Niti Aayog releases draft model act on land titles
NEW DELHI: To reduce litigations and ease the land acquisition process for infrastructure projects Niti Aayog has released a draft model Act and rules for states on conclusive land titling.
This model Act and rules will give state governments the authority to order for the establishment, administration, and management of a system of title registration of immovable properties.
The purpose of the draft model Act is to decrease a large number of land-related litigations and to improve land acquisitions for infrastructure projects.
Under the model Act, the land dispute resolution officer and land title appellate tribunal are one-shot institutions that will fade away as the work reduces.
Besides that after three years of its notification, the register of title obtains the conclusion without any external action.
In case of any dispute conclusive land titles are assured by the state for the correctness and entail provision for compensation by the state.
According to the draft Act, any person discontented by an entry in the Record of Titles notified under Section 11 can easily file an objection before the Title Registration Officer within three years from the date of such notification.
Along with this the Title Registration Officer should make an entry to that effect in the Register of Titles and the Register of Disputes and refer the case to the land dispute resolution officer.
A party suffering from an order of the land dispute resolution officer can also appeal before the Land Titling Appellate Tribunal within 30 days of passing of such an order.
It has been said that a special bench of the High court should be designated to deal with appeals against the orders passed by the Land Titling Appellate Tribunal.
