Amid the concerns about whether the Bill to amend the Kerala Government Land Assignment Act, 1960, will trigger unbridled construction in the patta lands, the Assembly on Thursday passed the Kerala Government Land Assignment (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
The Bill empowers the State government to regularise any contravention of the conditions attached to the patta and that of the rules made after the enactment of the Act in 1960. It also allows the government to permit the assignee of land to use the land assigned for purposes other than for which the land was assigned.
Replying to the discussion on the Bill in the Assembly, Revenue Minister K. Rajan said the Bill was a new milestone in the history of Land Assignment procedures in the State as it was a long-pending demand of the beneficiaries of the patta land. Various court orders, including the Apex Court order, had made life miserable for the people after assignees violated the conditions attached to the patta.
