The Role of Revenue and Disaster Management Department in the Administration of the State

The Role of Revenue & Disaster Management Department in the Administration of the State

 Revenue and Disaster Management Department deals with the issues relating to the land administration of the State. In order to highlight the important function of this department  in the event of natural calamities like floods, cyclones, droughts, fire accidents etc., the Revenue Department has been renamed as Revenue and Disaster Management Department vide G.A. Department Notification No.12355 dated 5.6.2006.

            This Department plays major role in providing land to the landless and protecting the Government land. Besides, distribution of Government wasteland for agricultural / homestead purposes, distribution of ceiling surplus land, prohibition of tribal land alienation computerisation of Registration offices, and Tehsil Offices, updating of land records, preparation and distribution of land pass books and formulation of comprehensive Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy for displaced persons are a few noteworthy tasks of this Department .We are constantly on the job of making Revenue administration more effective and responsive to the people.

1.         Natural Calamities and their Management.

Our State is prone to various types of natural hazards like flood, cyclone or drought every year.

            With nearly 90% of the population living in disaster-prone areas and about 66% below the poverty line, the State administration is continuously under severe strain to meet the challenge posed by natural disasters.

(i) Flood

Our State sustained extensive damages to life and properties in 27 districts out of 30 districts during  July & August’06 due to time phases of repeated floods.

            Due to flood/heavy rain 245 Blocks, 3574 GPs, 18912 Villages, 67.39 lakh Population and 4.90 lakh hector crop areas of the State was severely affected. 105 persons lost their lives. As many as 28,327 hectares of land were covered under sand cast causing a huge agricultural loss. 

            The effective and fool proof health measures of the department prevented the possibility of any type of epidemic.

            Public utilities specifically roads, river/canal embankment have been extensively damaged due to floods in five phases. Major bridges and roads were severely damaged due to flood/heavy rain and landslide in Rayagada, Gajapati, Koraput district. 523 no. of breaches in river embankments and 1508 no. of breaches in canal embankments were occurred. 1716 nos. of R & B road were damaged.

The total loss due to flood/heavy rain comes to Rs. 2382.43 Crore. The State Govt. have submitted a memorandum to Govt. of India seeking a financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 2382.43 Crore out of NCCF for relief & immediate restoration measures, special allocation of 1.00 lakh IAY House for flood victims of BPL category and special allocation of 2.5 lakh MT of food grain under special SGRY for employment generation Programme for land less Agricultural Labourer.

            An Inter Ministerial Central Team has visited during 4th September to 8th September to asses the flood situation in this State.  They visited 12 flood affected districts.

            Govt. of India has released only Rs. 25.00 Crore out of NCCF for the State to mitigate the flood situation.

            Rs. 310.24 Crore was available under CRF. To meet immediate requirement for relief / restoration work, OCF Advance amounting to Rs. 120.00 Crore has been released by the State Government for the purpose. Till 31.3.2007 an amount of Rs 585.52 Crore has been provided to Collectors and different Departments for flood relief/restoration measures.

(ii) Land slide

            Besides floods situation land slide due to heavy rainfall was occurred in Rayagada and Gajapati districts for the first time causing extensive damages to life and  properties.

(iii) Pest Attack

            The State had experienced another calamity i.e. pest attack (Swarming Cater Pillar) in 3 districts namely Nuapada, Bargarh and Subarnapur causing damage to Kharif Crop in 4571 hector of land.

(iv) Hail Storm / Whirlwind – 2006

            During 2006, 360 villages of 9 districts were affected due to hailstorm and whirlwind, Rs.78.23 lakh out of CRF was released in favour of Collector Subarnapur, Khurda, Malkangiri, Sundargarh, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur for H.B.A, input subsidy and repair / restoration of public utilities damaged due to hailstorm / whirlwind. 

