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At a glance Land Info

What is a ledger?

Khatian is the land record that is prepared during the survey along with the details of the land ownership of one or more land owners based on the mouza.
What is a C, S record?
C, S is the cadastral survey. The first district based design and land record prepared in our country is called C, S record.
S, what is this ledger?
The ledger prepared after the enactment of the Zamindari Acquisition and Tenancy Act by the government in 1950 is called SA Khatian.  
What is Namjari?
Namjari is the process of registering the name of a new owner of a land through inheritance or purchase or any other process.
What is deposit rejection?
Deposit rejection means creating new ledger by splitting the joint deposit. Rejection of transfer or distribution of any land of a tenant holding a new holding or opening of a ledger with some land from the original ledger is called deposit rejection.
What is a leaflet?
The copy of the draft khatian prepared during the land survey which is distributed to the land owner before attestation is called field pamphlet. A copy of a pamphlet is called a pamphlet after the pamphlet has been attested or attested by the revenue officer and the ledger is finally published at the end of the objection and appeal hearing.
What is the schedule?
Schedule means introductory details of the land. In order to give the identity of a land, the name of the concerned mouza, ledger no., Dag no., Boundary of the land, amount of land etc.
What is a mouza?
During the cadastral survey, each police station area has been divided into unique units and marked with the serial number of each unit. Each such unit in the police station area is called a mouza. A mouza is formed with one or more villages or neighborhoods.
What is rent?
The land tax that the government collects from the tenants on an annual basis for land use is called land rent.
What is waqf?
According to Islamic law, waqf is the donation of property by a Muslim landowner to cover the expenses of a religious and social welfare organization.
What is Motwalli?
A person who manages and supervises waqf property is called a motwalli. Motwalli cannot transfer waqf property without the permission of the waqf administrator.
What is Warish?
Warish means heir under religious provisions. If a person dies without a will, according to the law, the person or persons who own the property left by his wife, children or close relatives are called heirs.
What is Farage?
The rules and procedures for distributing the property of a deceased person according to Islamic law are called faraj.
What is khas land?
Land under the Ministry of Land which is supervised by the Collector on behalf of the government is called khas land.
What is confession?
Acceptance of the proposal of the government to settle the land to the farmer and accept the payment of rent by the tenant is called acceptance.
What's the spot number?
In mouzas, the land of each land owner is displayed separately or in the self-land with boundary poles or isles for the purpose of identifying each piece of land based on the class of land. In mouza design, the number given for identifying or identifying the land with serial number of each piece of land is called dag number.
What is a rash?
The serial number that is mistakenly omitted when giving the serial number of each plot of land during the preparation or revision of the design at the initial stage of land survey or the serial number which has to be omitted due to merging of two land plots after the initial stage is called discharge spot.
What is Chandina VT?
The non-agricultural tenant area of ​​the permanent or temporary shop part of the Hat Bazar is called Chandina VT.
What is priority?
Preferential means the provision of availability of priority over other buyers legally when purchasing property. If an agricultural land owner or partner transfers his share or land to a stranger by selling it, the legal right to purchase land through the court is called priority by the other partner within 4 months of the sale or notification of additional 10% of the value stated in the deed.
What is Amin?
Amin was the employee who prepared the design and ledger through the land survey and engaged in the land survey work.
What is Siksti?
Siksti is the loss of land due to river erosion. If the Siksti land is in place within 30 years, the person who was the owner of the land before the Siksti or his heirs will be entitled to the ownership of the land subject to conditions.
What is Payasti?
Payasti is the formation of silt from the river bed.
What is null land?
Plain 2 or 3 crop arable land is called null land.
What is Debottar's property?
The land dedicated to the organization, management and financing of Hindu religious ceremonies is called Debottar Property.  
What is an entry?
The land tax collected from the land owner in which the proof or receipt of land tax is given in the prescribed form (Form No. 107) is called Dakhila.
D, C, and what?
The receipt given in the prescribed form (Form No. 222) after collection of government dues other than land tax is called D, C, R.
What is a document?
Any written statement that is admissible as evidence in court in the future is called a document. However, according to the provisions of the Registration Act, the contract executed and registered by the land buyer and seller for the transfer of property is generally called a deed.
What is Kistowar?
After preparing the quadrilaterals and jams during the land survey, the method of preparing the design by drawing a real geographical picture of the land piece by piece by running a chain along the Sikkim line is called Kistwar.
What is Khanapuri?
The process of filling up each column of the ledger form by the survey staff during the preparation of the ledger after preparing the mouza design during the survey is called khanapuri. 

