Land & Building Department

The Land & Building Department of DMC plays a pivotal role in managing, regulating and facilitating land and built-property matters across the city of Dibrugarh. Our aim is to ensure transparent, efficient, compliance-based oversight of land use, building permissions and property records, thereby contributing to orderly urban growth and civic infrastructure.

Key Functions

• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of land parcels, building plots, ownership details and property usage within the city’s 22 wards.

• Issuing approvals for building plans, construction permissions and occupancy certificates in accordance with the applicable building bylaws and zoning regulations.

• Overseeing land rate notifications, valuation of properties for municipal purposes (for example, database of “ULB Land Rates” is publicly available).

• Coordinating with other municipal departments and state agencies on matters such as conversion of land use, transfer of ownership, revision of property identifiers and enforcement against unauthorised constructions.

• Implementing digitisation and unique identification systems for properties — including the deployment of permanent Unique Identification Number (UIN) plates for properties, navigation of records through QR codes and integration with taxation systems.

• Conducting surveys, inspections and periodic audits of buildings and land holdings to ensure compliance with safety, zoning and environmental standards.

Vision

We envision a city of Dibrugarh where land and buildings are managed with clarity, fairness and foresight — enabling safe, sustainable development and safeguarding the rights of property-owners, while protecting public interest and municipal infrastructure.

Our Commitment

• To provide clear, timely, accessible services: building-plan applications, land-use queries, property verification, digital records, and friendly front-desk or online support.

• To adopt modern digital tools to streamline processes, reduce delays and promote transparency — for example, the UIN plate initiative that enables property-owners and municipal officials to access essential data swiftly.

• To ensure equitable enforcement: while facilitating legitimate construction and land-use change, we will also act firmly against unauthorised or unsafe building work, land- encroachments or misuse of land.

• To collaborate with stakeholders — citizens, builders, planners, other departments — in shaping a built-environment that is resilient, compliant and future-ready.

• To ensure that information such as land-rates, building-norms and property-records are publicly available and understandable, so that citizens can make informed decisions and exercise their rights.