Hyderabad, November 29: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday announced that the State Government may take back the land allotted to industries which were not utilised for the purpose.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the All Party meeting convened on the land allotment policy at the State Secretariat. He said that all the suggestions and opinions of all party leaders would be incorporated into the new land allotment policy. He said that the next version of the Draft Policy will be published within 10 days on the website of the CCLA seeking public comments. A public consultation will also be held in an appropriate manner possibly at Jubilee Hall, thereafter.
Ministers N Raghuveera Reddy, Botsa Satyanarayana, J Geetha Reddy, Ponnala Lakshamaiah, Vatti Vasantha Kumar, Sailajanath and senior Congress leader P Narsa Reddy attended the meeting.
Dadi Veerabhadra Rao and R Chandrasekhara Reddy (TDP), B.V.Raghavulu, P.Madhu (CPM), K.Narayana and P.Venkat Reddy (CPI), Bandaru Dattatreya and S.Malla Reddy (BJP), Dr.Shravan (TRS), Jayaprakash Narayan and Lakshman Balaji (Lok Satta) attended the meeting. All the leaders hailed the Chief Minister for coming out with a transparent and clear land allotment policy. They said it is a laudable attempt.
Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi, Special Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, CMO officials and other officials attended the meeting.
The Chief Minister said that the Draft Allotment Policy, 2011 has been aimed to bring transparency to the allotment of Government land for various purposes, to the Government semi-Government and Private Entities. He also assured that all land allotments in the past would be reviewed and the departments concerned are looking into this. He said the State Government woudl also see how the Parliament Bill on Land Acquisition would affect the Land allotment policy of the State Government.
The Chief Minister clarified that the policy was regarding the government land allotments to industry, IT and other purposes and not about land acquisition. He said satellite mapping of Government land is being done and the Government will spend Rs 20 crore for constructing compound walls to protect government lands in the city. The same will be done in Ranga Reddy District and other Municipal Corporations.
Leaders of all political parties who attended the meeting expressed their opinions and suggestions.
The CCLA J Satyanarayana in a presentation explained that the salient features of the New Policy are – establishment of AP Land Management Agency under the Chairmanship of CCLA with DG, EPTRI as Member and Principal Secretary of the concerned Department as well as subject matter experts as Special Invitees. The APLMA to be constituted shall appraise major Projects and allot or recommend for allotment of land to the Government. It will also review the utilisation of land by the allottees. All Departments will conduct a review of utilisation of land by the allottees in respect of allotments made in the past and submit the status to the APLMA for necessary action.
Rational norms have been suggested on the extent of land that can be allotted for various purposes. Clear guidelines have been given on fixation of market value. Land will be allotted normally on market value. Government shall have the powers to provide concessional rates for social-sector projects and critical and prestigious projects. Land will be normally allotted on long lease for 25 years. Departments of the Government will come up with their policies on concessional rates, keeping in view the requirements for promoting their sector. Digital land bank will be established by APLMA.
In respect of projects where the allotment is more than 100 acres, 10% of the land will be earmarked for future Government needs and 10% for green belt. Powers are proposed to be delegated at various levels, ie., Collector, APLMA, Minister (Revenue) especially for allotments in favour of State and Central Government Departments and PSUs. Specific time limits have been prescribed for processing the land allotment proposals at various levels.
The representatives of the Political Parties gave valuable suggestions. Suitable improvements will be made to the Police based on these suggestions.
——-Agencies