| Author | Gengaje, Rajan Kantilal |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.HS-88-03 |
| Subject(s) | Land use, Urban--India--Pune District
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-88-03 |
| Abstract | The rapid increase in the population and the resultant
growth of the cities inevitably expand the city area. The lands
around the city become the centre of attraction not only for the
upper income group, but also for the middle and lower income
groups. As the public authorities in most of the growing cities
of India, have not been thoroughly successful in supplying land
for housing these groups, the smaller plots outside the legal
framework are gaining importance in the city land market. As a
result, large scale transfers of lands in the fringe area are
effected in the land market. This has been a picture, commonly
observed in case of the growth of most of the Indian
metropolitan cities.
The land developers in most of these cities, have not
hesitated in engaging themselves in malpractices, in anticipation
of huge profits in future . Such malpractices include the
outwitting of legislative provisions, bribing of the local
officials and cheating of the land owners. The fraudulent
transactions entered into by the land developers and land
racketeers, for the transfer of land - especially the farm lands
in the fringes - undoubtedly exploit the land owners and defeat
the objectives of the legislation meant for safeguarding the
interests of the ordinary citizens.
The present study, with the help of ten case studies of
Village Bavdhan, in Mulshi Taluka of Pune District, tries to
ex pound and document the fraudulent nature of such land
transactions, along with the modus operandi of fraudulent land
dealers, in the light of the current legislative provisions.
The issues raised by such fraudulent land transactions under
study, are important because they involve questions regarding
safeguarding the interests of ordinary citizens - the buyers and
sell Ars of such land who generally lack the legal know-how or
the means to protect themselves from s u c h unscrupulous
exploitation. These fraudulent land transactions then, present a
challenge to the planner, legislator, administrator a nd the
politician.
The case studies attempt to present each individual
transaction involving the farm land owners as sellers and the
land dealer with hi s associates as buyers. The Re view of
Enactments in Chapter 5, read in consonance with Appendix E
attempts to analyse the legislative provisions concerning the
process of farm land transfer in the State of Maharashtra and the
loopholes thereof.
It is hoped that the recommendations propose d at the three
levels, will certainly help ameliorate the state of affairs and
will bring about a n equitable development of the fringe lands. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-88-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Setty, E. Desingu |
| Examination Committee(s) | Weber, Karl E. ;Archer, Raymon W. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development
Agency ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |