Reviewing land acquisition and resettlement in Cua Lo Town: Step by step handling violations!

5 plots of land illegally allocated have been revoked.

In the article “Cua Lo City Party Committee makes "hot" conclusions about signs of land violations" (Nghe An Electronic Newspaper on December 20, 2023) mentioned the following information: On December 6, 2023, the Standing Committee of Cua Lo Town Party Committee held a meeting to listen to the report on the review results and solutions to overcome the land acquisition and resettlement arrangements in the town. On December 7, 2023, the Standing Committee of Cua Lo Town Party Committee issued a document directing the Town People's Committee and the Working Group to review land acquisition and resettlement arrangements to continue implementing the following contents:

“1. Regarding the report: It is necessary to specifically assess the current status of land plots and projects related to land acquisition and resettlement. Evaluate and clarify the advantages, disadvantages and causes of violations, and clearly indicate the responsibilities of groups and individuals related to violations in land acquisition and resettlement arrangements in the area.

2. About the solution:

- For land lots allocated not in accordance with the process, procedures, subjects, and area: The Town People's Committee directs relevant collectives and individuals to focus on thoroughly remedying the situation by returning the illegal land to the State in accordance with regulations.

- For land plots that have not been fully and correctly calculated to ensure sufficient conditions for land allocation (infrastructure, area difference, etc.): The Inspection and Review Team is requested to coordinate with specialized agencies to advise the Town People's Committee to recover the remaining difference to ensure compliance with regulations and pay it to the State budget.

- Assign the Town People's Committee to urge relevant collectives and individuals to voluntarily correct violations before December 30, 2023 and report to the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee (in case of failure to correct violations, report and recommend competent authorities to take measures to handle violations in accordance with the provisions of law).

Grasping information from the People's Committee of Cua Lo town on January 8, 2024, by December 30, 2023, there were 5 cases of land allocated for resettlement in violation of regulations, writing applications to voluntarily return the land to the State. In addition, after the People's Committee of Cua Lo town approved the plan to pay additional land use fees for resettlement plots in the town for the period 2020 - 2023, there were a number of cases that proactively asked to pay the remaining difference to the State budget.

With 5 cases of voluntary application for return of resettlement land, on December 29, 2023, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town issued 5 decisions to reclaim land. Specifically, 337m2 was reclaimed.²Urban residential land of Ms. TTNA is using at plot number 174, map sheet number 12, Nghi Huong Ward; reclaimed 423.9 m²Urban residential land of Ms. NTT currently using at plot number 201, map sheet number 08, Nghi Hoa Ward; reclaimed 306.8m²Urban residential land of Mr. NCT and his wife, Mrs. NTL, currently using plot number 347, map sheet number 20, Nghi Huong Ward; reclaimed 395.4m²Urban residential land of Mr. PHN is using at plot number 12, map sheet number 12 in Nghi Huong Ward; reclaiming 306.8 m²Urban residential land of Mr. NVT and his wife, Mrs. LTH, is being used at plot number 348, map sheet number 20, Nghi Huong Ward.

For cases that proactively requested to pay the remaining difference in funding, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town decided to temporarily collect and put into a temporary account the amount of nearly 4 billion VND.

In the articles “Signs of violations within the planning scope of Road 21, Cua Lo town” (October 26, 2023); “The intricacies in land recovery within the planning scope of Road 21, Cua Lo town” (November 2, 2023), Nghe An Newspaper reported that there were 2 cases where the People's Committee of Cua Lo town recovered land plot No. 408, map sheet No. 13, Nghi Hoa ward with an area of ​​only 151.6 m²; then, gave them 2 resettlement plots of land along planned road No. 21 with a total area of ​​410 m²Through inspection and review, it was determined that the above 2 cases were subjects of the Town People's Committee's illegal allocation of resettlement land, and were subject to land recovery and return to the State!

NEW DIRECTIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CUA LO TOWN PARTY COMMITTEE

On the side of the Cua Lo Town Party Committee, it was reported that on January 4, 2024, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee held an extraordinary meeting to listen to the Town People's Committee report on the results of the implementation of "results of reviewing and overcoming land acquisition and resettlement arrangements in the town". On January 5, 2024, the Cua Lo Town Party Committee issued a Notice of the conclusion of the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee at the extraordinary meeting. The content of which stated that the Standing Committee of the Cua Lo Town Party Committee continued to request the Town People's Committee to implement the following contents:

Complete reports, specific data, clearly define the roadmap for remediation and implementation of site clearance for recovered land lots, no longer having assets on the land and located in projects, with land use plans for 2024, and have completed financial obligations for resettlement land.

There is a plan to auction land for plots of land that have been returned to the State; resolutely reclaim plots of land that have not been transferred in accordance with regulations.

Urgently deploy and complete the temporary collection of additional funds into the temporary account pending processing in accordance with the law. Focus resources on payment, site clearance and implementation of resettlement plots according to the project (for the resettlement plots that have been indicated, temporarily suspend the issuance of construction permits and do not carry out transfer, mortgage and other transaction procedures).

Comrades of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and related individuals must set an example in complying with and mobilizing their relatives to comply with the policy of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee in returning land or paying money in accordance with regulations.

Point out the violations of relevant collectives and individuals and propose ways to handle responsibilities in accordance with Party regulations and State laws.

Directing the completion of "land recovery and resettlement arrangements in the town" before February 29, 2024.

According to the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Cua Lo Town Party Committee Le Thanh Long, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee has requested that the inspection and review work must ensure objectivity, honesty and accuracy. In addition to clarifying the violations in the projects, for each plot of land, it is necessary to clearly point out the violations of related organizations and individuals. With the report submitted to the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee at the extraordinary meeting on January 4, 2024, although there were specific results, it still did not fully meet the requirements of the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee, and at the same time, it did not clearly point out the violations of related organizations and individuals. Therefore, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee has determined that it is necessary to establish a working group to inspect the review of land recovery and resettlement for the fiscal year from January 2020 to June 2023.

“This is a difficult but necessary task. In order to do so, the assessment of the inspection and review of land acquisition and resettlement in Cua Lo town has truly ensured objectivity, honesty and accuracy; at the same time, it also clearly identifies the violations of relevant organizations and individuals to report to superior agencies for consideration and handling of responsibilities according to regulations…” - Standing Deputy Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee Le Thanh Long said.