State Act

THE ODISHA GOVERNMENT LAND SETTLEMENT ACT, 1962

1[5-A. Preparation of schemes for management and development of Gochar lands :– Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law or in any custom, practice or usage having the force of law- (a) the Government may, in the prescribed manner, prepare a scheme for the management and development of Gochar lands and different schemes may be prepared in respect of Gochar lands situated in different areas; (b) where any such scheme has been prepared in respect to any Gochar land which vests in a Grama Sasan constituted under the Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1964 (Act 1 of 1965) the concerned Grama Panchayat shall manage the gochar land in accordance with such scheme; and (c) the Government may, if it deems fit, take over any Gochar land for management and development in accordance with the scheme prepared in respect of such land.]