LAND LAW

Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will understand land law and land system of Nepal.

Course Outlines:

1. Introduction to Law of Property and Land Law (3 hours)
1. Brief introduction to law of property
2. Introduction to land law
3. Importance of land law on development of country


2. Land Rights and Records (3 hours)
1. Introduction to land right and land records
2. Record and parcel definition
3. Nature of land ownership
4. Security tenure
5. Field book and land register


3. Process and land transfer (3 hours)
1. Process of land transfer
2. Private conveyancing
3. Registration of deeds
4. Registration of title
5. Overriding interest


4. Acquisition of Real property (3 hours)
1. Modes of acquisition
2. Valuation of acquired property
3. Notification and compensation
4. Transfer and use of acquired property


5. Land registration (5 hours)
1. Land tenure system
2. Freehold, leasehold, and trust(Ghuthi) land
3. Boundary marking
4. Registration
1. Registration of new grant parcel
2. Registration of existing title
5. Boundary
1. General Boundary
2. Use of cadastral plan/map
3. Fixed boundary
4. Guaranteed boundary
6. Parcel definition
1. Based on coordinated monuments
2. Topographical detail
7. cadastral plan/map
1. Purposes
2. Prescription and limitation
8. International and Administrative Boundary
1. Principles relation to international and administrative boundary
2. Demarkation of boundary within water bodies


6. Guarantee and Indemnity (3 hours)
1. Conclusiveness of the register
2. Qualification on conclusiveness
3. Compensation
4. Forgery
5. Indemnity


7. Multiple Ownership, Vertical subdivision Fragmentation, Land Development and Consolidation (5hours)
1. Multiple ownership
2. Vertical subdivision
3. Mutation/fragmentation
4. Land Development
5. Land consolidation


8. Process of Systematic Adjudication (7 hours)
1. Legal Basic
2. Selection of area
3. Composition of the team
4. Proceedings
5. Principles and rules
6. Objection, appeal and finalization
7. Notification and finalization
8. Organization
1. Survey partly office
2. Other organization
9. Legislation Regarding to Land Information system and computerized land data (3 hours)


10. Prevailing land Legislation in Nepal (10 hours)
1. Constitution
2. Muluki Ain
3. Land related act and rules
4. Land registration procedures

Tutorial and practical:

1. Field visit/observation
1. District land revenue office
2. District survey section
3. District land revenue
4. Survey Goswara office
5. Survey Court (Land related cases)
2. Prepare a individual report and present in a seminar

References:

1. Land law and registration, by S. Rowton Simpson, Surveyors Publications, London.
2. The Law of property by K.K. Menon
3. An Abstract of prevailing Acts and Rules relating to Nepal’s Land System, By Nepal Law campus, 1998
4. Land Information Management, by P.F. Dale and J.D. Mc Laughlin.
5. भुमि संवन्धि ऐनहरुको संग्रह, नेपाल ल क्याम्पस, २०५५
6. भुमि संवन्धि नियमहरुको संग्रह, नेपाल ल क्याम्पस, २०५५

Assessment: Averaging of three

Evaluation Scheme:
The question will cover the entire chapter in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as mentioned in the table below:

*There will be minor deviation in the marks distribution