ACTIVITY REPORT

2007-2008

The Role of Revenue and Disaster Management Department in the

Administration of the State

The Role of Revenue & Disaster Management Department in the Administration of the State

Revenue and Disaster Management Department deals with the issues

relating to the land administration of the State. In order to highlight the

important function of this department in the event of natural calamities

like floods, cyclones, droughts, fire accidents etc., the Revenue

Department has been renamed as Revenue and Disaster Management

Department vide G.A. Department Notification No.12355 dated 5.6.2006.

This Department plays major role in providing land to the landless and

protecting the Government land. Besides, distribution of Government wasteland

for agricultural / homestead purposes, distribution of ceiling surplus land,

prohibition of tribal land alienation computerisation of Registration offices, and

Tehsil Offices, updating of land records, preparation and distribution of land pass

books and formulation of comprehensive Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy

for displaced persons are a few noteworthy tasks of this Department .We are

constantly on the job of making Revenue administration more effective and

responsive to the people.

1. Natural Calamities and their Management.

Our State is prone to various types of natural hazards like flood,

cyclone or drought every year.

With nearly 90% of the population living in disaster-prone areas

and about 66% below the poverty line, the State administration is

continuously under severe strain to meet the challenge posed by natural

disasters.

(i) Flood

Our State sustained extensive damages to life and properties in 27

districts out of 30 districts during July & August’06 due to time phases of

repeated floods.

Due to flood/heavy rain 245 Blocks, 3574 GPs, 18912 Villages,

67.39 lakh Population and 4.90 lakh hector crop areas of the State was

severely affected. 105 persons lost their lives. As many as 28,327 hectares

of land were covered under sand cast causing a huge agricultural loss.

The effective and fool proof health measures of the department

prevented the possibility of any type of epidemic.

Public utilities specifically roads, river/canal embankment have been

extensively damaged due to floods in five phases. Major bridges and roads

were severely damaged due to flood/heavy rain and landslide in Rayagada,

Gajapati, Koraput district. 523 no. of breaches in river embankments and

1508 no. of breaches in canal embankments were occurred. 1716 nos. of R

& B road were damaged.

The total loss due to flood/heavy rain comes to Rs. 2382.43 Crore.

The State Govt. have submitted a memorandum to Govt. of India seeking a

financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 2382.43 Crore out of NCCF for relief &

immediate restoration measures, special allocation of 1.00 lakh IAY House

for flood victims of BPL category and special allocation of 2.5 lakh MT of

food grain under special SGRY for employment generation Programme for

land less Agricultural Labourer.

An Inter Ministerial Central Team has visited during 4th September

to 8th September to asses the flood situation in this State. They visited 12

flood affected districts.

Govt. of India has released only Rs. 25.00 Crore out of NCCF for the

State to mitigate the flood situation.

Rs. 310.24 Crore was available under CRF. To meet immediate

requirement for relief / restoration work, OCF Advance amounting to Rs.

120.00 Crore has been released by the State Government for the purpose.

Till 31.3.2007 an amount of Rs 585.52 Crore has been provided to

Collectors and different Departments for flood relief/restoration measures.

(ii) Land slide

Besides floods situation land slide due to heavy rainfall was

occurred in Rayagada and Gajapati districts for the first time causing

extensive damages to life and properties.

(iii) Pest Attack

The State had experienced another calamity i.e. pest attack

(Swarming Cater Pillar) in 3 districts namely Nuapada, Bargarh and

Subarnapur causing damage to Kharif Crop in 4571 hector of land.

(iv) Hail Storm / Whirlwind – 2006

During 2006, 360 villages of 9 districts were affected due to

hailstorm and whirlwind, Rs.78.23 lakh out of CRF was released in favour of

Collector Subarnapur, Khurda, Malkangiri, Sundargarh, Bhadrak, Bargarh,

Kalahandi, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur for H.B.A, input subsidy and repair /

restoration of public utilities damaged due to hailstorm / whirlwind.

