Jaipur, Sept. 25 -- The Rajasthan government has decided to provide ready-to-use office space in multi-storey government office complexes in Jaipur rather than allotting separate plots of land to government departments, marking a major shift in the use of scarce urban land for public infrastructure. The change has been incorporated in Land Allotment Policy-2025, under which multi-storey office complexes will be developed within Jaipur Municipal Corporation limits. Departments seeking land for new offices will instead be allotted space in these common complexes according to their requirements, a senior government official said. The move comes amid rising land prices and limited availability of government land in Jaipur. The government has reasoned that allotting separate plots to individual departments leads to fragmented and relatively inefficient use of valuable urban land. Under the new model, several departments will operate from a single complex, allowing more offices to be accommodated on the same land parcel. The complexes will have common facilities such as parking, green areas, meeting halls, cafeterias, security arrangements, lifts and washrooms, besides dedicated office space for individual departments. The quantum of space to be allotted to each department will be decided by the finance department in consultation with the concerned administrative department. Departments will also have to bear the cost of the office space allotted to them. The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will determine a per-square-foot rate aimed at recovering the cost of constructing the office complex, the official said. The model will replace the earlier practice of allotting land to individual departments for separate construction with a system of common infrastructure and cost recovery from the departments using the space. A department will not retain permanent control over the space once it vacates it. If the allotted space is no longer required, it will have to be handed back to the JDA, which can subsequently allot it to another government department or agency. Maintenance of the complexes will be assigned to a department or agency nominated by the finance department. Priority may be given to the department occupying the largest share of the complex. Maintenance costs will be shared by all departments housed in the complex in proportion to the area allotted to them. This will create a common system for maintaining shared facilities instead of each department separately managing its own government building. The policy also provides for a review of land already allotted by the JDA to government departments or institutions. If such land has not been used for the purpose for which it was allotted and is considered suitable for development as an office complex, the JDA can take it back. Any amount deposited by the concerned department or institution for the allotment will be refunded. The provision could bring previously allotted but underutilised government land back into productive use and allow more intensive development of public infrastructure. The policy also seeks to unlock government land and properties that are vacant, partially utilised or occupied by old and dilapidated buildings. Such properties can be transferred from concerned departments to the JDA or another government construction agency for redevelopment. The land can then be used to create new government infrastructure. The policy also allows private institutions to be given land or built-up space on lease as part of redevelopment projects. Revenue generated through such leases can be used to meet part or all of the redevelopment cost. The provision opens the possibility of using commercially viable components of government properties to help finance redevelopment, reducing the need for the government to bear the entire cost upfront....