Guwahati: The Assam government has halted the granting of no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the sale of land between individuals belonging to different religions. The revenue department of the Assam government has issued an important directive in this regard. The Revenue and Disaster Management Department of the state government has issued an order banning the purchase and sale of land among people belonging to different religions in the state.
The order issued by GD Tripathi, principal secretary, of the revenue and disaster management department, said no objection certificates (NOCs) will be issued in case of the sale and purchase of land among people of different religions for three months from the date of issuance of the notice.
The revenue department will give NOC on the sale and purchase of land only if the buyer and seller belong to the same religion for the next three months. People of other religions cannot buy land owned by people of any other religion. The state revenue department has taken this decision to prevent the risk of communal clashes that may arise due to fraud in the purchase and sale of land in the name of people of another religion on the eve of elections, forcibly handing over of land belonging to people of one religion to another religion.
