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is registered, the buyer also house anywhere in India; the government subsidy,
must apply for mutation of and provided they submit an
the land record (RoR) in his/ affidavit stating no dispute
her name as per the details c) Possess adequate over the possession of the
prescribed in the Orissa documentation of the said property. Based on the
Mutation Manual, 1962. land occupied by the field visits undertaken in
applicant and have a
Even though the Revenue kutcha/semi pucca the two cities of Odisha,
Department is charged with house. viz., Behrampur and Puri,
the above functions the the following typologies of
responsibility to implement Eligible families can avail ownership documents were
the above functions remain a subsidy of INR 150,000 found:
widely fragmented, resulting provided by the GoI, and an
in discrepancies. The additional subsidy of INR Registered freehold
department maintains records 50,000 announced by the Type of documents: RoR/Patta
of land outside the city survey State Government. Based document on own name
boundaries. The responsibility on the broad guidelines laid
of maintaining land records down under the PMAY by A patta/RoR issued by the
within the city survey the MoHUA, States/Union State Revenue Department
boundaries lies with the city Territories have the flexibility is a legal document that
survey superintendent. This to modify the eligibility establishes formal land
is complicated because these criteria, in consultation with ownership in Odisha. The
survey boundaries are not the Ministry. In addition, State Government legally
necessarily coterminous with various other documents eg. ‘owns’ all land; the GoO
the boundaries of the ULBs. aadhar card, details of bank is recorded as the primary
accounts, etc. were required
TYPOLOGIES OF to avail the benefits under landholder in the document.
LAND OWNERSHIP the scheme. Government of The RoR also specifies the
DOCUMENTS IN Odisha, in the initial days location and dimensions of
ODISHA of implementation of the the land parcel, typology of
Mission, interpreted RoR as land (‘kissam’), and freehold
To be eligible under the the only proof of occupation tenure (‘stithiban’) versus
BLC scheme, the PMAY-U of the plot for accessing BLC restricted tenure. To establish
guideline provides for the subsidies. a registered freehold, an
following: individual needs an RoR in
Subsequently, H&UDD
a) Belong to the relaxed the RoR requirement his/her own name. It should
economically weaker to include urban poor reflect ‘stithiban’ tenure.
section category : defined families living on ancestral The RoR can be obtained
as families earning INR land/having joint patta on from the Tehsil Office in the
180,000 per annum in submission of an affidavit concerned administrative
case of Odisha; from the Executive Magistrate district in a format prescribed
b) The applicant or any declaring no-objection from by the Revenue Department.
immediate family other family members. Additionally, a certified copy
member thereof (spouse Urban poor applicants of the ROR may also be sought
and unmarried children) having registered sale deeds by applying through the
do not possess any pucca were also included to avail digital platform of ‘Bhulekh’.
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