record notes are placed online. Then, despite online processing under these issues, approvals are not received within the time frame. Thus, the online system has been adopted as part of the transparent administration by the government. It needs to be reviewed.

Thus the new condition lands under section-43 of the Constitution, the government lands of Santhani granted by the state government, the lands under section-73AA of the Land Revenue Act and other authority types of lands are controlled by the new conditions. Permission for such lands is also done online. In this process also timely approval is not given under farmer dues as well as other issues. When your record of petty issues and land revenue has been computerized and put online, the record of all online applications is required to be verified by revenue officials. The revenue officials have to verify the farmer's genuineness. The provision of obtaining this certificate needs to be scrapped in the interest of the genuine farmer. In this way Urban Development Department in TP area or Municipal Corporation/Urban Authorities has made online provisions for obtaining construction/development permission, but it is not easy to get permissions under the pretext of minor issues/completion of non-customized software. So it is necessary for the state government to review the online permit system entered as part of simplifying the process.