FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024
Team Herald
PANJIM: Revenue Department has streamlined the process of mutation, partition and land conversion in the larger interest of the people.
Secretary (Revenue) Sanjay Kumar said that rules for mutation of land have been amended and if an interested person at the time of executing a sale deed or gift deed before the Sub-Registrar office, gives no-objection certificate (NOC) or makes a declaration then the taluka mamlatdar will directly certify it.
The Sub-Registrar office will forward the application to the mamlatdar’s office online and the interested person need to submit another application.
In case of partition of land, the powers have now been delegated to the Inspector of Survey and Land Records (ISLR) under the Land Revenue Code. By doing this the government has avoided the double process of deputy collector hearing matters and referring it to the ISLR for partition.
However, the deputy collectors will continue to hear the old cases of partition while, as per the new circular, partition cases with effect from April 1, 2021 will be directly referred to the ISLP, who will hear cases and pass the order.
There are more than 1000 cases pending before various deputy collectors for partition.
Also land conversion process has been completely simplified. If the applicant makes an application along with zoning certificate and other required documents, then conversion sanad will be issued to the applicant. Henceforth, applications will not be referred to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department and Forest Department except if the land is identified as a private forest.
Application for conversion of land below 500 square metres will continue to be submitted before the deputy collector and taluka sub-divisional officer (SDO), while conversion of land above 500 square meters of area will have to be submitted before the District Collector.
Also, all land records in the State have been computerised and Form I & XIV, maps and land survey records will be considered valid without signatures. Henceforth there will be no manual and digital signatures.
The government is also in the process of finalising the Online Stamp Duty Rules and bringing reforms to keep land records updated in tune with the present time, Kumar said, adding that Goa will be the first State in quality land administration.
The State government will soon make a presentation on the Goa Property Register at the national-level.
