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Even as land issues continue to be a bone of contention, the Sundargarh administration has embarked on an ambitious plan of a thorough overhauling of the revenue administration.
The thrust is being laid on faster settlement of pending mutation and partition cases in the tribal-dominated district having high concentration of industrial and mining operations.
Collector Rupa Roshan Sahu said the idea is to make functioning of revenue administration simpler to ensure faster relief to litigants with time-bound disposal of mutation and partition cases.
“Among other things, the administration has envisaged launching a special drive towards settlement of cases under provisions of the Section 19(1) C of the Odisha Land Reform Act, 1960, for partition of joint land holdings,” she said.
Administrative sources said the ‘partition of joint land holding’ has been a key thrust area in the wake of the last settlement operation that was held in 1977. In between, Gen-N have inherited landed properties from their predecessors without official recognition.
The settlement of the partition cases and mutation would also pave way for smooth acquisition of land for development works as unclear land rights of tribal families always raise disputes.
Moreover, the exercise would help find out number of landless farmers, those needing homestead land, speedy settlement of backlog encroachment cases and augment revenue collection.
Sundargarh ADM BB Behera said as far as land dispute cases are concerned Sundargarh is better placed than other districts, yet it has a whopping unsolved cases of around 10,000.
In this regard, a sensitisation workshop was organised in Sundhargarh town on Wednesday.
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