WHEREAS, it is desired to realize, the rights of Ethiopians on immovable property they build on the land as provided under Article 40 Sub Article (7) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and their right to use land in urban; WHEREAS, it is fundamental to clearly state requirements and organizational responsibilities during pre-adjudication, first and subsequent registration period to put in place an efficient cadastral registration activities; WHEREAS, it has become necessary to deploy integrated, expedient, and result driven work-flow and cadastral registration system and minimize inconveniences of citizens during service provision of the sector;

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to reconcile and organize urban land information by put in place modern urban landholding adjudication and registration system using relevant cutting edge technologies and implement it in all urban cities of Ethiopia in a standardized manner; WHEREAS, it has become necessary to register and organize urban land information interlinked with its cadastral information, wherefore, enabling such information to be used in the plethora of land administration subsystems; NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Sub Article (2) paragraph (a) of Article 55 of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows.