South Shillong MLA and cabinet minister Sanbor Shullai led a delegation representing the Shillong Cantonment Lease Holders Association to meet Governor Satya Pal Malik to discuss problems faced by lessees.
Shullai told the Governor that the Draft Cantonment Land Administration Rules 2021 would cause severe issues for the leaseholders as the annual rent has been set at 2.5 percent of the land value, which is “not at all feasible for the subsisting lessees” to pay. A rate 10 times lower, i.e., 0.25 percent, would be more acceptable. This would still be “100 times” the present amount being paid.
He also made suggestions for renewal of 90-year leases, converting the leasehold into a freehold, provision of transfer and sale of property, mortgaging of property and auctions.