(v)       Calamity Relief Fund during Year 2006-07

During the Year 2006-07 a total Sum of Rs. 593.95 Crore was made available for expenditure towards relief mitigation measures as following details:

Corpus of CRF 2006-07                     Rs.310.24 Crore                     Advance Central Share for 2007-08 Rs. 58.66 Crore

Advance State Share for 2007-08      Rs.19.55 Crore

Grant from NCCF                               Rs. 25.00 Crore

Unspent /surrender/interest                Rs. 180.50 Crore

Total :             Rs. 593.95 Crore

            As against the above grant Rs. 585.52 crore has already been sanctioned and placed with different Departments /Districts to meet the requirement of Relief Expenditure by 31.3.2007

From the year 1999-2000 to 2005-2006 the following grants were made available under CRF/ NCCF for combating different natural calamities like Super cyclone, Drought, flood and fire Accident etc.      

CRF        Rs. 1449.42 Crore

            NCCF      Rs.1181.14 Crore

               Total    Rs. 2630.56 Crore       

As against the above grant, utilisation certificate to the tune of Rs. 1884.29 Crore has already been furnished to the Accountant General Orissa by 31.3.2007.

CRF          Rs.  797.96 Crore

NCCF        Rs.1086.33 Crore

Total         Rs.1884.29 Crore

 

2.         The Role of OSDMA

             Reconstruction Activities

In the aftermath of the Super Cyclone, OSDMA supervised reconstruction activities taken by the Line Departments with funds from various sources.

1. Embankment Sector : Flood embankment for a length of about 877 km and canal embankment of 332 km has been raised/ strengthened with World Bank assistance. 82 spurs and 19 sluices have been renovated/ reconstructed. 73.47 km of irrigation embankment have been strengthen under Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) assistance. A few km length of irrigation embankment which could not be completed with World Bank assistance in the stipulated project closure period have been completed with CRF assistance.

2. Road Sector : 275 Km of road have been repaired and renovated under Works Department, 448 km of road under Rural Development Department and about 85 km of urban Housing & Urban Development Department have also been reconstructed with World Bank assistance. About 5 km of urban road and 28.46 km of road under Works Department have been reconstructed with assistance from CRF. 10 km of road is under construction with CRF assistance. 8.2 km of road works under Works Department, 66.6 km of road under R.D. Department which were completed with CRF assistance.

3. Water Supply : Works in respect of installation of pump sets, construction of bore wells and tube wells and laying of pipe lines were undertaken in 20 urban locations in the cyclone-affected districts. Similar works were also undertaken in 64 rural locations with World Bank assistance.

4. Agro Service Centres :  500 Agro Service Centres have been set up with World Bank assistance.

5. Education Sector :  5757 primary schools and 1148 high School buildings have been constructed with assistance from PMNRF, CMRF, MPLAD, NFCR, OBB, other State Governments and NGOs. 2592 primary School buildings have been constructed and handed over under DFID scheme.

6. Health Sector :  216 health institutions have been improved with assistance from CMRF.

7. Lift Irrigation Sector : 2555 Lift Irrigation points have been revived with DFID support.  

                        Besides the Government of India has formulated the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project to be implemented in 13 cyclone prone States including Orissa during the period 2005-2010 with assistance from World Bank. 

 

3.         Modernisation and Reorganisation of Revenue Field Administration

(i)         Computerisation of Land Records

Our State has made substantial progress in computerisation of Land Records and is set to complete the scheme very soon. Out of 171 Tehsils in the State, Computerisation of land records has been completed in 167 Tehsils and computerised copies of ROR are being issued to the Land owners on demand through Tehsil Computer Centres. Updated RORs and datas are now available in Website for easy access of general public. The following is the reference address; http://bhulekh.ori.ni.in 

The Collectors concerned of remaining Tehsils have been impressed upon in the recently held Tehsildars Conference to complete the data entry work expeditiously and provide the benefit of computerization to the people.

 

      (ii)        Digitisation of Cadastral Maps

Since computerisation of Tehsils will lead to correct and update land records, the corresponding survey map needs to be accurate and modern. The State Government has decided to prepare and digitise the maps of all the villages including tribal areas with the help of GPS (Global Portioning Stations) .

Four Pilot Projects for computerization of Cadastral Maps namely Koraput, Rayagada, Salipur, Narsinghpur were undertaken with 100% financial assistance of Government of India. Kendrapara and Bolagarh Tehsils were taken up out of funds of Central & State Government on 50:50 basis. Out of these Six Tehsils, digitization of cadastral maps has been completed in 5 Tehsils and in Kendrapara Tehsil 99% of work has been completed.

