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No Land right to non-Karbi in Karbi Anglong: Will apply to people already residing there as well

Guwahati: The Karbi Autonomous Council has decided to prohibit land rights to any new settlers with an immediate effect. Principal Secretary of Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council issued an order regarding this ban a few days’ back.

Sale, transfer of ownership in any means including gift, lease, permission to use, mortgage or to bond out any lands owned by non tribals in Karbi Anglong to any non tribal was banned by this (No: KSC/REVENUE/LRD/306/2003-04/6645(a), Dated 13 July, 2007) order under any circumstances.

By this order Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council has categorically denied land rights to all non-tribal people, who have been living there since the formation of erstwhile Mikir Pahar district (presently Karbi Anglong) in 1951-52.

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Ritu's picture

karbi people also should not be allowed to own any land outside karbi anglong
YK Shrestha's picture

Ritu is right. Karbis should be banned from owning land/prperty in the rest of Assam/India. What's happening to this country?
Iffran 's picture

Mary's father's grandfather born in there but ve people still can't buy land there why is it

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