(v) Calamity Relief Fund during Year 2006-07

During the Year 2006-07 a total Sum of Rs. 593.95 Crore was made

available for expenditure towards relief mitigation measures as following

details:

Corpus of CRF 2006-07 Rs.310.24 Crore Advance Central Share for 2007-08 Rs. 58.66 Crore

Advance State Share for 2007-08 Rs.19.55 Crore

Grant from NCCF Rs. 25.00 Crore

Unspent /surrender/interest Rs. 180.50 Crore

Total : Rs. 593.95 Crore

As against the above grant Rs. 585.52 crore has already been

sanctioned and placed with different Departments /Districts to meet the

requirement of Relief Expenditure by 31.3.2007

From the year 1999-2000 to 2005-2006 the following grants were

made available under CRF/ NCCF for combating different natural calamities

like Super cyclone, Drought, flood and fire Accident etc.

CRF Rs. 1449.42 Crore

NCCF Rs.1181.14 Crore

Total Rs. 2630.56 Crore

As against the above grant, utilisation certificate to the tune of Rs.

1884.29 Crore has already been furnished to the Accountant General Orissa

by 31.3.2007.

CRF Rs. 797.96 Crore NCCF Rs.1086.33 Crore

Total Rs.1884.29 Crore

2. The Role of OSDMA

Reconstruction Activities

In the aftermath of the Super Cyclone, OSDMA

supervised reconstruction activities taken by the Line

Departments with funds from various sources.

1. Embankment Sector : Flood embankment for a

length of about 877 km and canal embankment of 332 km

has been raised/ strengthened with World Bank assistance.

82 spurs and 19 sluices have been renovated/

reconstructed. 73.47 km of irrigation embankment have

been strengthen under Calamity Relief Fund (CRF)

assistance. A few km length of irrigation embankment

which could not be completed with World Bank assistance

in the stipulated project closure period have been

completed with CRF assistance.

2. Road Sector : 275 Km of road have been repaired

and renovated under Works Department, 448 km of road

under Rural Development Department and about 85 km of

urban Housing & Urban Development Department have also

been reconstructed with World Bank assistance. About 5

km of urban road and 28.46 km of road under Works

Department have been reconstructed with assistance from

CRF. 10 km of road is under construction with CRF

assistance. 8.2 km of road works under Works Department,

66.6 km of road under R.D. Department which were

completed with CRF assistance.

3. Water Supply : Works in respect of installation of

pump sets, construction of bore wells and tube wells and

laying of pipe lines were undertaken in 20 urban locations

in the cyclone-affected districts. Similar works were also

undertaken in 64 rural locations with World Bank

assistance.

4. Agro Service Centres : 500 Agro Service Centres

have been set up with World Bank assistance.

5. Education Sector : 5757 primary schools and

1148 high School buildings have been constructed with

assistance from PMNRF, CMRF, MPLAD, NFCR, OBB, other

State Governments and NGOs. 2592 primary School

buildings have been constructed and handed over under

DFID scheme.

6. Health Sector : 216 health institutions have been

improved with assistance from CMRF.

7. Lift Irrigation Sector : 2555 Lift Irrigation points

have been revived with DFID support.

Besides the Government of India has formulated

the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project to be

implemented in 13 cyclone prone States including Orissa

during the period 2005-2010 with assistance from World

Bank.

3. Modernisation and Reorganisation of Revenue Field

Administration

(i) Computerisation of Land Records

Our State has made substantial progress in computerisation of

Land Records and is set to complete the scheme very soon. Out of 171

Tehsils in the State, Computerisation of land records has been completed

in 167 Tehsils and computerised copies of ROR are being issued to the

Land owners on demand through Tehsil Computer Centres. Updated RORs

and datas are now available in Website for easy access of general public.

The following is the reference address; http://bhulekh.ori.ni.in

The Collectors concerned of remaining Tehsils have been

impressed upon in the recently held Tehsildars Conference to

complete the data entry work expeditiously and provide the

benefit of computerization to the people.

(ii) Digitisation of Cadastral Maps

Since computerisation of Tehsils will lead to correct and update land records, the corresponding survey map needs to be accurate and modern. The State Government has decided to prepare and digitise the maps of all the villages including tribal areas with the help of GPS (Global Portioning Stations) .

Four Pilot Projects for computerization of Cadastral Maps namely Koraput, Rayagada, Salipur, Narsinghpur were undertaken with 100% financial assistance of Government of India. Kendrapara and Bolagarh Tehsils were taken up out of funds of Central & State Government on 50:50 basis. Out of these Six Tehsils, digitization of cadastral maps has been completed in 5 Tehsils and in Kendrapara Tehsil 99% of work has been completed.

