Mutation

A man can establish his right over land in many different ways. It may be through

inheritance, a transfer like sale-buying, will, mortgage, lease, exchange, auction, decrees of

courts and settlement by the government. If there occurs any change of ownership or any

transfer of land due to any reasons stated above the transferee or the heir is required to have

his name recorded as owner through mutation to update the record.

Writing and rewriting or replacing the name/names of owner/ owners or occupant/ occupants

on the Records of Rights i.e. RoR/ khatians is popularly known as mutation. Ad-interim

change, amendment, correction and updating of land records are made through mutation.

The mutation is an important process in the management of land. The collector i.e. the

Deputy Commissioner (DC) is entrusted with this responsibility. However, the AC (Land) of

Upazila/ Circle land offices do the above work under control of the collector/ the deputy

commissioners (DCs).

The necessity of mutation:

Preparation and updating of RoR/ khatians through survey is a time consuming process. A

survey operation takes many years to complete. As well as interval between two survey

operations is also long. During this period lots of changes occur in the ownership of land.

These changes need to be reflected in the relevant records and registers, where mutation is

indispensable foe fixation of land development tax, its realization will be impossible and

government will be deprived of huge amount of revenue. Corrections are also required for

land use and settlement in the interest of smooth revenue administration. Mutation and

Updating Land Records are required in the following cases;

a) After death of the recorded owner

b) Transfer of land through sale, gift, will, decree, trust, waqf etc

c) Auction of land in a civil or certificate case

d) Subdivision or amalgamation & consolidation of land holding

e) Settlement of khas land by the government

f) Acquisition of land by the government

g) Alluvion or diluvion of land of river or sea side

h) Abandoned land.

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