Job Purpose :

To manage all land acquisition, land management, possession, compensation, land records, and stakeholder-related activities for the coal MDO project, ensuring timely availability of land in line with the mine development and production schedule.

Principal Accountability

Supporting Actions

Land Acquisition & Availability

• Prepare and implement land acquisition plans aligned with mine/project schedules.

• Coordinate with government authorities, landowners and internal departments.

• Monitor acquisition milestones and identify bottlenecks.

• Ensure timely possession and handover of acquired land.

• Maintain updated records of acquired, possessed and pending land.

Land Records & Documentation

• Maintain accurate records of ownership, acquisition, possession, mutation, transfer and lease matters.

• Verify land titles, ownership and supporting documents

• Coordinate with revenue authorities for mutation, demarcation and correction of records.

• Ensure protected custody of original land documents.

• Reconcile physical possession with land records periodically.

Compensation & Landowner Matters

• Facilitate assessment and processing of compensation.

• Monitor compensation payment and documentation status.

• Resolve landowner claims, objections and grievances.

• Coordinate with Finance, Legal and R&R; functions on complex cases.

• Ensure compensation is processed as per applicable law and company policy.

Statutory & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable land, revenue, mining and R&R; requirements.

• Monitor changes in relevant laws, rules and government notifications.

• Ensure timely submission of statutory applications and reports.

• Coordinate during government inspections and hearings.





• Support internal and external audits and close compliance gaps.

Stakeholder & Community Management

• Maintain effective relationships with landowners, affected communities and government authorities.

• Conduct consultations and meetings with stakeholders.

• Address land-related grievances promptly.

• Coordinate with district/local administration on sensitive issues.

• Support management in handling land-related disputes and community concerns.

Land Disputes & Legal Matters

• Identify and monitor disputed land parcels. Maintain a land dispute register and track case status.• Coordinate with Legal Department on court cases and notices.

• Provide documents and factual inputs for legal proceedings.

• Follow up with authorities and recommend resolution strategies.

Land for Mining & Project Development

• Assess land requirements based on mine and project development plans.

• Coordinate with Mine Planning, Operations, Projects, Environment and Civil functions.

• Identify critical land parcels affecting mining and infrastructure activities.

• Develop action plans for delayed acquisition/possession.

• Report land availability against project milestones.

MIS & Management Reporting

• Prepare periodic MIS on acquisition, possession, compensation etc

• Highlight critical risks, delays and pending matters.

• Maintain land availability dashboards.

• Provide data and analysis for management reviews and audits.

• Recommend corrective and preventive actions.

Risk Management

• Identify land-related operational, legal and stakeholder risks.

• Develop mitigation plans for critical land issues.

• Escalate high-risk matters to senior management in a timely manner.

• Monitor implementation of risk mitigation measures.

Key Compeencies :

Knowledge of land relates laws , CBA , LARR , other applicable laws

📌 SSH Land (Angul)
🏢 Financial services
📍 Angul