Land-grams to be issued by State Council Office in Myitkyina

by Myo Gyi
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 21:16

Ruili (Mizzima) – To thwart residents from buying and selling land at will, authorities in Myitkyina town of Kachin state in Northern Burma have transferred the issuance of land-grams from the District Council office to the State Council Office.

The Land Record Department in early June notified that land-gram, also known as form no. (105), which were earlier issued and handled by the District Peace and Development Council (DPDC) would now be handled by the State Council Office.

“The notice says that land-grams are being traded among people by selling and buying form no (105) issued by the Land Records Office. Therefore, in order to plug procedural loopholes, handling of the land-grams will now be taken over by the State Council Office from the district or township council offices,” a local resident of Myitkyina town, who read the order, told Mizzima.

“Now, we cannot get a land-gram with the signature of the Chairman o the District Council Office, but we have to get the signature of the State Council Chairman. Even for getting the approval of the District Chairman, earlier, we have to pay about Kyat 600,000 [USD 600]. In order to get a land-gram, we have to go step by step from the Land Records office and approach officers at various levels and through the officers we have to pay the money,” he added.