(iii) Up-linking of Tehsils with Sub-Division, District and

State Headquarters

The State Government has initiated up-linking Tehsils

with Sub-Division District and State Headquarters with an

estimated project cost of Rs.636.00 lakh with 100% Government

of India assistance. But due to the stay order of the Hon'ble High

Court, Orissa, implementation of the project is delayed. However

the State Government is working out the modalities of connectivity

as well as trying to make it operational soon after the stay is

vacated.

(iv) Land Pass Book The State Government has decided to issue Land Pass

Books to all the individual land holding families of the State. This

Pass Book should enable the members of such families to use it

as an authoritative document for (i) caste certificates (ii) SEBC

Certificate for educational purposes (iii) legal heir certificate

for limited purposes (iv) Income certificate (v) Residential

Certificate (vi) Identification of' BPL families and (vii) Farmers

Identity card. Besides, details of each member of the family

including Head of the family, wife, children etc. shall be recorded

in the Land Pass Book to obviate legal heir problems. The

programme was launched with effect from 26.1.06 and is being

implemented successfully allover the State. Tribal people will be

benefited to a great extent by the Land Pass Books. By the end of

March,07 Land Pass Books numbering 9,08,327 have been

distributed among concerned land holders of the State.

(v) Disposal of Mutation cases-

At the beginning of the year 2006 (1.4.06) 1,46,887 number of Mutation

cases were pending in different Tahasils of the State. Further 3,87,108 number of

mutation cases were instituted during the period from April,2006 to March,2007

making a total number of 5,33,995 cases for disposal. Out of which 3,79,124

cases have been disposed of till the end of March,2007.

For expeditious disposal the R.Is have been authorized to dispose of

uncontested mutations cases.

(vi) Declaration of Hamlets as Revenue village –

The Collectors have identified 5069 number of Hamlets for

declaring them as Revenue Village. So far 595 number of hamlets have

been declared as Revenue village and B.C.P inrespect of 291 hamlets

have been rejected due to non-fulfillment of revenue criteria. Steps are

being taken at various levels for balance 4183 hamlets for declaring them

as Revenue Village.

4. Revenue Generation Measures (i) Conversion of Agricultural Land for Non-Agricultural

Purpose Since its inception till 31.3.2006, a sum of

Rs. 89,09,36,210/- and during the financial year, 2006-07 till end of

March, 2007, a sum of Rs. 27,19,34,377/- have been collected towards

premium on conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purpose.

The details of collection are furnished below (As per u/s 8).

Collection of Premium under Section 8-A of O.L.R. Act, 1960.

Year Target (in crore) Achievement Since inception till 31.3.2000 Nil. Rs. 01,99,37,661/- 2000-01 Nil Rs. 03,32,73,407/- 2001-02 Nil Rs. 06,70,16,309/- 2002-03 15.00 Rs. 13,87,35,715/- 2003-04 25.00 Rs. 14,32,89,933/- 2004-05 35.00 Rs. 25, 53,32,118/- 2005-06 35.00 Rs. 23,33,51,062/- 2006-07 45.00 Rs. 27,19,34,377/- Rs. 116,28,70,582/-

(ii) Collection of Revenue from Stamp Duty and Registration Fees

The collection position of revenue from Stamp Duty and

Registration Fees during last 5 years was as follows:

(Rupees in Lakh)

Year Stamp Duty & Registration fees Target Collection

2002-2003 17000.00 13658.76

2003-2004 15950.00 15436.10

2004-2005 17187.00 19795.00

2005-2006 22725.00 23606.00

2006-2007 (up to March’07)

30000.00 23870.46

(iii) Collection of Revenue from Land Revenue and Water Rate

The collection position of revenue from Land Revenue (inclusive of

miscellaneous revenue) and Water Rate during the last 5 years was as follows:

( Rs. In Lakh )

Year Land Revenue Water Rate Target Collection Target Collection

2002-2003 7500.00 9059.03 1500.00 1616.14

2003-2004 7900.00 11485.10 1650.00 2369.20

2004-2005 8600.00 15010.00 1941.00 2729.16

2005-2006 17000.00 17689.00 3000.00 2830.00

2006-2007 (up to March’07)

