The New Indian Express ·
Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar clears rules to regularise over 60,000 acres of nautor land
LEH/JAMMU: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday approved rules for the regularisation of ‘nautor lands’, paving the way for eligible landholders to obtain proprietary rights over barren government land and addressing a long-standing issue affecting thousands of people in the Union Territory.
Nautor land refers to barren or wasteland owned by the government that has historically been allotted to individuals for cultivation or other productive purposes. More than 60,000 acres of land in Ladakh are currently recorded as nautor holdings in revenue records.
The new rules in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (Nautor Regularisation) Rules, 2026, provide a comprehensive framework for granting proprietary rights over up to 10 acres of eligible nautor land to occupants across all seven districts of Ladakh, an official spokesperson said.
