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1. The Kerala Conservation of
Paddy Land and Wetland
Act. 2008.
T. James Joseph, Adhikarathil
Rtd. Deputy Collector & Trainer.

2. The Kerala Land
Utilisation Order, 1967
 The date of Commencement –04.07.1967
 This order has to be read with Section 3 of Essential
Commodities Act 1955. This order vests with District
Collectors with power to enforce cultivation of food
crops. The objective of this order is to ensure
agricultural operations and cultivations as are made
compulsory are carried out to ensure availability of
essential commodities.
 Only 15 sections in this order
 As per Section 6. Land cultivated with any food crop
not to be cultivated with any other food crop
without prior sanction from District Collector
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3. The Kerala Land Utilisation
Order, 1967.
 Sec.6(2)
No holder of any land who cultivates any land with any food
crop for a continuous period of three years at any time after
the commencement of this order shall, after the said period of
three years, convert or attempt to convert or utilise or
attempt to utilise such land for the cultivation of any other
food crop or for any other purpose except under and in
accordance with the terms of written permission given by the
collector.
( Before changing the use of agriculture land the owner shall
take permission from the Collector. As per Sec.2(a) Collector
means Collector of the district concerned and includes a
Revenue Divisional Officer of the division concerned.)
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4. The Kerala Conservation of Paddy
Land and Wetland
Act 2008.
1. Date of Commencement
12.08.2008
2. To curb indiscriminate and uncontrolled reclamation and
massive conversion of paddy land and wetland.
3. To promote agricultural growth,
to ensure food security and
to sustain the ecological system in the State of Kerala.
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5. Conversion & Reclamation.
2(iii) “conversion” means the situation whereby, land that has been under
paddy farming and its allied constructions like drainage channels, ponds,
canals, bunds and ridges are put to use for any other purpose.
2(xv) “reclamation” means such act or series of acts whereby a paddy
land or a wetland as defined in this Act is converted irreversibly and in
such a manner that it cannot be reverted back to the original condition by
ordinary means;
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6. Paddy Land & Wetland.
 2(xii) “paddy land” means all types of land situated
in the State where paddy is cultivated at least once
in a year or suitable for paddy cultivation but
uncultivated and left fallow, and includes its allied
constructions like bunds, drainage channels, ponds
and canals;
 2(xvii) “wetland” means land lying between
terrestrial and aquatic systems, where the water
table is usually at or near the surface or which is
covered by shallow water or characterized by the
presence of sluggishly moving or standing water,
saturating the soil with water and includes
backwaters, estuary, fens, lagoon, mangroves,
marshes, salt marsh and swamp forests but does not
include paddy lands and rivers;
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7. 5. Constitution of Local level
Monitoring Committee . LLMC
5.1. There shall be a Local Level
Monitoring Committee in each Panchayat
or Municipality for the purpose of
monitoring the implementation of the
provisions of this Act.
The Agricultural Officer shall be the
Convenor of the Committee.
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8. 5. LLMC & DATA BANK.
5 (4) The Committee shall prepare the data-bank with the
details of the cultivable paddy land and wetland, within
the area of jurisdiction of the Committee, with the help
of the map prepared or to be prepared by the State Land
Use Board or Centre-State Science and Technology
Institutions on the basis of satellite pictures by
incorporating the survey numbers and extent in the data-
bank and get it notified by the concerned Panchayat/
Municipality/ Corporation, in such manner as may be
prescribed, and exhibit the same for the information of
the public, in the respective Panchayat /Municipality/
Corporation Office and in the Village Office.
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9. 5. LLMC & DATA BANK.
5.1. The Agricultural Officers shall be the
reporting officers, in respect of the paddy land
under their jurisdiction and it shall be their
responsibility to report the Revenue Divisional
Officer regarding any act in violation of the
provisions of this Act.
If any paddy land is kept fallow during any
agricultural season, the Agricultural Officer
shall inform that matter also to the Committee.
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10. 5. LLMC & DATA BANK.
5.1. The Agricultural Officers shall be the
reporting officers, in respect of the paddy
land under their jurisdiction and it shall be
their responsibility to report the Revenue
Divisional Officer regarding any act in
violation of the provisions of this Act.
If any paddy land is kept fallow during any
agricultural season, the Agricultural Officer
shall inform that matter also to the
Committee.
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11. 5.DLAC & DATA BANK.
 There will be District Level Authorised Committee for considering the
applications for reclamation of paddy land for the construction of
residential building to the owner of paddy land and for taking suitable
decision:
 Provided that the District Level Authorised Committee shall not take
any decision granting permission for the filling up of paddy land for the
construction of residential building exceeding ten cents in a panchayat
and five cents in a Municipality/Corporation, as the case may be.
 The District Level Authorised Committee shall consist of the Revenue
Divisional Officer, Principal Agricultural Officer and three paddy
cultivators to be nominated by the Collector and the Revenue
Divisional Officer shall be its Chairman and the Principal Agricultural
Officer, shall be its Convenor:
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12. .

