WELCOME to

My Presentation
on

Land Management

Md. Hannan Mia

Ex Chairman (grade-1)
Bangladesh Parjaton Corporation

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 Background
ANCIENT ERA
The land belongs to him who clears it of
jungles and makes it fit for cultivation.
MOHAMEDAN ERA
The tenants were the actual owner of the land.
MODERN ERA
the Permanent Settlement Regulation, 1793.
Tenants were left at the mercy of the
Zamindar.
In 1885, The Bangal Tenancy Act.
Every raiyot had the occupancy right.
Preparing the ROR (cadastral survey) system
was introduced.
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 Background
In 1938, a high powered Land Revenue
Commission was set up under the chairmanship of
Sir Francis Floud.

Known as Land Revenue Commission, 1938 or

Floud Commission.

The East Bangal State Acquisition and Tenancy

Act, 1950 was promalgated.

In 1972 word `East Bangal’ deleted.

The State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950

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 Land Holders

According to S A & T Act-1950- Land holder

has the right to-
1. have possess his land and get govt.
recognition as Malik(Sec-81),
2. use land as he deem fit as per law (Sec-83),
3. implement inheritance law(Sec-84),
4. transfer his land(Sec-88).

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 Concern Authorities of Land Issues

1. Land Transferring Authority- Land

owner, collector, empowered officers for
allotment & civil court.
2. Registration Authority
3. Civil Court
4. Survey Authority
5. Land Management Authority

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Important Issues in Land Management
1. Mauza- consists of plots of some villages.
2. Dag or plot means identification no. of the
undivided part of a land
3. Khatian means identification no. or account of
land owner
4. Holding no. means the identification number land
tax payer
5. ROR-Register-1 is called the Jamabandi Register.
It contains the names of the tenants, their status,
their rent and cesses and the area and the
classification of the land they hold.
Mouza map is included in ROR.
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 Survey

1. From 1888 to 1944 Cadestral Survey

was carried out.

2. State Acquisition operation (S.A

Record) was carried on from 1956 to
1963.
3. Revisional Survey (R.S) has been
going on from1965.
4. Bangladesh Revisional Survey
(B.R.S) has been going on from till
today.

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Thank You

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