SRINAGAR: Ladakh residents will now have rights over barren lands or wastelands owned by govt, with the administration Friday approving Ladakh Autonomous Hill Improvement Councils (Nautor Regularisation) Guidelines, 2026.The Guidelines present a complete framework for granting proprietary rights on as much as 10 acres of eligible Nautor land holdings to the occupants throughout all seven districts of the Union Territory. For Nautor land past the 10-acre restrict, the proprietary rights could also be allotted on a leasehold foundation, in accordance with the principles.Nautor land refers to barren or wasteland, owned by govt, which was earlier allotted to people for cultivation or different productive use. Greater than 60,000 acres of land in Ladakh is presently recorded in income information as Nautor holdings.The Guidelines provide a one-time regularisation mechanism for Nautor land, occupied earlier than the repeal of J&Okay Tenancy Act-980, on Oct 27, 2020. Any possession of Nautor land after this closing date can be ineligible for regularisation.“The Nautor concern has a deep historic reference to the lives and livelihoods of the individuals of Ladakh. For generations, our individuals have labored arduous to carry barren and waste land underneath cultivation in one of the crucial difficult agricultural environments within the nation. These Guidelines present a clear and uniform mechanism to handle this long-pending concern and provides authorized certainty to real holders. It can additionally allow such land to be utilised as a monetary asset, together with for availing financial institution loans,” Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar Saxena stated.
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In keeping with the Guidelines, the authority of allotting Nautor land can be vested in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Improvement Councils in all seven districts.A govt spokesperson stated the absence of a transparent and uniform authorized framework till now restricted the efficient utilisation of Nautor land. “Particularly, landholders with restricted or non-proprietary rights, had been unable to make use of the land as a monetary asset, together with for functions corresponding to acquiring loans towards it. On the similar time, the absence of uniform guidelines additionally posed a menace of claims and disputes over govt, council land,” the spokesperson stated.