Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung periodically receives citizens in March 2024

Attending the citizen reception session were the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council; representatives of Party committees, departments, branches and Thanh Chuong district.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung received citizen Le Van Ngan, residing in Hamlet 1, Thanh Duc Commune (Thanh Chuong). Mr. Ngan complained about the Thanh Duc Commune People's Committee reclaiming his family's land without compensation according to the law, affecting his family's legal rights and interests.

According to the citizen, in 1989, Mr. Ngan's family applied to reclaim land at Bai Ac islet, hamlet 1, Hanh Lam commune, now Thanh Duc commune, with an area of ​​2,256 square meters. In 2002, his family lent the construction team the land to build a road. After the construction team returned the land, Thanh Duc commune People's Committee took over and put the above land into the 5% public land fund.

In 2014, Mr. Ngan applied to use the land plot but the People's Committee of Thanh Duc commune did not agree. After that, Mr. Ngan requested to issue a Land Use Right Certificate for his family for the above land plot but the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district replied that his family did not meet the conditions.

In the report on the origin of land use and the process of resolving citizens' complaints, Thanh Chuong district and Thanh Duc commune both affirmed that the People's Committee of Thanh Duc commune did not reclaim the family's land because Mr. Ngan had not been granted a Certificate of land use rights for this plot of land. Therefore, not compensating Mr. Ngan's family for the land was in accordance with regulations.

In addition, because Mr. Ngan has not used the land continuously, the commune has put it under management as public land. If Mr. Le Van Ngan has a need to use this land for agricultural purposes, he is requested to go directly to the Commune People's Committee for guidance according to regulations.

Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Hoang Quoc Viet affirmed that according to legal regulations, there are not enough conditions to grant a Land Use Rights Certificate to Mr. Ngan because this is public land managed by the commune.

However, considering the actual conditions and land use origin, Thanh Chuong district is requested to review the land area reclaimed by Mr. Ngan to remove it from the commune's public land fund. From there, the district is requested to consider and resolve the request to grant a Land Use Right Certificate to Mr. Ngan in accordance with regulations for the purpose of using agricultural land.

Concluding the citizen reception session, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung analyzed the content of the case and assessed that the citizen's petition had been resolved many times by Thanh Duc commune and Thanh Chuong district. However, the citizen's petition and complaint were unclear and did not have enough basis for the commune and district authorities to resolve according to regulations.

To resolve the matter, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assigned the Thanh Chuong District People's Committee to direct Thanh Duc Commune to guide citizens in preparing declaration and registration documents for granting Certificates of Land Use Rights for agricultural production according to regulations; check and verify the origin and land use process in accordance with the planning and current land use status.

In addition, review the process of converting this land area from reclaimed land to public land, and then plan commercial and service land. On that basis, consider fully and comprehensively according to legal regulations, if qualified, consider granting a Certificate of Land Use Rights for Agricultural Production to Mr. Le Van Ngan's family.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested citizens to cooperate with the authorities to carry out related procedures and documents; Thanh Chuong district and Thanh Duc commune report the results of the settlement to the Provincial People's Committee and respond to citizens before April 30, 2024.