 

(iii)      Up-linking of Tehsils with Sub-Division, District and State Headquarters

The State Government has initiated up-linking Tehsils with Sub-Division District and State Headquarters with an estimated project cost of Rs.636.00 lakh with 100% Government of India assistance. But due to the stay order of the Hon'ble High Court, Orissa, implementation of the project is delayed. However the State Government is working out the modalities of connectivity as well as trying to make it operational soon after the stay is vacated.

(iv)       Land Pass Book

The State Government has decided to issue Land Pass Books to all the individual land holding families of the State. This Pass Book should enable the members of such families to use it as an authoritative document for (i) caste certificates (ii) SEBC Certificate for educational  purposes  (iii)  legal heir  certificate  for  limited  purposes  (iv) Income certificate (v) Residential Certificate (vi) Identification of' BPL families and (vii) Farmers Identity card. Besides, details of each member of the family including Head of the family, wife, children etc. shall be recorded in the Land Pass Book to obviate legal heir problems. The programme was launched with effect from 26.1.06 and is being implemented successfully allover the State. Tribal people will be benefited to a great extent by the Land Pass Books. By the end of March,07 Land Pass Books numbering 9,08,327 have been distributed among concerned land holders of the State.

(v)        Disposal of Mutation cases-

            At the beginning of the year 2006 (1.4.06) 1,46,887 number of Mutation cases were pending in different Tahasils of the State. Further 3,87,108 number of mutation cases were instituted during the period from April,2006 to March,2007 making a total number of 5,33,995 cases for disposal. Out of which 3,79,124 cases have been disposed of till the end of March,2007.

            For expeditious disposal the R.Is have been authorized to dispose of uncontested mutations cases.

(vi)             Declaration of Hamlets as Revenue village –

The Collectors have identified 5069 number of Hamlets for declaring them as Revenue Village. So far 595 number of hamlets have been declared as Revenue village and B.C.P inrespect of 291 hamlets have been rejected due to non-fulfillment of revenue criteria. Steps are being taken at various levels for balance 4183 hamlets for declaring them as Revenue Village.

4.         Revenue Generation Measures

(i)         Conversion of Agricultural Land for Non-Agricultural Purpose

            Since its inception till 31.3.2006, a sum of
Rs. 89,09,36,210/- and during the financial year, 2006-07 till end of March, 2007, a sum of Rs. 27,19,34,377/- have been collected towards premium on conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose. The details of collection are furnished below (As per u/s 8). 

Collection of Premium under Section 8-A of O.L.R. Act, 1960.

Year                                        Target (in crore)     Achievement

Since inception till 31.3.2000      Nil.               Rs. 01,99,37,661/-

2000-01                                        Nil               Rs. 03,32,73,407/-

2001-02                                        Nil               Rs. 06,70,16,309/-

2002-03                                     15.00             Rs. 13,87,35,715/-

2003-04                                     25.00             Rs. 14,32,89,933/-

2004-05                                     35.00             Rs. 25, 53,32,118/-

2005-06                                     35.00             Rs. 23,33,51,062/-

2006-07                                     45.00             Rs. 27,19,34,377/-

                                                                        Rs. 116,28,70,582/-   

 

(ii)       Collection of Revenue from Stamp Duty  and Registration Fees

 

The collection position of revenue from Stamp Duty and Registration Fees during last 5 years was as follows:        

        (Rupees in Lakh)

Year

Stamp Duty & Registration fees

 

Target

Collection

2002-2003

17000.00

13658.76

2003-2004

15950.00

15436.10

2004-2005

17187.00

19795.00

2005-2006

22725.00

23606.00

2006-2007

(up to March’07)

30000.00

23870.46

  (iii)       Collection of Revenue from Land Revenue and Water Rate

The collection position of revenue from Land Revenue (inclusive of miscellaneous revenue) and Water Rate during the last 5 years was as follows:

     ( Rs. In Lakh )

Year

Land  Revenue

Water Rate

 

