Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)
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| Department overview | |
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| Preceding Department |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of West Bengal |
| Headquarters | Writers' Building, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Minister responsible | |
| Deputy Minister responsible | |
| Website | Department of Land and Land Reforms |
The Department of Land & Land Reforms & Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation of West Bengal is a West Bengal government department.[1] It is a ministry mainly responsible for the formulation of policies, Acts, Rules and procedures relating to land matters, namely, land records and survey, land revenue, land reforms, land use and management of government lands.[1]
Minister of Land & Land Reforms[edit]
| Minister of Land & Land Reforms | |
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| Ministry of Land & Land Reforms | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Chief Minister of West Bengal |
| Inaugural holder | Hare Krishna Konar |
| Formation | March 1, 1967 |
| Unofficial names | Minister of Land and Land Revenue |
| Deputy | Chandrima Bhattacharya |
| Website | Department of Land and Land Reforms |
Ministerial Team[edit]
The ministry also headed the department of requisition and acquisition of land as well as their implementation by way of preparation and revision of Records of right, including recording of sharecroppers (bargadars); vesting and distribution of ceiling surplus land; determination of the requirement of land by tea gardens, factories etc.; mutation of ownership and conversion of classification of land; assessment and collection of land revenue and cesses; requisition and acquisition of land administration of the Calcutta Thika and other Tenancies and Lands (Acquisition & Regulation) Act, 1981, the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997, the West Bengal Public Demand Recovery, 1913 and other Acts. The ministerial team at the MHA is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Land & Land Reforms, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.[1]
History[edit]
Previously, Minister of Land and Land Reform was also known as Minister of Land and Land Revenue in 1967 because many people's land was in 'Benami, so that's why at that time this ministry office was also known as Minister of Land and Land Revenue, and the office was held by Hare Krishna Konar, while the ruling government was United Front of West Bengal, and in 1969 this office was renamed to Minister of Land and Land Reforms. And was succeeded by Benoy Choudhury in 1977. later, Abdur Razzak Molla held this office up until 2011.
List of Land reforms Ministers[edit]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Chief Minister | ||
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| 1 | Hare Krishna Konar | 
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1967 | 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) United Front | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | 
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1968 | 1969 | N/A | N/A | |
| (1) | Hare Krishna Konar |
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1969 | 1970 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) United Front | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | |
| – | Vacant | 1970 | 1977 | Vacant | Vacant | ||
| 2 | Benoy Choudhury | 
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1977 | 1991 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jyoti Basu | |
| 3 | Abdur Razzak Molla | 
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1991 | 2000 | |||
| (3) | Abdur Razzak Molla |
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2000 | 2011 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | ||
| 4 | Mamata Banerjee | .jpg)
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2011 | Incumbent | Trinamool Congress | Herself | |
See also[edit]
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal)
- Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs (West Bengal)
- Department of North Bengal Development
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Official Departmental Website of the Ministry of Land & Land Reforms Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Government of West Bengal (2011-05-25)
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