13. No Permission to Land buyers after
12/08/2008.
REV-P1/248/2019-REV dated 17.02.2020
No sanction will be accorded to the persons for conversion of
paddy land for the purpose of constructing house who
purchased paddy land after 12.08.2008 .
[WP(C)3466/2017date 06.06.2017]
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14. The Kerala Conservation of Paddy
Land and Wetland (Amendment) Act
2018 (30-12-2017)
 Sec.2 "(viiA) "unnotified land" means the lands which
have been included as paddy land or wetland in the basic
tax register maintained in Village Offices, but are not
notified as paddy land or wetland under sub-section (4) of
section 5 or where databank has not been published under
the provisions of clause (i) of sub section(4) of section (5),
the lands which have already been filled up on the date
of commencement of this act and are not paddy land
according to the report of the Kerala State Remote
Sensing Centre and the Local Level Monitoring Committee
or where the report of the Kerala State Remote Sensing
Centre is not available, lands which are not paddy land
according to the report of the Local Level Monitoring
Committee.
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15. The Kerala Conservation of Paddy
Land and Wetland (Amendment) Act
2018 (30-12-2017)
 Sec.2 (xviiB) "water conservancy measures"
means and includes covered or uncovered rain
water harvesting structures, surface or
underground, including tanks, reservoirs, pits,
trenches, ponds or any other structure suitable
for collection of rain water or water flowing
through paddy land or unnotified land without
causing hindrance to the free flow of water to
neighboring paddy lands and drainage channels;".
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16. 16. FALLOW PADDY LAND TO BE GOT
CULTIVATED.
1. (3E) If the holder of the paddy land denies
permission, the Committee shall refer the matter to
the Revenue Divisional Officer
2. (3F) The Revenue Divisional Officer shall, on receipt
of such reference, hear the parties concerned and
dispose of the matter in thirty days and in so deciding
the matter, the Revenue Divisional Officer shall take
into consideration whether cultivation in such paddy
land is indispensable for the cultivation of adjoining
paddy land or for augmenting the paddy cultivation in
the Stale or for such other reasons and such decision
shall final
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17. 16. FALLOW PADDY LAND TO BE GOT
CULTIVATED.
3.g.If the Revenue Divisional Officer grants permission
under sub-section (3F) or in the case of a deemed
permission under sub-section (3C), the Committee may
inform the Panchayat/ Municipality/ Corporation, as
the case may be, in writing and Panchayat/
Municipality/ Corporation may, by an order, entrust
the right to cultivate the said paddy land, by auction or
otherwise, for a maximum period of two year at a time
and make arrangement for such cultivation as per sub-
section 4.
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18. KLU-Land status on 04/07/67-evidence for
fee exemption.