20000.00 24313.38 5000.00 2736.39

5. Achievement under Welfare Programmes/ Schemes

(i) (a) Regulation on Transfer of Land belonging to Scheduled

Tribes in Scheduled Areas of the State:

In order to control and regulate transfer of immovable

properties by the members of the S.Ts in the Scheduled Areas in

the State, the Regulation 2 of 1956 has been enacted. The

Regulation prohibits, among other things, transfer of immovable

properties belonging to members of STs in favour of persons not

belonging to STs. Any such transfer shall be null and void, if the

same has been made without written permission of the competent

authority. In case any transfer has been made in contravention to

this provision in the regulation, the competent authority either suo-

motu or on a petition filed on that behalf, shall declare such

transfer as illegal and shall restore the land to the lawful land

owner or his/ her heirs. The regulation also provides for eviction of

persons in forcible occupation of the land belonging to members of

STs and restoration thereof. The Regulation provides for penal

action in respect of illegal transfer as well as unauthorised

occupation.

In spite of such provisions in the Regulation, it has come to the notice of the Government that large-scale alienation of tribal land to non-tribals has been made in the scheduled areas of the State and as such it has become a matter of great concern for the State Government as well as the Government of India. To put an end to this problem. In order to prohibit transfer of ST land to non-STs, the Government of Orissa have made necessary amendments to the Regulation 2 of 1956, which came into force with effect from 4.9.2002. As per the amended provisions of the said Regulation, transfer/ alienation of land belonging to STs to persons not belonging to STs has been completely banned.

The progress achieved under Regulation 2 of 1956 since its inception till the end of March, 2007 is indicated below: 1. No. of cases instituted 1,06,547

2. No. of cases disposed of 1,05,578 3. No. of S.T. beneficiaries 65,660

4. Extent of land ordered to be restored Ac. 57,162.21 5. Extent of land actually restored Ac. 56,519.95 The achievement under Regulation-2 of 1956 during the year 2006-07 till March 2007 is indicated below:

1. No. of cases instituted 1136

2. No. of cases disposed of 1029

3. No. of S.T. beneficiaries 750 4. Extent of land ordered to be restored Ac. 307.78 5. Extent of land actually restored Ac. 362.82 ( Including previous pendency)

(i) (b) Transfer and Restoration of Land u/s 22,23 & 23A of

OLR Act,1960 As per section 22 of OLR Act, any transfer of land belonging to

STs / SCs to people not belonging to STs/SCs without the prior

permission of the competent authority is declared void. Under Sections

23 and 23A of OLR Act, there is provision for restoration of land of SCs &

STs to the respective recorded tenant, if it has been transferred without

prior written permission of the competent authority or if the land has

been under unauthorised occupation by non-SC and non-ST persons.

The details regarding the number of persons belonging to SCs &

STs benefited under the provisions and the land restored to them u/s 23

& 23 A during the year, 2006-07 are given below:

No. of beneficiaries Area of land ordered for restoration

ST 229 Ac. 57.251

SC 1350 Ac. 1389.923

(ii) Distribution of House-sites to Homesteadless Persons

The management of land and its distribution to the needy persons

are the foremost responsibilities of the Revenue Department. Government

land up to four decimals is being provided to the homesteadless persons

for house-site purpose since the year 1974-75. Vigorous attempts are

being made from the highest level of Government down to the field level

to expedite the implementation of this important work. 2,49,334

homesteadless families have been identified in the State. Last year i.e.

during 2005-06 Project ‘Vasundhara‘ has been launched on a mission

mode under which all the homesteadless families shall be provided with

housesites within a span of three years.

During the year 2006-07, up to March, 2007, 98774 homesteadless

families, which include 46196 ST, 25721 SC and 26857 other category

families, have been provided with housesites under the aforesaid Project

“Vasundhara”.

(iii) Distribution of Government Surplus Land for Agricultural Purpose

In order to improve the economy of the weaker sections of the

society and to boost agricultural production in the State, ceiling surplus

land upto 0.7 standard Acre is being allotted free of salami to the landless

persons for agricultural purpose since the year 1974-75. This item has

also been included under 20 point programmes being implemented by

Govt. of India.

Since inception till the year, 2006-07 upto 31.3.2007 a total area

of Ac.159384.329 of ceiling surplus land has been distributed among

142616 landless beneficiaries. The category-wise details are given below:

No. of Benficiaries Total Land distributed.

