Where is the land title?

Since the Pakatan Rakyat took over the Selangor state government March last year, about 70 lots of land were approved to non-Muslims to build their places of worship by the Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Selain Islam Negeri Selangor.

This should be welcome by all as it provides the non-Muslims more space to perform their religious obligations and study of their own religion. The reality is not what it seems to be as the actual issuance of the land title to the respective applicants has not been done yet, not even for a single piece of land approved by the committee. It seems that all the necessary paper work and documentation were collecting dust at the district land office.

After the committee approved the religious land application, the district land office are responsible to prepare the necessary documentation for the State Executive Council meeting for approval. Once the State Exco approves the application, the documentation will be reverted back to the district land office for the process of getting all the documents ready. Once it is done, the applicant will be asked to pay the nominal premium for that piece of land. After the premium is paid, the district office will take the necessary action to issue the land title to the applicant.

The delay in getting the land title issued for the non-religious groups are creating uneasy feelings amongst them. It is hope the state government will take the necessary action to buck up the land office to provide a more speedier delivery system. Any delay in issuing the land title will not be a good reflection on the performance of the state government.

The Pakatan Rakyat government wouldn't want the rakyat to think that all the current actions are done half heartedly and have to wait until the next general election for the land title to be presented in front of the press as an election gimmick! If this is really the underlying intention, what's the difference between Pakatan Rakyat with the previous government? - Loka

p/s - Even after the land title is issued, the temple/vihara/church/kuil will still have to go through another process after getting their building plans approve by all the relevant authorities which sometimes will take more than a year!