JAKARTA - The General Secretary of the Consortium for Agrarian Reform\n(KPA), Dewi Kartika, has questioned the validity of the issuance of the\nLand Management Right (HPL) claimed by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero)\nor KAI in the land dispute in the Tanah Abang area, Central Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to Dewi, the emergence of claims from other parties based\non the 1923 Eigendom Verponding document indicates the need for further\ninvestigation into the land\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr perhaps there was indeed a procedural error, a violation of\nprocedure so that it is not clear and clean, they did not properly check\nwhether the land for which the HPL was issued to PT KAI was truly free\nof any rights,\u201d Dewi told Kompas.com on Tuesday (14\/04\/2026).<\/p>\n
The Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA) provides a 20-year deadline from its\nenactment in 1960. This means all Western rights should have been\nconverted by 1980 at the latest. If not, those rights can be considered\nextinguished, and the land reverts to state land.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what happened after the 20-year deadline in 1980? It means it\nactually reverts to state land,\u201d Dewi said.<\/p>\n
From this situation, Dewi suggested the possibility that the HPL was\ngranted to PT KAI because the land was deemed state land. However, she\nalso left open the possibility of issues in the administrative\nprocess.<\/p>\n
Dewi emphasised that the land\u2019s history and the process of issuing\nrights can only be confirmed through investigation by the Ministry of\nAgrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning\/National Land Agency\n(ATR\/BPN).<\/p>\n
She mentioned that it needs to be traced whether the heirs ever\napplied for conversion of the Eigendom right to Ownership Right, or\nwhether it was never done.<\/p>\n
She noted two possibilities that could explain the situation. First,\nnegligence by the owner or heirs in not processing the right conversion.\nSecond, obstacles in the application process to the land\nauthorities.<\/p>\n
Dewi added that if the land was once managed by other parties through\ncooperation with PT KAI, this could also indicate a lack of active\ncontrol by the party claiming as heirs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be that if there was indeed development handed over by PT\nKAI to a third party partnering on PT KAI\u2019s HPL, then those claiming as\nheirs might have also neglected the land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Dewi stated that this dispute has now entered the legal\nrealm, so all claims will be tested through the court process.<\/p>\n
According to her, the court will examine various aspects, from the\nvalidity of the heirs, reasons for not converting, to the legality of\nissuing the HPL.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the land ownership claim in Tanah Abang was previously\nsubmitted by the legal team of the United Indonesian People\u2019s Movement\n(GRIB) Jaya, which claims a basis in the 1923 Eigendom Verponding.<\/p>\n
However, several experts assess that this document is no longer\nrecognised as primary proof of ownership after the enactment of the\nUUPA, but only as an administrative reference in the right conversion\nprocess.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tanah-abang-land-dispute-kpa-questions-validity-of-1923-eigendom-document-1776235856", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }