Good land administration is an essential element in promoting sustainable land governance, avoiding land disputes and providing legal certainty. Administrative permissions for use of state land is an important legal tool which enables the proper allocation of land rights and controls the occupation of land. However, despite the complete legislative framework, there are also institutional and practical hurdles that hamper the application of these permits which reduces the administrative efficacy. The study examined the administrative mechanism of the state land use permit to improve legal certainty and the elements that affect the effectiveness of land administration. The study is qualitative and uses the empirical legal research method, including an analysis of legislative regulations, administrative records and information from interviews with land administration authorities. The findings indicate that the permission system provides for effective land management, avoids disputes and increases legal certainty in the acquisition of land rights. However, effective execution is still hindered by the misuse of administrative papers, contradictory land information, poor physical access to land and inadequateinstitutional capacity. The results also show that administrative reform significantly improves the quality of land administration, thru the implementation of digital land information management, institutional capacity development, procedural simplification, technology-supported field verification and stronger administrative supervision. The study indicates that to develop a sustainable and effective system of land governance, improving institutional performance and strengthening legal certainty, it is necessary to implement a thorough administrative reform.
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