G.O.(Ms) No.267, Extension of Poramboke Land Encroachment Special Scheme
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Land Disposal Wing, LD-1(2) Section issued Government Order (Ms.) Number 267, dated 17 September 2021, extending the Special Scheme for residential encroachments on poramboke land for a further year from 31 August 2021. The extended scheme supports house site pattas for eligible poor residents on unobjectionable poramboke land and relocation with house site pattas for residents occupying objectionable poramboke land.
What the government order does
Government Order (Ms.) Number 267, dated 17 September 2021, continues a Special Scheme previously introduced by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. The scheme had first operated for one year until 30 August 2020 and was then extended until 30 August 2021. The latest government order grants a further extension of one year from 31 August 2021.
The extension was approved because implementation had been affected by the pandemic and the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections. The Commissioner of Land Administration reported that regularization and relocation work had been halted or considerably affected.
Land and residents covered
The Special Scheme deals specifically with residential encroachments on poramboke land. Its treatment depends on whether the government identifies the land as unobjectionable or objectionable.
- Residential encroachments on unobjectionable poramboke land may be regularized by granting house site pattas to eligible beneficiaries.
- Residential encroachments on objectionable poramboke land are to be removed.
- People removed from objectionable land may be relocated to alternative government poramboke land or private patta land purchased for resettlement.
- Relocated eligible residents are to receive house site pattas.
The government order does not set out the eligibility conditions or state that every encroachment will automatically receive a patta.
Reported implementation status
The Commissioner of Land Administration reported that 1,36,572 residential encroachments on unobjectionable poramboke land had been identified and entered in the GLR. Action was being taken through the Online Tamil Nilam Portal to regularize these encroachments and grant house site pattas.
The Commissioner also reported that 1,77,923 residential encroachments had been identified on objectionable poramboke land. Authorities were working to identify alternative poramboke land or purchase private patta land for resettlement.
Who may be affected
Government Order (Ms.) Number 267 directly concerns eligible poor residents whose homes have been identified as encroachments on poramboke land. It also guides District Collectors, District Revenue Officers and the Commissioner of Land Administration in continuing regularization, relocation and patta work during the extended period.
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Common questions
Does this government order automatically give me a house site patta?
No. It extends the scheme so authorities can regularize identified residential encroachments and grant pattas to eligible poor beneficiaries. The document does not provide the eligibility conditions or guarantee a patta in every case.
What happens if my house is on objectionable poramboke land?
Residential encroachments on objectionable poramboke land are to be removed. The scheme provides for identifying alternative government land or purchasing private patta land to relocate residents and issue house site pattas.
How are encroachments on unobjectionable poramboke land handled?
Eligible residential encroachments may be regularized through the grant of house site pattas. The Commissioner of Land Administration reported that action was being taken through the Online Tamil Nilam Portal.
Why was the Special Scheme extended again?
The Commissioner of Land Administration reported that the pandemic and the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections disrupted regularization and relocation work. The government therefore approved a further one year extension from 31 August 2021.
