G.O. (Ms.) No. 43, Regularisation of Residential Encroachments on Government Land, 2010
The Government of Tamil Nadu Revenue Department, through G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 dated 29 January 2010, amended the special scheme for regularising eligible houses built on government land and granting house-site pattas. It reduced the minimum residential occupation period from more than five years to three years, while retaining exclusions for specified religious-site lands and waterbody poramboke lands covered by the Chennai High Court injunction.
What the order changes
The Government of Tamil Nadu Revenue Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 on 29 January 2010 under the special scheme for regularising residential encroachments on government poramboke land and granting house-site pattas. The main change is a reduction in the minimum period of residential occupation from more than five years to three years.
The earlier scheme had initially covered people who had built houses and lived on eligible government poramboke land for more than ten years. A later government order reduced that period to more than five years. G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 further reduces the minimum occupation period to three years so that more residents may benefit.
Who may be affected
G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 may affect people who have built and occupied residential houses on government land and seek regularisation and a house-site patta. The source states that applicants under the scheme must provide evidence of their occupation.
The special scheme had also been extended to cover residential encroachments in municipal corporation and municipality areas, and its operation was extended until 30 September 2010.
Key conditions and process
Regularisation is not automatic merely because a person has occupied the land for three years. The scheme provides for the following checks:
- The occupation must involve a residential house on eligible government land.
- Evidence supporting the period of occupation must be submitted.
- A committee headed by the District Collector must conduct a field inspection.
- Resolutions must be obtained from the relevant local bodies.
- The land must not be required by the government.
- Regularisation must follow the guidelines contained in the government orders governing the scheme.
Lands excluded from regularisation
G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 does not permit regularisation of every category of government land. The exclusions identified in the document include:
- Temple poramboke land.
- Poramboke land surrounding places of worship such as churches and mosques.
- Waterbody poramboke land covered by the Chennai High Court injunction against regularisation.
The government clarified that only residential house encroachments on other eligible government lands may be considered under the scheme. The Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration and all District Collectors were directed to take appropriate action under G.O. (Ms.) No. 43.
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Common questions
How long must I have lived in the house to be considered under this scheme?
G.O. (Ms.) No. 43 dated 29 January 2010 reduces the minimum residential occupation period from more than five years to three years.
Does three years of occupation automatically give me a house-site patta?
No. Evidence must be provided, the District Collector's committee must inspect the site, local body resolutions must be obtained, and the land must not be required by the government.
Can a house on waterbody poramboke land be regularised?
No. The document states that regularisation of encroachments on waterbody poramboke land is barred by a Chennai High Court injunction.
Are houses on temple land or land around churches and mosques covered?
No. Temple poramboke land and poramboke land surrounding places of worship such as churches and mosques are excluded from the special scheme.