ST 52,934 Ac. 66,302.646

SC 48,704 Ac. 51,108.763

Others 40,978 Ac. 41,972.92

(iv) Distribution of Government Wasteland for Agricultural Purpose

During the current year i.e. 2006-07 Government land to the

extent of Ac. 4051.851 has been distributed among 4438 landless

families. Out of this, land to the extent of Ac.2063.922 has been given

to 2096 S.T families, Ac. 1078.350 to 1145 S.C. families and Ac. 909.579

to 1197 landless families belonging to other categories.

Since 1974-75 till the end of March,2007, 7,36,491.989 acres of

Government wasteland has been distributed among 7,78,469 landless

families. This figure includes 3,84,364.264 acres of land given to 231630

ST families, 1,75,57.922 acres to 104235 SC families and 1,76,551.804

acres to 1,42,604 landless families belonging to other categories. 6. Institution and Disposal of Be-Bandobasta Cases

Regarding achievement on this item during the year 2006-07 till

31.03.2007, out of a total number of 7946 cases involving an area of

Ac.13,212.679, 640 cases involving an area of Ac. 405.07 have been

disposed of, leaving a balance of 7306 cases with an area of

Ac.12807.559. Revenue Department is reviewing the matter regularly and

suitable instructions are being issued from time to time to the field

functionaries to clear up the pendency within a definite time-frame.

7. Bhoodan Movement

This Bhoodan Yagna Samiti has been reconstituted with a

Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and nine other Members vide Revenue

Department Notification No. 8647 dtd. 1.3.2004.

According to the report received from the Bhoodan Yagna Samiti

an extent of Ac6,38,706.50 dec. of land was collected as donation, out of

which Ac.5,79,994.21 dec. of land have already been distributed

amountst 1,52,852 landless persons. The Samiti is taking steps to

distribute the balance Ac.58,722.29 dec. of land as quickly as possible

after verification of present status of such undistributed land.

8. Compliance with the CAG Report

Report of C & A.G. (Revenue Receipt) for the year

1991-92 to 1999-2000, 2002-03 & 2004-05 have been fully complied.

Compliance Report have been sent to OLA. Report of C & AG for the year

2003-04 and 2004-05 have been partly complied & compliance sent to

OLA. Field functionaries have been pursued for immediate compliance of

the pending report for the year 2003-04 & 2005-06 through Departmental

Monitoring Committee Meeting.

Appropriation Accounts for the year 2000-01 to 2001-02 have

been sent to O.L.A. & the same for the year 2002-03 to 2005-06 is likely

to be disposed of within a month.

Public Accounts Committee (10th Assembly 4th Report, 11th

Assembly 15th Report, 12th Assembly 27th Report and 13th Assembly 14th &

16th Report) have been disposed of.

As per instructions of Finance Department, the Departmental

Monitoring Committee of Revenue Department have examined the

position of submission of compliance notes on the outstanding paras of

the C &A.G. (Civil and revenue Receipt) Reports from 1997-98 to 2005-06

P.A.C. (A.T.N) Reports,

i) Out of 14 C&A.G. (Civil) paras, compliance

notes on three paras have been sent to OLA,

compliance notes on one para is being examined in

the Department, compliance reports on balance 10

paras are still awaited from the Controlling Officers.

The Controlling Officers are being reminded

regularly as well as instructed in the Departmental

Monitoring Committee meeting to furnish the same

early. ii) There are 135 cases of Misappropriation

losses etc. shown outstanding against Revenue

Department. Out of the same compliance notes on

40 cases involving amount of Rs.4,84,795.38 have

been sent to the OLA for kind consideration of

Hon’ble P.A.C. 9. Alienation/ Advance Possession/ Lease of

Government Land in Favour of Other Departments/ Organisations

i) Government land measuring Ac.2.200 in Mouza-Isafpur

under Bhadrak Tahasil of Bhadrak District has been leased out free of premium in favour of Regional Research Institute for Unani Medicine, Bhadrak vide this Department letter No. 37162 dtd. 25.09.2006.

ii) Government land measuring Ac.8.690 in Mouza-Subudhipur under Bhubaneswar Tahasil of Khurda Dist. Has been leased out in favour of BDA for plotted housing schemes vide this Department letter No. 20057 dtd. 27.5.06.

iii) Advance possession of land measuring Ac. 63.299 has been accorded vide this Department letter No. 18002 dtd.

