Office Memorandum No. 4183/2025/ED of the Energy Department, Government of Odisha dated 22nd June, 2025 on the holding of Government land on lease [C16-7VK]

No. 4183/2025/ED

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Energy Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 22nd June, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The holding of Government land on lease by lessees of Government land under the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Energy Department, Government of Odisha on the manner in which the holding of Government land on lease by lessees of Government land is to be regulated under the Odisha Survey and Settlement Act, 1959.

2. The matter has been examined. Every lessee of Government land carrying on the holding of Government land on lease shall make an application in Form 5 to the Board of Revenue within ninety days, accompanied by a fee of two thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the holding of Government land on lease is undertaken, and the Board of Revenue shall dispose of it within ninety days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Energy Department, Government of Odisha.

(Secretary to Government)