G.O. (Ms.) No. 482, Extension of Special House Site Patta Scheme, 2010
The Government of Tamil Nadu Revenue Department issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 on 28 September 2010, extending the one time special scheme for regularising eligible residential occupation of government land and granting house site pattas from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011. The extension covers people who had built houses and lived on government land for more than five years, subject to inspection, local body input and confirmation that the land was not required by the government.
What the government order does
G.O. (Ms.) No. 482, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu Revenue Department on 28 September 2010, extends a one time special house site patta scheme for one more year, from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011. The scheme allows eligible residential occupation of government land to be regularised and house site pattas to be granted.
The extension was intended to benefit poor people who had been left out of the free house site scheme and had built houses and lived on government land for more than five years.
Who may be affected
G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 may affect:
- People who had built houses and lived on government poramboke land for more than five years.
- Occupants seeking regularisation and a house site patta under the one time special scheme.
- Property buyers examining a house or site that originated from occupation of government land.
- District Collectors and land administration officials responsible for examining and processing eligible cases.
Conditions and earlier scheme provisions
G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 continues a scheme under which:
- The occupied site must be inspected in the field.
- Resolutions or views of the relevant local body must be obtained.
- The land may be regularised only if it is not required by the government.
- Decisions are handled through a committee headed by the District Collector.
- The income ceiling for free assignment had been removed.
- The stated maximum house site extents were four cents in rural areas, two and a half cents in municipal areas and two cents in corporation areas.
A person meeting the residence period does not receive a patta automatically. The land status, government need, inspection findings and administrative decision remain relevant.
Court proceedings and implementation
G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 records that an earlier reduction of the required occupation period from five years to three years had been challenged by the Sivakasi Area Taxpayers Association. The Madras High Court directed that the reduction should not be implemented until the case was decided.
The Government of Tamil Nadu Revenue Department therefore extended the special scheme on the basis of occupation for more than five years. The Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration and all District Collectors were directed to take appropriate action.
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Common questions
How long was the special house site patta scheme extended?
G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 extended the scheme for one year, from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.
Did living on government land for five years guarantee a patta?
No. The site had to be inspected, the relevant local body had to be consulted, and the land had to be found unnecessary for government use before regularisation.
Was the qualifying occupation period reduced to three years?
An earlier government order reduced the period from five years to three years, but the Madras High Court directed that the reduction should not be implemented until the related case was decided. G.O. (Ms.) No. 482 applies the extension to people occupying the land for more than five years.
What maximum site extents are stated for the scheme?
The document states four cents in rural areas, two and a half cents in municipal areas and two cents in corporation areas.
