Coimbatore Corporation to expedite OSR land conversion process
An integrated meeting was held on Monday involving officials from the Corporation, Municipality, Registration Department, Local Planning Authority, and Revenue Department to discuss issues related to bulk subdivision, OSR land subdivision, and rejections under the Online Patta Transfer (OPT) system in rural areas.
The discussion centred on rejections made by tahsildars for various reasons. Local bodies were directed to rectify and resubmit the rejected cases and to prepare revised layout plans earmarking OSR lands, where necessary.
Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said that the OSR name transfer process would be completed quickly. He said that in cases of encroachment, removal would be initiated, and surveyors would be directed to submit the required documents afresh. He noted that while only about 200 OSR lands had earlier been transferred to the Corporation's name, the current figure stood at around 1,600 out of an estimated total of 2,500 parcels.
As per data compiled by the Corporation, 464 OSR land title change applications were rejected. Reasons cited include the absence of gift deeds, the presence of encroachments, joint patta holdings, attempts to issue individual pattas online based on seniority, and applications being returned without proper scrutiny.
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