Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Jan 31: The Jammu Kashmir Sharnarthi Action Committee (JKSAC) has demanded high level probe into the violation of Agrarian reforms Act 1976, committed by the officials of Revenue Department in J&K.
In a meeting of DPs of 1947 from PoK held at Khanpur under the chairmanship of Ashok Kumar Sharma, president (Tehsil Marheen), the members reiterated their demand to constitute a high level committee of Revenue experts to probe the violations of Agrarian Reforms Act 1976 committed by Revenue Department of J&K.
They said the probe will restore the shattered faith of DPs in particular and masses in general as good governance of the Govt as being claimed every day. The participants in the meeting urged upon the Lt Governor to issue strict advisory to Revenue Depertment to mutate the remaining DPs lands under Section 3-A of Agrarian Reforms Act 1976.
Gurdev Singh, J&K president JKSAC alongwith Master Kuldeep Rai, Khem Raj and Deepak Raina said that these violations have caused great damaged to the DPs of 1947 from PoK. He said that DPs were allotted evacuee as well as State lands vide Govt. order 578-C of 1954 and 254-C of 1965 under a prescribed scale as per the strength of each family members. Thousands of families were allotted lands below their scale and possession of the same were not handed over to them despite of existing Agrarian Reform Act and other rules.
The Govt has deducted the cost uniformly of DP’s lands @ Rs 2500 without taking into consideration the quantum of land allotted to each DP family out of ex-gratia relief provided by GOI in 1960-62. He said many DPs could not manage cultivation of their allotted lands merely for the negligence of then Govt and moreover, the lands were allotted at more than one place and that too at a considerable distance from their places of dwellings. Such DPs are still struggling for possession of the land.
They appealed to the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to issue strict advisory to the Revenue Deptt not to violate the Agrarian Reforms Act and mutate DPs allotted land under Section 3-A without further loss of time and also to constitute a high level committee to probe the violations committed till date.
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