Stage 2 of 8 · 4 steps
Permission to buy
Who is allowed to buy agricultural land in Gujarat, and what permission is needed? Gujarat restricts who may buy agricultural land and what tenure that land carries. These four steps decide whether a sale is lawful at all, and three of the four are decided by the Collector rather than by the parties. Extracted 2026-08-04 from official Gujarat sources; every record in this stage is tagged OFFICIAL.
A statutory fee is published for 1 of these 4 steps and a timeline is stated for 1. Every missing figure below is printed as a chip that links to the declared gap explaining what was searched.
Offices and portals that own these steps
- Collector
The steps, in order
Wide table. Scroll it sideways to reach the fee and timeline columns; the step number stays in place.
| Step no. | Step | Office or portal | Form named in the source | Statutory fee | Timeline stated | Mode | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11GJ-PERM-01 | Confirm agriculturist status, or obtain permission to purchase agricultural land as a non-agriculturist (section 63) | Collector, or an officer authorised by the State Government; applied through iORA (iora.gujarat.gov.in) | iORA service 17: 'ગણોતધારાની કલમ-૬૩ મુજબ ખેતીની જમીન ખરીદવા બાબતની પરવાનગી મેળવવાની અરજી'. Parallel services exist for... full wording | Not stated No official fee published, gap 5 | Not stated No timeline stated, gap 5 | Online application via iORA; decision by the Collector | OFFICIAL Act as modified up to 31 January 2018 (title page of... |
| 12GJ-PERM-02 | Buy agricultural land for a bona fide industrial purpose under section 63AA and file the 30-day notice | Collector (certificate); copy of the notice endorsed to the Mamlatdar. | iORA service 14: 'પ્રામાણિક ઔદ્યોગિક હેતુ માટે ગણોતધારાની કલમ-૬૩એએ અન્વયે પ્રમાણપત્ર મેળવવાની અરજી'. The 30-day notice... full wording | No application fee is stated. full wording | The purchaser shall, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS from the date of purchase, send notice of the purchase to the Collector and endorse a... full wording | Online application via iORA; statutory notice to the... | OFFICIAL Act as modified up to 31 January 2018; iORA service... |
| 13GJ-PERM-03 | Pay premium and convert new-tenure / restricted-tenure land to old tenure | Collector; applied through iORA (iora.gujarat.gov.in). | iORA services: row 1 'ગણોતધારાની કલમ-૪૩ મુજબ પ્રિમિયમ ભરવાની મંજૂરી મેળવવાની અરજી'; row 3 (premium for agricultural use... full wording | Not stated No official fee published, gap 6 | Not stated No timeline stated in any source examined | Online application via iORA; order by the Collector | OFFICIAL Retrieved 2026-08-04 |
| 14GJ-PERM-04 | Obtain section 73AA permission where the seller belongs to a Scheduled Tribe | Collector; applied through iORA (iora.gujarat.gov.in) | iORA service 25: 'જમીન મહેસૂલ અધિનિયમ-૧૮૭૯ ની કલમ-૭૩(એએ) હેઠળ જમીન વેચાણ પરવાનગી મેળવવાની અરજી' | Not stated No official fee published in any source examined | Not stated No timeline stated in any source examined | Online application via iORA | OFFICIAL Retrieved 2026-08-04 |
The statutory basis named for this stage
- Section 63, The Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Bombay Act No.
- Section 63AA, The Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948
- Section 43, The Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948; section 57, Bombay...
- Section 73AA, Bombay / Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
Declared gaps inside this stage
- Gap 5: Section 63 permission (non-agriculturist buying agricultural land): NO FEE AND NO STATUTORY TIMELINE published on the Revenue Department iORA service table or in the Act text.
- Gap 6: Premium rate for converting new-tenure / impartible land to old tenure (section 43 Tenancy Act, section 65 route): NOT PUBLISHED as a rate.