Uttarakhand

• 15 Sep 2022

Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901) Amendment 2022

Why In News?

• On September 14, 2022, Additional Secretary, Uttarakhand Revenue Department, Dr. Anand Srivastava informed that the state government has implemented the Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act 1901) Amendment 2022 through a gazette notification. Now in all municipal areas including Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Nagar Panchayat, land can be filed and rejected like before.

Key Points

• After the recommendation of the Governor, a gazette notification was issued by the Principal Secretary Hira Singh Bonal.
• With the implementation of Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act 1901) Amendment 2022, the problem of mutation or mutation in urban areas in the state has gone away.
• It is noteworthy that in December 2020, the High Court passed an important order in the Land Revenue (LR) Act, ordering the works of the Revenue Department under the Municipal Corporation Act, 1975 within the limits of the municipal body. It was said that in Article 243Q of the Constitution, the process of forming a Nagar Panchayat, Municipality, Municipal Corporation has been fixed, while according to the Land Revenue Act of 1901, revenue officers are for rural areas.
• After this, confusion had arisen in urban areas regarding land revenue matters. Especially due to non-disposal of cases related to filing-rejection and land-error correction, these cases kept getting pending.
• Now as before, the officers of the Revenue Department have been made the competent authority for revenue related matters, filing-rejection and error related to land records.