Target

Collection

Target

Collection

2002-2003

7500.00

9059.03

1500.00

1616.14

2003-2004

7900.00

11485.10

1650.00

2369.20

2004-2005

8600.00

15010.00

1941.00

2729.16

2005-2006

17000.00

17689.00

3000.00

2830.00

2006-2007

(up to March’07)

20000.00

24313.38

5000.00

2736.39

 

5.      Achievement under Welfare Programmes/ Schemes

 

(i)  (a) Regulation on Transfer of Land belonging to Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas of the State:

            In order to control and regulate transfer of immovable properties by the members of the S.Ts in the Scheduled Areas in the State, the Regulation 2 of 1956 has been enacted. The Regulation prohibits, among other things, transfer of immovable properties belonging to members of STs in favour of persons not belonging to STs. Any such transfer shall be null and void, if the same has been made without written permission of the competent authority. In case any transfer has been made in contravention to  this provision in the regulation, the competent authority either suo-motu or on a petition filed on that behalf, shall declare such transfer as illegal and shall restore the land to the lawful land owner or his/ her heirs. The regulation also provides for eviction of persons in forcible occupation of the land belonging to members of STs and restoration thereof. The Regulation provides for penal action in respect of illegal transfer as well as unauthorised occupation.

            In spite of such provisions in the Regulation, it has come to the notice of the Government that large-scale alienation of tribal land to non-tribals has been made in the scheduled areas of the State and as such it has become a matter of great concern for the State Government as well as the Government of India. To put an end to this problem. In order to prohibit transfer of ST land to non-STs, the Government of Orissa have made necessary amendments to the Regulation 2 of 1956, which came into force with effect from 4.9.2002. As per the amended provisions of the said Regulation, transfer/ alienation of land belonging to STs to persons not belonging to STs has been completely banned.

The progress achieved under Regulation 2 of 1956 since its inception till the end of March, 2007 is indicated below:

       1.  No. of cases instituted                                   1,06,547

2.  No. of cases disposed of                               1,05,578

3.  No. of S.T.  beneficiaries                                  65,660

4.      Extent of land ordered to be restored   Ac. 57,162.21

5.      Extent of land actually restored             Ac. 56,519.95         

 

The achievement under Regulation-2 of 1956 during the year 2006-07 till March 2007 is indicated below:

            1. No. of cases instituted                                 1136

 2. No. of cases disposed of                             1029

  3. No. of S.T. beneficiaries                                750

 4. Extent of land ordered to be restored Ac. 307.78

 5. Extent of land actually restored           Ac. 362.82

    ( Including previous pendency)                                                                                  

(i) (b) Transfer and Restoration of Land u/s 22,23 & 23A of OLR Act,1960

            As per section 22 of OLR Act, any transfer of land belonging to STs / SCs to people not belonging to STs/SCs without the prior permission of the competent authority is declared void.  Under Sections 23 and 23A of OLR Act, there is provision for restoration of land of SCs & STs to the respective recorded tenant, if it has been transferred without prior written permission of the competent authority or if the land has been under unauthorised occupation by non-SC and non-ST persons.

            The details regarding the number of persons belonging to SCs & STs benefited under the provisions and the land restored to them u/s 23 & 23 A during the year, 2006-07  are given below:

No. of beneficiaries                         Area of land ordered for restoration

 

ST                   229                             Ac.     57.251

SC                 1350                              Ac. 1389.923

 

 

(ii)        Distribution of House-sites to Homesteadless Persons

The management of land and its distribution to the needy persons are the foremost responsibilities of the Revenue Department. Government land up to four decimals is being provided to the homesteadless persons for house-site purpose since the year 1974-75. Vigorous attempts are being made from the highest level of Government down to the field level to expedite the implementation of this important work. 2,49,334 homesteadless families have been identified in the State. Last year i.e. during 2005-06 Project ‘Vasundhara‘ has been launched on a mission mode under which all the homesteadless families shall be provided with housesites within a span of three years. 

During the year 2006-07, up to March, 2007, 98774 homesteadless families, which include 46196 ST, 25721 SC and 26857 other category families, have been provided with housesites under the aforesaid Project “Vasundhara”. 

