State to allow 5 more docus to claim evacuee property

Panaji: State govt on Friday amended the Goa (Abolition of Proprietorships, Titles and Grants of Lands) Rules, 2015, to include five additional documents that can be produced by an applicant before the collector’s office to claim ownership rights on evacuee property in Mayem.

The deputy collector’s office in Bicholim has written to state govt to simplify the procedure to claim ownership rights on evacuee property.

“In case an applicant’s name does not appear in Form I and XIV, then the applicant shall produce/submit any of the following documents, which include a lease agreement between landlord and tenant, a declaration of crops grown issued by the concerned talathi, a receipt of rent paid to the landlord by the applicant, proof of cultivation of land, or a notice issued by the erstwhile custodian of evacuee property/govt of Goa,” under secretary (home) Manthan Naik said.

In case the applicant has submitted Form I and XIV under sub-rule (2), then the applicant is entitled to an area as mentioned on Form I and XIV, but not exceeding 5,000sqm.

If the applicant’s name is not appearing in Form I and XIV and the applicant has submitted documents as specified under sub-rule (3) to the satisfaction of the district collector, then the applicant is entitled to an area as reported by the mamlatdar, but not exceeding 5,000sqm.

Such a grant of land for agricultural purposes only under the Act shall be subject to verification of the documents by the district collector, Naik said, “provided that, in exceptional circumstances, if the applicant produces any document wherein the extent of cultivation or possession is specifically recorded, the applicant may be entitled to such area subject to verification of the said documents by the collector.”

Where multiple applications are received from the members of the same family due to the expiry of the person whose name is reflected in Form I and XIV, the collector shall decide such applications from the family for the benefit under these rules by considering the Succession Deed of that family, Naik said.