Office Memorandum No. 2899/2020/ITD of the Information Technology Department, Government of Odisha dated 7th January, 2020 on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land [C1B-E6A]

No. 2899/2020/ITD

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

Information Technology Department, Government of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, dated the 7th January, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The taking of a mortgage of agricultural land by mortgagees of agricultural land under the Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Information Technology Department, Government of Odisha on the manner in which the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land by mortgagees of agricultural land is to be regulated under the Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960.

2. The matter has been examined. Every mortgagee of agricultural land carrying on the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land shall make an application in Form 3 to the Settlement Officer within forty-five days, accompanied by a fee of twenty rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the taking of a mortgage of agricultural land is undertaken, and the Settlement Officer shall dispose of it within forty-five days of its receipt.

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

(Secretary to Government)