(iii)       Distribution of Government Surplus Land for Agricultural Purpose

In order to improve the economy of the weaker sections of the society and to boost agricultural production in the State, ceiling surplus land upto 0.7 standard Acre is being allotted free of salami to the landless persons for agricultural purpose since the year 1974-75. This item has also been included under 20 point programmes being implemented by Govt. of India. 

Since inception till the year, 2006-07 upto 31.3.2007 a total area of Ac.159384.329 of ceiling surplus land has been distributed among 142616 landless beneficiaries. The category-wise details are given below:

            No. of Benficiaries        Total Land distributed.

            ST                   52,934             Ac. 66,302.646

            SC                   48,704             Ac. 51,108.763

            Others             40,978             Ac.   41,972.92

 

(iv)      Distribution of Government Wasteland for Agricultural Purpose

During the current year i.e. 2006-07 Government land to the extent of Ac. 4051.851 has been distributed among 4438 landless families. Out of this, land to the extent of  Ac.2063.922  has been given to 2096 S.T families, Ac. 1078.350 to 1145 S.C. families and Ac. 909.579 to 1197 landless families belonging to other categories.

Since 1974-75 till the end of March,2007, 7,36,491.989 acres of Government wasteland has been distributed among 7,78,469 landless families. This figure includes 3,84,364.264 acres of land given to 231630 ST families, 1,75,57.922 acres to 104235 SC families and 1,76,551.804 acres to 1,42,604 landless families belonging to other categories.

6. Institution and Disposal of Be-Bandobasta Cases

            Regarding achievement on this item during the year 2006-07 till 31.03.2007, out of a total number of 7946 cases involving an area of Ac.13,212.679,   640 cases involving an area of Ac. 405.07 have been disposed of, leaving a balance of 7306 cases with an area of Ac.12807.559. Revenue Department is reviewing the matter regularly and suitable instructions are being issued from time to time to the field functionaries to clear up the pendency within a definite time-frame.

7.         Bhoodan Movement

            This Bhoodan Yagna Samiti has been reconstituted with a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and nine other Members vide Revenue Department Notification No. 8647 dtd. 1.3.2004.

            According to the report received from the Bhoodan Yagna Samiti an extent of Ac6,38,706.50 dec. of land was collected as donation, out of which Ac.5,79,994.21 dec. of land have already been distributed amountst 1,52,852 landless persons. The Samiti is taking steps to distribute the balance Ac.58,722.29 dec. of land as quickly as possible after verification of present status of such undistributed land.

8.         Compliance with the CAG Report

            Report of C & A.G. (Revenue Receipt) for the year
1991-92 to 1999-2000, 2002-03 & 2004-05 have been fully complied. Compliance Report have been sent to OLA. Report of C & AG for the year 2003-04 and 2004-05 have been partly complied & compliance sent to OLA. Field functionaries have been pursued for immediate compliance of the pending report for the year 2003-04 & 2005-06 through Departmental Monitoring Committee Meeting.

            Appropriation Accounts for the year 2000-01 to 2001-02 have been sent to O.L.A. & the same for the year 2002-03 to 2005-06 is likely to be disposed of within a month.

            Public Accounts Committee (10th Assembly 4th Report, 11th Assembly 15th Report, 12th Assembly 27th Report and 13th Assembly 14th & 16th Report) have been disposed of. 

            As per instructions of Finance Department, the Departmental Monitoring Committee of Revenue Department have examined the position of submission of compliance notes on the outstanding paras of the C &A.G. (Civil and revenue Receipt) Reports from 1997-98 to 2005-06 P.A.C. (A.T.N) Reports,

i)                    Out of 14 C&A.G. (Civil) paras, compliance notes on three paras have been sent to OLA, compliance notes on one para is being examined in the Department, compliance reports on balance 10 paras are still awaited from the Controlling Officers. The Controlling Officers are being reminded regularly as well as instructed in the Departmental Monitoring Committee meeting to furnish the same early.

ii)                  There are 135 cases of Misappropriation losses etc. shown outstanding against Revenue Department. Out of the same compliance notes on 40 cases involving amount of Rs.4,84,795.38 have been sent to the OLA for kind consideration of Hon’ble P.A.C. 

