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| ISSUES PERTAINING TO ALLOTMENT OF LAND |
Making the land available in time for industrial use at a reasonable and competitive price without any hassle is the main concern of every investor to ensure that the project goes on stream without undue delay and the policy therefore has rightly given due weightage to this issue. The important issues involved are: easy availability of private land/Government land, clearing of NA permission, land acquisition and evaluation of land. Keeping in view the objective to promote industrialization in Gujarat, the Revenue Dept has so far taken following steps vide different GRs to facilitate allocation of land to industries.
(a) A provision of Deemed NA has been made which allows a bonafide industrialist to acquire agricultural land and commence activity without prior NA permission, as per the provisions under Sections 63 & 65 (as amended) of Land Acquisition Act. At the executive level of local administration as well as for the knowledge of industries, this provision will be reiterated.
(b) Land under restricted tenure is now easily convertible to old tenure for industrial purposes.
(c) Section 63AA of Gujarat Tenency Act which came into effect from 6th March 77 enables a bonafide industrialist to possess agricultural land for setting up industrial undertaking without prior approval of the District Collector.
(d) For valuation of Government land, the value upto Rs.50 lakhs is decided by the District Level Pricing Committee. In case of value exceeding Rs.50 lakhs is decided by the State Level Pricing Committee. This mechanism facilitates appropriate and quick evaluation of land.
(e) As regards land acquisition, urgency clause is also invoked in deserving cases of public or private limited companies to facilitate quicker possession of land for industrial purposes.
The Government however, proposes further simplification in these matters.
