Pendency e-mutation cases: Land Ministry seeks reasons for not settling

Staff Reporter :
The Ministry of Land has started sending letters to the concerned Collectors (Deputy Commissioners) from December 6 asking to identify the reasons for the pendency of e-mutation cases/ applications for more than 28 days.
The respective DCs have been asked to collect explanations from the Assistant Commissioners (A/C Land) in charge of the Upazila or Circle Land Offices where the mutation takes more than 28 days. The ministry directed to send it to the Ministry of Land within the next 15 working days.
After receiving the explanation (in the general application), the ministry will take the necessary measures to ensure e-mutation within 28 days as per the rules.
It is to be noted that the number of national, divisional, and district e-Mutation applications, approval rate, and average disposal of the last 90 days can be seen by visiting the National Land Service Platform www.land.gov.bd and clicking on the e-Muttaion tab thereafter.
Besides, there is an opportunity to examine the latest status of one’s application. Earlier the Ministry of Land won the prestigious ‘United Nations Public Service Award – 2020’ for the e-Mutation system.
Before that, the Land Ministry issued a circular on December 4 giving necessary instructions to the A/C Land not to directly disapprove (cancel) applications directly on the basis of the report of the Union Land Assistant Officer without giving the applicant the opportunity to defend.
The circular, signed by Land Secretary Md Mostafizur Rahman, also directed the Union Land Office to send a report on the mutation to the Upazila/Circle Land Office within seven days so that the mutation can be settled easily within 28 days.
Instruction has also been given regarding the adoption of inheritance certificates through the ‘Prottoyon System’ (certification system) with the Mutation process in the circular. The circular also said that the validity term of the inheritance certificate issued after the death of the person will be open-ended for the time being until the synchronization of the ‘Mutation system’ with the ‘Prottoyon system’ is done.
In addition, instructions have also been issued to keep the provision of mutation of the applicable case after issuing a notice under Section 4 of the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act during the acquisition process. It has been directed in the circular if the ownership is changed based on the deed registration executed before the issuance of the notice under section 4 or by inheritance, then the mutation can be done in the interest of getting compensation as a victim as a result of the acquisition.