'Land law changes put city villagers in spoť

LIEUTENANT Governor V K Saxena recently announced the resumption of inheritance-based land mutation for over 174 'declared urban villages.

- PRABHAT SHUKLA

' The move was aimed at simplifying the transfer of agricultural land ownership. This development is expected to benefit numerous residents who have been denied their right to mutate land since 2010.

Special camps will be set up in various villages to facilitate the process. The first round of camps will open in 12 villages on September 19. According to an official, no amendments to the Delhi Development Act are required for this initiative.

These 174 villages, declared urbanised from 2017 onward, faced obstacles in the land mutation process after their management was handed over to the DDA. Officials had previously contended that the Delhi Land Revenue Act, which regulates mutations, ceased to apply once the villages were urbanised. Despite this move, roughly 134 urbanised villages have been left out of the mutation process.