The Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Department has told all collectors to review government land given out on advance possession, permissive possession, lease or alienation, and to take back plots unused for more than three years or used for a purpose other than the one sanctioned. Resumption runs under Section 3-B of the Odisha Government Land Settlement Act, 1962, and collectors must report progress online by the 5th of every month.
What this changes for a title check
Anyone lending against, or buying, land that the Odisha government leased or allotted now has a live resumption risk to test. Ask for the lease or allotment order, the date of settlement, and proof that the plot has actually been used for the sanctioned purpose, such as a plan approval, construction records or a utilisation certificate. A plot idle for three years from settlement is the kind collectors are told to list. Also check whether the lease terms require the department's permission for a mortgage and whether that permission is on file, and whether any resumption or relinquishment notice is pending against the plot.