REVENUE

The Revenue and Disaster Management Department administers the land in the State and maintains the Land Records. Lands in Meghalaya have not been surveyed since the British regime except in few villages in Garo Hills. Therefore no records-of-rights exists in the State. The Meghalaya Land Survey and Records Preparation Act, 1980 provides for a cadastral survey of land in the state and the preparation of land records, showing the occupancy and possession of land (s) by person (s). The act was ammended in 1991 by an ordinance to enable the District Councils to implement the provisions of the Act as the scheme of Cadastral Survey has been decided to be implemented by the District Councils with the financial and technical assistance from the state Government.

Also known as: Revenue Department

Primary location: Shillong