Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today issued guidelines for land demarcation in a high-level meeting of the Revenue Department to ensure a uniform method and systematic disposal of applications for correcting measurement discrepancies in promulgated villages across the state.

The CM instructed that Land Demarcation Committees be made operational in districts across the state under the chairmanship of the Collector, and that periodic reviews of district-level land demarcation work be conducted.

Such district-level committees will comprise the Collector, Resident Additional Collector, SLR / Deputy Director of Land Records, Prant Officer, DILR, Mamlatdar, TDO, Land Acquisition Officer, and representatives of the Sardar Sarovar Punarvasvat Agency or other acquiring institutions.

Following the directives issued by the CM, the Revenue Department has classified applications for correction of post-promulgation measurement discrepancies under land demarcation into seven categories to ensure systematic and smooth disposal.

Accordingly, the categories include:
(1) No reduction in government / public interest land and no objections raised

(2) No reduction in government / public interest land, with no pending objections and no objections from any landholder

(3) No reduction in government / public interest land, but objection applications are pending

(3A) Reduction in government / public interest land with pending objection applications

(4) Change of possession (exchange / alteration) in more than 30% of survey numbers in the village

(5) Village objections limited to a specific area

(6) Change in area in more than 30% of survey numbers, along with cascading effects and significant changes in land configuration

(7) Villages where promulgation has not taken place

The CM has also instructed that complex issues related to the correction of measurement discrepancies under land demarcation be resolved swiftly and that applicants should not be required to visit government offices. For this purpose, additional powers have been granted to Taluka Development Officers and Mamlatdars, and the Mobile Magistrate Court Committee will take action and provide a resolution in accordance with Sections 119 and 120 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Act and Rules 21(1), 21(2), and 21(3) of the Land Revenue Rules, 1972.

The Chief Minister directed the Revenue Department to ensure that as many measurement discrepancy issues as possible are resolved quickly and transparently through a uniform statewide land demarcation procedure, enabling citizens to experience effective and accountable good governance. DeshGujarat