12.5.06 in Mouza-Andharua under Bhubaneswar Tahasil of Khurda District in favour of Science & Technology Deparment for setting up of Bio-Technology Park.

iv) Government land measuring Ac.20.00 in Mouza-Harapur under Jatani Tahasil of Khurda District has been leased out in favour of Orissa Millenium Trust, Bhubaneswar for establishment of Information Technology Institute on payment of premium @ Rs.1.00 lakh per acre as per IPR-2001 at concessional rate vide this Department letter No. 58909 dtd. 18.12.06.

v) 5(five) special certificate courts at Rourkela, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur has been set up vide this Department Order No. 51282 dtd. 3.11.02 and functioning with effect from 01.12.2006 for recovery of defaulting loans over dues from the loanees benefited through different member Banks and financial institutions of SLBC under different Government sponsored schemes.

vi) Advance possession of Ac22.780 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of Jasser Dental Medical Education Health Foundation for establishment of Medical College and Hospital at Rourkela vide Revnue Department order No. 6710/R dt. 23.2.06.

vii) Advance possession of Ac.1.635 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of OSHB for implementation of Social Housing Project in Mouza-Dakhina Deula Sahi vide Revenue Deptt. Letter No. 11833/R dt. 27.3.06.

viii) Advance possession of Ac 4.450 of Govt. land has been sanctioned in favour of OSHB for implementation of Social Housing Project in Mouza- Ramgarh, under Cuttack Sadar Tahasil vide Revenue Deptt. order No. 12203/R dt. 29.3.06.

ix) Lease of Govt. land of Ac.17.03 dec has been sanctioned in favour of M/s Subhag Properties Pvt. Ltd. for industrial purpose in vill- Kalagarh of Marshaghai Tahasil, Dist. Kendrapara Vide Revenue Department Order No. 14097/R dt. 17.4.06.

x) Allotment of home stead land to orphans and physically challenged individuals who leave the Government supported orphanages and special schools on reaching the age of 18 in case of boys and 25 in case of girls, vide this Deptt. order No. 21097/R&DM, dtd. 3.6.2006.

xi) Government decisions have been communicated vide this Deptt. letter No. 29012/R&DM, 28.7.06 to reserve the region between Paradeep and Kalinga Nagar within a distance of 3.5 Kms of either side of the National Highway for implementation of petroleum, chemical and petrochemicals investment Region (PCPIR) at Paradeep.

xii) The matter of control management and Regularisation of the vested ceiling surplus land in Cuttack Urban Agglomeration alongwith Follow up measures on pending cases will be managed by the Revenue & D.M Department instead of H & U.D Department vide this Deptt. Notification No. 30040/R&DM, dt. 3.8.2006.

xiii) Alienation of Government Land of Ac. 19.59 dec. in favour of DRDO, Chandipur, under Ministry of Defence, Government of India for Construction of Defence Radar Centre at Mouza- Keyarbank of Mohakalapada Tehsil in Kendrapara District vide this Deptt. Order No. 34857 dt. 6.9.2006.

xiv) Sanction of lease of Government land measuring an area of Ac. 25.00 in favour of Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust, Tamilnadu for establishment of Medical College and Hospital Building at Village. Talajharing of Dharmgarh Tehsil in Kalahandi District vide this Deptt. order No. 36188/R&DM, dt. 15.9.2006.

xv) Lease of Government Land measuring Ac.32.00 in village Remibeda infavour of M/S Utkal Alumina International, Ltd. Rayagada for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project.

xvi) Lease of Government land Ac. 0.20 dec. at village Tikini in favour of M/S Utkal Alumina International Ltd, for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project at Rayagada.

xvii) Advance possession of Government Land measuring Ac. 36.90 in village Jamunalia and Maligaon under Keonjhar Tehsil infavour of the Principal OSME Keonjhar for development of infrastructure of Orissa College of Mining and Engineering, Keonjhar.

xviii) Lease of Government land Ac. 30.00 dec. at village Dwimundi under Kashipur Tehsil of Rayagada District infavour of M/S Utkal Alunina International Ltd, Rayagada for establishment of Alumina Refinery Project.

