• Assigned land in Anantapur Dist

We have assigned agricultural land and have been cultivating it since it was assigned to our family (Assigned year: 1957). Is there a way to convert this to the registered patta from assigned? Need an advice on this.
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This is an assigned property and not purchased by you hence you may to get a registered sale deed executed in your favor or if it is a government assigned property then you ma, on the basis of possession for a long time and adverse possession of law, apply for patta to your name which shall be the title document to the property.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2492 Consultations

Hi

Conversion of assigned land to patta land would depend on the policies of the government of your state.

The government enacted the Assigned Lands Regularisation Act to give ownership rights of lands recorded with a dot. Land assigned, alienated or title transfer would be recorded and only those producing proof of occupation for 12 years would be recorded in the RSR, he said.

Such matters should be disposed of within six months by district committees chaired by the District Collector, Joint Collector, Sub-Collector or RDOs as members and tahsildar concerned.

Such appeal could be filed with the Chief Commissioner land administration.

Thank You

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
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4 Consultations

Hello,

Section 3 (1) of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 includes the word 'retrospective', meaning thereupon that any land which was assigned before 1977 will not be considered as valid patta.

In 2014 government came up with the proposal of amending the provision and thereupon allowing all the assignors to get the registered patta.

I would advise you to please consult a local lawyer once.

regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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377 Consultations

1) the government plans land regularisation scheme by imposing huge penalties on those in possession of assigned lands, which would also fetch huge revenues for state exchequer.

2) The government feels that taking back assigned lands would be a daunting task as residential and commercial projects, resorts, farmhouses, educational institutions etc have come up on these lands over the years.

3) The government had earlier launched LRS schemes to regularise government land in 2015 on which private houses had come up and regularise urban ceiling land in 2016.

4) permanent pattas can be issued to assigned land owners

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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8145 Consultations

Hi

1) Conversion of assigned lands to registered patta has been made possible vide Act no.10 of 2017 - AP Legislature

2) You may refer to http://www.aplegislature.org/documents/10936/51633/Act+no.10+of+2017.pdf/ed46e5d4-1071-4cb6-b724-ad7ab50a6d57

3) Please contact the District collector with an application to convert Assigned lands to Registered Patta.

Hope this information is useful..

Rajgopalan Sripathi
Advocate, Hyderabad
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394 Consultations

Land assigned prior to 18.06.1954 are alienable and any assignment there after is heritable...

Sricharan Telaprolu
Advocate, Hyderabad
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95 Consultations

Dear Client,

On the basis of long undisputed possession and cultivation, ownership in the property is undisputed but such claim is not available against govt.

Assignment letter/notification available ?

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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31 Consultations

The State government plans to issue permanent pattas to assigned land owners, which is a promise made as a run up to elections in 2014. If the government efforts are fruitful, the assignees can transfer their assigned lands at their will. The government is working out various options to allow the registration of assigned lands through the new legislation.

The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) has recently made some suggestions to the State government with regard to “regularise the assigned lands.” For which, the government will have to amend the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977.

The CCLA also expressed the view that the lands assigned to the poor and landless prior to 18.6.1954 would not attract the rule prohibiting the transfer of lands. Quoting GO 1142 issued on 18.6.1954, the CCLA opined that there is no prohibition with regard to transfer of lands assigned prior to date of issuance of the GO. Also, there are no prohibitory rules for transfer of lands assigned prior to 1954 in the Prohibition of Transfer of Assigned Lands (POT) Act, 1977. In addition, there is a High Court recommendation to exclude the lands assigned prior to 1954 from prohibitory list, 22 A, sources say.

The Section 3 (1) of the Act prohibits transfer of the assigned lands on or before commencement of the Act. It also declares retrospectively that all transfers of such lands which took place prior to the coming into force of the Act will be null and void. “So, the government has to amend the word retrospective to pave the way for regularisation of the assigned lands,” said an official, who didn’t want to be quoted.

The CCLA suggested that the lands assigned after 21.1.1977 can be regularised at market value. However, the assignee should have enjoyed the lands for 30 years. The clause of 30 years was introduced with a view that most of the assignees were SCs and STs. Allowing transfer of lands would render them jobless so the clause was inserted, officials say.

According to information, there are 2,55,594 acre assigned lands in 10 districts, excluding Srikakulam, Nellore and Vizianagaram, in the State. More than 1.11 lakh assigned land beneficiaries are there. The assignees sold their lands in many areas.

Hemadri Chandrakanth
Advocate, Vijayawada
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10 Consultations

Is it assigned under any law or under which provision the same was assigned. You need apply the collector office for the same and get it Registered by submitting necessary documents.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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249 Consultations

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