About Us
Vision of the Department
Creating a freehold land owning society whilst being the leading stakeholder in State Land management.
Mission of the Department
Management of State Land at a well coordinated level adhering to the National Policy and ensuring optimum Utilization of State Land to gain Sustainable development while on firming the freehold Ownership of land.
Objectives and Strategies of Department
| Objectives | Strategies |
|---|---|
| 1.Ensure the land occupancy of the landless |
I. Confirm the ownership of Lands II. Management of information on State Lands |
| 2. Expand investment opportunities | I.Utilization of State Lands to expand investment opportunities |
| 3.Optimum usage of State Land | I. Development of State Lands in an optimum level II.Ensure the security of State Lands |
| 4. Optimum management of resources belonging to the Department | I. Develop the human resource II. Use physical resources productively II. Proper management of financial resource |
| 5. Contribute to the growth of state revenue |
I.Identify and estimate land revenue II.Collect land revenue regularly and efficiently III.Take legal steps to recover outstanding revenue |
Role of Land Commissioner General’s Department in Land Administration
The Land Commissioner General’s Department performs a special role in alienating State Lands being the pioneer in State Land management.
- Management of inter provincial irrigation and land development projects
- Distributing lands and issuing Grants for distributed lands under Land Development Ordinance
- Distributing lands under State Land Ordinance and
- Issuance of long term lease permits for residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial purposes
- Issuance of Special and Free Grants
- Issuance of temporality deeds (Pooja Bhoomi deeds) for temples
- Releasing, leasing and vesting lands required for Government Departments, Statutory Boards and Institutes of Local Government, under this.
- Distributing lands and issuing Grants under Land Grants (Special Provisions) Act
- Protecting State Lands and reservations under State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act
- Providing necessary instructions and guidelines to Provincial Land Commissioners and Divisional Secretaries regarding administration of State Lands outside inter provincial and land development projects
- Management of information on State Lands
- Management of recovering lease on State Lands in order to strengthen the state lease revenue
- Development of human resource
- Settle land disputes