Worried over frequent clashes between tribals and non-tribals over land dispute, the Orissa Government has completely banned transfer of tribal land to non-tribals. The law has been amended so that no tribal can transfer his land to a non-tribal and the offence has been made cognisable, State Revenue and Law Minister Biswabhushan Harichandan told reporters here on Thursday. The Government has decided that a detailed inquiry would be made into all cases of tribal land transferred from October 4, 1956 onwards to detect benami and fraudulent cases, he said. The Orissa Scheduled Areas Transfer of Immovable Property (By Scheduled Tribes) Amendment Regulation, which was passed by the Assembly in 2000, was accorded presidential assent in August last, he said, adding that the gazette notification in this connection had been issued on September 4, 2002.