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Vision of the Department

Creating a freehold land owning society whilst being the leading stakeholder in State Land management.

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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 confirming the freehold ownership of land.

Objectives and Strategies of Department

Objective: Ensure the land occupancy of the landless.
  • Strategy:
    1. Confirm the ownership of Lands.
    2. Management of information on State Lands.
Objective: Expand investment opportunities.
  • Strategy:
    1. Utilization of State Lands to expand investment opportunities.
Objective: Optimum usage of State Land.
  • Strategy:
    1. Development of State Lands in an optimum level.
    2. Ensure the protection of State Lands.
Objective: Optimum management of resources belonging to the Department.
  • Strategy:
    1. Develop the human resource.
    2. Use physical resources productively.
    3. Proper management of financial resource.
Objective: Contribute to the growth of state revenue.
  • Strategy:
    1. Identify and estimate land revenue.
    2. Collect land revenue regularly and efficiently.
    3. Take legal steps to recover outstanding revenue.

Role of Land Commissioner General’s Department

The Land Commissioner General’s Department performs a special role in alienating State Lands being the pioneer in State Land management.
  1. Management of inter provincial irrigation and land development projects.
  2. Distribute lands and issue Grants for lands distributed under the Land Development Ordinance
  3. Distribute lands under the State Lands Ordinance by
    • Issuing long term lease permits for residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial purposes.
    • Issuing Special and Free Grants.
    • Issuing temporality deeds (Pooja Bhoomi deeds) for temples.
    • Releasing, leasing and vesting lands required for Government Departments, Statutory Boards and Local Government Institutions.
  4. Distribute lands and issue Grants under the Land Grants (Special Provisions) Act.
  5. Protect State Lands and reservations under the State Lands (Recovery of Possession) Act
  6. Provide necessary instructions and guidelines to Provincial Land Commissioners and Divisional Secretaries regarding the administration of State Lands outside inter provincial and land development projects.
  7. Manage information on State Lands.
  8. Manage the recovery of lease on State Lands in order to strengthen the state lease revenue.
  9. Develop the human resource
  10. Settle land disputes.