20.  കേരള നെൽവയൽ തണ്ണീർത്തട െിയമം,വരുന്നതിെു
മുൻപ് വീട് െിർമ്മിക്കുേയും 2008 നെ തണ്ണീർത്തട
െിയമത്തിനെ വേുപ്പ് 27A േൂട്ടികേർക്കുേയും
നെയ്തതിെുകേഷം െിെവിനെ ഭൂമി
ക്േമവൽക്കരണം െടകത്തണ്ട ആവേയമുകണ്ടോ?
 ഡോറ്റോ ബോങ്കിൽ ഉൾനപ്പട്ടിട്ടുള്ള ഭൂമിയിൽ
നേട്ടിടെിർമോണ െടത്തുന്നതിന് section 27 A ക്രേോരം
RDO ക്ക് അകരക്ഷ സമർപ്പികക്കണ്ടതോണ്. 2008 ൽ
ഈ െിയമം വരുന്നതിെു മുമ്പ് ഭൂമിയുനട സവഭോവ
വയതിയോെം െടത്തുന്നതിന് കേരള െോൻഡ്
യൂട്ടിലെകസഷൻ ഓർഡർ ക്രേോരം
േളക്ടറിൽെിന്ന് അെുമതി വോങ്ങിയിരിക്കണം.
 എന്നോൽ KLU clause 7 ക്രേോരം ക്രകതയേിേ്
േോരണങ്ങൾ ഇെലോനത ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT
ന്നറ ഉകേേെക്ഷയങ്ങൾ രൂർത്തീേരികക്കണ്ട
ആവേയങ്ങൾ ഇനെലങ്കിൽ, സ്ഥെഉടമയുനട
ഭൂവിെികയോഗം െിയമരരമോയി
േണക്കോകക്കണ്ടതോണ് . നസക്ഷൻ 27A ക്രേോരമുള്ള
അകരക്ഷ ഈ സന്ദർഭത്തിൽ ആവേയമിെല. ഈ
െിയമം വരുന്നതിെു മുൻപ് െിർമ്മോണം െടത്തിയ
നേട്ടിടം െിയമരരമോയി
േണക്കോകക്കണ്ടതോണ്.Regularisation ആവേയമിെല.
 WP (C) 34791 2019 KHC

