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Land Reforms Board
143,Motijheel Commercial Area,
Telephone 9566737 |
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Department/Division: Land Reforms Board
Mr. Md. Monirul Islami Chairman 9566737
Fax: 9562227 |
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| The Land Reforms Board, was set up at the national level under the Land Reforms Board Act 1989 (Act XXIII of 1989). The board consists of a chairman and two other members. Under Section 5 of the Land Reforms Board Act 1989, the board may perform such functions and discharge such duties in respect of land reforms and land management as the government may entrust to it. The board may also exercise such power and perform such duties as may be entrusted to it by or under any law. |
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| The primary function of the board is to supervise the functioning of the field offices (Upazilla Land Offices and Union Tehsil offices) and the implementation of land reforms measures. This involves |
- supervision of land administration offices down to the union land office,
- administration of khas (public) land, settlement of agricultural khas land to the landless peasants,
- assessment and collection of land development tax,
- management of Court of Wards, abandoned and vested property,
- as the successor of the Court of Wards¨, still holds feudal assets taken over by the Government on behalf of the Nawab family of Dhaka.
- creation of new union land offices,
- establishment of record rooms at the district and upazila levels, their supervision and inspection, and preparation of development
- Plans for matters relating to land management, their implementation and supervision,
- updates maps and land records between surveys, and sets
- matters relating to the board's establishment, record room, and library
are some of the functions entrusted by the Ministry of Land to the Land Reforms Board.
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| National land use management system and relevant legislation |
After the emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign state in 1971, the Revenue
Department of the provincial government of East Pakistan was reconstituted into
Land Administration and Land Reforms Division under the Ministry of Law and Land
Reforms, which was concerned mainly with policy decisions. The Ministry of Law and Land Reforms was renamed as the Ministry of Land in early 1987. The newly designated ministry focused on policymaking, supervision, and monitoring of land reforms. A separate body, namely, the Land Reforms Board, was set up at the national level. |
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Directorate of Land Records and Survey, 28 Sahid Taj Udding Ahamed Saranee, Tejgoan, Dhaka-1208. |
the Ministry of Land
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conducts cadastral surveys, from which it produces mouza (revenue
village) maps showing individual plots of land and khatian (individual land
record certificates) and publishes and update record of rights. The
director general, Land Records and Surveys, with the assistance of a number of
directors, deputy directors, assistant directors, settlement officers, assistant
settlement officers, and a large number of trained and technical staff, obtains the
maps and records prepared and revised under the provisions of the EAST BENGAL
STATE ACQUISITION AND TENANCY ACT 1950, and hands them over to the collectors
(deputy commissioners). The collectors maintain them and keep them corrected by
incorporating the changes due to transfer, inheritance, or otherwise. |
The Land Appeals Board
Segun Bagicha, Dhaka |
(again in the MOL), |
is the highest revenue court in
the land, serving as the final arbiter in matters of khas land, changes in
records, plot demarcation and taxation which cannot be resolved at lower
levels. As such, it represents the final link in a chain running upwards from
the Assistant Commissioner (Land) and the Nirbahi Officer at the Upazilla,
through the Additional Deputy Collector (Revenue) and the Deputy Revenue
Collector at the District. |
the Department of Land Registration
Inspector General of Registration
Ditectorate of Registration
3, DIT Avenue,Haq Chamber, Motijheel C/A.
Phone: 88+02+ 9557814 |
the Ministry of Law, Justice
and Parliamentary Affairs |
records land mutations arising through sale,
inheritance or other forms of transfer, reports changes to the Ministry of Land,
and collects the Immovable Property Transfer Tax. |
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¨The Court of Wards and Liveries was a court established during the reign of Henry VIII in England. Its purpose was to administer a system of feudal dues, but as well as the revenue collection, the court was also responsible for wardship and livery issues. |
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It existed between 1540 and 1645. It was established by two Acts of Parliament (32 Henry VIII c. 46 and 33 Henry VIII c. 22). The Court ceased to have a function in the 17th century due to the abolition of feudal tenures by the Long Parliament in February 1646 (New Style)[1]. The Court was abolished by a further Act (12 Charles II c. 24). |
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| Dhaka Nawab Estate was brought under the Court of Wards in September 1907. The first steward of the Estate was HCF Meyer who was followed by LG Pillen, PJ Griffith, and PD Martin, all members of the Indian civil service. The Dhaka Nawab Estate was abolished in 1952 under the east bengal estate acquisition and tenancy act, 1950. Only the Ahsan Manzil complex and khas lands held under raiyati rights were exempted from the operation of the Acquisition Act. But due to many unresolved family claims many assets of the Estate were still controlled by the Court of Wards. The land reforms board, the successor of the erstwhile Court of Wards, is still holding those assets on behalf of the family. [M Ali Akbar] |
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