Land Purchase refers to the process of acquiring ownership of land through a legal transaction, typically involving negotiation, agreement, payment, and registration to transfer property rights from the seller to the buyer.
Land Acquisition Collectors shall follow the revised procedures and administrative controls for expeditious disposal of land acquisition cases within the framework of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in the State of West Bengal w.e.f. 06.06.2006.
Governor is pleased to allow the various departments of the State Government and the Central Government department to go in for the direct purchase of land for public purpose.
Standard Operating Procedure for mutation of lands acquired under the various land acquisition related Acts and Direct Land Purchase Policy in favour of Requiring Bodies, through LA Module in e-Bhuchitra.
Direct purchase of land for public purpose mainly involving the early commissioning of infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, food godowns, drinking water, flood protection and other similar projects in rural and/or urban areas.
Certificate from the concerned DLLRO/ BLLRO that no government vested land (Khatian-I)/ other government land (of other departments/ parastatals) is available for this purpose.
There shall be a 4 (four) member committee, comprising of Executive Engineer (Civil), Assistant Engineer (Civil) of the concerned district/ project, representative from planning wing of PHE Directorate and an officer of the L&LR and RRR Department to be nominated by the District Collector, for identification of suitable land (s) for the proposed project (s).
All the District Magistrates and the District Collectors and the relevant Revenue Authorities are requested to take immediate necessary action for updating the records of rights accordingly, where updating of records are still pending in respect of all such lands.