From 2021 to 2024, BNB Land Consultancy provided comprehensive land procurement services to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd. (AM/NS) for its strategic expansion in Paradip. This large-scale assignment involved a dual-track approach, navigating both direct private land purchase and the formal land acquisition process under the RFCTLARR Act, 2013. Our role was to orchestrate the entire lifecycle—from initial community engagement and due diligence to final mutation and possession ensuring a seamless transfer of land to support AM/NS’s industrial growth.
Assignment Details:
Our consultancy services encompassed the full spectrum of land procurement activities. The project commenced with ground preparation and team mobilization in Paradip, focusing on securing initial consent from over 100 landholders. We executed meticulous field demarcation, updated Records of Rights (RoR), and prepared and vetted genealogies for inheritance verification. A critical component was conducting the market value analysis by gathering BMV and sales statistics for compensation computation under Section 26 of the RFCTLARR Act. We managed all statutory clearances, including obtaining permissions under Section 22 of the OLR Act for cases involving multiple heirs, and secured necessary approvals from the Endowment Commissioner for specialized land types. The final phase involved the preparation of the official Yaddast, calculating compensation as per Sections 27-30 of the RFCTLARR Act, and steering the proposal through client approval and submission to the District Collector for the final approval of the DCAC, culminating in the registration, mutation, and physical possession of the land.
Project Objectives:
The primary objective was to secure the required land parcel for AM/NS through a streamlined combination of direct purchase and statutory acquisition. This involved mobilizing on the ground to obtain initial consent from a vast number of landowners and conducting rigorous due diligence through data collection, field demarcation, and genealogy vetting. A key goal was to ensure regulatory compliance at every stage, from obtaining statutory clearances and managing complex ownership issues like inheritance to securing specialized permissions for endowment land. The project aimed to accurately calculate and disburse fair compensation in accordance with the RFCTLARR Act and ultimately facilitate the legal transfer and physical possession of the land, enabling its inclusion in the industrial land bank for the client’s use.