9.         Alienation/ Advance Possession/ Lease of Government Land in Favour of Other Departments/ Organisations

 

i)                    Government land measuring Ac.2.200 in Mouza-Isafpur under Bhadrak Tahasil of Bhadrak District has been leased out free of premium in favour of Regional Research Institute for Unani Medicine, Bhadrak vide this Department letter No. 37162 dtd. 25.09.2006. 

ii)                   Government land measuring Ac.8.690 in Mouza-Subudhipur under Bhubaneswar Tahasil of Khurda Dist. Has been leased out in favour of BDA for plotted housing schemes vide this Department letter No. 20057 dtd. 27.5.06. 

iii)                 Advance possession of land measuring Ac. 63.299 has been accorded vide this Department letter No. 18002 dtd. 12.5.06 in Mouza-Andharua under Bhubaneswar Tahasil of Khurda District in favour of Science & Technology Deparment for setting up of Bio-Technology Park.   

iv)                 Government land measuring Ac.20.00 in Mouza-Harapur under Jatani Tahasil of Khurda District has been leased out in favour of Orissa Millenium Trust, Bhubaneswar for establishment of Information Technology Institute on payment of premium @ Rs.1.00 lakh per acre as per IPR-2001 at concessional rate vide this Department letter No. 58909 dtd. 18.12.06.

v)                  5(five) special certificate courts at Rourkela, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur has been set up vide this Department Order No. 51282 dtd. 3.11.02 and functioning with effect from 01.12.2006 for recovery of defaulting loans over dues from the loanees benefited through different member Banks and financial institutions of SLBC under different Government sponsored schemes. 

vi)                 Advance possession of Ac22.780 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of Jasser Dental Medical Education Health Foundation for establishment of Medical College and Hospital at Rourkela vide Revnue Department order No. 6710/R dt. 23.2.06.

vii)               Advance possession of Ac.1.635 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of OSHB for implementation of Social Housing Project in Mouza-Dakhina Deula Sahi vide Revenue Deptt. Letter No. 11833/R dt. 27.3.06.

viii)              Advance possession of Ac 4.450 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of OSHB for implementation of Social Housing Project in Mouza- Ramgarh, under Cuttack Sadar Tahasil vide Revenue Deptt. order No. 12203/R dt. 29.3.06.

ix)                 Lease of Govt. land of Ac.17.03 dec has been sanctioned in favour of M/s Subhag Properties Pvt. Ltd. for industrial purpose in vill- Kalagarh of Marshaghai Tahasil, Dist. Kendrapara Vide Revenue Department Order No. 14097/R dt. 17.4.06.

x)                  Allotment of home stead land to orphans and physically challenged individuals who leave the Government supported orphanages and special schools on reaching the age of 18 in case of boys and 25 in case of girls, vide this Deptt. order No. 21097/R&DM, dtd. 3.6.2006.

xi)                 Government decisions have been communicated vide this Deptt. letter No. 29012/R&DM, 28.7.06 to reserve the region between Paradeep and Kalinga Nagar within a distance of 3.5 Kms of either side of the National Highway for implementation of petroleum, chemical and petrochemicals investment Region (PCPIR) at Paradeep.

xii)               The matter of control management and Regularisation of the vested ceiling surplus land in Cuttack Urban Agglomeration alongwith Follow up measures on pending cases will be managed by the Revenue & D.M Department instead of H & U.D Department vide this Deptt. Notification No. 30040/R&DM, dt. 3.8.2006.

xiii)              Alienation of Government Land of Ac. 19.59 dec. in favour of DRDO, Chandipur, under Ministry of Defence, Government of India for Construction of Defence Radar Centre at Mouza- Keyarbank of Mohakalapada Tehsil in Kendrapara District vide this Deptt. Order No. 34857
dt. 6.9.2006.  

xiv)             Sanction of lease of Government land measuring an area of Ac. 25.00 in favour of Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust, Tamilnadu for establishment of Medical College and Hospital Building at Village. Talajharing of Dharmgarh Tehsil in Kalahandi District vide this Deptt. order No. 36188/R&DM, dt. 15.9.2006.

