Mymensingh acquires 519 acres in Jhalavari Char for divisional headquarters

The Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Mymensingh has compulsorily acquired 519.2050 acres in Jhalavari Char mouza of Mymensingh Sadar upazila for the offices of the Mymensingh division headquarters, declaring the land vested in the Government free of every encumbrance. The declaration was made under section 13(2) of the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act, 2017 (Act No. 21 of 2017) and is published in the Bangladesh Gazette of 12 November 2026, Part I, pages 1569 to 1590, in land acquisition case 07/2022-23.

The notice is issued by the Land Acquisition Branch of the district administration and covers the project titled “proposed land acquisition, payment of compensation and rehabilitation for establishment of the divisional headquarters of Mymensingh division”. It records that the Government had taken the decision to acquire the scheduled property and that compensation under section 11 of the 2017 Act has already been paid, or is deemed to have been paid, to the persons entitled.

Under section 13(2) the Deputy Commissioner declares that the property “has been compulsorily acquired and has been transferred to the Government free of all debts and liabilities”. No individual owners are named; entitlement is traced plot by plot through the record-of-rights, which is why the schedule carries the R.S. khatian and dag numbers of each parcel.

A single mouza, twenty-two pages of plots

The schedule occupies 22 gazette pages and details every parcel under Jhalavari Char, R.S. khatian 52, district Mymensingh, upazila Sadar.

• Total area acquired: 519.2050 acres (519.2050 “একর”), stated as the sum of the individual entries.
• Each row gives the R.S. dag number, the khatian number, the recorded and current land class, the total area of the dag and the area actually taken.
• Entries are marked in full (“সম্পূর্ণ”) where the whole plot is taken and in part (“আংশিক”) where only a share is acquired.
• The largest single parcel is R.S. dag 4671 (part), with 44.3000 acres recorded, of which 7.6000 acres are acquired and the current class is river. Other large takings include dag 4534 (3.6700 of 4.9400 acres), dag 2391 (2.0700 of 4.8000 acres) and dag 4502 (4.1500 acres in full).
• The land classes recorded include kanda (homestead land), nala, pukur (pond), bari (house plot), jhap jungle, road, low-lying nama, khal, halt and river.

Compensation and the legal test applied

The notice rests on two limbs of the 2017 statute. Section 11 governs payment of compensation for the acquired property, and section 13(2) is the operative declaration of vesting. The gazette text affirms that the section 11 requirement has been satisfied before the declaration was issued, so affected rights holders cannot reopen the transfer of title on the ground that payment was outstanding.

Earlier proceedings on the same mouza

The same gazette has carried related notices for Jhalavari Char and adjoining mouzas, which explains the long procedural record behind the acquisition.

• In its 30 July 2026 issue, the Mymensingh district administration published a declaration under section 14(1) cancelling acquisition proceedings in case 05/2017-18 for Jhalavari Char (R.S. 52) and Paralakhali Algi mouzas, after the approved funds were not deposited with the Deputy Commissioner within the 120 working days stipulated by section 8(4); the notice stated that owners were not liable for that lapse.
• In its 5 November 2026 issue, a further section 14(1) cancellation was published for case 04/2017-18 covering Char Ishwardia, Char Sehara and Mymensingh Town mouzas (R.S. 78), on the same ground.

The 12 November declaration is a separate proceeding, numbered 07/2022-23, and stands as the operative instrument for the 519.2050 acres now taken.

What it means for landholders

For plot holders in Jhalavari Char, the gazette notice is the legal turning point: the land has passed to the State, debts and liabilities attached to it are extinguished, and the remaining route for anyone disputing the award is the compensation already determined rather than the acquisition itself. Because the schedule runs to hundreds of individual dag entries across R.S. khatian 52, the practical effect is felt by a large number of families in Mymensingh Sadar, not by a handful of large owners. The publication also fixes the public record on which the divisional headquarters project will proceed, including the river and khal parcels that shape the site’s boundary.

Source: The Bangladesh Gazette (বাংলাদেশ গেজেট), 12 November 2026, Part I, pp. 1569–1590 (official reference: land acquisition case No. 07/2022-23, Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Mymensingh).