Ministry of Land & Land Reforms (West Bengal)

The Department of Land & Land Reforms & Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation of West Bengal is a West Bengal government department. It is a ministry mainly responsible for the formulation of policies, Acts, Rules and procedures relating to land matters, namely, land records and survey, land revenue, land reforms, land use and management of government lands.

Ministerial Team
The ministry also headed the department of requisition and acquisition of land as well as their implementation by way of preparation and revision of Records of right, including recording of sharecroppers (bargadars); vesting and distribution of ceiling surplus land; determination of the requirement of land by tea gardens, factories etc.; mutation of ownership and conversion of classification of land; assessment and collection of land revenue and cesses; requisition and acquisition of land administration of the Calcutta Thika and other Tenancies and Lands (Acquisition & Regulation) Act, 1981, the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997, the West Bengal Public Demand Recovery, 1913 and other Acts. The ministerial team at the MHA is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Land & Land Reforms, who may or may not be supported by Ministers of State. Civil servants are assigned to them to manage the ministers' office and ministry.

History
Previously, Minister of Land and Land Reform was also known as Minister of Land and Land Revenue in 1967 because many people's land was in 'Benami, so that's why at that time this ministry office was also known as Minister of Land and Land Revenue, and the office was held by Hare Krishna Konar, while the ruling government was United Front of West Bengal, and in 1969 this office was renamed to Minister of Land and Land Reforms. And was succeeded by Benoy Choudhury in 1977. later, Abdur Razzak Molla held this office up until 2011.