Implementation of Land Acquisition Administration Services in Mekarjaya Village, Ciemas District, Sukabumi Regency

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the implementation of land acquisition administrative services in Mekarjaya Village, Ciemas District, Sukabumi Regency, and identify obstacles and factors that affect them. The research uses a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection techniques through interviews, observations, and documentation in the period March–August 2024. Informants include elements of the village government and land acquisition teams (Village Head, Village Secretary, Team Leader, Team Treasurer, team members) as well as the community involved as applicants or affected parties. Data analysis is carried out thematically through the stages of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion/verification. The results of the study show that land acquisition administrative services have been running through the stages of receiving applications, examining and verifying documents, coordination across agencies (especially with BPN and related parties to forestry/local governments), administrative management and financing, and monitoring to service output in the form of documents/certifications. However, implementation is still faced with obstacles in the form of layered bureaucracy and long service durations, miscommunication and lack of clarity of information, vulnerability to illegal levies and irregularities in fund management, constraints on public documents (incomplete/difficult to understand), cases of non-conformity in tax administration/SPPT, conflict of claims and social disputes, economic limitations of citizens in administrative financing, and length of issuance of certificates. Factors influencing land acquisition include weak past regulation and supervision of arable land, low legal-land administration literacy, economic pressure, over-cultivation phenomenon, and the community's strong need for legal certainty. The implications of the research emphasize the need to standardize service information, strengthen transparency of one-stop financing, document assistance, strengthen complaint and supervision mechanisms, and counseling on land administration literacy to improve service quality and public trust.