No Objection Certificates for Agricultural Electricity on Bhoodan Lands
The Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Reforms issued Reference Number L5/64/11 (BB), dated 10 September 2012, to all District Revenue Officers except Chennai, concerning Bhoodan lands administered by the Commissionerate under the control of the Revenue Department. The letter authorises District Revenue Officers to issue No Objection Certificates for agricultural electricity connections after checking the allotment deed, inspecting the land and confirming that the allottee personally continues agricultural operations.
What the guidance covers
Reference Number L5/64/11 (BB), dated 10 September 2012, addresses requests from Bhoodan land allottees for electricity connections to agricultural pump sets. It was issued by the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Reforms to all District Revenue Officers except Chennai.
The Government had transferred the Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board and Bhoodan lands to the Commissionerate of Land Reforms under the control of the Revenue Department. Bhoodan lands are allotted mainly to landless poor people for agriculture.
Why a No Objection Certificate is needed
The Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board gives a land allotment deed to a grantee. However, the right and title over the allotted Bhoodan land remain with the Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board, and the patta continues to be registered in the Board's name.
Because the allottee is not recorded as the title holder, the Electricity Board asks for a No Objection Certificate from the Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board before providing an electricity connection.
Authority given to District Revenue Officers
The guidance seeks to avoid the delay and unnecessary expense caused when an allottee must approach the Commissionerate from a district. Such delay could affect crop cultivation.
District Revenue Officers may issue a No Objection Certificate to the Electricity Board when all the following steps are completed:
- The applicant produces the Bhoodan land allotment deed.
- The District Revenue Officer makes an enquiry.
- The relevant records and circumstances are verified.
- The Bhoodan land is inspected.
- The officer confirms that the allottee personally continues agricultural operations on the land.
Who may be affected
Bhoodan land grantees seeking electricity for agricultural pump sets may approach the relevant District Revenue Officer instead of travelling to the Commissionerate for the certificate. District Revenue Officers must not issue the certificate solely because an allotment deed exists. They must also complete the required enquiry, verification and land inspection, and confirm continuing personal cultivation by the allottee.
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Common questions
Can a Bhoodan land allottee get a No Objection Certificate from the District Revenue Officer?
Yes. The relevant District Revenue Officer may issue it after examining the allotment deed, conducting an enquiry, verifying the details and inspecting the land.
Is the allotment deed alone enough for an agricultural electricity connection?
No. The District Revenue Officer must also confirm through enquiry, verification and inspection that the allottee personally continues agricultural operations.
Why does the Electricity Board require a No Objection Certificate?
The right and title over allotted Bhoodan land remain with the Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board, and the patta is registered in the Board's name. The Electricity Board therefore asks the allottee for a No Objection Certificate.
Does allotment transfer ownership of Bhoodan land to the grantee?
No. The source states that the right and title remain with the Tamil Nadu Bhoodan Board even after the land is allotted.
