2 March 2024 – Public Relations Officer The Agricultural Land Reform Office has issued a statement stating that the Agricultural Land Reform Office would like to make a statement regarding the dispute between the Nakhon Ratchasima Province land reform boundary and the Khao Yai National Park boundary. As it turned out, officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation came to dismantle evidence markers which officials from the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) had carried out in accordance with their authority under the law. with agricultural land reform In the area of Village No. 10, Ban Hew Pla Kang, Moo Si Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, which may cause a dispute between government agencies.
ALRO confirmed that 1. The land in the disputed area is land owned by ALRO for use in agricultural land reform according to Section 26 (3) and Section 36 bis of the Land Reform Act. for agriculture, B.E. 2518 and the Royal Decree specifying land boundaries in Sikhio District, Sung Noen District, and Pak Chong District Nakhon Ratchasima Province to be a land reform area in 1991. The Royal Thai Survey Department has examined the field book data, which records the survey of the boundaries of the National Park Service, according to international map and surveying standards, and confirmed that the disputed area is not within the national park area. In any way
2. The land in the disputed area according to item 1 was obtained by the ALRO from taking land that was classified from the Khao Yai forest only in areas outside the boundaries of national parks and reserved forests. (The area is outside the Khao Yai National Park according to the Royal Decree published in the Royal Gazette on September 18, 1962) with an area of approximately 33,896 rai, as the Cabinet resolved on March 3, 1987, to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to take action in accordance with the law. Concerning land reform for agriculture According to the proposal of the Land Development Committee No. 6/1984 on December 26, 1984 with the Forest Department (The person responsible for the national park at that time) and S.K. joined as committee members. which has been surveyed and determined that Area delivered to ALRO The above conditions are mainly used by agricultural operations, more than 86.25 %.
3. The ALRO therefore has the authority and duty to take the land with an area of approximately 33,896 rai that has been given above. (including land in the disputed area to be provided to farmers in accordance with the Agricultural Land Reform Act, B.E. 2518, without any problems regarding the overlapping of maps showing boundary lines in the disputed area between the ALRO and the National Parks Department. Wild animals and plants of any kind
4. However, in the case where the Cabinet has a policy to improve the state land boundary map according to the One Map project, so that the land that ALRO has received in the disputed area will be within the boundaries of the national park. Relevant agencies must continue to improve the law at the Act level. and help provide compensation to honest farmers who have lost their rights under the law on agricultural land reform from such impacts in order to comply with the Cabinet resolution on November 22, 2022, which approved a solution to the problems that may occur on People from the work to improve the state land boundary map, 10 points, according to the proposal of the National Land Policy Committee.
5. As for the solutions to the problems that arise, ALRO still adheres to the principle that If it appears that there are officials of ALRO who have surveyed land in areas that still have forest conditions. It is indeed a case that does not comply with other related regulations and agreements. In this case ALRO has appointed a committee to investigate the facts as well as moving relevant officials out of the area to make the investigation transparent and fair to all parties. And if it is found that the officials ALRO. Whoever has committed an offense or has arranged land in violation of the spirit of the law or done any wrongful act that causes damage to the agricultural land reform operation, ALRO will Take legal action, both disciplinary, civil and criminal, against those involved to the utmost. and vice versa If examined, it is found that the ALRO has managed the land allocation in accordance with the rules and laws. It is an appropriate case that farmers must have their legal rights protected and have legitimacy in continuing to own ALRO land. There should not be any agency that interferes with or delays the rights of these people.
In this regard, ALRO Will stand firm in performing its duties in protecting the rights of farmers in land reform areas. for agriculture to be in accordance with the intent of the law in all respects and will carry out an inspection of the performance of ALRO officials who have acted improperly in order to identify and if an offense is found Will proceed strictly according to the law.
2024-03-02 07:46:56
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