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90pc bribes officials for land registration

TIB survey says

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
About ninety percent of households are forced to bribe field level land officials for registration of land as corruption and lack of transparency and accountability reign supreme in land administration, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed yesterday.
The offices of assistant commissioner (AC) land, sub-registrar, tahsildar, deed writer, Kanungu and settlement officer exacted about
Tk12.21 crore in bribe from service seekers, the TIB found in a survey conducted in six municipalities and 52 unions of greater Mymensingh region during October to November last year.
Findings of the survey that covered cases of the past two years were
presented at a roundtable at the CIRDAP auditorium in the city.
"Each individual household in municipalities and rural areas had to bribe Tk 2,928 and 1,910 respec-
tively on an average for land registration," said TIB researcher Saidur Rahman. "About 59 percent households showed land price 49 percent less than actual to evade tax in connivance with registration officials and clerks."
A total of 3,000 households -1,800 in rural areas and 1,200 in municipalities -- had to bribe land registration officials Tk12, 21, 82,000. The survey also found that 92 percent of those who needed mutation of land had to pay Tk 1,500 in bribe each and 12 percent of those who sold land had to suffer various hassles including paying bribe.
People were also subjected to pay many times the actual price for stamp, cartridge paper and copy of the deed.
Eighty-three 83 percent people are dissatisfied with the service of AC land, 91 percent with the service of subregistrar, 93 percent with that of tahshildar and 92 percent with deed writer's service. Ninety-seven percent people expressed dissatisfaction with the service of kanungu and settlement officers, the survey found.
"Land administration itself is responsible for age-long procrastination in settling land dispute," opposition lawmaker Abdur Razzaq said at the roundtable. He called for strengthening local government bodies to free land administration from corruption.
AC land, sub-registrar and deed writer must be well-trained and accountable for their acts, said Advocate Sarwar Jahan from Jamalpur.
TIB Advisor Prof Muzaffer Ahmad said land management still remains incongruous.