xv)               Lease of Government Land measuring Ac.32.00 in village Remibeda infavour of M/S Utkal Alumina International, Ltd. Rayagada for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project.

xvi)             Lease of Government land Ac. 0.20 dec. at village Tikini in favour of M/S Utkal Alumina International Ltd, for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project at Rayagada.

xvii)            Advance possession of Government Land measuring Ac. 36.90 in village Jamunalia and Maligaon under Keonjhar Tehsil infavour of the Principal OSME Keonjhar for development of infrastructure of Orissa College of Mining and Engineering, Keonjhar.

xviii)          Lease of Government land Ac. 30.00 dec. at village Dwimundi under Kashipur Tehsil of Rayagada District infavour of M/S Utkal Alunina International Ltd, Rayagada for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project.

xix)             Alination of Ac. 14.44 Government land in village- Vikrampur under Talcher Tehsil in favour of Heavy Water Plant Project waiving of 50% premium of the land amounting to Rs. 21,66,000/-.

xx)               Instruction have been issued vide this Deptt. G.O. No. 25137 dt. 7.7.06 to take steps for earmarking of sufficiently large areas in urban areas like district Head Quarters, Blocks and Tahasil Head Quarters as well as Major Cities/ towns of the State, exclusively for establishment of Government Offices and institutions and reserve the same in the manner as provided in the OGLS Act 1962 for such purposes.

xxi)             An amount of Rs. 9,46,26,000/- ( Rupees Nine crore forty six lakh twenty six thousand) only has been provided during 2006-07 in the Revenue & Disaster Management Department. Budget estimate which shall be spent during the year 2007-08 towards distribution of the said provision among the Collectors of 17 districts as per the district-wise requirement for raising compensatory afforestation over non-forest land diverted for regularisation of eligible pre 80 encroachments.

xxii)            The draft Orissa Land Revenue Administration Bill 2007 has been prepared by this Department with an aim to consolidate, simplify and codify various revenue laws currently in force in the State. So as to make it a unified code in a people friendly manner.

The said draft Bill has been sent to Board of Revenue, all RDCs and all Collectors vide this Deptt. letter No. 6047 dt. 15.2.07 and 6048 dt. 15.2.07 soliciting their views/ suggestions in  various provisions.

xxiii)     Advance possession of Government land measuring Ac. 0.240 out of Ac. 0.468 has been accorded vide this Deptt. letter No.3803 dt. 27.2.07 in Mouza- Padhuanpada under Balasore Tahasil of Balasore District in favour of Food Corporation of India, Balasore for construction of Office Building.

10. Allotment of funds for Construction and Repairing of Residential and Non-Residential Revenue Buildings during the Year 2006-2007.

     During the Year 2006-2007 (upto 31.3.2007) a sum of Rs.289.60 lakh has been allotted for construction of Collectorate and A.D.M’s Office buildings in districts like Bargarh, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Rayagada and Subarnapur. Like wise a sum of Rs. 86.21 lakh has been allotted for construction and repair of Circuit Houses at Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, Boudh, Angul and Berhampur. Thirdly a sum of Rs. 33.83 lakh has been allotted for construction of residential buildings in district like Jajpur, Nayagarh, Angul and Khurda. A sum of Rs. 16.17 lakh has also been allotted for expansion/ renovation/ repairing of several existing buildings located in districts like Angul, Boudh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Subarnapur, Nayagarh and Sundargarh. Besides Rs. 64.99 lakh has been allotted for civil construction, electrical and sanitary installation of office and residential buildings of Revenue Inspectors in several places of districts like Khurda, Jajpur, Angul, Nayagarh, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Boudh and Koraput. A sum of Rs. 5.00 lakh has been provided for sanitary installation of the Residential and Non-residential buildings in Urban areas.

 

11.       Progress of Land Acquisition for Some Important Projects

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Name of the Project

No. of Notification U/S 4(I) of L.A. Act issued

No. of Declaration U/s 6(I) issued

No. of orders
U/S 7 issued and extent of land (Ac.)

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3

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