Urban center is source of innovation, work or employment opportunity, access to technologyrnand etc. For the expansion of urbanization the demand and interest of the urban land hasrnbeen highly increased from time to time. This study examines and analyses the power ofrnadministrative agencies concerning urban land dispute settlement the laws and practices inrnEthiopia especially in study area. Land disputes are bound to occur or available at anyrnsituation all over the world especially in our country. We cannot avoid disputes but we canrnreduce by putting clear legal and institutional frame work and design available right to getrnaccess to justice as remedies. The objective of the thesis is to analyze and describe the powerrnof administrative agencies concerning urban land dispute settlement laws in Ethiopia and torncompare them with the practice in order to investigate better and effective urban land disputernsettlement mechanism in Ethiopia by examining the existing urban land laws and institutionrnwhether it is enough to settle urban land disputes in Ethiopia especially in the study area.rnIn order to identify the different disputants and cause of disputes in two towns, the writer hasrnconsulted various collected information through interviews, questionnaires and focus grouprndiscussions with different concerned bodies. Based on this it has been found that the differentrndisputants in the study area are individual versus government, individual versusrnorganization, individual versus individual. High demand; tenure insecurity, scarcity, greed,rnland policies and etc are some of sources of urban land disputes. The disputes have arisen inrnrelation to improper termination of contract of lease, illegal possession and illegal buildings,rnboundary, expropriation and inheritance dispute are some of the causes of disputes in thernstudy area.