The Department of Land & Land Reforms & Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation of West Bengal is a West Bengal government department.Official Departmental Website of the Ministry of Land & Land Reforms Government of West Bengal (2011-05-25) It is a ministry mainly responsible for the formulation of policies, Acts, Rules and procedures relating to land matters, namely, land records and survey, land revenue, land reforms, land use and management of government lands.The Department is now focusing on and is committed to improve the citizen centric services such as mutation and conversion, issuance of plot information and certified copies of Record of rights (Khatian) etc.
Ministry The ministry also headed the department of requisition and acquisition of land as well as their implementation by way of preparation and revision of Records of right, including recording of sharecroppers (bargadars); vesting and distribution of ceiling surplus land; determination of the requirement of land by tea gardens, factories etc.; mutation of ownership and conversion of classification of land; assessment and collection of land revenue and cesses; requisition and acquisition of land. The ministerial team at the ministry is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Land & Land Reforms, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.
Administration of relevant laws and regulations West Bengal Premises Requisition and control (Temporary provision) Act, 1947 West Bengal Non-Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1949 West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 West Bengal Bargadar Act 1956 West Bengal Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973 West Bengal Acquisition of Homestead Land Act, 1975 Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 Calcutta Thika Tenancy (Acquisition & Regulation) Act, 1981 West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997 West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 Kolkata Land Revenue Act, 2003 and their subsequent amendments done in the state legislature
Ministerial history Previously, Department of Land & Land Reforms Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation was known as Ministry of Land & Land Revenue. Hare Krishna Konar held the first position during the United Front rule from 1967 to 1970. After the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, the title of the office was renamed to Ministry of Land & Land Reforms, and the Land Revenue department merged into this department and was held by Benoy Choudhury until his resignation in 1991. From 1991, Abdur Razzak Molla held this position till 2011. Mamata Banerjee held the position from 2011 till 9th May 2026.
Offices, branches and directorates Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Directorate Land Record and Survey Directorate Land Policy Branch Government Estate Management Branch Mines and Mineral Branch Requisition Branch Agricultural and Census Branch Survey and Settlement Branch Establishment Branch Law Branch Land Reforms Integrated Branch Land Acquisition and Collection Branch Rent Control Court Offices Howrah and Kolkata Thika Tenancy Controller Office Office of the Director of Land Records & Surveys, Indo-Bangladesh Boundary Demarcation State Land Use Board
Departmental administrative set-up and Land Record and Survey Directorate Departmental Headquarters Minister In-charge Minister of State Departmental Secretariat Principal Secretary & Land Reforms Commissioner Secretary Additional Secretary / Special Secretary Joint Secretary Land Record and Survey Directorate Director (Land Records and Survey) & Joint Land Reforms Commissioner Additional Director (Land Records and Survey) Joint Director (Land Records and Survey) District Set-Up District Magistrate Additional District Magistrate (Land Reforms) / District Land and Land Reforms Officer Additional District Magistrate (Land Acquisition) / Special Land Acquisition Officer [Optional] Additional District Magistrate (Compensation) [Optional] Sub Divisional Set-up Sub Divisional Land and Land Reforms Officer Block Set-up Block Land and Land Reforms Officer
List of ministers of land & land reforms Name PortraitTerm of officeParty Chief Minister 1 Benoy Choudhury 21 June 1977 24 April 1991Communist Party of India (Marxist)Jyoti Basu 2Abdur Razzak Molla 24 April 1991 6 November 2000 6 November 2000 13 May 2011Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 3 Mamata Banerjee 13 May 2011 9 May 2026Trinamool CongressHerself
See also Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (West Bengal) Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs (West Bengal) Department of North Bengal Development
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