G.O. (2D) No. 711, Free House Site Assignment, 2007
The Revenue (LDI(2)) Department issued G.O. (2D) No. 711 on 30 November 2007 to remove income ceilings from a one time scheme for free house site pattas to people who had occupied Government poramboke land with dwelling houses for more than 10 years. The order also fixed maximum free assignment areas and provided reimbursement, after verification, of land costs paid under the scheme from 30 December 2006 onwards. The scheme was under implementation only until 31 March 2008.
What the order governed
G.O. (2D) No. 711, issued by the Revenue (LDI(2)) Department on 30 November 2007, concerned a one time special scheme for regularising residential encroachments on Government poramboke land. The scheme covered people who had built houses on Government land and lived there for more than 10 years.
The Government had earlier announced that three lakh house site pattas would be issued before March 2008. The special scheme had been extended until 31 March 2008, and G.O. (2D) No. 711 changed the income and payment conditions applying to that scheme.
Main changes
The Revenue (LDI(2)) Department directed that the following terms would apply only to the one time special scheme:
- The annual income ceiling of Rs.30,000 in rural areas and Rs.50,000 in urban areas was withdrawn.
- Beneficiaries could receive house site pattas free of cost without an income limit.
- The maximum area eligible for free assignment was 4 cents in rural areas.
- The maximum area was 2 1/2 cents in municipal areas.
- The maximum area was 2 cents in corporation areas.
- Land costs already paid by beneficiaries under the scheme from 30 December 2006 onwards were to be reimbursed after verification.
Who it affected
G.O. (2D) No. 711 affected beneficiaries seeking regularisation and free house site assignment under the one time scheme for long standing residential occupation of Government poramboke land. It also affected beneficiaries who had already paid land costs under the scheme on or after 30 December 2006, because the order provided for reimbursement after verification.
The source does not state that every occupation of Government land qualified automatically. It records the scheme as covering houses and residence for more than 10 years and limits the free area according to whether the land was in a rural, municipal or corporation area.
Administration and reporting
The Special Commissioner and Commissioner of Land Administration was asked to issue instructions to all District Collectors. The authority was also asked to obtain regular reports on action taken and send them to the Government.
The one time special scheme described in G.O. (2D) No. 711 was under implementation only until 31 March 2008.
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Common questions
Was there an income limit for receiving a free house site patta under this scheme?
No. G.O. (2D) No. 711 withdrew the annual income ceilings of Rs.30,000 in rural areas and Rs.50,000 in urban areas for this one time scheme.
How much land could be assigned free of cost?
The limits were 4 cents in rural areas, 2 1/2 cents in municipal areas and 2 cents in corporation areas.
Could someone recover land costs already paid under the scheme?
Yes. Land costs paid under the scheme from 30 December 2006 onwards were to be reimbursed after verification.
Is the one time special scheme still open?
The document states that the scheme was under implementation only until 31 March 2008.