21. 16. Conditions for regularisation.
 (l) If any owner of an unnotified land desires to utilize such
land for residential or commercial or for other purpose., he
shall apply to the Revenue Divisional Officer for
permission in such manner as may be Prescribed
 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment'
decree or order of any Court or Tribunal or any other
authority' the Revenue Divisional Officer may, after
considering the report of the Village Officer concerned,
pass such orders as deems fit and proper on such
applications, ensuring that there is no disruption to the free
flow of water to the neighbouring paddy lands, if any'
through such water conservancy measures as is deemed
necessary:
 Provided that, if the area of such parcel of land where the
application is allowed is more than 20.2 arcs, ten per cent of
such land shall be set apart for water conservancy measures.
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22. 16. Conditions for regularisation.
 (3) If the application is allowed, the applicant shall be
liable to pay a fee at such a rate as may be prescribed. ( No
fees for the land filled up before 4th july 1967,
commencement of KLU Order)
 (6) No permission under this section shall be necessary for
constructing a residential building having a maximum
extent of 4.04 ares of land or a commercial building having
a maximum area of 40 square meters in a maximum extent
of 2.02 ares of land:
(This exemption will be granted only once)
 .
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23. 16. Conditions for conversion.
 (8) Conversion of an unnotified land for any public purpose
The Revenue Divisional Officer shall submit a report
to the Government
 (11) The Revenue Divisional Officer can cancel any order
issued , if the condition specified in the order issued therein
are not compiled by the applicant
(Suo motu or on any complaint received)
 (13) Application received for the change of nature of
unnotified land from the date of commencement of this act
shall be considered and disposed only in accordance with
the provisions of this Act
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24. 16. Conditions for regularisation..
 4D-Anyone who is distressed by the contents of the
databank published may lodge a complaint with the
Revenue Divisional Officer on Form 5 and the
Revenue Divisional Officer should issue a receipt for
such applications and keep a register of such
applications.
 4E - Applications so received should be sent for report
to the concerned Agriculture Officer if it is related to
paddy fields and to the concerned Village Officer if it
is related to wetlands.
 4F -Upon receipt of the report, the Revenue Divisional
Officer, if deemed appropriate, shall examine the
contents of the data bank either by direct inspection or
with the assistance of satellite imagery prepared by
the Central and State Science and Technology
Institutions and issue an appropriate order on the
application
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25. 16. Subdivision after regularisation.
 11 . If any applicant submit application
for changing the nature of any part of the
land held by the applicant under section
27A (1) , the altered land shall be marked
separately and recorded in the sketch and
the rest of the land should be kept as it is
in the existing revenue records of the land
and such land should be marked with a
special color in the sketch and necessary
entries should be made in the
Supplementary Basic Tax Register.
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26. 16. Conditions for regularisation..
 12.(1) The application for alteration of the nature of
the unnotified land should be submitted to the
concerned Revenue Divisional Officer in Form 6 in
case of area of such land up to 20.23 Ares and in Form
7 in case of more than 20.23 Ares.
 12(2) Sketch of the land should be submitted with the
plan. If the area of the land is more than 20.23 Ares, a
sketch showing the area reserved for water
conservation activities (10% of the total area applied)
and the reserved portion should be marked in blue
colour and the other portion should be marked in red
colour. A detailed plan regarding the scheme
proposed for water conservation should also submit.
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27. 16. Conditions for regularisation..
 12(3) Demand draft or any receipt for remitted
Rs.1000/- towards the fund should be submitted with
application.
 12(4) The Revenue Divisional Officer sent the
applications to the concerned Village Officer for
report.
 12(6) If the land area is more than 20.23 acres, the
Revenue Divisional Officer shall seek the opinion of
the Agriculture Officer on the effectiveness of the
water conservation measures intended to be
implemented by the applicant.
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28. 16. Conditions for regularisation..
 12(7) If the area of the land exceeds one hectare, the
Revenue Divisional Officer shall inspect the land
directly in the presence of the Agriculture Officer and
the Village Officer.
 12(9) If applications for alteration of the land is
allowed, the Revenue Divisional Officer should issue
a detailed order stating the area of the land, survey
number, etc. on presentation of proof of payment to
the fund of the amount specified in the Schedule to
the Rules and a sketch of the land should accompany
the order.
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29.  1. ക്രസിദ്ധീേരിേ ഡോറ്റോബോങ്കിൽ ഉൾനപ്പട്ട ഭൂമി
ഡോറ്റോബോങ്കിൽ െിന്നും ഒഴിവോക്കുന്നതിന് RDO യ്ക്ക് form 5
ൽ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്ന അകരക്ഷയിൽ കേരളസർക്കോരിന്നറ
30/4/2020 നെ REV/P1-55/2020/REV number ഉത്തരവ് ക്രേോരം
ക്രോകേേിേ െിരീക്ഷണസമിതി േൂടി ഉള്ള report ആവേയം
ഇെലോത്തതും രേരം േൃഷി ഓഫീസർ സവന്തം െിെയിൽ
ഡോറ്റോബോങ്കിൽ െിന്നും ഒഴിവോക്കകണോ, കവണ്ടകയോ
എന്നുള്ള report െൽേിയോൽ മതിയോേും.*
 2..Form6,7 എന്നിവയിൽ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്ന അകരക്ഷേളിൽ കമൽ
സർക്കോർ ഉത്തരവ് ക്രേോരം *വികെലജ് ഓഫീസറുനടstatutory
കഫോമിൽ ഉള്ള report ഉൾപ്പനട revenue കരഖേൾ മോക്തം
മതിയോേുന്നതും* േൃഷി ഓഫീസറുനട report ആവേയം
ഇെലോത്തതുമോണ്.
 3. സർക്കോരിന്നറ 20/2/2020-നെ Rev/P1-219/2020 number
ഉത്തരവ് ക്രേോരo *അകരക്ഷ െൽേുന്ന തീയതിയിനെ fair
value അകപ്പോൾ എക്തയോകണോ ആ െിരക്ക് കവണം
എടുകക്കണ്ടത് എന്നും ഇകപ്പോഴനത്ത ഫീസ് അെല
എടുകക്കണ്ടത് എന്നും ഉത്തരവോയിട്ടുള്ളതോണ്.

30.  .

31.  .

32. 16. Conditions for regularisation.
Sla
b
Area in Ares Panchth. Municipa
l.
Corpn
1 0 to 10.12 Free Free Free
2 10.3 to 20.23 10% 20% 30%
3 20.24 to 40.47 20% 30% 40%
4 Above 40.47 30% 40% 50%
5 KLU before 4/7/67 free Other KLU 25% fee
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G.O (Ordinary) No.1166 / 2020 / Rev. Dated given25/02/2021 of Revenue (P)
department
Land up to 25 cents for free change. This exemption is for land not exceeding 25
cents effective as on December 30, 2017.
For land above 25 cents per acre, a fee of 10% of the fair value will be charged
irrespective of the panchayat, municipality or corporation and 20% of the fair
price will be charged for land above one acre.

33. 16. Conditions for
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G.O (Ordinary) No.1166 / 2020 / Rev. Dated given25/02/2021 of Revenue (P)
department
Land up to 25 cents for free change. This exemption is for land not exceeding 25
cents effective as on December 30, 2017.
For land above 25 cents per acre, a fee of 10% of the fair value will be charged
irrespective of the panchayat, municipality or corporation and 20% of the fair
price will be charged for land above one acre.

