PIL against land grabbing at behest of high-ups
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 23: In the much publicized Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting land grabbing at the behest of high-ups and in league with land mafia, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar today granted two weeks time to the petitioner to respond to the fresh status report filed by the Divisional Commissioner in response to earlier order of the Court.
The two weeks time was granted after Advocates Virender Bhat and Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed appearing for the PIL filed by Prof S K Bhalla submitted that they have received the copy of the fresh status report filed by the Divisional Commissioner this morning.
According to the status report, Satish Kumar, son of Madan Lal had applied for 41 kanals of State land falling under Khasra No. 424 min in village Lalyal for grant of ownership rights under J&K State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act 2001 popularly known as Roshini Scheme but the same has been rejected by the authorities.
The girdawari entries over State land measuring 50 kanals falling under Khasra No 1 (25 kanals) and Khasra No 127/1 Min (25 kanals) situated in village Suray Chak, which was in the name of one Vijay Kumar alias Babbi, have been expunged, the report said.
According to the report, Yaseer Nifar Wattali, son of Ahmed Shah Wattali is having 29 kanal and 10 marla of land in Khasra Nos 2438 and 2440 at Amb and whole land has been sold by the vendor. Similarly, Jahwas Ahmad Wattali, son of Haji Ghulam Nabi Shah Watali is having land in Khasra No 2442 & 2449 measuring 49 kanal and 10 marlas situated at Amb and the whole of the land has been sold by the vendor.
Sasba Begum, wife of Jahwas Ahmed Shah Watali is having land in Khasra Nos 2442 & 2449 measuring 20 kanal at Amb. Jawas Jahoos Shah Wattali, son of Jahwas Shah Wattali is having land in Khasra Nos 2442 & 2449 measuring 30 kanal and 10 marla at Amb and the whole of the land has been sold by the vendor. Zanib Shamas Wattali, wife of Shokat Wattali is having land in Khasra No 5291 measuring 9 kanal and 2 marla at Bhalwal and owner is in possession.
The report said that Madan Lal Sharma, son of Gushu Ram is having 15 marlas of land each at Paloura and Muthi. He is also in possession of ancestral land acquired through sale deeds and measuring 9 kanal and 2 marla and 80 kanal and 2 marla at Plattan, Pallanwala.
Sham Lal Sharma, brother of Madan Lal Sharma is owner in possession of measuring 8 marlas of land at Paloura under Khasra No 152 Min. He is also owner in possession of 33 kanal of land at Kot under Khasra Nos, 956, 957, 958, 960, 961, 1240 and 1230. He is also stated to have acquired the ancestral land through sale deeds measuring 104 and 24 kanal and 18 marla at Plattan, Pallanwala but Khasra numbers are not mentioned. He is also in possession of land measuring 5 kanal and 15 marla at Muthi and out of this land one kanal and 8.5 marla has been sold by the vendor.
According to the fresh status report, Ankush Sharma, son of Sham Lal Sharma is owner in possession of land measuring 10 kanal under Khasra Nos 956 and 1240 at Kot. He is also having land measuring one kanal at Muthi and 7 marla has been sold by the vendor.
The report said that land measuring 7 kanal and 7 marla situated at Manda, Akhnoor belonging to Sanjay Sharma alias Sanju, who has been declared as proclaimed offender, has been attached by the order of Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu.
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