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MARGAO
The government has embarked on an ambitious, but voluminous exercise to integrate the Regional Plan with the cadastral plan in order to streamline valuation of land in the State.
Law Minister Nilesh Cabral further said the government will increase the existing valuation of the land by 20 per cent, with a provision to enhance the valuation by five per cent every year.
Addressing the national seminar on contemporary valuation scenario and specialised valuation standard training organised by the IOV Registered Valuers Foundation in association with the Institution of Valuers, Goa Branch at the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, on Friday, the Law Minister further said he has set on a programme to streamline the Department of Registration for the benefit of the citizens.
“Each and every plot of land will be valued with the help of a survey plan and sub-division. To start with, this will be done with the help of the Revenue department. Registration process should be very easy. Value of land has not been revised as the prevailing rates are applicable from 2013-20 for the purpose of valuation,” he said.
Cabral said the department has mooted a 20 per cent increase in the valuation of the existing rates, with a provision that the rates will be valued by five per cent every year.
Conceding that many factors have affected valuation of land, the Law Minister has mooted simplication of the process by integrating the Regional Plan and the Cadastral plan of Goa. “The value of a particular land will depend on the proximity of the land to the national highway, State highway, roads, towns and other amenities. All these factors will be worked out,” he said.
While saying that it is voluminous in nature, Cabral said the officials are trying to get the real value of the land by putting a mechanism in place.
Addressing the seminar, CTP, James Mathew informed the valuers that the RP 2021 is in force in the State of Goa.
On farm land, Mathew informed that the government has stuck to its 2018 decision that there should not be any sub-division of agricultural land below 20,000 sq mtrs. “The government had taken the decision in 2018 after it came to light that large tracts of agricultural land was being bought by people from outside the State to sub-divide them into 4,000 sq mtrs area plots by taking advantage of the farm house provision,” he said.
He later said that the farm house provision still exists and is applicable for plots sub-divided before 2018, no new sub-division of agricultural land below 20,000 square metres is allowed by the government.
Tenancy land remains a tenanted land: CTP
MARGAO: Chief Town Planner James Mathew on Friday cautioned that a tenancy land remains a tenanted land and cannot be exploited for settlement or other commercial purpose even if such a land finds mention in the settlement zone in a development plan or zone.
Addressing the valuers at the national seminar on Friday, Mathew warned that just because a tenanted land finds mention in the settlement zone for whatever reason does not bestow any right on the tenant or any other person to develop the land for settlement.
“The law is very clear that a tenanted land cannot be used for any other purpose except agriculture. A zone or development plan may show the tenanted land as settlement for whatever reason, but it will remain a tenanted land,” he cautioned.