Office Memorandum No. 445/2024/HD of the Home Department, Government of Kerala dated 13th May, 2024 on the removal of earth from Government land [C18-0Q8]
As at 7 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 445/2024/HD
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Home Department, Government of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, dated the 13th May, 2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The removal of earth from Government land by persons removing earth from Government land under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Home Department, Government of Kerala on the manner in which the removal of earth from Government land by persons removing earth from Government land is to be regulated under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008.
2. The matter has been examined. Every person removing earth from Government land carrying on the removal of earth from Government land shall make an application in Form 14 to the Settlement Officer within one hundred and twenty days, accompanied by a fee of one thousand rupees.
3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the removal of earth from Government land is undertaken, and the Settlement Officer shall dispose of it within one hundred and twenty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Kerala.
(Secretary to Government)
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