Section 309: Conversion of community property into public property

1) If any community holding a community property does not use it or submits an application bearing signature or thumb impression of each of the main persons of all families of such a community, setting out that it is not necessary to use such community property in its purpose, to the concerned Land Revenue Office, the concerned Land Revenue Officer may make necessary inquiry into the matter and convert such property into the public property.

2) In the event of conversion of any community property into public property pursuant to sub-section (1), the concerned Land Revenue Officer shall make necessary entries in the records maintained in his or her office and give information thereof to the concerned district-level administrative office and the local level.