 

1. Department of Land Records and Survey                                      

Under the Bengal Tenancy Act (1885), an office called 'Land Records and Agriculture' was set up under the control of the Board of Revenue to prepare the ledger on land ownership. Later in 1888 a separate department was formed called 'Land Records Department'. At that time the survey work was entrusted to a separate department called Survey of India. After 1947, the office of the Survey Department was temporarily set up at Baun Compound in Barisal district. In 1953, the survey office was shifted from Tipu Sultan Road to its present location. After the partition of the country in 1948, the Settlement Press moved from Hooghly in undivided India and the first Rangpur was established in 1948. Later in 1960 it was shifted to Dhaka. Land survey and preparation of documents related to land owner / occupier is an essential part of land management.

Scope of work in the Department of Land Records and Survey: -

   A) Preparation and implementation of projects for conducting land records and surveys for preparation / revision of title deeds and mouza maps of the whole country, any district or any part of the district within a specified period.

   B) To prepare / revise the land record and map of the mouza by surveying the land of each mouza of the whole country in phases.

   C) Preparation and printing of record-of-rights of every land owner in the country.

   D) To prepare, print and reprint maps of every mouzar, thanar, district and the whole country.

   E) Determining control points through Theodolite Travas Survey for preparation of mouza maps.

   F) Mark the international borders of the country, prepare the border strip map and print it.

   G) To provide cadre assistance to the Deputy Commissioner in determining inter-district and inter-police boundaries.

   H) To examine the technical and geographical acceptability of the government proposal regarding the reorganization of the district / thana.

   I) Demarcation of international and inter-district boundaries. To advise the government on cadastral survey and land reform programs.

   J) To conduct survey and settlement training of judicial officers including Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration / Police / Forest) cadre every year and to provide training.

                                                            

2 .    Land Appeal Board:

    The Land Appeal Board is the highest court in the country for resolving land and land revenue disputes. Its work is of quasi-judicial nature. The Land Appeal Board was created by Act No. 24 of 1989 for speedy disposal of appeals / revisions in land and land revenue cases.

Structure , location and manpower of Land Appeal Board

Composition:  According to Section 4 of the Land Appeal Board Act, 1989, the Land Appeal Board consists of 1 Chairman and 2 members.

Location:   The Land Appeal Board is located on the 8th floor of the 2nd 13th floor government building at Segunbagicha in Dhaka.

Manpower: The Land Appeal Board has 1 Chairman with the rank of Secretary to the Government and 2 members with the rank of Additional Secretary. In addition, the Board has an organizational structure of 48 officers / staff including 1 Secretary (Deputy Secretary to Government), 5 Branch Heads (Senior Assistant Secretary / Assistant Secretary), 1 Librarian and 38 3rd and 4th class employees.

 Functions of Land Appeal Board:

    The functions of the Land Appeal Board are governed and carried out in accordance with the Land Appeal Board Act 1989, the Land Appeal Board (Amendment) Act 1990 and the Land Appeal Board Rules 1990. The Rules and Procedures of the Land Appeal Board are laid down by the Land Appeal Board Rules, 1990. The Land Appeal Board deals with appeals / revision cases in the following matters under the Land Act under the control of the Ministry of Land:

    A) Land related cases (Revenue related)

    B) Nomination and dismissal case

    C) Cases related to Sairat and Jalmahal

    D) Land records related cases

    E) Land development tax certificate case

    F) Cases related to khas land settlement

    G) Revision or appeal case filed under P, D, R

    H) Cases relating to vested, abandoned and exchanged property

    I) Cases relating to Waqf / Debottar property (excluding management and administrative matters of the said property)

    J) perform other duties assigned by the government;

    K) inspection, monitoring and evaluation of the functions of the lower land courts;

    L) Advising on matters sent by the Government regarding land laws, orders and rules.