GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Kerala Government Land Assignment

Act, 1960 (30 of 1960), the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend

the Rules for Assignment of Government Land within Municipal and Corporation Areas, 1995,

namely:-

Revenue (U) Department.

Dated, 28^th December 2023

G.O.(P) No.329/2023/RD

Thiruvananthapuram

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Government of Kerala

2024

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KERALA GAZETTE

അസാധാരണം

EXTRAORDINARY

ആധികാരികമായി ്പസിദെപടുതുനത

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Regn.No. KERBIL/2012/45073

dated 05-09-2012 with RNI

Reg No.KL/TV(N)/634/2021-2023

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RULES

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Assignment of Land within

Municipal and Corporation Areas (Amendment) Rules, 2023.

(2)They shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of the Rules.- In the Rules for Assignment of Land within Municipal and Corporation

Areas 1995, for rule 9, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“ 9. Remittance of dues, – The land value, as indicated in the order of Assignment shall be

remitted within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order of Assignment. If the assignee does not

remit the land value within thirty days from the date of sanctioning the registry, the registry shall be

cancelled, the occupants evicted, the land resumed and re-assigned to other eligible families:

Provided that if the occupant had not been evicted, the Commissioner of Land Revenue may,

at his discretion and in deserving cases condone the delay in payment of land value up to a period

of three years from the date of the order of assignment. In such cases the assignee shall remit the

entire dues in a lump within thirty days from the date of the orders of the Commissioner of Land

Revenue. If the occupants fail to remit the amount within the time so allowed, they shall be

summarily evicted:

Provided further that in all cases where the delay exceeds three years, sanction of Government

shall be obtained for condoning the delay.

Note: Arrears of assignment dues shall bear interest at 6 per cent per annum”.

By order of the Governor,

TINKU BISWAL IAS,

Principal Secretary to Government

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Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general

purport.)

The existing provision in rule 9 of the Rules for Assignment of Land Within Municipal

and Corporation Areas, 1995 does not provide for condonation of delay in remittance of land value. If

the assignee fails to remit the land value within the stipulated time, there is no provision in the rule

allowing the assignee to seek condonation of delay. Hence, Government have decided to remove the

difficulties relating to condonation of delay in the remittance of land value in the Rules for Assignment

of Land within Municipal and Corporation Areas, 1995.

The notification is intended to achieve the above object.

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