Government Order (Ms.) No. 97, Extension of Special House Site Patta Scheme, 2013
The Revenue Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu issued Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 on 27 March 2013, extending the one-time special scheme for regularising residential occupation of government poramboke land and granting house-site pattas. The scheme was extended for six months, from 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013, and regularisation was limited to people who had occupied the land and built houses before 1 June 2007, subject to the conditions in the earlier government orders.
What the government order does
Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 of the Revenue Department, dated 27 March 2013, extends Tamil Nadu's one-time special scheme for granting house-site pattas to qualifying residents of government poramboke land. The previous extension ended on 30 September 2012. The scheme was continued from 1 October 2012 until 31 March 2013 so that eligible poor residents who had been left out could be considered.
The extension applies only to residential occupations that began before 1 June 2007. Regularisation and patta must follow the conditions in Government Order (Ms.) No. 854 of the Revenue Department, dated 30 December 2006, and the government orders issued after it.
Who may be affected
Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 concerns people who:
- Occupied government poramboke land before 1 June 2007.
- Built a house on that land and were living there.
- Had lived there for more than five years.
- Sought regularisation of the occupation and a house-site patta under the special scheme.
The document records that an earlier reduction of the residence requirement from five years to three years had been stayed by the Madras High Court pending disposal of the case. The 2013 extension therefore refers to residents who had occupied the land for more than five years.
How applications were to be considered
The special house-site patta scheme did not make every occupation automatically eligible. Its stated process included:
- Field inspection by a committee headed by the District Collector.
- Submission of evidence showing the period of residence.
- Obtaining resolutions from the relevant local bodies.
- Confirming that the land was not required by the government.
- Applying the conditions contained in the earlier government orders.
Earlier orders connected with the scheme had also removed the income ceiling for free assignment and relaxed several restrictions that had prevented regularisation.
Administrative action
Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 directs the Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration and all District Collectors to take appropriate action. The document grants only a time extension ending on 31 March 2013 and does not state that the scheme continued beyond that date.
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Common questions
Did Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 create a new house-site patta scheme?
No. It extended an existing one-time special scheme for six months, from 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013.
Was every person occupying government poramboke land eligible for a patta?
No. The occupation had to be residential, begin before 1 June 2007 and satisfy the conditions in the earlier government orders. The land also had to be unnecessary for government use.
Was three years of residence enough under this extension?
The document applies the scheme to people who had lived on the land for more than five years. It records that the Madras High Court had stayed the earlier order reducing the requirement from five years to three years.
Does Government Order (Ms.) No. 97 show that the scheme remained open after 31 March 2013?
No. The document extends the scheme only until 31 March 2013 and does not state that it continued after that date.