xix) Alination of Ac. 14.44 Government land in village- Vikrampur under Talcher Tehsil in favour of Heavy Water Plant Project waiving of 50% premium of the land amounting to Rs. 21,66,000/-.

xx) Instruction have been issued vide this Deptt. G.O. No. 25137 dt. 7.7.06 to take steps for earmarking of sufficiently large areas in urban areas like district Head Quarters, Blocks and Tahasil Head Quarters as well as Major Cities/ towns of the State, exclusively for establishment of Government Offices and institutions and reserve the same in the manner as provided in the OGLS Act 1962 for such purposes.

xxi) An amount of Rs. 9,46,26,000/- ( Rupees Nine crore forty six lakh twenty six thousand) only has been provided during 2006-07 in the Revenue & Disaster Management Department. Budget estimate which shall be spent during the year 2007-08 towards distribution of the said provision among the Collectors of 17 districts as per the district-wise requirement for raising compensatory afforestation over non-forest land diverted for regularisation of eligible pre 80 encroachments.

xxii) The draft Orissa Land Revenue Administration Bill 2007 has been prepared by this Department with an aim to consolidate, simplify and codify various revenue laws currently in force in the State. So as to make it a unified code in a people friendly manner.

The said draft Bill has been sent to Board of Revenue, all

RDCs and all Collectors vide this Deptt. letter No. 6047 dt. 15.2.07 and 6048 dt. 15.2.07 soliciting their views/ suggestions in various provisions.

xxiii) Advance possession of Government land measuring Ac. 0.240 out of Ac. 0.468 has been accorded vide this Deptt. letter No.3803 dt. 27.2.07 in Mouza- Padhuanpada under Balasore Tahasil of Balasore District in favour of Food Corporation of India, Balasore for construction of Office Building.

10. Allotment of funds for Construction and Repairing of Residential and Non-Residential Revenue Buildings during the Year 2006-2007.

During the Year 2006-2007 (upto 31.3.2007) a sum of Rs.289.60 lakh has been allotted for construction of Collectorate and A.D.M’s Office buildings in districts like Bargarh, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Rayagada and Subarnapur. Like wise a sum of Rs. 86.21 lakh has been allotted for construction and repair of Circuit Houses at Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, Boudh, Angul and Berhampur. Thirdly a sum of Rs. 33.83 lakh has been allotted for construction of residential buildings in district like Jajpur, Nayagarh, Angul and Khurda. A sum of Rs. 16.17 lakh has also been allotted for expansion/ renovation/ repairing of several existing buildings located in districts like Angul, Boudh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Subarnapur, Nayagarh and Sundargarh. Besides Rs. 64.99 lakh has been allotted for civil construction, electrical and sanitary installation of office and residential buildings of Revenue Inspectors in several places of districts like Khurda, Jajpur, Angul, Nayagarh, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Boudh and Koraput. A sum of Rs. 5.00 lakh has been provided for sanitary installation of the Residential and Non-residential buildings in Urban areas.

11. Progress of Land Acquisition for Some Important

Projects Sl.No Name of the

Project No. of

Notification U/S 4(I) of

L.A. Act issued

No. of Declaration

U/s 6(I) issued

No. of orders U/S 7

issued and extent of land (Ac.)

1 2 3 4 5 1. Rengali Right Canal

System, Dhenkanal/ Angul

13 6 10 (Ac. 82.73)

2. Rengali Left Canal System, Dhenkanal/ Angul

25 26 21 (Ac..192.64)

3. Action Ispat & power (P) Ltd. Jharsuguda

5 11 7 (Ac. 304.07 )

4. M/S Bhoosan Steel and Streeps Ltd. Dhenkanal

1

16 13 (Ac. 53.55)

5. Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Nuapada

42 11 3 (Ac. 84.47)

6. Alumina Refinery Project at Langigarh, Kalahandi

10 - 2 (Ac. 337.84)

7. Alumina Refinery Project at Rayagada

2 2 -

8. Upper Indrabati Irrigation Project, Kalahandi

17 8 19 ( Ac. 76.31 )

9. Baghalati Medium Irrigation Project, Ganjam

9 28 14 (Ac. 37.812)

10. Haridaspur-Paradeep Rail Link Project

50 22 12 (Ac.169.020)

