The regular meeting of the Collegium of the Committee for Land Management and Geodesy, chaired by the head of the Committee, Orif Ashuri Khojazoda, was held with the participation of his deputies, heads of central structural units, as well as directors of enterprises and institutions. Chairmen of the land management committees in the regions, cities, and districts, as well as directors of regional branches of the State Unitary Enterprise “Real Estate Registration” participated online via video conference.
After approval of the agenda and working regulations by the members of the collegium, the first item was the report by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Mirzovali Safarmahmadzoda, on the results of the Committee’s activities for the first quarter of the current year.
It was noted that during the reporting period, employees of the central apparatus, local land management bodies, and institutions within the Committee system actively worked to implement the instructions of the highest leadership of the country and the Government, achieving significant results.
As in previous years, special attention in the first quarter was given to monitoring the rational use of land, conducting land management, cartographic and geodetic works, real estate registration, as well as delimitation and demarcation of the state border — key directions of the Committee’s activity.
To accurately determine the volume of land resources, a draft Government resolution of the Republic of Tajikistan “On the state of lands, their distribution by categories, types, and land users as of January 1, 2025” was prepared, which was approved by Resolution No. 224 dated March 28, 2025.
According to the report, the administrative territory of the Republic of Tajikistan as of January 1, 2025, amounted to 14,137,907 hectares, of which 767,412 hectares are irrigated land. Compared to January 1, 2024, the area of irrigated lands increased by 1,109 hectares.
It was also noted that as of January 1, 2025, an additional 1,492 hectares of other lands were converted into arable lands, including 1,420 hectares of irrigated land. At the same time, 108 hectares of arable land (including 51 hectares irrigated) were reclassified into other land categories.
The area of perennial plantations increased by 179 hectares, of which 173 hectares are irrigated, compared to the beginning of 2024.
During the reporting period, control activities continued, during which 3,724 cases of violations of land legislation were identified. To eliminate violations, 3,376 instructions were issued. Administrative protocols were drawn up for 3,478 cases, and fines totaling 2,031,589 somoni were imposed, of which 1,483,956 somoni were credited to a special account.
Materials on 373 cases were sent to the prosecutor’s office, and 113 cases to judicial executors. On-site, 2,321 violations of land legislation were rectified.
During this period, the Committee received 26 land management cases regarding land allocation, transferred from city and district committees for expertise and coordination with relevant ministries and agencies. Of these, 14 cases were returned due to technical deficiencies, and the rest are under coordination.
According to the Committee’s data, in the first quarter of 2025, institutions of the system performed land management, topographic-geodetic, and cartographic works totaling 1,227,960 somoni, which is 235,960 somoni more than the same period in 2024. The level of completion was 123.8%.
In the same period, regional registration units registered 8,519 land use rights, including:
702 for farming households,
16 for personal subsidiary plots,
6,984 for household plots,
135 for other types of farms,
682 for other types of plots.
All received certificates of state registration.
Next, reports were heard from the heads of central units and chairmen of the land management committees of Sughd and Khatlon regions on their work results in the first quarter of 2025.
The Chairman of the Committee gave instructions to eliminate existing deficiencies, strengthen control over sowing of agricultural crops, especially potatoes and cotton, rational use of lands of seed production and breeding farms, pastures, and to take measures to approve decisions of city and district chairmen that have caused prosecutor protests.
He also instructed to ensure labor discipline, timely consideration of appeals from individuals and organizations within the law, hold celebrations and ceremonies without extravagance, and intensify landscaping and greening activities, including planting fruit and evergreen trees.
