Presentation on Cases of Administrative District Adjustment and Institutional Improvement Plans... Awarded Highest Honor
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) presented a case of grievance complaint handling titled "Two Legal Neighborhoods Under One Roof, United After Half a Century" at the 2020 Excellent Cases of Cadastral Complaints Competition hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport last month, winning the Chairman Award of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.
This competition, organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was held to discover excellent cases of complaint handling, special local government policies, and proactive administrative models, aiming to share them among local governments and reflect them in institutional improvements such as legal amendments. The judging process involved selecting 30 excellent cases at the city/province level from submissions by cities, counties, and districts nationwide, followed by a written review by the Ministry’s judging panel, which narrowed the selection to 5 final cases for presentation.
Finally, experts in cadastral fields from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission conducted a final evaluation based on public convenience and policy applicability, resulting in Seongbuk-gu’s case being selected as the best example in grievance complaint handling.
The case presented by the district, "Two Legal Neighborhoods Under One Roof, United After Half a Century," involved buildings constructed on two legal neighborhoods during the 1960s land development process. Due to discrepancies between legal and administrative neighborhoods, inconveniences arose in exercising property rights. Through document and field investigations, gathering residents’ opinions, and revising ordinances, the district adjusted the unreasonable boundaries to align with actual living areas.
Moreover, a problem identified during the project was that while land registration changes such as land indication changes during administrative district changes can be arranged by the city/county/district office’s request, changes in land rights indication for collective buildings (apartments, multi-family houses, etc.) are not authorized under the Act on the Construction and Management of Spatial Information to be requested by these offices. This requires owners to prepare application documents and bear registration costs themselves, submitting them to the registry office, causing difficulties. This case became an opportunity to propose legal amendments allowing these changes to be arranged ex officio by city/county/district offices.
Additionally, in the 2020 Seoul City performance evaluation, the district was recognized for its prompt and accurate provision of land and cadastral information tailored to residents’ expectations, as well as for smoothly resolving conflicts over boundary decisions and settlement methods during land subdivision. It received excellence awards in three fields: land policy, spatial surveying, and shared land subdivision.
Mayor Lee Seung-ro stated, “This has become an opportunity to resolve grievances that have lasted about 60 years and to establish institutional measures for public convenience. We will continue to actively discover special cadastral policies to create an environment where residents can confidently conduct land transactions.”
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