11. Raja Athagarh Rail Link Project

8 2 -

12. Khurda Road-Bolangir Rail Link Project

92 84 80 (Ac.713.369)

13. Dhamara Port Railway Project

64 64 64 (Ac.1751.38)

14. Subarnarekha Irrigation Project

60 50 32 (Ac.177.52)

15. Rajua Diversion weir 43 36 27 (Ac.155.975)

16. Establishment of Industries at Kalinganagar, Jajpur

18 8 2 (Ac.135.93)

17. M/S POSCO India Ltd. Paradeep.

7 - -

18. Vedanta University, Puri

17 - -

19. Mahanadi Chitrotapala Irrigation Project

19 9 7 (Ac. 3.36)

12. Rehabilitation and Resettlement

The Orissa Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy, 2006 has been

formulated by the State Government of Orissa for due consultation with

all concerned stakeholder groups. Consequent upon its publication in

Orissa Gazette the new policy has come into force w.e.f 15th May, 2006.

The most important feature of the new policy is to ensure that no physical

displacement shall be made before the completion of resettlement.

Besides steps have been taken to ensure that voices of the displaced

communities are recognised and emphasis is given to indigenous

community and vulnerable sections.

Regarding constitution and functioning of Rehabilitation and

Periphery Development advisory Committee (RPDAC) & District

Compensation Advisory Committee (DCAC) for all projects situated within

the State as laid down in para-16 and 15 respectively of the policy, the

State Government have already issued guidelines vide Revenue &

Disaster Management Department order No. 25092/R&DM, dated

6.7.2006 and order No. 39321/R&DM dated 13.10.2006 respectively.

Accordingly, RPDACs have been constituted.

A State Level Council on Resettlement & Rehabilitation has been

constituted with Hon’ble Chief Minister as Chairman.

In order to advise review and monitor implementation of

resettlement and rehabilitation, a Directorate of R&R is being established

to discharge and oversee the implementation of the R & R Policy.

13. Strengthening of Revenue Cadre Officers.

To keep Revenue administration clear & make it more effective,

the following steps have been taken to strengthening the Revenue Cadre

Officer.

1. OAS Class-II and OAS Class –I (JB) from 1010 to 1100 and from

505 to 675 respectively.

2. Creation of 100 posts of OSCS Class-II.

3. Promoted 131 officers of OAS Class-II to OAS-I (JB) rank through

Selection Board.

4. Recruited 181 officers to OAS Class-II by way of Promotion and

Selection method.

5. CCRs position of OAS-II officers reflected in the website.

6. Regularised services of OAS Class-II Officers from 1994 onwards.

14. Revenue Receipt and Plan Budget for 2006-2007

(A) Revenue receipt budget for 2006-2007

( Rupees in Lakh) (a) Tax : Rs. 47000.00 (b) Non-tax Rs. 7000.00 ----------------------- Rs. 54000.00 Revenue Collected during the Year 2006-2007 (a) Tax Rs. 48183.84 Lakh (b) Non-Tax Rs. 2736.39 lakh ---------------------- Rs. 50920.23 lakh

PLAN BUDGET 2006-2007 Rupees in Lakh State Plan 1. Updating of Land Records(State share in

CSP) 7.00

2. Advance Survey and Map Publication . 45.00 3 Hi-tech Survey Settlement Operation 200.00 5. Computerisation of Registration Offices. 100.00 6. Building Programme of Revenue & D.M.

Deptt. 154.99

7. Maintenance of Cyclone Shelters 0.01 8. Reconstruction of Post Cyclone Primary

Schools (with the assistance of DFID) 12000.00

9. Construction of Multipurpose Cyclone Shelters

650.00

10. National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Work (with the assistance of World Bank)

1425.00

Total : 14582.00

Central Plan (Rs. in lakh)

S. S C. S 1. Computerisation of Land Records NIL 692.62 2. Computerisation of Cadastral

Survey Maps NIL 235.12

3. Up linking of Tehsils with Sub-Divisions, Districts and State Headquarter

NIL 587.05

Total 1514.79

Centrally Sponsored Plan (Rs. in lakh)

S. S C. S 1. Up-dating of Land Records and

Strengthening Revenue Administration (Central Share in CSP)

- 7.00

Total : - 7.00

Total :-(State Plan + Central Plan + Centrally Sponsored Plan)= 16103.79 lakh***