Are there any criteria/conditions which require to be fulfilled for the conversion of AP land to PP land in Assam?

1. As per the provisions of Rule 105 of Assam Land Records Manual,1906 all applications for conversion should be inquired into and disposed of, as far as possible, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the application. The following conditions need to be fulfilled in this regard:

• The land should be demarcated and actually surveyed.
• The land must be in a village which has been traversed, surveyed, mapped and classed.
• The land must be actually cultivated with some permanent crop or occupied for permanent residential purposes.
• Rule 23 of the Settlement Rules framed under the ALRR, 1886 provides that no new periodic patta shall be issued in respect of land within one chain (66 feet) of the 35 feet reservation along roads maintained by the State or the Union Government without special orders from the Govt.
• No new periodic pattas will be proposed or ordered to be issued if there exists any dispute over possession or over prima facie title of the land in question.
• No new periodic pattas shall be proposed or ordered to be issued for lands within an area covered by a mining lease or situated within a town area or within 2 miles from the town area or within such distance from the town area as may be notified by the State Govt. from time to time, except under special orders of Govt. and on payment of such premium, if any, as may be fixed by Govt. from time to time.

2. Further, the conversion of Annual Lease into periodic will be limited to:

• The maximum area allowed to be held in the rural area as per provisions of the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on land Holdings Act, 1956, as amended, inclusive of the periodic land already held by the family of the settlement holder;
• While granting conversion of A.P. into P.P.in rural area, no portion of land falling within 22.5 metres (75 feet) from the centre line of the P.W.D. Road / N.H. way and falling within 15 metres (50 feet) from the centre line of the roads other than P.W.D. Road / N.H. way will be converted into periodic.
• The land applied for conversion should be in the name of the original AP holder or his/her legal heirs. No conversion is admitted for the portion of AP land which is transferred in violation of Rules.