34. construction.
If the floor area of ​​the building intended to be
constructed on the land so intended to be
modified is more than 3000 square feet, a fee
of Rs.100 / - will be payable for each
additional square feet
No fee is payable for construction,
reconstruction or expansion of house up to
120 sq.m. on 4.0 Ares of land or for
construction, reconstruction or expansion of
commercial building up to 40 sq.m. on
2.02Ares of land
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35. /.
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36. 16. FALLOW PADDY LAND TO BE
GOT CULTIVATED.
 P1/818/2018/REV dated 14.01.2019 --- Providing
head of account for remitting the fees (0029—00-800-
88)
 REV-P1/157/2019-REV dated 23.05.2019 -- Recording
in the Revenue Records as സ്വഭാവവയതിയാനം
നടത്തിയ പുരയിടം (Modified dryland)
 REV-P1/307/2019-REV dated 19.12.2019 --
Directions for charging fees -- The prevailing fairvalue
of the applied land should be considered.
 REV-P1/248/2019-REV dated 17.02.2020 -- Fairvalue
of the nearest dryland
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37. 16. FALLOW PADDY LAND TO BE
GOT CULTIVATED.
 REV-P1/113/2020-REV dated 15.06.2020
-- Revised fairvalue of unnotified land
should not be calculated from the
applicants who remitted fees before the
above mentioned date that is before
15.05.2020
 REV-P1/219/2020-REV dated 20.02.2021
-- For applications submitted before
15.05.202, the date of the last order
increasing the fair value of the land, the
fair value is applicable on the date of
submission of the application.
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38. Kerala Finance (No.2) Act,2020
(Gazette No.2055 dated 11.09.2020)
iv A) “ fair value” means the fairvalue of the garden land
adjacent to the unnotified land for which fairvalue has been
fixed under section 28 A of the Kerala Stamp Act 1959(17 of
1959) or where such fairvalue has not been fixed for such
land the fair value fixed for similar and similarly situated
garden land.
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39. Kerala Finance (No.2) Act,2020 (Gazette
No.2055 dated 11.09.2020)
 (iv A) “ fair value” means the fairvalue of the
garden land adjacent to the unnotified land
for which fair value has been fixed under
section 28 A of the Kerala Stamp Act 1959(17
of 1959) or where such fair value has not
been fixed for such land the fair value fixed
for similar and similarly situated garden land.
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40. It is all about calculating fair value.
1. GO(P)No.188/2014/TD dated14.11.2014
Increased the fair value 50% (100+50=150)
2. GO(P)No.43/2018/TD dated 31.03.2018
Increased the fair value 10% (150+10=165)
3. GO(P)No.70/2019/TD dated 30.04 2019
Increased the fair value 10% (165+10=181.5)
4. GO(P)No.47/2020/TD dated 31.03.2020
Increased the fair value as 200%
(181.5+10=199.65 rounded to 200)
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41. Rule 13. Procedures for recording the change in revenue
records by VO.
1. Tahsildar shall sent Proceedings allowing change in nature of land based
on the order of the RDO.
2. Record the details in Thandaper Register and Supplementary BTR.
3. The land for which sanction is given to be recorded as പുരയിടം in
Supplimentary BTR ( as per circular No. REV-P1/157/2019-REV dated
23.05.2019 -- Recording in the Revenue Records as
സ്വഭാവവയതിയാനം നടത്തിയ പുരയിടം (Modified dryland).
4. Make changes in the Thandaper Register with Signature of VO and
report that all procedures completed to Tahsildar.
5. Enter all the details in Register (Form 10).
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42. G.O(Ordinary)No.1166/2020/Rev.Dated
25/02/2021 of Revenue (P) department
1. No fee for Land up to 25 cents. This exemption is for wet land under
the ownership of the applicant not exceeding 25 cents effective as on
December 30, 2017.
2. For wet land above 25 cents a fee of 10% of the fair value will be
charged irrespective of the panchayat, municipality or corporation and
20% of the fair price will be charged for land above one acre.
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43. Creation of subdivision and change in
revenue records.

44. Various Application Forms.

45. P1-313/2021
10/12/21

46. P1-313/2021
10/12/21

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